T.Wash

There’s a refurbished one on Amazon for 550 and with my gift cards 510…. I think as far as advancements it has a lot of potential. I already know I like to mix because I’ve been doing it with Cross DJ for iOS for 1.5 years nows. The TM8 has all of the features I’m used to on Cross plus extra that I can learn, whereas the other mixers (except the Gemini) I was looking at are lacking at least 1-2 features that I heavily rely on when mixing. But Gemini seems to have very bad support and I don’t want to pay ~300 for VDJ or use the finicky Traktor mapping. The TM8 is probably the one 🙂

So, I looked into a little more and did some more reading. Seems the quality of the pads/knobs/sliders on the Gemini isn’t the best. Now I’m thinking the BM4 is the better option (BM2 and BM4 are virtually the same price on Amazon right now ~300 USD). And it’s also bundled with Serato which I think could be nice. Another thing I saw on musiciansfriend was an open-box Terminal Mix 2 for ~190. It’s said that there may be a few dents or scuffs but everything works properly, which I don’t mind as long as all of the functionality is preserved. Any opinion on the TM2 vs the BM2/4? Seems that the TM2 has a few more bells and whistles at the expense of only having a 2 channel switching mixer vs the 4 channel on the BM4.

Edit 2: Forgot that I got into progressive house for a long while around the same time as the electronica phase and then moved to deep house. Also, my main goal during mixing is to provide a slow, rolling movement through the music – ie. proper buildups and transitions, not too drop-heavy. I believe from beginning to end a set should be a journey, not drop after drop followed by a choppy/rushed transition; I want to make the mood flow (probably my progressive roots there).