Setup problems
Setup problems Posted on: 06.08.2013 by Darrel Tarnow Hello from Belgium to the international dj community!I'm having huge dilemmas when talking about gear, I know what kind of setup I want but I sometimes can't afford it, have already a bunch of gear I was given by the person who introduced me to djaying but used to do it in the 90's. So here it is, I have numark CDN-88 (I know they suck, I began with them), a gemini pro scratch mixer with broken faders and knobs and a pair of denon dn S3700. What I do is mainly scratching and spinning hip hop for me and my rappers friends to jam. What my dream setup would be is a mixer with an integrated soundcard and a pair of technics plus an mpc-like controller to produce music, but we all know, it's not going to happen. So I firstly want to buy a mixer with an onboard soundcard that doesn't ruin me plus a nice controller with which I can produce a track from A to Z, all of this in a reasonable price range. Plus I'd like not to change this setup and buy this gear and not change it (only minor details), I want to buy it all once and have fun with it and not have to change anything when new controllers and stuff like that come out. I keep reading reviews and watching videos about this mixer and that one and how this is crap and this one is the best but I change site and it's the total opposite, so I hope you guys can give me some useful piece of advice. I already thank anyone who will read this until the end and give me an answer ! | |
| Darrel Tarnow 10.08.2013 |
Originally Posted by dripstep
And finally I wonder why you didn't include an audio interface and a dedicate controller ? Thanks for your help again |
| Darrel Tarnow 10.08.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
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| Darrel Tarnow 06.08.2013 | Hello from Belgium to the international dj community! I'm having huge dilemmas when talking about gear, I know what kind of setup I want but I sometimes can't afford it, have already a bunch of gear I was given by the person who introduced me to djaying but used to do it in the 90's. So here it is, I have numark CDN-88 (I know they suck, I began with them), a gemini pro scratch mixer with broken faders and knobs and a pair of denon dn S3700. What I do is mainly scratching and spinning hip hop for me and my rappers friends to jam. What my dream setup would be is a mixer with an integrated soundcard and a pair of technics plus an mpc-like controller to produce music, but we all know, it's not going to happen. So I firstly want to buy a mixer with an onboard soundcard that doesn't ruin me plus a nice controller with which I can produce a track from A to Z, all of this in a reasonable price range. Plus I'd like not to change this setup and buy this gear and not change it (only minor details), I want to buy it all once and have fun with it and not have to change anything when new controllers and stuff like that come out. I keep reading reviews and watching videos about this mixer and that one and how this is crap and this one is the best but I change site and it's the total opposite, so I hope you guys can give me some useful piece of advice. I already thank anyone who will read this until the end and give me an answer ! |
| Darrel Tarnow 10.08.2013 | makar1: I'm not using any software at the moment, just burned cd's, flash drives and hard drives. I'm aware of the hybrid midi mode that denon has and I consider both SSL and Traktor. Driptest: sorry about that, time difference and I checked out the mixer, skeptical at the first but the review convinced me. I don't believe I need a keyboard => can't play, but still considering if I start learning one day and you didn't include an audio interface and a dedicated controller for that interface in your answer ? Can advise me on this one too, thanks I wass advised by someone on the djranking s chat on the webstore that the "regular" edition of maschine is better than the mikro because there's no touching of the computer at all and I can produce a whole track without touching the computer but I can't do that with the mikro because there's one less screen and one less range of knobs so I'll have to touch the computer a lot. Slayformoney: I was reading reviews that were saying that the denon two channel mixer traktor certified sucks and it has a lot of issues and what if I use the mixer Driptest advised and buy an SL2 or SL3 plus the denon controller for it (what's the difference between those two buy the way ?) Another question, can't a buy a mixer traktor certified and use it in traktor and then buy an SSL interface if not happy ? It's just a mixer after all, does the job. |
| Darrel Tarnow 10.08.2013 |
Originally Posted by dripstep
And finally I wonder why you didn't include an audio interface and a dedicate controller ? Thanks for your help again |
| Darrel Tarnow 10.08.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
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| Yong Aptekar 10.08.2013 | heads up, you are going to get a pile of answers because we all have different ideas of what is good. You have denons, and they are nice, so keep them. If you want a mixer/controller/certified and that you can produce on, you could go for an S4. But a maschine mikro, and a keyboard would be better for producing. So, my shopping list for you: DJ Tech DIF-1S scratch mixer 49 key keyboard maschine mikro. But you have to come back to your thread or we cant help you. |
| Darrel Tarnow 10.08.2013 | Thank you guys for the answers, I have checked out the djm t1, the Z2 and the denon certified mixer but I've heard in a store here that all those three are the worst mixers ever for hip hop dj because the faders and the knobs are not resistant. He said it because a lot of people who bought those mixers sent them back to be fixed a few weeks after buying them. And as for rane mixers, I can't afford that, that's way overpriced ! |
| Isa Erik 09.08.2013 | Since you already own a pair of denon 3700's, a nice addition would be the denon x600 mixer. Also check out NI Z2 and DJM-T1. Of course, if you wanna use Traktor as your software. If serato is your choice, then you have no other options other than Rane mixers. |
| Alphonso Deitchman 09.08.2013 | What software do you use? |
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