essiantial software

[dylanmc111]

so... what software do u guys use for doing a gig?

what software would u guys recommend purchasing?

[StephanV]

Most of us here are on Traktor (Scratch) Pro, Serato is the main competitor. Ableton's a very powerful alternative (more production-, less dj-minded), and the latest VDJ release doesn't seem to be that bad either.

I recommend Traktor for DJ'ing

[Nesquigs]

Traktor FTW

ive mucked around with Djay, VDJ, ableton and Traktor (serato a lil bit,,, not enough to make an assesment on it).

they all have their pros and cons

DJay- good starter program to learn how to "mix" what songs sound good and what not. gets very limited very quickly in what you can do with it

VDJ - decent program, i just didnt personally like the layout so didnt take it much further (overlaid wav forms are pretty sweet and made beatmatching incredibly easy)

Ableton - FANTASTIC program. very complicated but you can do basically anything with it - my drawback is that dj sets with live are very "structured" and dotn feel like true sets to me. but remixing/producing in that software is incredibly fun/intuitive. plus you can edit video as well as audio...../3rd party vsts can expand anything you wanna do in that program

Serato - didnt play much with it. wasnt bad. deff would consider it more if i was on CDJs/ TTs -- the bridge is huge -- having a live layout in a DJ GUI would be fantastic (Ive linked live and traktor.. but it can be shaky/not having everything infront of you -- without an external monitor can get hairy in a live setting)

Traktor - Great for midi. powerful interface/awesome efx, like the layouts of the wav forms and felt more like a dj program should (compared to DJAY, VDJ, LIVE)- **my personal choice for mixing**

everyones gonna have their preferances and gonna like differnt software more than others... so try em out and see which one fits your style and what you wanna do

[tekki]

Traktor Pro S4.

[Nesquigs]

Traktor Pro S4.

shit! knew i forgot something!

the s4 is a beast. get it if you have the money and are serious about it. great piece of kit.

[Coldfuzion]

so... what software do u guys use for doing a gig?

what software would u guys recommend purchasing?

Correct me if I am mistaken, didn't you just buy Traktor Kontrol S4?

[exokinetic]

Digital heart...


...vinyl soul.


Traktor, the essential bio-kinetic interface.

[MrPopinjay]

Digital heart...


...vinyl soul.

xwax?

[JesC]

Serato Scratch Live, cd timecodes are free online on the rane site and vinyl timecodes are avail for 10$ each. Most clubs have a Rane mixer/box to use SSL here in the states.

[Bunford]

Ableton's a very powerful alternative (more production-, less dj-minded)

Kinda depends how and what you DJ I guess.

I only just switched from Traktor Pro to Ableton a couple of weeks ago and absolutely love it! So flexible. And, I'd say ABleton is seen as the best as Ean Golden even mentioned in one of his Traktor Pro 2 videos that the sample decks allow for Traktor Pro to almost catch up with Ableton's ability in having lots of loops and flexibility etc.