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Original Message 1/18 11-May-00 @ 10:44 AM - beginning DJ!
any suggestions on what equipment to get to start out??
your help is appreciated!
Pete
Message 2/18 11-May-00 @ 01:40 PM - RE: beginning DJ!
if you want a midi set up, i would start off and just get a keyboard and a cheap sequencer package like cubase lite or logic av. learn them both inside out - then get a sampler, a mixing desk and upgrade your sequencer to a grown-up version. talk to a dealer then about a suitable computer/sound card set-up.
i'm only saying this because this is the order i did it in - but i must say it really pays not to get too much kit to start off with because you'll be forced to learn how to make the gear do stuff that it wasn't intended to do - and that's how you'll learn good programming and sequencing!
happy hunting...
Message 3/18 11-May-00 @ 06:18 PM - RE: beginning DJ!
Message 4/18 11-May-00 @ 07:34 PM - RE: beginning DJ!
I was actually talking about getting started with turntables, and mixing like that...
PC wise Ive been experimenting with Mixman Technoloies...
I bought the Mixman Studio Pro which was a very easy program to use...
but i was interested in getting into live performances and such...
Thanks for your replys!!
Pete
Message 5/18 18-May-00 @ 05:42 PM - RE: beginning DJ!
Message 6/18 18-May-00 @ 11:29 PM - RE: beginning DJ!
I mean shouldnt i get something to start off with... or am i just wasiting money by getting cheap stuff....
thanks for your help!!
Pete
Message 7/18 19-May-00 @ 03:46 PM - RE: beginning DJ!
Message 8/18 13-Jun-00 @ 10:31 PM - RE: beginning DJ!
It's fact that you only notice difference between Shit-dex and Technics when you are in clubs using Technics and at home playing on Soundlabs. Technics are pro-tools not kids tools
Laterz
Message 9/18 15-Jun-00 @ 03:38 AM - RE: beginning DJ!
If you're in Argentina, you should see if you can track down a Urei 1620 mixer. Search the clubs and se if any of them are upgrading their systems. Old clubs are the best to find this piece, especially in smaller, more isolated countries. That mixer is a piece of gold, and you can sell it in the States or Europe for BIG bucks. It doesn't look real flashy by today's standards. No crossfader, just knobs, but it's one of the best sounding mixers ever made. A bit of a pro tool, but possibly a good money maker for you. Good luck.
Ape
Message 10/18 25-Jun-00 @ 01:40 AM - RE: beginning DJ!
Message 11/18 25-Jun-00 @ 06:49 PM - RE: beginning DJ!
Message 12/18 27-Jun-00 @ 11:39 PM - RE: beginning DJ!
were you fucking kidding? If not..what an insult to DJs.
but..this kid...Pitias98...you talking about production or spinnin?
you wanna write your own tracks or play others? Theres a difference. DJing often leads to production (how could one NOT have ideas after hearin all that muzak?) but you dont HAVE TO DJ first...
Message 13/18 28-Jun-00 @ 07:32 AM - RE: beginning DJ!
Message 14/18 01-Jul-00 @ 02:08 PM - RE: beginning DJ!
Message 15/18 12-Jul-00 @ 10:00 PM - RE: beginning DJ!
i started on mixman pro and wanted up ....
do you wanna produce or dj ?
dj) i recomend 2nd technics, can't beat em. Anything else is really not an option for you, unless you can't find any 'nics or feel that you cant afford them now , but will later. Mixer ....
i suggest you dont go the radio shack mixer for beginers. regrets all arround. buy a dogdy but name brand (numark,etc) 2nd hand mixer where the faders are a little skewiff and shite, and it hums yet still works.
Buy it, practice up get good , then repair at lesuire
My friend did this and he got a pretty decent deal out of it
Produce) for beginers ... get all the software you can find, freeware shareware or crackware. Learn .... sequence everything in mixman. i still do
then get some hardware. great quality hardware cheap? if you want instat gratification with something that you wl use the rest of your life to some extent (despite the fact that this statement is a oxymoron) i suggest either new mc 307 (Roland)or 2nd hand Cs2x (Yamaha) or a djx (Yamaha) if you can find one.
then the rest is up to you
hope it helps and i state that it may not be the best way of high quality gear but i certainly recomend it due to the learning curve
Message 16/18 26-Jul-00 @ 05:33 AM - RE: beginning DJ!
Pete, go back to college, learn accounting and make an absolute fortune, all you need to buy is a pencil and Microsoft haven't found a way of ferking up the double entry system yet.
Message 17/18 30-Jul-00 @ 10:23 PM - RE: beginning DJ!
I got a Folio Notepad now,but i need to record those cool dj tricks along with my stuff.
Don,t suppose i can do this in Midi,so ok,i,ll do it on the Wavs, record the DJ console EQ Grab switch etc etc as i record into vst.
Will this work?
I have an XP30 and a sampler on the soundcard,so i,m also getting a Nova and i have a DBX for vocals.
Need 12 channels .
Could i use either the DJ or the Folio as a sub ,or would that be unecessary?
Has anyone tried this?
I tried imagining the cabling,but i got lost.
Also,i looked at a Roland DJ2000,but its too pricey,but it had enough rca,s to connect everything,plus a lot of phono,sampler stuff i could use later on my cd,s( or vinyl.)
So,i have started checking,but i would really appreciate some advice.
Thanx Guruzoo.
Message 18/18 31-Jul-00 @ 11:22 AM - RE: beginning DJ!
That said...
I find it really amusing that alot of you are saying "get the best". If this guy goes out and buys the technics, or what-not, and comes back in 3 months and says..."I have the technics blah blah, how do I do (fill space with dj lingo)?"...you'd all be yelling - "you spent how much and don't know anything?" RTFM!! I am amused. Sorry.
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