I'm relatively new to the DJing scene. I've been running sound for bands and events for a while, and sampling things on electronic drums and drum machines, but recently started getting into actual DJing. I picked up a Hercules DJ MP3 MK2 unit to start out with, using VDJ, and recently purchased a Novation Twitch. It seems like the Twitch is way beyond what I'm going to need.
I'm in Virginia, and we don't have "clubs" here, for the most part. Virginia requires bars to do a certain percentage of food sales, and in the last five years or so, they've cracked down on it. As a result, we don't really have any big nightclubs in this area where you'll find DJs; we've got lots of places that have live bands, but they're predominantly restaurants.
I do most of my "DJing" at private events and weddings, and most of these events want Top 40 and a bit of rock thrown in. When I watch videos of people using controllers like the Twitch, it's all absolutely awesome stuff, but seems more oriented towards the club crowd, not the wedding or corporate event crowd, where our job is basically to blend two songs seamlessly into each other (and that itself is more than most "DJs" do around here -- nine times out of ten if I go to a local bar, the "DJ" is running Windows Media Player with a crossfade).
I'm thinking that returning the Twitch and going with a more appropriate controller for my local scene is the best bet, but what would that option be?
On top of that, as a bit of an aside -- is there anyone here that's predominantly a Top 40 DJ? It seems like most of the mixes I hear from people have these obscure EDM songs all over the place, and that just wouldn't work here locally. I'd love to hear from some people who are doing the bar and corporate scene who are doing mostly Top 40 type stuff to see what they're doing with regards to transitions, etc.
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