VCI-400 ean golden edition

[sonnychhokar]

Hello Everyone....i'm a first time poster, so i apologize if this has been repeated

Recently got a VCI 400 SE. I've been strictly a bedroom DJ, but have got my first gig coming up.

This being my first gig ever, I have no idea what my set up should look like and/or what i need in the club. I'd like to not look like a fool (before i even start playing music) and am hoping someone could give me a rundown.

Here is what I have:
Mac book pro running Traktor Pro 2
VCI 400se

I don't plan on using any other devices, but i may be missing some key items. I really hope someone can help me with this!! Let me know what other things I need or should request the club to provide. Thank you in advance.

-SC

[Gapout]

Hello Everyone....i'm a first time poster, so i apologize if this has been repeated

Recently got a VCI 400 SE. I've been strictly a bedroom DJ, but have got my first gig coming up.

This being my first gig ever, I have no idea what my set up should look like and/or what i need in the club. I'd like to not look like a fool (before i even start playing music) and am hoping someone could give me a rundown.

Here is what I have:
Mac book pro running Traktor Pro 2
VCI 400se

I don't plan on using any other devices, but i may be missing some key items. I really hope someone can help me with this!! Let me know what other things I need or should request the club to provide. Thank you in advance.

-SC

Umm you have been a bedroom DJ for 1 month total? or u have been using somthing else and just upgraded to the vci400?

I'm going to go on a bit of a tangent here...

Please do not get offended as this is not my intention.

First off, you need to learn to beatmatch...do not use sync...its newbie DJs that use autosync that have no idea of musical structure that give controllers a bad name. YES auto sync is there...and its a tool...to be used when you need to...not as a necessity. 2nd, you should probably find out what the club already has in there...the size of the DJ booth to know if u can even fit your vci-400 into the booth...and if not find work arounds...like 1" cell foam u can put on top of the turntables or CDJS or whatever is already in the club.

Im assuming youll have like 2cdj1000s and a djm800 already @ the club...so in that case all you need is to plug your vci400 into 1 channel of the mixer, using RCA cables...have a few of these in your DJ bag...they are cheap and i usually keep about 2 pairs in my bag and have another 4 at home...and make sure they are under 6' as sound quaility can degrade on RCA longer than 6.

Gigging: This is where knowing how to beatmatch is important because unless you are the first one playing...you will need to be able to beatmatch into the person playing before you. I see so many novice DJs that go out to clubs and think they are an awesome DJ...yet they sound horrible...they do not know how to mix and just mush songs into each other...and i also see a ton of DJs who just do Intro to Outro mixing. THIS IS NOT DJING!!! espicially if you are using something like Traktor with autosync. This is why a lot of people hate on controllers.

Sorry about the rant...and it is not directed at you.

[sonnychhokar]

@Gapout - Thank you for your response and i'm not trippin off your "rant" either.

Background: I've been a bedroom dj for a about three years. Originally, I started with 2 1200s and vestax pmc06 and yes, lol, i can beat match. Before I bought the vci400 EGE, I was using my friend's vci100.

I thought I might have needed a soundcard, but there's one built into the vci 400, so that's taken care of. Thanks again.

[oliosky]

bring cables, a flashlight and a usb/cd full of tunes if it all goes tits up.

[thebeatworx]

you can stick upto 5 innofaders in the vci-400 which are the best faders on the market, although they are the most expensive..

I just got word directly from Elliot Marx, that this is not true. The Innofader / Innobender does not fit in the VCI-400... CF-X2 is the only option so far...