Old DJs, New Tricks
A friend of mine emailed me the other day and asked me this:
I was wondering if you might be able to throw some suggestions my way. I’ve been wanting to get back into the swing of spinning, mostly just for me cuz I miss the music. The problem is my equipment is old and everyone seems to be making the transition to mp3 mixing. Is there any way to jump back into this…?
So responded with this advice:
I went digital about a 1 1/2 years ago. I hated CDs and vinyl is on life support. My setup now is a macbook pro and a midi controller. I then route the output to a mixer, and still use the mixer in a traditional sense. I use Traktor Pro. I used to use Serato, but sold it and went with an all midi set up. If you’ve got tables, a mixer, and a computer already, the Serato is the most painless way to easy into the digital age, cause you still spin vinyl or cds, just with the laptop involved now. Other stuff pretty much changes the game all together, and you start yo have to rethink DJing in general because what you can and can’t do changes the way you’d approach DJing. If you use Traktor Pro or Ableton live, you don’t have to beatmatch anymore… but a whole new realm of loops and effect are opened up.
I would say if you want to ease in and not reinvent the game, go with serato. A new box for serato just came out so the old ones should start to be pretty cheap on ebay. If you want to jump head long into the digital age. check out Traktor Pro or Ableton Live.
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