So whilst preparing for a competition for a residency over here, I stumbled across the website, and my mind has been slightly blown. There's some great resources here, but it's now made me question whether I originally spent my money well...!
I've been DJing a couple of years now, but started out on CDJs that I had borrowed. When it came to buying my own kit last summer, I made the transition to Digital because of how cost effective it seemed. At the time, because I found the free version very intuitive, I bought Virtual DJ Pro 7 and have had some wicked gigs with it.
However, after stumbling onto this site today, I'm beginning to wonder if I've limited the creative options available. I got into DJing because I love my music, and I wanted to creatively introduce people to stuff they hadn't heard and I now feel I'm at a point where I could push that that little bit further but I'm worried I've shot myself in the foot a bit with initial software choice. I'm a university student, so my funds aren't massive, so that would make rectifying the situation a bit harder, if it was considered a drastically bad decision! BUt that will just mean more gigging to raise the funds, so I can't complain too much!
So I have four questions really:
1) Does Virtual DJ have interesting mapping capabilities, or is the general consensus that it is too limited when compared to Traktor?
2) Is the key to getting the best out of it just a better Midi Controller? I Currently use a Numark Mix Track Pro - would it be worth me investing in a Midi-Fighter to compliment it, or should I look to change controller first all together?
3) How compatible are the DJTT resources with Virtual DJ Pro? Specifically the mapping - I assume it's different from software to software, but I don't know a lot about the concept... To this point, all I've thought about is the records!
4) I guess the big one... All the above considered (and taking into account that I really have no interest in video mixing in the slightest) have I bought the wrong software for someone like me?
Thanks on this!
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