Pro DJ Traktor setups
Pro DJ Traktor setups Posted on: 03.12.2010 by Caitlyn Scarantino Has anyone come across any good articles about current Traktor DJs setup such as the likes of, Carl Cox, Richie Hawtin, Umek, Dennis Ferrer, Pete Tong, Dub Fire or anybody else. I have seen videos of Richie's setup from a few years ago, but I believe he has changed up a bit since than but it has me curious to know he is using now and how. This is same I feel about other big named djs too, I want to see what they're using and how. Currently all I can find are or videos from performances, but they use quick cut aways, so its hard to tell whats they're using. So it had me believeing is there anything else to fill my curiously on Pro DJ Setups using Traktor. | |
| Hanna Ridenbaugh 11.04.2013 | Reviving an old thread as I believe there should be some cool setups out there now 3 years later from when this was started. Dubfire now using a xone DB4 instead of a xone 92. Also seen him use an F1 although not in the picture. d1.jpg |
| Caryn Liberato 05.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by Hoodless
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| Julissa Serrone 05.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by happydan
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| Random X 05.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by LanceBlaise
Loving the tactile feel of a normal mixer too, though I gotta be honest, normal clubs tend to have not that good of a soundsystem that I believe the crowd will hear the actual sound superiority of an A&H mixer. |
| Lilliana Perris 04.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by LanceBlaise
I like it too....and seeing as the one I have played on is about 4 seasons old already. Gets used at Outdoor parties....in dust and rain....and its STILL the shit. It gets serviced often etc....but as you say....good sound.....good build and is not too cluttered. As I use Traktor....i also have no need for FX on a mixer. We now have the DJM800....but i have not used it yet. I usually just use the VCI.....but now am using the APC40. But i believe what it comes down to, is solid sound....solid build. |
| Efrain Scharr 04.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by sarasin
1. Sound quality is great. Plus I notice that all my mixes seem to be very fluid with A&H mixers. That may just be my personal taste, but I believe its why others like this mixer also. 2. Not to many on board effects, one of the reasons I hate the Pioneers... Pioneer mixer just have unnecessary extra efx that I don't need since i have them in traktor already. All the 92 has id some lo/hi pass filters. I use those sometimes. 3. The build quality is very nice. The whole feel of the mixer is just all around solid, again just making the mixing and such feel better and i turn sound better (for me!). One thing I always notice about Pioneer mixers is they break pretty easily as far as the faders and buttons go. I was at a gig a week ago and thankfully i didn't have to play on the mixer everyone else was using, they brought in a 92 for me, but on the DJM800 that everyone else was using one of the efx buttons was stuck on, and the EQ meter on the first channel was dead. So for those reasons I choose to use the 92, and no other mixer (I will use a 62 as well if a 92 is not available). When I have toured with Cox I used his mixer which is a Vestax. Its a nice mixer also. Why don't i use a controller as a mixer? Its basically for some of the same reasons listed above. Mainly its just the overall feel I get from the mixer, as well as I still feel as if I am not 100% locked into the computer, but I am also using stuff that is not part of all the computer stuff... Hope that all makes sense. Of course its all just personal preference. I am never opposed to trying new things! |
| Efrain Scharr 03.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by JesC
Well I use a pretty simple set up myself. Trktor Pro 2 - X1's 1 - Audio 8 1 - 13" MBP 1 - Xone 92 Mixer This has been my setup since about Feb 2010. Before that I was using the Xone 1D in place of my X1's for roughly 2 years. I like the way the S4 software looks, just not interested in the Hardware that goes with it. I like using a full size mixer and i really like the Xone 92, so I am not looking to switch out from that. I am looking forward to when the S4 software is made available for use with other controllers. I would also like the ability to maybe use some VST effects n my sets without setting up a second computer to run ableton. I believe making it so people could make their own effects or something to that nature would be pretty cool, hopefully one day. I have experimented in the past using guitar pedal effects, routing traktor into that before the mixer and that was pretty cool but i began to lose interest in its novelty and i was worried i was using it a little too much, but it was fun. In my past simple CDJ setups i was using the guitar pedals along with a Cylooper (now called a PVDJ Grabber). But now with all the software this stuff is basically all inside traktor, and its a lot easier to graba loop in Traktor, because it actualy grabs a perfect loop, as opposed to teh Cylooper where you had to grab a perfect loop on your own... Thank god for technolody! |
| Cristian Carmona 03.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by LanceBlaise
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| Evalyn Voges 03.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by haze324
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovaBfXxbfN0 |
| Caitlyn Scarantino 16.04.2013 | I guess I should update my signature.... |
