ULTRA NOOB In Need of TONS of Help Haha!

[manchild]

Before you go crzy buying gear and stuff, whats your goal? Meaning like, do you want to just try out DJ'n and see if you like it as a hobby? or are you dead set on being a digital DJ and you plan on making it into clubs on a proffesional level someday? Sounds like maybe you should just download a free demo of Traktor or Virtual DJ. Learn whatever you can about the software you are using from videos and playing with it. You can accomplish basic mixing w/ just your mouse. No need to worry about gear that may not suit you, and no need to invest any $ into something you may not be into in another month or so. If or when you decide you want to step your mixing up from just using a mouse and what not, you'll have a better idea of what gear fits you best.

[JesusJuice]

Before you go crzy buying gear and stuff, whats your goal? Meaning like, do you want to just try out DJ'n and see if you like it as a hobby? or are you dead set on being a digital DJ and you plan on making it into clubs on a proffesional level someday? Sounds like maybe you should just download a free demo of Traktor or Virtual DJ. Learn whatever you can about the software you are using from videos and playing with it. You can accomplish basic mixing w/ just your mouse. No need to worry about gear that may not suit you, and no need to invest any $ into something you may not be into in another month or so. If or when you decide you want to step your mixing up from just using a mouse and what not, you'll have a better idea of what gear fits you best.

i couldnt agree more with this post. i started with a cracked (yes i know it was pirated) version of vdj at a friends house. we both fell in love with mixing music and using fx and cue points and knew that this is what we wanted to do! so we both put our chips in and saved up for a s4 and now we have a legit piece of gear and legit software to run it on. yes granted i originally learned mixing and beat matching on vinyl in previous years due to always wanting to do what big brother does haha but i came into my own now with my own style and you should to the same. get music and get going, its always nice to ask questions and get it right on the first try but i've learned from that stand point you can fall down. personally i like trial and error because then i know for myself whats wrong. and i think ive lost sense in what i was even talking about now in my rambling sorry.. but yeah get a demo and experiment

[zestoi]

That's very true..and knowing myself I wouldn't think twice about upgrading as well. How much do used S2's usually go for? I also saw videos and a thread about the Behringer CMD that will be coming out..should I wait for those set ups? They are quite affordable. The S2 is very attractive though..

the S2 was a bargain until recently - not sure what the price has gone back up to now. the behringer cmd studio 4A may well be a decent controller - and should be pretty cheap. nothing revolutionary about it but should give u the same basic control, more buttons to map than something like the mixtrack and nice long 14bit pitch faders. even if u didn't want to use them for manual beatmatching they'll be great to map to effects or a volume control or something.

[kilobytekaushik]

Your handwriting is to your music . The pen your software .The writing paper your controller. You can do away with a pen that costs a dime to a hundred bucks. A crumbled paper or a clean white paper, your handwriting remains the same.

[mfuchs19]

I would suggest just downloading a trial of Traktor and messing around with that for a little bit because Behringer is coming out with a very affordable MIDI mixer. It looks like it will be a great starting point for someone like you. Cheers!

Edit: Oops. I see that you already knew this much. My bad.