Max Maxy

As you are one of three DJ’s you probably won’t get more than two hours for your set so make sure you play some bangers straight up and go high energy all set. The biggest mistake is to play more chilled music you would listen to at home, you need to play music for people to dance to. Future house and bounce is probably enough without playing any other genres. As DJ Vintage said :”make sure you have mainstream stuff and “recognizable” tunes”. Obscure tracks you like to listen to at home in the future house and bounce genre’s shouldn’t make the cut, go for popular tunes that you still think are cool and have a danceable beat and/or sing along choruses. Don’t play tunes you hate by any means but go for crowd pleasers. Take about twice the amount of music you will need for two hours so you have some options but don’t get overwhelmed with too much and make sure your DJ software is set to show what songs you have already played. If the other DJ’s play a tune you had planned to use and the crowd love the track the other DJ plays then it’s OK to play a different version/remix an hour or so later.

The DJM250 mk2 doesn’t work with Serato DJ but comes plug and play ready with included full version Rekordbox DJ. It’s a great option and with Rekordbox you get the complete system with the ability to analyse tracks, set cue points and review tracks on your laptop without connecting all the hardware. All you would need in addition to the mixer is some Pioneer Rekordbox timecode vinyl and your existing turntables, Check these reviews here:https://www.digitaldjtips.com/2017/03/pioneer-dj-announces-djm-250mk2-2-channel-mixer/ , this one http://djtechtools.com/2017/03/01/pioneer-launches-djm-250mk2-two-channel-dvs-dj-mixer/ and this one here: https://djworx.com/rekordbox-dvs-pioneer-dj-djm-250mk2/

• This reply was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by Max Maxy.
• This reply was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by Max Maxy.

If you have a USB conection on your turntable which the new Pioneer ones do, as does Audio Technica and many others you only need to download the new Rekordbox application for free, fire it up, connect your USB from turntable to your computer play some vinyl and Rekordbox will detect the audio source and away you go. Mostly very straightforward unless you want to tweak the auto settings. All this without any hardware except computer, turntable and USB cord.

The DDJ-SX has a standalone mixer and enables you to use your device along with CD players, turntables or other interfaces, with or without having a computer connected. I feel this is the biggest plus for the DDJ-SX over the DDJ-SR as if your software crashes or your computer has issues you can still get sound to your speakers by hooking up your phone or other audio output device on one of the spare channels and still have access to a low pass/high pass filter combo, EQ and up/cross faders. In that scenario the audience would hopefully be none the wiser to the your major dramas. At a pinch you could DJ with 2x iPods/phones using the filter and faders to blend/cut from track to track. The extra channels are also great for having full control over your microphone output sound. The build quality of the DDJ-SX is also superior along with the layout being more spacious and less cramped.

Yes great advice DJ Vintage, the use of an external sound card and XLR cables is the final answer. DJ Dexter, no hum if you go with that combo.

JBL EON 600 series are fine speakers, stereo will always sound better if you are positioned in the sweet spot for sure.

A professional studio can have desktop computer but it would most likely be a Mac and they would output the sound through a dedicated external sound card via USB and then into the studio monitors. Does your controller (what is it?) have a sound card built in or are you using the PC’s sound card?