| Caitlyn Scarantino 16.04.2013 | LOL, I forgot about this thread till zimfella, bought it back from the dead. I have been doing resource, since I wrote this topic and have purchased a few pieces over the years. The first move I made was getting a S4, in early 2011 as a self/early birthday gift, Before the S4, I was using a Behringer BCD3000 and two NI X1s, This worked ok, and was a good portable setup and fit nicely into a small mixer soft case, Still going back to the idea of a Pro setup, repurchased a Korg Zero4, which I believe is the most under-rated mixer and was ahead of its time. In short, it has 4 channels of guitar, line & phono inputs, with 8 independent effects on each channel, 10 effects for all 4 channel with a loop recorder (so technically its a 5th channel you can record a beat and let it play for forever), 11 EQ types, each channel also has audio, digital audio & midi and a 24bit/96KHz asio soundcard with dual firewire ports. This setup has never left home for gigs, since 99% of the time I just bring my S4. And my other rig, is the A&H K2, with two X1s & two F1s (one is not pictured). I like this setup as much at my S4, setting can be an issue if I dont room for the five controllers and laptop (on a stand). (I have a 4 port hub for the NI gear with shorten USB cables and K2 is plugged in directly). This setup has the wow factor, because all the light up buttons and custom knobs, and most DJs I know, arent using multiple controllers with Traktor. Enjoy, if you have any questions, ask away. |
| Hanna Ridenbaugh 11.04.2013 | Reviving an old thread as I believe there should be some cool setups out there now 3 years later from when this was started. Dubfire now using a xone DB4 instead of a xone 92. Also seen him use an F1 although not in the picture. d1.jpg |
| Caitlyn Scarantino 06.12.2010 | Just found this on FK's deep space community
: First, here is the complete full-blown setup with club-supplied Allen&Heath XOne:92 mixer, Yamaha SPX-990 and Pioneer EFX-1000. Then what I do when I do not have access to all these pieces of gear I want, such as when playing a very small place, please note that all gear except the mixer is mine and fits in my carry-on luggage. Source: http://www.deepspacenyc.com/modules....opic&t=7697491 |
| Caryn Liberato 05.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by Hoodless
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| Julissa Serrone 05.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by happydan
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| Random X 05.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by LanceBlaise
Loving the tactile feel of a normal mixer too, though I gotta be honest, normal clubs tend to have not that good of a soundsystem that I believe the crowd will hear the actual sound superiority of an A&H mixer. |
| Hanna Ridenbaugh 05.12.2010 | hi all Darude uses an eks otus, Macbook pro and the club mixer as far as I can tell from his vids. Boogie pimps use 2 eks otus, 2 macbook pro's and the clubs 4 channel mixer as far as I tell from their vids. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyMcb...eature=channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjiRWdvUBlA |
| Carli Halsall 04.12.2010 | For those wanting to know, Hawtin uses the following at the moment: -One laptop with Traktor, 2 X1's and an Audio 8 DJ routed into channels 1,2,3 and 4 on a Xone 92. -Another laptop with Maschine, an Audio 8 DJ and Ableton running. Maschine goes into the microphone section of the Xone 92. -The Xone 92 sends go into the Maschine Laptop through some Ableton effects and then back into the Xone. |
| Lilliana Perris 04.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by LanceBlaise
I like it too....and seeing as the one I have played on is about 4 seasons old already. Gets used at Outdoor parties....in dust and rain....and its STILL the shit. It gets serviced often etc....but as you say....good sound.....good build and is not too cluttered. As I use Traktor....i also have no need for FX on a mixer. We now have the DJM800....but i have not used it yet. I usually just use the VCI.....but now am using the APC40. But i believe what it comes down to, is solid sound....solid build. |
| Delila Vandommelen 04.12.2010 | 92 has 4band eq vs 3 band eq on the 42, two filters instead of one, two send/returns instead of one + two dedicated microphone channels with full 4 band eq (which are often used to route extra stuff in other than than microphones). That is of course a non-exhaustive list |
| Dione Haimes 04.12.2010 | whats the main differences between a 42 and a 92? i was looking at buying a 42. |
| Efrain Scharr 04.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by sarasin
1. Sound quality is great. Plus I notice that all my mixes seem to be very fluid with A&H mixers. That may just be my personal taste, but I believe its why others like this mixer also. 2. Not to many on board effects, one of the reasons I hate the Pioneers... Pioneer mixer just have unnecessary extra efx that I don't need since i have them in traktor already. All the 92 has id some lo/hi pass filters. I use those sometimes. 3. The build quality is very nice. The whole feel of the mixer is just all around solid, again just making the mixing and such feel better and i turn sound better (for me!). One thing I always notice about Pioneer mixers is they break pretty easily as far as the faders and buttons go. I was at a gig a week ago and thankfully i didn't have to play on the mixer everyone else was using, they brought in a 92 for me, but on the DJM800 that everyone else was using one of the efx buttons was stuck on, and the EQ meter on the first channel was dead. So for those reasons I choose to use the 92, and no other mixer (I will use a 62 as well if a 92 is not available). When I have toured with Cox I used his mixer which is a Vestax. Its a nice mixer also. Why don't i use a controller as a mixer? Its basically for some of the same reasons listed above. Mainly its just the overall feel I get from the mixer, as well as I still feel as if I am not 100% locked into the computer, but I am also using stuff that is not part of all the computer stuff... Hope that all makes sense. Of course its all just personal preference. I am never opposed to trying new things! |
