Setting Up in a Booth

Home :: General Discussion :: Setting Up in a BoothReply
Setting Up in a Booth
Posted on: 11.12.2012 by Delinda Canant
Sorry if this has been covered, I am really busy and have been believeing about this question all day. So I thought I would post it here for an answer.

Most of the clubs in my area have Serato Installed, either a box or a TTM-57SL.

How hard would it be to set up an S4 with the Serato Box or with the TTM-57SL?

Are there any issues, since it is Native Instruments gear working together with Serato/Rane? (Kind of like running Apple programs on Windows lol)

Thanks all, have a good week!
Georgie Lukowiak
12.12.2012
Originally Posted by SquireC
Most clubs have 2000's and a 900 nexus? Hate you all!

In the UK a lot of venues have at least CDJ 800's and a mixer with usually 2 or 3 of the sliders missing.

If you find a venue with anything above a CDJ 900 you tend to cream yourself.
That made my day.
Ashlea Retzlaff
12.12.2012
Originally Posted by SkyLinez
Sorry if this has been covered, I am really busy and have been believeing about this question all day. So I thought I would post it here for an answer.

Most of the clubs in my area have Serato Installed, either a box or a TTM-57SL.

How hard would it be to set up an S4 with the Serato Box or with the TTM-57SL?

Are there any issues, since it is Native Instruments gear working together with Serato/Rane? (Kind of like running Apple programs on Windows lol)

Thanks all, have a good week!
if its your first time at the venue and youre bringing in a controller, just go an hour before the first DJ starts and plug in and test it out.
Merideth Garnder
12.12.2012
Originally Posted by P4ULSON
yeap and get a stand for your s4 and laptop for the laptop i suggest the stanton uberstand and get a s4 controller stand that will fit in the booth probably on top of a cdj or a turntable it's tight in there.... get there early put your rca in the mixer and know how to turn off the effects on the mixer just in case.

most professional clubs in L.A. there is a Serato SL4 and some sort of pioneer mixer and your choice of 1200's or cdj you just gotta let the sound engineer know when you get there so he can figure out how to set it up for your with the other Dj's preferences. In lounges and bars all you usually get is a 8 channel mixing board connected to the house PA.
I just played at Avalon and I'll confirm that they have pairs of CDJ-2000 Nexus and either a DJM800 or DJM900 Nexus available for the artists. They also provided Serato boxes but I saw some of the other DJs bring their own NI cards to play using Traktor.

I play on CDJs but the guy after my set was on Traktor. I played off Channels 1 & 4 and he hooked it up to Channels 2 & 3 right before the end of my set to transition over smoothly. Hope this helps a bit.....
Jonas Hanway
12.12.2012
Originally Posted by djchriswoods.co.uk
where the hell are u playing? the minimum here are CDJ1000mk3s, theres a few have CDJ2000s though, not many clubs have the DJM900, theyre either rocking the 800 still, or worse, the 600.

mind you the worst place i played had a pair of cdj200s and a xone 32
It's slowly sorting itself out now.

The standard is CDJ 1000 MK3. But until a few months ago, the club I work still had CDJ 800's and an A&H XOne 62 which was a tad bit temperamental..
Now they've got CDJ 850's and a DJM 700. Hence my obsession with HID support from Traktor and the 850's.

I played at a place in Manchester that had 1 CDJ and an archaic mixer with platters built in.. It was a disgrace, brought my own gear in the end and charged them for it.
Arnulfo Morten
12.12.2012
Originally Posted by oliosky
Don't touch the serato box. Forget about anything to do with serato

Unplug a channel input on the mixer and plug in hte master out from your S4.
yeap and get a stand for your s4 and laptop for the laptop i suggest the stanton uberstand and get a s4 controller stand that will fit in the booth probably on top of a cdj or a turntable it's tight in there.... get there early put your rca in the mixer and know how to turn off the effects on the mixer just in case.

most professional clubs in L.A. there is a Serato SL4 and some sort of pioneer mixer and your choice of 1200's or cdj you just gotta let the sound engineer know when you get there so he can figure out how to set it up for your with the other Dj's preferences. In lounges and bars all you usually get is a 8 channel mixing board connected to the house PA.
Teresia Janusch
12.12.2012
Originally Posted by SquireC
Most clubs have 2000's and a 900 nexus? Hate you all!

In the UK a lot of venues have at least CDJ 800's and a mixer with usually 2 or 3 of the sliders missing.

If you find a venue with anything above a CDJ 900 you tend to cream yourself.
where the hell are u playing? the minimum here are CDJ1000mk3s, theres a few have CDJ2000s though, not many clubs have the DJM900, theyre either rocking the 800 still, or worse, the 600.

mind you the worst place i played had a pair of cdj200s and a xone 32
Delinda Canant
11.12.2012
Sorry if this has been covered, I am really busy and have been believeing about this question all day. So I thought I would post it here for an answer.

Most of the clubs in my area have Serato Installed, either a box or a TTM-57SL.

How hard would it be to set up an S4 with the Serato Box or with the TTM-57SL?

Are there any issues, since it is Native Instruments gear working together with Serato/Rane? (Kind of like running Apple programs on Windows lol)

Thanks all, have a good week!
Jonas Hanway
13.12.2012
Probably because the house/dance music scene has been bigger in the UK for longer than it has been in the US/Canada.

