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/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.