Does your play style change when you use CDJs?

There's no reason why you can't have waveforms and full Traktor/Serato/etc software while using the in-house CDJs/turntables+mixer.

Unless you're actually doing some live sample-based performance (use a modular controller), there is no reason to bring a huge/fragile all-in-one when the existing booth gear has everything you need already.

Funny how I started on vinyl and I appreciate the new tools and some fools can't let go of the past.

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Nobody NEEDS waveforms to DJ, but if they're there, why not use them?

Not only that, but I prefer it when OTHER PEOPLE use waveforms, as typically one of us will man the lights while the other plays his set then swap out. If your colleague is playing tracks you're unfamiliar with, waveforms are a godsend.

if I gave you the choice, you prefer no waveforms?

see the point?

I've been handed acetates (back in the day) whilst actively DJing and incorporated them into a set without the use of waveforms - any half decent DJ with a good ear can do this - so I say again, whats your point?

Sure - then either stick them on a stick or leave them in the computer for DVS (or even burn them to CD if needed). What's your point?

If you REALLY believe the BULK of DJ's that are active on the world circuit are insecure because they don't use controllers - wow, just wow!

guess no one on here ever buys a few just released tracks the same day as a gig?

waveforms are better to have IMO.

Some guys still use 1200's. Just use whatever you like. Haters goan hate cause they're scared some kid on an iPad is going to school them.

insecurity.

Memorize your tunes bruv. Visualize the counts in your head.

The thing is, no amount of money would convince me to play at a club which forced me to use a specific set of gear. If they have restrictions like that, then it's pretty clear to me that all they care about is appearances and don't give two shits about the actual music.

I have two setups I typically use in a club; my TM4 and either my Zomo or my Contours. The TM4 requires ONE channel on the house mixer, and Zomo/Contours require two. Never before had I had an issue swapping in/out with other DJs, as there's generally only two channels used on the house mixer (CDJs/Turntables/whatever).

The ONLY time anything ever needs to be "recabled" (ie, not just plugging in but actually removing/swapping cables) is when I'm playing in inputs X and Y, and the next DJ is a DVS user who wants to run timecode, in which case he has to unplug the CDJs and run them into his DVS box... which he would have to do ANYWAY.

As for the space issue, it depends on whether I'm the only DJ playing that evening . If so, everything gets unplugged and replaced with my gear; if not, I stand the CDJs on their outer edge and stick the Contours down either side of the mixer. Takes what... 10 seconds to swap out with a CDJ user? Unplug the controller and lay the CDJ back down.

Hell, even with a full 4-deck setup, most mixers have at least two switchable line inputs along with 2 line/phono ones. CDJs in the switchables, controller/DVS in all 4. When swapping between DJs you just flick a switch.

Anyone saying that it's "a hassle" dealing with controller users in the booth need to stop whining.

Man that's the thing (and I'll caveat this by saying I'm not against midi controllers, I have a bunch of them) but lots of people care and primarily at many clubs the club owner who spent tons of cash on professioanl quality gear (DJM+CDJ setup) cares, other DJ's who are playing care because they don't want to go thru the hassle of reconfiguring a booth for the one guy that brought his S4 jsut because he can't play on CDJ's.

Personally, I believe A-->B mixing is just 1 step away from putting on a megamix, and anyone who does it when they play live should just sell their gear and quit. Unfortunately for CDJ users, that's pretty much all they CAN do, so they bash MIDI users because they're terrified about losing their jobs; case in point.

Just ignore them, and if anyone ever asks you why your sets are so much better than the other residents, explain to them its because you use a controller and software, which gives you more functionality.