DjElton's setup

[djelton]

Hello from Estonia, I have been lurking around so much here, so I decided to make a topic here as well. + keep in mind that since there exists already a few Dj Elton's I'm still in search of a more presentable name, so suggestions are welcomed



I first had interest in maybe 2004 when I downloaded a cracked version of VirtualDj and started messing about.

Then everything got quiet for maybe a year or two and I bought my first controller, as it was the cheapest way to go, Hercules MK2, with a built-in soundcard:



As I was a young boy and didn't have any consistency, as I didn't see any chance to play anywhere, again, my motivation and different hobbies got the best of me and I stopped until 2010, when I got interested again and then got myself Novation Nocturn, for use with Ableton and Traktor:


By then my family had already moved to a private house, so I got finally to customize my room a little:





Then one day I got myself even more gadgets, Akai LPK-25 & Korg NanoKontrol, I was a nerd for mapping so by then almost every button did like a 4 different things with different shift keys




In the summer I even got to practice outdoors, which was fun, as my little Civic pumped out more Wattage than my home speakers and I was basically performing to the whole neighbourhood + some onus pics of my car:



Bonus1 - Yes, that's a pic from 2012 Tomorrowland parking lot

Bonus2 - A little DIY.

Bonus3 - Winter LowLifer setup



Then I moved to the other end of Estonia and had to sell my almost whole setup with a few months difference(I sold everything besides Korg NanoKontrol). But I managed to take a pic of my Hercules, which I had customized with carbon vinyl by that time:




After selling almost all of my gear I started to practice at my local University, which had it's own gear(2 sets: 2x800CDJ's + DJM400 and another set with 2x2000CDJ's + DJM900) and even started playing at some of my Universities parties:



It was obvious, that I had managed to brake out of the ordinary bedroom-DJ routine, so I decided I needed some better headphones, I chose AiAiAi TMA-1 Beatport editions, since I wanted to buy once, not to buy many cheap ones:P



At the start of this year I decided that I want to practice at home more and to play at some house parties, so I bought a cheap mixer(wanted a 4-channel one, but this one was closer by and cheaper and has only the crossfader bleeding, that I don't use), which turned out to be Numark DM3000X. Eventually I want some 4 channel mixer with no/minimal effects, ATM I'm heading towards Allen & Heath Xone:42, due to It's great filters and sound quality (+ it looks Awesome).

I also bought myself a really underrated controller, Reloop Contour Interface Edition, which has a 4-channel really good soundcard and doesn't look like a Toy in the venues DJ booth, unlike most of the others do. It has really good features, also a excellent mapping, the jog-wheel is great for beatmatching and since I don't scratch the size doesn't bring me down. It also has so many ways to control effects and a lot of other possibilities.
So again, I don't see why everyone is not already using this 2010 product, that is Traktor Certified, is solid and looks cool due to it's metal design. I haven't had the chance to make a stand for it to sit flush with the mixer, but I'll get to that.


2 says later, after receiving it, I could already test it live, with only an hour home-playing time(I had exams, so no practice for me ), so it was quite an experience. A bad shot of it in a booth, next to CDJ1000 MK3:



And my final update with a pic says the message "DON'T LEAVE YOUR SETUP UNATTENDED AT AN HOUSE PARTY":



I'm getting it fixed ASAP
Also about the final setup pic, since I live at an dorm room, I cant get myself a separate setup desk, but I'm currently apartment-hunting, so I'm hoping to get a decent IKEA table and some decent speakers. Also planning to get another Reloop Contour to my setup, so I wouldn't have to switch between channels.


Wow, that was a long post, but that was a solid post as well and I hope nobody hates me much

[monogammee]

Great story to read and really cool history.

[LeonSchweppe]

Great story, enjoyed reading it.

[vanaema78]

Hello to a fellow Estonian.
Nice setup

[djelton]

Hey there again, it's been a long time

(ps. sorry for the bad pics, mobile camera sucks)

Basically, what has been going on, is that I fixed my computer screen(this time with a matte screen, for better viewing at the club)
&
then I broke my AiAiAi's



But thankfully AiAiAi has really good terms and agreed to give me new ones(this is already my 3rd pair and I'm still true to them):




Then after a while, after pausing the wrong song one to many times(forgot to change channels on a single controller), I decided to get another one:




So this is my current setup:




Now I needed a bag, because two-controllers wouldn't fit inside my laptop bag, so I improvised & visited a local travel-bag shop:



Nice snug fit:



And this is my club carry-around setup(I basically take only 2-Reloop's, laptop, headphones & use the club mixer):




Also a Bonus picture: "It's not Underground, It's OnTheGround"




At the moment my setup is pretty complete, I'm planning to get an SSD drive to the laptop and that's that.
The next step is a good 4-channel mixer, but that's not my no.1 priority.



That's all folks!

[Landsnark]

Great story and visual history. Cheers.

[mista]

nice setup bro!

[MrAybar]

Really nice setup and story didnt knew about this Reloop contour look real nice and usefull!!!!

[trollis]

Almoust same as my setup, i only got a djm 400 mixer

[djelton]

Almoust same as my setup, i only got a djm 400 mixer

Nice, the place I usually play, I use a DJM400 also

My goal is to get a decent 4-channel mixer, but that's in the far-future, atm I use the 3rd channel of my Numark for decks C and D(both run into 3rd channel)

Thanks to everyone from the nice opinions, it's good to see, that people are likeing this undiscovered controller