Virtual DJ VS Tractor Pro - Why not ?

**greatmesk** · 08-08-2010, 02:37 PM

Guys. Take a seat. Everyones sitting? How about drinks and popcorn, cause now its getting interesting... ready? Here we go:

VDJ has infinite number of cue points! Not 5. Not 8. Not 99. Infinite. Like, as much as you want. I myself have some tracks that got like 24 cue points. Its the skins that are misleading cause they only show up to 5 cues or the keyboard that only goes to 9. With the right mapping possibilities are endless.

IMHO Traktor only beats VDJ and Serato because of the effects, beatgrid and most importantly in my case, midi sync with ableton or maschine. But on the other hand i can rock serious video shit with VDJ without getting VSL for the price of a controller/ software.

**greatmesk** · 08-08-2010, 02:41 PM

Originally Posted by Kupujte_Pytle

Perhaps VDJ wasn't properly set-up but it lacked definitely "tightness"...

Pitch drifting/ fluctuating was a serious issue in some updates of VDJ. But now everythings cool i think. And the sync just isnt as stable. With this i mean that the bpm sync is sometimes 0.1 off. I dont talk about the beatlock function, where vdj tries to keep the beats alligned by itself. Thats just a completely useless function if you ask me. This and automix are for me the main reasons for vdj´s bad rep.

**dead_devil_66** · 08-09-2010, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by greatmesk

Guys. Take a seat. Everyones sitting? How about drinks and popcorn, cause now its getting interesting... ready? Here we go:

VDJ has infinite number of cue points! Not 5. Not 8. Not 99. Infinite. Like, as much as you want. I myself have some tracks that got like 24 cue points. Its the skins that are misleading cause they only show up to 5 cues or the keyboard that only goes to 9. With the right mapping possibilities are endless.

IMHO Traktor only beats VDJ and Serato because of the effects, beatgrid and most importantly in my case, midi sync with ableton or maschine. But on the other hand i can rock serious video shit with VDJ without getting VSL for the price of a controller/ software.

do you mean just cues or hot cues????

**greatmesk** · 08-09-2010, 07:27 PM

Both

**dead_devil_66** · 08-09-2010, 09:22 PM

Originally Posted by greatmesk

Both

Ok, that's a HUGE thing over traktor.

Now i can see the reasons why VDJ is so expensive.

**jakeintox** · 08-09-2010, 10:52 PM

My new favorite thing is running a live video feed through VDJ to mix crowd shots into my video shows. Also, I just got firetext, which allows the audience to send text messages that get displayed on the club's screens. Kinda cheesy imho, but people love it in top 40 clubs.