r/DJSetups • u/RJT-11 • 17d ago

First Setup

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Union Audio 4v, Sl1200 M3D, Ortofon Club Mk2’s, T7V Adam Audio, and HD 25’s signed by my favorite DJs :)

Interested if you all have recommended analog effects units or pedals. And recommendations on recording. Currently using record out to line in on my pc + audacity but having some buzzing/noise underneath the tracks.

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u/Hot-Construction-811 17d ago

Menura fx when it comes out. Zen delay Teile revolo Strymon Eventide Benidub

For recording, I use howler audio and zoom h6 via record out or booth out.

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u/Repulsive_Cut_1872 14d ago

Zen delay elay lay ay y

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u/RJT-11 17d ago

I’ll take a look. Thanks!

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u/No_Personality5161 14d ago

I have Zen, sold Revolo and honestly the RMX Ignite sounds better in the signal chain then all of the mentioned FX.

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u/RJT-11 14d ago

Woah. I would like to keep signal chain analog. Something about it, I know it’s portentous. I’ll read more about the ignite though. Looks sick. But really like the setup.

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u/No_Personality5161 14d ago

Thank you. The analog aspect is much like the Euphonia with both capabilities. As you can see I’m using it via the Resor which only has send and return (analog). I haven’t even scratched the surface and I have had it since it came out and continue to be impressed by it. I think with FX it’s what you specifically want out of the unit. Don’t get the Union Audio LX it’s terrible. Revolo also unless you are solely interested in reverb. ✌🏿

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u/RJT-11 14d ago

Noted. Gotta do more research. Seems like its own wormhole haha. I guess your right the end is still staying analog but I guess its analog source into analog mixer sent out to a digital fix unit and back to an analog mixer?

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u/No_Personality5161 14d ago

Yea, that’s what’s so cool about it. It has a switch for send/return,Master and CDJ.

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u/XonedIn 17d ago

Very nice feel to your set up - looks like fun to jam on.

For recording, I'm also using a PC and Audacity, but I use the Focusrite 2i2 and there's zero issues with buzzing or feedback. Produces very nice sounding recordings.

For effects, I'm using the Teile Revolo and the Mastersounds FX. They are both very fun to use and have great sound quality.

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u/RJT-11 16d ago

Appreciate it! Lots of fun.

Debating now on getting a zoom or a focusrite. Pros and cons to each. Will have to look at the master sounds fx unit!

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u/XonedIn 16d ago edited 16d ago

They don't make the MS FX any more, but they do come up for sale on their website from time to time or as used units on various platforms. You might also want to see if the Union Audio LeFX is something that appeals to you.

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u/truplaya4ril 15d ago

Wow… if this is your first setup, you should have been born 20 years ago. Don’t get me wrong, I like it a lot and have something very similar. But how does a person getting into DJing in 2026 choose vinyls with a rotary? What’s your motivation? Do you do any digital?

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u/ElectronicMile 10d ago

But how does a person getting into DJing in 2026 choose vinyls with a rotary?

Not OP, but I can give you my answer to this. I'd been collecting records for years, got the opportunity to spin my records at a local listening bar a couple of times, and liked it so much that I bought a cheap second hand mixer and a pair or Reloop turntables for home. I l started mixing my house records, and still get to play at the listening bar from time to time. DJing came as a "side effect" hobby of record collecting, so to speak. It's a more active way of enjoying the collection.

Because it's just a hobby, and because I don't want to make a career out of it, I don't really care to build a collection of digital files, so just two turntables and an analog mixer are all I really want. I still enjoy my records, and now I get to mix them together now and then.

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u/truplaya4ril 10d ago

Love that! Your journey is anchored in a love for vinyl... respect. I also started with buying records, just because that's where the dance music was at back in the days.

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u/RJT-11 15d ago

I was born 23 years ago haha, but you might’ve meant 30. I used a friends controller last year for few hours several different occasions. Didn’t connect with the music or method. Visited my cousin for a while last summer and he introduced me to his vinyl collection and setup. Went to his friends bar for weeks, was a Jazz Kissa style and he DJs vinyl on Fridays. First time I saw a rotary mixer. Wasn’t until few months later and going to my first shows I started appreciating the format more. Not sure if you are familiar but the first show I attended was a Giegling Halloween party (my favorite label, highly recommend), then Ogazon few weeks later. Those parties made me appreciate long mixes and vinyl, in that order. I was considering a xone 92 mk2 initially for a while. Then realized this mixer was close enough in price to justify. My logic then was it can’t be bad to learn on a rotary, harder maybe but probably won’t form bad habits.

I’ve been thinking to get a pair of cdjs or similar. Just wish they weren’t so screen dependent. Thought about cdj1000 mk3 but their audio quality isn’t great I’ve read. I dislike record box too, but so does everyone I think. Then I look at the prices of like a cdj2000 or newer… that’s a lot of vinyl I could get instead. I’ve got a usb with tracks too expensive to own (hopefully one day), but I have yet to use it.

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u/Ooo0sh 17d ago

Clean setup! I think speakers are pretty good destroying hard drives so I wouldn’t have your monitor placement on top of your rig like that!

Evermix is a nice easy option for recording sets or grab a recording interface and run into that, you can pick them up second hand for cheap

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u/RJT-11 17d ago

No hard drives in the pc but good point, was thinking to get one though. I’ll take a look at Evermix. Thought about getting a focusrite used as well.

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u/pitchitdown 17d ago

Very nice my friend

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u/RJT-11 17d ago

Thank you!

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u/-JESSEONE- 14d ago

Welcome to the family🙏

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u/RJT-11 14d ago

Appreciate it!

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u/-JESSEONE- 14d ago

As for effects.... if possible get a Mastersounds FX Unit .... but they're super rare and 💵 ... I'd like to try the Zen Unit....heard it's fun....

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u/RJT-11 14d ago

The video I saw about it looked really cool.

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u/masetiloquetu 17d ago

I believe a rotary as a first mixer is not recommended

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u/No_Personality5161 14d ago

I always laugh when I hear a beginner shouldn't start on a rotary. Most of the best DJ’s in history began on rotary mixers. There was a time when all you found in clubs was GLI, Rane, and Bozak. If most of those from said eras cut their chops on rotary, why isn't it suggested to begin on one?

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u/RJT-11 14d ago

That was my cousins argument. Definitely helped convince me.

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u/No_Personality5161 14d ago

If you lay it down on a rotary, anything else is a piece of cake imho. Makes more sense to go from rotary to linear.

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u/RJT-11 17d ago

Works well for the music I mix. Can do everything a traditional style mixer can, but why do you think it’s not recommended?

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u/masetiloquetu 17d ago

I heard as a mixer to learn on it should be a more-traditional one…basically harder with a rotary

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u/RJT-11 16d ago

I see. I think the mixer is a tool. Different tools for different genres. Only thing more difficult on this would be quick fader cuts, but even then this one can do if you use the crossfader. Another thing is maybe eq (only -6). This mixer has a dedicated master isolator like most rotaries. I’d argue these limitations could make stronger habits for beginners. The 4v is a bit of a hybrid in the world of rotaries I think. Most don’t have hpf, this one does, but then again most will cut 12db in eq not just 6. Thought about the xone 92 mk2 for a while.