Pioneer gear and Allen & hHeath gear tends to last the test of time. And clubs only tend to replace things when broken!
Georgie Lukowiak
12.12.2012
Originally Posted by SquireC
Most clubs have 2000's and a 900 nexus? Hate you all!

In the UK a lot of venues have at least CDJ 800's and a mixer with usually 2 or 3 of the sliders missing.

If you find a venue with anything above a CDJ 900 you tend to cream yourself.
That made my day.
Ashlea Retzlaff
12.12.2012
Originally Posted by SkyLinez
Sorry if this has been covered, I am really busy and have been believeing about this question all day. So I thought I would post it here for an answer.

Most of the clubs in my area have Serato Installed, either a box or a TTM-57SL.

How hard would it be to set up an S4 with the Serato Box or with the TTM-57SL?

Are there any issues, since it is Native Instruments gear working together with Serato/Rane? (Kind of like running Apple programs on Windows lol)

Thanks all, have a good week!
if its your first time at the venue and youre bringing in a controller, just go an hour before the first DJ starts and plug in and test it out.
Merideth Garnder
12.12.2012
Originally Posted by P4ULSON
yeap and get a stand for your s4 and laptop for the laptop i suggest the stanton uberstand and get a s4 controller stand that will fit in the booth probably on top of a cdj or a turntable it's tight in there.... get there early put your rca in the mixer and know how to turn off the effects on the mixer just in case.

most professional clubs in L.A. there is a Serato SL4 and some sort of pioneer mixer and your choice of 1200's or cdj you just gotta let the sound engineer know when you get there so he can figure out how to set it up for your with the other Dj's preferences. In lounges and bars all you usually get is a 8 channel mixing board connected to the house PA.
I just played at Avalon and I'll confirm that they have pairs of CDJ-2000 Nexus and either a DJM800 or DJM900 Nexus available for the artists. They also provided Serato boxes but I saw some of the other DJs bring their own NI cards to play using Traktor.

I play on CDJs but the guy after my set was on Traktor. I played off Channels 1 & 4 and he hooked it up to Channels 2 & 3 right before the end of my set to transition over smoothly. Hope this helps a bit.....
Jonas Hanway
12.12.2012
Originally Posted by djchriswoods.co.uk
where the hell are u playing? the minimum here are CDJ1000mk3s, theres a few have CDJ2000s though, not many clubs have the DJM900, theyre either rocking the 800 still, or worse, the 600.

mind you the worst place i played had a pair of cdj200s and a xone 32
It's slowly sorting itself out now.

The standard is CDJ 1000 MK3. But until a few months ago, the club I work still had CDJ 800's and an A&H XOne 62 which was a tad bit temperamental..
Now they've got CDJ 850's and a DJM 700. Hence my obsession with HID support from Traktor and the 850's.

I played at a place in Manchester that had 1 CDJ and an archaic mixer with platters built in.. It was a disgrace, brought my own gear in the end and charged them for it.
Arnulfo Morten
12.12.2012
Originally Posted by oliosky
Don't touch the serato box. Forget about anything to do with serato

Unplug a channel input on the mixer and plug in hte master out from your S4.
yeap and get a stand for your s4 and laptop for the laptop i suggest the stanton uberstand and get a s4 controller stand that will fit in the booth probably on top of a cdj or a turntable it's tight in there.... get there early put your rca in the mixer and know how to turn off the effects on the mixer just in case.

most professional clubs in L.A. there is a Serato SL4 and some sort of pioneer mixer and your choice of 1200's or cdj you just gotta let the sound engineer know when you get there so he can figure out how to set it up for your with the other Dj's preferences. In lounges and bars all you usually get is a 8 channel mixing board connected to the house PA.
Teresia Janusch
12.12.2012
Originally Posted by SquireC
Most clubs have 2000's and a 900 nexus? Hate you all!

In the UK a lot of venues have at least CDJ 800's and a mixer with usually 2 or 3 of the sliders missing.

If you find a venue with anything above a CDJ 900 you tend to cream yourself.
where the hell are u playing? the minimum here are CDJ1000mk3s, theres a few have CDJ2000s though, not many clubs have the DJM900, theyre either rocking the 800 still, or worse, the 600.

mind you the worst place i played had a pair of cdj200s and a xone 32
Jonas Hanway
12.12.2012
Most clubs have 2000's and a 900 nexus? Hate you all!

In the UK a lot of venues have at least CDJ 800's and a mixer with usually 2 or 3 of the sliders missing.

If you find a venue with anything above a CDJ 900 you tend to cream yourself.
Adrien Witkus
12.12.2012
The venues in your area have serato boxes installed? That's pretty cool. In the northeast most clubs have a pair of 2000's and a 900 nexus, and a pair of 1200's if you're lucky.
Bunny Sockel
12.12.2012
Also if you are using a controller in a club make sure you get there early so you have heaps of time to set up.
Johnetta Olewine
11.12.2012
Don't touch the serato box. Forget about anything to do with serato

Unplug a channel input on the mixer and plug in hte master out from your S4.

<< Back to General DiscussionReply

Copyright 2012-2023
DJRANKINGS.ORG n.g.o.
Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan

Created by Ajaxel CMS

Terms & Privacy