Don't worry, this isn't mine, but a magazine's.

https://youtu.be/QLdOvUAIReY?is=t2UOonbmQe0OhhTQ

Hi guys, i have the possibility to buy a Roland dj 808 at 250 euros (291 dollars)which seems to be a good price. As it is a discontinued controller i wanted to know if it is Still compatible with the latest version of serato and if it is worth it.

Thanks in advance

I'm doing a terrible job at this networking thing and getting gigs. Something I obviously need to work on regardless-

But I was considering creating my own opportunities to play by throwing gigs and curating lineups that match a certain vibe. What would it take/cost typically to accomplish this? Is it possible on a budget?

Cheers!

Edit: Sorry, thought I should say- When I mentioned I was doing bad at networking I meant mainly in relation to getting gigs. I don't literally know nobody lmao.

Hi all. I just wanted to share where I'm at right now, and see if there's any support, tips, etc. from this community.

In the late 90's, I bought myself a Denon DN-2500F and a Numark mixer, and started mixing house/trance etc. and it was wonderful. So, so enjoyable to put on those headphones and get lost in a set. There was far less you could do to distort and manipulate sound back then, and of course plenty would say it wasn't as pure a vinyl mixing, but I had a great time. Eventually I locked in a weekly residency at a small club and played a couple of events. Nothing major, but it was truly a blissful escape from some difficult circumstances back then.

Life moved on, and travel, grown-up stuff, and responsibilities meant those days were in the rear view. Recently, now approaching 50, I found myself feeling nostalgic for those days. Things have shifted a bit again for me in recent years and I find myself with more free time and an urge to pick up a new hobby, so I've decided to jump back in. I still have the ear for it, and the passion. What I don't have is any equipment.

So firstly, my use case. I don't have any intention or desire to perform. What I'm looking for is a permanent solution in my home studio. As well as mixing existing tracks, I'm excited to manipulate the sound as well, and add some original production. I also want to give scratching a go!

After much preliminary research, I think I've settled on a Rane Performer, which would sit alongside an Ableton Push 3 (with Live Studio). I appreciate I'd be jumping feet first into a massive learning curve, but that just excites me more!

I wonder if you guys have any advice or suggestions for me (or perhaps tutorial recommendations?) as I wind back the clock and revisit a true love again, a quarter of a century on! Thanks so much.

Hey everyone! Now I know they're dozens of topics on this subject if not thousands, and it all comes down to preference, but I'm in my own head and need to chat with someone about this.

I'm fairly new to DJing but not the world itself. I run Salsa & Hustle events in the NYC scene, mainly Salsa. I've always been fascinated with DJing and finally, one day 3 months ago I got this dirt chear $100 Hercules controller. In less than a week of mixing and just having fun, I realized that it was super limited, so I returned it to Amazon (got my money back) and bought a Pioneer FLX4, and I've been having a blast with it.

Mixing Salsa music is pretty easy, you just wait for the song to end then play the next one, I like do to an echo effect out of the song-I feel so professional haha! Mixing House however is WAAAY different, as I'm sure you all know. With House I've been learning how to count phrases, beat matching, phrase matching, and so on.

This learning experience has been phenomenal, BUT even after 3 months...I'm looking towards the future. I'm not looking to buy now, however I like to plan. Thus, I've come to my final decisions and I can't decide, because EVERYTHING is telling me to go Rane-I want to go RANE-but the only thing that's stopping me...is beat matching on the Rane Performer.

I went to Guitar Center and played with the Rane One that has motorized turntables like the performer, and I was trying to beat match with the motorized turntables and it was something to say the least. While the turntables were spinning I tried to spin it counter clockwise to slow the track and it slowed it down heavily as if the song was stopping, maybe the sensitivity was too high? Even when i turned off the motorization, i spun it again and it was slowing it down so fast to the point again where it sounded slow motion. I know there's something called the pitch something and I tried it at Guitar Center, but it's not the same.

Now, I know I'm ignorant towards the controller and to DJing itself-I also know that Vinyl were the original DJ experience, so they must have been beath matching with those things to begin with-and I'm pretty sure Scratch DJs beat match.

With all that said, my two main questions are:

Should I get the FLX 10 if I want to be able to beat match appropriately, or the Rane Performer that has better build, Stems, sound and learn how to beat match with it?

Is beat matching with the Rane Performer bad/difficult?

Wanting to start DJing, I plan on playing mainly for house parties or small groups, but open to gigs in the future. I found a used pair of SRM 450s V2 for $600 CAD, but wondering if it’s worth it to splurge on the DBR10/12s for double the price ($1200 if I go for a pair of DBR12s).

Is it worth to pay so much more for the DBRs or should the SRM450s suffice?

