Another one of those threads but..

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Another one of those threads but..

Am looking at selling my CDJ 1000 mk3s in order to upgrade to CDJ 900s. I will be playing in a club soon and i feel like CDJ 1000s are too tedious with burning CDs and i would probably bring the 900s to house parties also. Also selling Traktor F1 but keeping mixtrack pro and x1 for meantime.

Is it worth spending $2k on used CDj 900s and a roadcase? Finding it hard to decide but i feel as if It will benefit me in the long run using CDjs to mix all the time with USBs saving the effort of burning cds. Controllers are great but i feel there is still no place in the professional industry for them as yet, but probably keep them to use for house parties if i dont want to take CDJs. Thoughts?

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I wouldn’t buy them new if that’s what you’re asking.

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nah buying used so 1800 australian for 2 cdj 900s. 150 for the case. Saving about 900 if i bought new

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Sounds like a good enough deal, do you have a mixer though?

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Yeah i already have a DJM 800 which is all i need really. Don’t see why to upgrade a mixer for 2 more colour effects, USB MIDI and some more effects. Doesnt seem worth the upgrade tbh

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I’d get’em. Sounds similar to my set up 1200’s and a DJM or a VCI300 for really small parties. Any club I play at I just bring my X1.

Same workflow at home or at the club. If places you are going to play at have 900’s or up and you enjoy them do it. I miss having CDJs at home where I could just drop a USB in and not have to worry about sound cards and laptop, just play some tunes.

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Yeah true i probably will go for it. How do you go about using an X1 in the club though? hooking up your laptop to the mixer and using an x1 also or?

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I use Serato Scratch Live. I use the X1 to control SSL, then play on whatever the club system is; turntables or CDJS

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how does that work exactly? kinda lost like the x1 controls the laptop so do you have the laptop plugged into the cdjs and mixer by timecode or?