Anybody feel me here?
I almost never shop local music stores for several reasons.
1) mark up is insane
2) they rarely have what I want "in stock"
3) lack of proper "demo stations"
Im in the US (SoCal) and I stopped by Guitar Center today because Im planning on getting a VCI and wanted to see if they had one set up to demo. They didnt (not in stock). They did had a VCI 300 but it was set up for Itch naturally and for shit sake...on a MAC
Well ok, whatever ( I appreciate Traktor MUCH more now). The MAC had no ROM drive to slap my tracks in...or any port to upload.
They had no phones for monitoring and no other DJ software installed on it. I asked if they'd ever have a Traktor setup to demo or any other DJ software...they didnt know.
OK...whatever. I trotted over to the other station where the NS7 was set up and it was actually very interesting. Its like a double edged sword though since it leads you in the direction of the old 1200's but its nowhere NEAR in a usable status IMO. The sensitivity is a joke and Im not sure if this is Itch or the device. An actual moving 1200 written to work with software that is exactly as sensitive and responsive to touch as the 1200 would be amazing.
However...it was still a MAC...still no monitor phones...still only Itch. Again...whatever. I'll try to just mess around with some CDJs. Oh, that's right...no headphones and one working speaker.
To me...this is just plain bad marketing. How the hell do you bait hungry DJs into buying your marked up product if they cant test it properly? Really...is it that hard to set up a solid MAC & PC with the major software apps and controllers with monitors, phones and the ability to load your music. This shit doesnt sell itself...especially for those who are on the fence about it.
However, I assume their "pro -audio" and DJ is not much of a percentage of their profit for them to care too much about.
Oh well.
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