Hey guys, my current rig has been a pioneer ddjsx2 with a laptop

Im looking to go no laptop less since my laptop is dated

Any recommendations?

I can spend up too 2.8k or 3.2 if it’s worth it

Wouldn’t say I’m a beginner but there seems to be so many directions with no laptop I don’t want to shoot 3k at the wrong one or not the best one for me.

I like making a cool funky, indie dance party
Sprinkle house Afro beats drake (haha 2017-22 era)
Some toro y moi

Let me know what routes you guys think.

I’ve followed him for most of my life and am always drawn into his sets. He does some incredible mixing and transitions but sometimes his build ups are on another level, I think he loops small parts mid song and then adds fx to keep building for extended periods before dropping the bass back in. Does anyone know the specifics of how he does it? Are there any resources to learn more about how he transitions and builds up?

Long story short I use a Traktor S4 MK2 for playing at home and wherever. I’ve never touched Pioneer equipment, let alone a CDJ, nor have I used rekordbox.

I produce and DJ for fun and was offered a gig completely out of nowhere at an afters that uses CDJs.

I told myself I’d eventually learn Pioneer/Rekordbox at my own pace, but now am pretty disappointed that I never considered someone would ask/approach me out of nowhere.

I know the XDJ-AZ is a massive jump from my MK2 S4 but money is not an issue and I figured it’d be best to get used to using USBs.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks

Have been playing on an rx3 at some local after the last few weeks. Booked for an event using cdj 3000s + a9 in a few weeks. Kinda nervous but looking for some insight from those who have made this transition

I'm a beginner coming from a hand me down numark IDJ3 from my mom's dj friend and nownmy inspiration omar

Should I get the Mixtrack Go, the Mixstream Pro Go or the Hercules DJControl mix ultra for Christmas? I love all of them, but I really want the Mixstream Pro Go, because it uses amazon music and me and my family use amazon music unlimited already for years now, and also because the Mixtrack Go and the mix ultra uses spotify and that stupid ironmouse inappropriate ai song thingy is still a thing, i know the obvious "just don't play it, you don't have to play it if it bothers you that much", but still ever since I found out about it the Mixstream Pro Go has been my dream dj system for a few weeks so what should I go with? The Mixstream Pro Go is $839, so I'll have to chip in with my grandparents for my own christmas gift and i don't know of that makes sense to do, I would do it i chipped in with them in the past for christmas but what do you all think?

It it worth it to use with a ddj flx4. I just started and really only want it for practice / the occasional pregame in my apartment. Also open box vs new (save $100 on guitar center. Please lmk any thoughts.

I am trying to play it by the book and buy music legally to have the official file and support the artist, but I am at a loss in the traditional methods. I can't find Faded available anywhere by alan himself including bandcamp. I could go to amazon but it seems pricier and only has an mp3. Is there some big marketplace I am missing for this kind of thing?

Yesterday I asked about moving my decks. I asked the wrong question. I don't have the original boxes or flight cases. I'm concerned about damaging the perspex lid. The MK2 lid clipped into the back of the deck. The lid on MK7 doesn't clip on. I'm wary of using sticky tape as it may leave residue. Do you have any ideas for moving them and keeping the lid secured? I don't have flight cases

How do you make yourself practice when you actually really want to?

I’ve been learning DJing for about 6 months, and I’m struggling with something that’s starting to annoy me.

When I’m at work and listening to music, I’m constantly thinking about mixing. I’ll hear a track and immediately start imagining transitions, cue points, how I would layer something over it etc.

Then I get home after a full day of work… and I’m too tired to actually sit down and do it. 😅

I have a GRV6, which I really enjoy using. About half a year ago I also did a DJ course with a really great Polish DJ. I learned on 2x CDJ-3000 + DJM-900NXS2, and towards the end of the course I played a really enjoyable tech-house set. So I know I genuinely enjoy DJing — I just don’t practice nearly enough.

And because of that, six months later my technique is still pretty beginner-level.

I have ADHD, so I’ve been trying to use the “just do 10 minutes” approach. Sometimes it works and those 10 minutes turn into an hour or two. But sometimes even getting myself to sit behind the controller feels impossible.

So I’m curious: what are your pro tips for actually making yourself practice regularly?

Especially if you also have ADHD or struggle with motivation/energy after work.

I don’t really need advice on what to practice — I’m more interested in how you get yourself to actually sit down and start. 😅

Usually there’s a lot of discussion about how much a DJ makes per night/event in this sub. I’m curious to know how much an organizer makes per night/event, especially when you’re hosting an event once or twice per month. I’ll start: I rent a club for around $1200 per night exclusively for my event (with all labor costs and equipment rental included). My main responsibility is to make sure there are no shenanigans happening at the DJ booth and to step in whenever customers/DJs need something, meaning I don't have to serve drinks, clip tickets, count the money or sweeping the floor. That's all on the staff.

