Selling my 1210s has reduced my mixing ...

[city_boy07]

Yeah it was... but I sold it to buy a new Guitar FX processor.
It was a wrench but I wasn't using it as much as I intended. Lovely machine but I just use a Macbook Pro now and hook it to the screens.

Did it just not have the power for it? Ive been thinking of picking one up just for production.

[DarioJ]

Serious questions:
Are you guys telling me that for someone who grew up on a digital setup, they can't find that intrinsic feeling on their kit?
Do you guys honestly believe that TT's or CDJ's are that much more.... alive?

[Karlos Santos]

Did it just not have the power for it? Ive been thinking of picking one up just for production.

It had plenty of power. Don't be put off by the fact that it's not a full grown Mac Pro. I have to say I don't have the knowledge of Logic to say whether a power user would be happy with a Mac Mini but I took some advice from users on DJTT before I bought it. I was told I would have no issues with Mini. I liked it a lot. I just had an almighty desire for a better FX processor so the Mini had to go for no other reason.

[city_boy07]

Brilliant... my mate works at the apple store and can get a nice discount on the mini making it just under 500 wich sounds a steal!

Just wanted to make sure it would be able to run tho

[sarasin]

Technics....Keeps you on your toes!

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[MRG12EG]

cant beat the feel on spinning vinyl.

i tried a controller setup with traktor and i hated it.. i wanted to like it but i just couldn't get in to it.
what funny is i really enjoyed using Ableton (apart from the warping)

ive moved to cdj's now which kinda gives me the best of both worlds..

[haze324]

Serious questions:
Are you guys telling me that for someone who grew up on a digital setup, they can't find that intrinsic feeling on their kit?
Do you guys honestly believe that TT's or CDJ's are that much more.... alive?

Yes. Honest answer is after playing on tons of different controllers and set-ups, including an S4....and man I tried to love that S4, came up with user mappings, etc. it all felt "lifeless" compared to a turntable. Same as having to midimap, and prepapring samples....felt as if I was more focused on computer programming than music.

[balakoth]

Brilliant... my mate works at the apple store and can get a nice discount on the mini making it just under 500 wich sounds a steal!

Just wanted to make sure it would be able to run tho

Any two bit refurbished pc would run better and cheaper than a Mac mini. Seriously. Is it the operating system that gets you people to pay double markup or what.

[balakoth]

Yes. Honest answer is after playing on tons of different controllers and set-ups, including an S4....and man I tried to love that S4, came up with user mappings, etc. it all felt "lifeless" compared to a turntable. Same as having to midimap, and prepapring samples....felt as if I was more focused on computer programming than music.

See the issue I have with this.. Do people not realize if you are going to change methods to madess, you actually have to change the method?

I feel alot more "alive" and in control, doing alot more things with my Traktor setup. If you expect to go from vinyl to a digital setup and some how work it the same way to create the same feeling, you are far far far mistaken.

Ill never get this line of thinking "it doesnt feel the same". Of course it doesnt, but because of your egotistical view towards a turntable or how it should "feel" you in no way help advance the current future. Or attempting to advance your own understanding of it.

Turntable away, they are great for the bedroom. You would never catch me hauling a 1210 to a club now a days, and i believe even 2 clubs here even have a pair of house tables anymore.

For the sake of fun and progression of your own mixing, TTs are great, they arent practical now a days for a standard club dj

[haze324]

Ill never get this line of thinking "it doesnt feel the same". Of course it doesnt, but because of your egotistical view towards a turntable or how it should "feel" you in no way help advance the current future. Or attempting to advance your own understanding of it.

Sounds like you are the one with the egotistical and short sided view pal. You choose to quote what I said and perhaps don't agree with what I'm writing ---- but the topic of this thread is exactly what I'm relaying to the guy who asked above.

To give you some background because it seems like you know plenty about me from your post. I played on 1200's when I was a teen in the mid-90's and stopped DJing all together for about 10 years. Decided to take it up as a hobby at some point and bought a controller. It was cool, easy, and like most who get a controller now a days it was easy to play some tunes at the house and for friends. I got all into traktor, developed plenty of custom mappings, shared them with the forum, etc. ended up with the CDJ's for a while, tried those, and although fun....it wasn't until i got some 1200's nearly 15 years since I had played on one that I really enjoyed playing tunes. Same goes for SSL, i prefer it to Traktor. It's no ego my man ----- it's choices, tastes, likes, etc.

...plenty of other folks on this forum have expressed the same "feeling" when using tables vs. a controller.