So my college bar manager wants to buy some DJ equipment for the bar. It's just a little bar, they have some sound equipment (it's a bit shit but oh well) but basically he wants to get some equipment so they invite student DJs in every Friday night and play. He suggested a mixer, a 'dual cd player' and some lighting, and said he could get a laptop free from the IT department. Here's the problem though - his budget is £500.
There are a few things to bear in mind though - the people who he'll be wanting to get in won't be mega professionals or anything like that, and he also wants to use it out of term time when the college accommodation gets booked up for summer schools and similar stuff.
Basically, I think there's a couple of options - get a couple of cheap CD-decks and a mixer, which isn't really going to impress anyone, but looks better than the other option - use this laptop, get traktor on it and buy a MIDI controller. The problem with the cd-decks is that anyone who wants to use them will need to learn to use them, whereas pretty much anyone can get the basics of traktor and a MIDI controller. The problem with that, however, is that no semi-established (ie knows how to work either their own kit or a standard club setup) is going to want to come in and DJ on our shitty laptop.
I could possibly persuade them to up the budget a bit, but it's going to be tricky. Just wondering if anyone had any suggestions or advice on what to say to him?
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