Reply to Who made the switch from vinyl? Gear advice needed
Who made the switch from vinyl? Gear advice needed Hi all, I'm a former dj who's been out of the scene for the past 5 years. I started djing in the 90s on 1200s, did my rounds at the clubs for about 10 years. When the whole dvs revolution started to take place, I thought it was amazing and got myself Final Scratch. This thing was a evening mare filled with bugs and I immediately sold it. I was traumatized enough to refuse to make the switch. (At the time I was also anti-cd, lol.) Couple years later I did try Serato, which did seem a lot more reliable but found myself having trouble adjusting. Then between work and grad school I decided to focus on other things. Now I'm looking to get back into djing and have found myself in a whole new world of tech. I feel like a dinosaur in this digital dj world. Last week I found out that Technics stopped making 12s and I had to stop and believe about that for a minute. Well we all have to adapt and I believe if I want to get back in, I'm going to need to accept that it's just not feasible to lug crates of records around anymore. (Nevermind I can't even buy vinyl because all the stores closed down!) So anyway, here are the options I'm looking at: 1) Denon X1600- run Traktor with my 1200s ($1k) 2) Pioneer DJM-800 with Traktor Skratch ($1k used + $~600 for TSPRO) 3) Traktor S4 ($1k) 4) Full Pio setup to spin CDs(DJM and some CDJS) $3k+ What I'm looking for right now is something to play with while I get comfortable again. If things go well, I'm going to want to get back in the club scene so most important is that whatever I'm practicing on will let me immediately feel comfortable in a club. I live in NYC where there's a lot of tiny cramped inhumane dj booths. I doubt it's possible to bring an S4 to the club, which has me worried of practicing on one of those. At the same time, I believe my fear of going DVS 5 years ago kinda left me in the dust, and if the world is going the way of the controller, I'm believeing maybe I should just suck it up and make the switch now. So after all my rambling, my question is for those of you who have made the transition from actual vinyl, what do you believe my best option is? | |
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