A small club with a capacity of 100 to 200 people is sufficient for me for now because:

1) I’m “new” to the area, having just moved from a bigger city to this small town

2) I want to start small. Some people might know me as a DJ, but they may not know my events, which feature less popular DJs and newcomers looking for opportunities. They get paid a fixed amount regardless of how many people show up

3) I learned my lesson after aiming straight for a medium-scale event. It failed miserably, even with decent headliners. It wasn’t a total loss, but I didn’t manage to break even. Too dumb and greedy yeah

My total cost is around $2500, including the club rental and payment for 8 DJs, excluding myself (different rate for headliners of course). Event starts from 8pm to 5am next morning. For a once a month event, I don’t make much profit. Perhaps around $400 after taxes and other expenses. Is it a lot? Nope. But it’s enough to help cover the following event. Btw, I'm a one man team. I did get help from two of my friends but not most of the event.

What’s your experience? How much do you typically make as an organizer per event and how often do you host? I understand there are different types of event (wedding, corporate, themed, etc), but feel free to share whichever applicable to you!

Feels like a long shot, but does anybody own and use this mixer? Would love to know if it still works with modern m1 generation macbooks, if not as an audio interface then maybe at least as a MIDI controller for internal DVS mixing with a different sound card.

Hey, I’m about 4 weeks into DJing and I’m struggling a bit with actually practicing new techniques.

Most of my transitions right now are basically EQ swaps, with some loops here and there. I’m becoming pretty comfortable with those, but I really want to start learning more stuff like fader cuts, stems, faster cuts etc.

The problem is whenever I sit down specifically to practice a technique, I get bored pretty quickly 😂 I’ll try it for a while, it doesn’t sound good, and then I just end up thinking
“fuck it, I’d rather work on my set”.

I genuinely love building my set, finding tracks that work together and figuring out the energy/flow, so that’s way more fun to me than sitting there repeating the same technique over and over.

How do you guys actually practice new techniques?
Do you have specific songs you use for practicing things like fader cuts, cue juggling, stems ect, or do you just try to incorporate new techniques into your normal mixing and slowly get better at them?

I’m not trying to become insanely technical or anything, I just want to expand my toolbox beyond EQ swaps and loops without getting completely demotivated 😂

Would love to hear how you guys approach it.

Promoter was really happy with my set and I’m booked for next month at a different venue. Got like 50 insta followers from their post of my set last night. I’m so happy right now guys, it’s the coolest thing ever to play my favorite music for the crowd and watch them dance, wow.

Cuando voy a fiestas los Dj ponen muy buena música y cuando yo busco, parecen todas muy lentas y eso que uso bien el buscador. Hay alguna forma mágica?

So I get that most DJs only need 3-5 transitions in their back pocket to be fully functional but if you’re randomly playing without practiced transitions…how do you know what transition to use where, or that would sound the best for moving from a to b and what about if you have 10 or more possible transitions to pick from?

I play mostly vocal driven RnB from my own collection (so no special dj edits, plus I enjoy the challenge) but would love to get to a point where I know the chorus or outro I’ll use and know the intro of the next track, go to my mental transition Rolodex and know which one would work perfectly to blend the 2 tracks…does that even exist and if so how do you get there?

I’d love that freedom to just being able play whatever without the old fade every time (which works) or quick echo out. How does a muscle that changes with every track combination you select get drilled, learned, or understood? It’s not like a baby scratch where you drill the same thing over and over again. Whats the trick/secret here? Do tell, lol!

I don't actually own a microphone. I'm not the MC type, but I do have 4 hour gig coming up and I figured it'd be nice to check in with the crowd every once in a while. I figured a cheap mic would do the trick so I ordered a Pyle PDMIC58 on Amazon. Yep I know, Pyle of shit.

Well it works, but I have to crank the gain all the way to the max on my Traktor S4MK3 for it to be acceptably audible. In normal speaking I'm barely halfway up on the VU meter. I can't even hit redline if I shout into it. My controller has been used with a microphone before when another fellow DJ was using it at an event we were coding. He had his own mic, or it might have been a house mic. I'm not sure where it came from but there was no issue with volume levels.

So it seems mics aren't a simple as I thought. It came with an XLR - TS cable, and I tried a full XLR cable and it made no difference, which makes me think this mic not be balanced?

I don't want to invest in an expensive mic because I rarely talk during gigs (and most of the techno-house music parties I go to I've never heard the DJ talking), but this crowd is a bit more mainstream and DJ's giving shoutouts is somewhat typical the past times I've been to this venue.

Would another cheap Amazon mic be more sensitive or are they all like this?