My future DJ Gear.

[animaniatico]

So, i've been DJ'ing for around 6~8 months, i took some classes, and i'm ready to buy gear. I have a 400$ budget, and i want to take the best out of them. I was planning on buying these items:

• The APC 20
• A Mixtrack
• DJ I/O
• ETY-Plugs, to help my hearing
• Sony MDR-XB500

And doing the mapping for pads and LED's for Traktor, and stuff. I want to get the APC20 because i want to set it up for looping, eq-killing, effects and things like that. Do you guys think that this combination is a good idea?

Oh, btw, i already have Traktor Pro 2, so the software part has been taken care of.

[Frank112916]

I'd say loose the mixtrack and apc20 and just go straight for the apc 40. No real reason for jogs. Unless you want the more traditional interface I see no reason for the redundancy for the mixtrack and apc20 and the apc40 gives you encoders to work with to adjust parameters.

[padi_04]

I'd say loose the mixtrack and apc20 and just go straight for the apc 40. No real reason for jogs. Unless you want the more traditional interface I see no reason for the redundancy for the mixtrack and apc20 and the apc40 gives you encoders to work with to adjust parameters.

+1. The only thing I regret from selling mine is losing the encoders.

If you want to keep it a bit traditional like he said, I'd save a little more and replace the mixtrack with something like the vci, with higher resolution on the pitchfaders and jogs (it's a PAIN to beatmatch with regular MIDI)

You can map something like this:
http://www.traktorbible.com/freaks/m...ew.aspx?id=123

[HarryHope]

I love my APC40 with a passion. Solid piece of gear, you will not regret it!

[V-Hoff]

I would change the Numark DJIO for a NI Audio 2
And the mixtrack for an iPAD

[Frank112916]

I would change the Numark DJIO for a NI Audio 2
And the mixtrack for an iPAD

lol the ipad alone is wayy above his budget.

[Nicky H]

lol the ipad alone is wayy above his budget.

And he wants to dj, not draw banana's on the way to work...

[MuzicFreq]

GET DIFFERENT HEADPHONES!!!!
Those things will muddy the sound!

$400 budget

APC40 used for like $200
Audio2DJ used for like $70

$270 so far
then buy some Shure SRH750DJ headphones or similar.

Trust me, it will be much better

APC40 mapping > Paddy's mapping (http://traktorbible.com/freaks/mappingview.aspx?id=123)

[V-Hoff]

lol the ipad alone is wayy above his budget.

I didn't saw the budget of $400, my bad, but you can find an iPAD for like $380 on ebay.

You don't need 3g and 16gb is more then enough

iPAD 1 16gb wifi - $380
http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-iPad-16GB-...item415c01a673

In a budget of $400 I would buy
APC20 ($127) + Audio2 ($99) + Sennheiser HD25 1 II ($194) = $420

I would use the faders for FX slots 1 and 2
The buttons for FX slots 3 and 4 and general traktor control

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Akai-APC20-Compact-Ableton-Controller/dp/B0034O4IMU/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1312298217&sr =1-1"]Amazon.com: Akai APC20 Compact Ableton Controller: Electronics@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51L3w7BqoLL.@@AMEPARAM@@51L3w7BqoLL[/ame]
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD25-1-II-Professional-Headphone/dp/B000TDZOXG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312298047&sr=8-1"]Amazon.com: Sennheiser HD25-1 II Closed Back Professional Headphone with Swivel Earcups: Electronics@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41srx%2B6RiPL.@@AMEPARAM@@41srx%2B6RiPL[/ame]

If you have done classes you may know someone selling a cheap used mixer (behringer or denon) for around $40. You can practice 2 decks External Mixing with it at home and use a club mixer when playing out.

I'm using a shitty old behringer DJX400 but its only for home use, it's enough for practice and on cheap speakers you will not notice it's poor quality

Good luck!

[V-Hoff]

And he wants to dj, not draw banana's on the way to work...