| Lilliana Perris 04.12.2010 | Why no controller tho? I know you have the X1's....but i suppose it depends on how you like to play your music. Also....you travel etc....`so i guess it makes sense. We have the Xone 92 at Beartrap....but I have not used it with my setup....just plugged into one of its channels. Used it plenty with CDJ's tho.....not Traktor. Why do you like it? I know the build is killer and the 4 way EQ etc. But what other aspects do you use with it? Or is it just the 4 channel and reliable? Just keen to know more about its use. I don't get to play with it at home.. |
| Efrain Scharr 03.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by JesC
Well I use a pretty simple set up myself. Trktor Pro 2 - X1's 1 - Audio 8 1 - 13" MBP 1 - Xone 92 Mixer This has been my setup since about Feb 2010. Before that I was using the Xone 1D in place of my X1's for roughly 2 years. I like the way the S4 software looks, just not interested in the Hardware that goes with it. I like using a full size mixer and i really like the Xone 92, so I am not looking to switch out from that. I am looking forward to when the S4 software is made available for use with other controllers. I would also like the ability to maybe use some VST effects n my sets without setting up a second computer to run ableton. I believe making it so people could make their own effects or something to that nature would be pretty cool, hopefully one day. I have experimented in the past using guitar pedal effects, routing traktor into that before the mixer and that was pretty cool but i began to lose interest in its novelty and i was worried i was using it a little too much, but it was fun. In my past simple CDJ setups i was using the guitar pedals along with a Cylooper (now called a PVDJ Grabber). But now with all the software this stuff is basically all inside traktor, and its a lot easier to graba loop in Traktor, because it actualy grabs a perfect loop, as opposed to teh Cylooper where you had to grab a perfect loop on your own... Thank god for technolody! |
| Cristian Carmona 03.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by LanceBlaise
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| Evalyn Voges 03.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by haze324
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovaBfXxbfN0 |
| Julissa Serrone 03.12.2010 | a community
member on here saw Hawtin perform in NYC about a week ago. He said he had: Xone 92 2 X1's 1 Maschine 1 Laptop I believe maschine was routed thru one of the decks as a line input. |
| Random X 03.12.2010 | If you list Beardy, you can also list Tim Exile; 2x BCR2000s 1x BCF2000 1x MIDIkeys 1x mic 1x wireless keyboard |
| Caitlyn Scarantino 03.12.2010 | Thanks guys for the info, I just found the thing with Carl Cox and his Mashine setup. http://blog.dubspot.com/ibiza-2010-r...os-highlights/ Before Carl Cox |
| Kiyoko Wellisch 03.12.2010 | You forgot the microphone. Clearly the most important part of beardy's setup. Still, not traktor setup, is it? |
| Dione Haimes 03.12.2010 | Beardyman - 3x kaoss pads, kaossilator and a midi keyboard. |
| Efrain Scharr 03.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by Filterkat
I just listed Coxy's setup above... Its pretty simple, nothing crazy |
| Janyce Jardon 04.12.2010 | alot of the DJ's you have mentioned, from what i have heard/seen now use the S4... Dubfire im certain... saw him playing with it but a few months ago when he was here... so does dennis ferrer... richie hawtin im pretty sure is using some kind of whacked out live setup... most likely based around ableton... but it looks like a freakin spaceship... Carl cox is using traktor... not sure about if hes using the s4... umek i believe is using some kind of live setup aswel (last i heard)... and pete tong... hes rockin traktor aswel... (not sure bout s4 but) I also know booka shade are using the S4 in combination with Maschine when doing there DJ sets... using Maschine for samples/loops and adding live elements to the set without having their whole live setup there... i could go on... but... yeah... enough was already said |
| Efrain Scharr 04.12.2010 | there is a future music video with RH's Plastikman setup... Cox is using NI Machine to control efx and for searching thru tracks etc. He uses time coded CDs and a Vestax mixer(sometimes his personally designed mixer, but he also uses another Vestax mixer as well). |
| Antonetta Wikel 04.12.2010 | Richie Hawtin/PlastikMan is the main article in Electronic Musician this month. Ihaven't read the article yet but I'm sure they'll talk about gear. |
| Caitlyn Scarantino 04.12.2010 | I hear you, Im no spring chicken to DJing or Traktor. I has been DJing for 20 years, been digital for the past 5-6 years and on Traktor for the past 2years. Unfortunately, amongst my dj friends I seem to be the guru when it comes to this digital age, so Im trying to learn more. I figured I should look at what the pros are uses to give me more ideas. |
| Eloy Snopkowski 03.12.2010 | there no specific place (i believe) where they talk about it. You need to search around and watch youtube video/ dj community
or even someone in your town who dj. There no school for this you have to be pro-active and go get your information. Dj setup is always evolving with all the new gadget and integrate stuff like Ipad. Pioneer time is over. NOW we take the freedom to choose our on way to express ourself |
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