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  • November 14, 2014 at 9:28 am in reply to: djay – android #2089641
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    Thanks, I’ve had a look at Mixvibes but I prefer djay. I had both of those and Traktor on my iPhone but always went back to using djay, maybe because I’m an old vinyl dj. It’s more of an android issue rather than the actual dj software, I’ll maybe try one of the Sony forums.

    Cheers,

    Rob

    November 14, 2014 at 9:19 am in reply to: djay – android #2089591
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    Helpful, thanks.

    August 16, 2013 at 1:12 pm in reply to: New laptop advice #43200
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    Thanks for the tips folks, I’ll bear them in mind.

    August 12, 2013 at 7:50 am in reply to: New laptop advice #43096
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    Quandary sorted. I’ve gone for a 14″ Sony Vaio, i5 with 12gb ram. Should be fine to get back into it again. Now I’m on the hunt for a controller 😀

    August 9, 2013 at 11:05 am in reply to: Buying headphones #43016
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    Don’t skimp on headphones, a decent set will last you years, cheap ones will break and ruin your ears at the same time. I have a pair of Technics cans that are about 11 years old and still sound awesome. I have had 3 pairs of Sonys that have all broken, this was a while back now so they may have improved the design since.

    August 9, 2013 at 10:19 am in reply to: New laptop advice #43015
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    Stazbumpa, post: 43171, member: 1739 wrote: however I reserve the right to slap you about the face for selling your Technics! :-p

    Not necessary, I’ve been beating myself up ever since. My DJ career had kind of tailed off and they were just collecting dust etc, no excuse though. Still have most of my vinyl, although not much use without decks.

    August 9, 2013 at 7:04 am in reply to: New laptop advice #43012
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    Terry_42, post: 43167, member: 1843 wrote: I am a Mac guy and hands down the best DJ laptop at the moment in my opinion is the 13” MacBook Air with 256 SSD. It has the same resolution as most 15” so will display everything nicely and run anything superbly.

    That would be nice, but my budget won’t stretch that far.

    August 9, 2013 at 7:01 am in reply to: New laptop advice #43011
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    Thanks for the replies, what a helpful bunch you are. It will be running windows 8, I know 7 is probably better but not many computers come with it now. It has 3x USB 3 ports so I don’t see a problem in that department. My main concern was only the 4gb of ram and the fact that I don’t think it can be upgraded, no memory slot thing underneath like older laptops have. But most of you have said that 4gb will be ample so I’m fairly happy with that.

    With regards to me choosing Traktor. Im only familiar with using turntables and a mixer and now i’m making the move to a complete digital setup. I foolishly sold my 1200s a few years ago so now really my only option is an all in one midi controller and a laptop. I downloaded Traktor on my phone which is good fun, so I figured I’d stick with what (little) I know. But I’m open to suggestions if people think Serato etc has the edge over Traktor?

    Cheers,

    Mongrel

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