I am traditionally a Vinyl DJ... Playing mostly Drum n Bass, but i also like to play Electro House, and almost everything...
Avoiding going digital is pretty much impossible these days, so I have finally caved.
Small midi controllers drive me a bit crazy sometimes because I am used to the "space" of turntables, but alas, they do have really cool features.
So this is my dilemma: I'm having great difficulty choosing gear.
I would like to have a setup that I can use turntables and and possibly a midi controller. This isn't an absolute necessity, but would be awesome if I could have the best of both worlds. I read forums and reviews till I'm blue in the face so this is why I am posting.
I would like to do something like Serato Scratch mainly for spinning stuff like DnB and other music designed specifically for straight mixing (I can't stand spinning dnb on a little controller because it takes the fun out of being physical with 2 decks and a mixer).
On the other hand, I want to be able to set loops to extend songs that are too short (ie:2:30) to mix for too long.
Beat sync/gridding would also be useful for certain applications to free me up from constantly riding the pitch so I can focus on doing some other tricks and also talk to DRUNK PEOPLE if I am spinning longer sets (possibly as long as 5 hours). Multiple cue points are a major + too.
A controller is also great if I have to ditch the decks for portability in case I have a surprise last min set or something.
So what I'm saying is that I'd like a setup like this:
Need:
-Highly functional midi controller
-one audio interface or less
Have:
-Laptop
-mixer
-Tech 12's
Extra I already have: M-Audio Fast Track Pro (not entirely necessary if I can find a better setup).
Setup I considered:
Traktor Scratch, audio-8-dj interface, VCI-100, Tech 12's
Is this gear compatible? doe the interface work with the VCI-100 also? And can you effectively monitor CUE and Booth with the interface?
Also, I really like the stuff Mr. Ean has done with the VCI-100, but I am still unsure about using it because:
-I have read people have problems doing long mixes
-Monitoring (how does the monitoring work?)
Also to add... I have never used Serato, Itch, or Traktor.
I have only used an Xponent with Torq but had too many problems with the unit (didn't like the jogs, right master/booth output channels got fried the 3rd time I used it, thing is made of platic).
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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