Beginer dj setup?
so i’m 15 and very interested in getting into dj, and i dont have a massive budget. I was thinking vestax spin 2 (i would be using it with my mac book pro, and djay), and just seeing were it goes from there. any thoughts. I would be mostly mixing reggae and hip hop if it makes a difference.
This is what i did with just software, and yes i know it’s terrible:
CMD studio 4A.
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hard to disagree with this, these will sell like hotcakes.
Not sure a hotcake will sell better than a cold cake. It really depends on the type of cake.
@ OP. You could also look for second hand gear. Like pioneer cdj 400s and a mixer. Those cdjs take USB. You can’t connect them to your pc though afaik.
reloop terminal mix 4.
CDJ 400’s can be used with traktor in hid mode. aswell as serato.
I see. Well, there you have it
And Mixvibes Cross 
but why should he get CDJ’s at all?
CMD Stusio 4 looks like a verry good controller for starting out on and it does not break the bank. Vestax spin 2 is ofcause plug and play with Djay but the Studio 4 is halft the price and has way more controlls and will get a mapping for Djay pretti soon I think. Also after you get a hang of DJ’ing you might want to be able to do more then you can do with Djay and that time I’m quite sure most other software will have a mapping file for the CMD Studio 4.
agree with the cmd controller.
as far as your mixing goes: focus on your transitions rather than trying to do tricks like scratching etc for now. you can always add that later. Djay is a good software to start with, nothing wrong with that. learn on your laptop until you get your gear.
Especially if you want to practice manual beat matching. 4A has nice long 14-bit pitch faders.
4a yes