My friend wants me to DJ our New Years Eve party with him, but I don’t have a controller. I’m not trying to DJ professionally, just for fun with my friends on occasion. I’ve read the reviews of a lot of them within my price range, but I can’t decide and wanted a little extra help. Right now I’m looking at
Numark MIXTRACK DJ Controller
Gemini DJ FIRSTMIX Midi Software Controller
ION Audio iCUE3 Discover DJ System
Hercules DJ Control MP3 E2
And I’d be using them with Virtual DJ Home Edition on my iMac (yes, Im lugging my iMac to his house). Thanks for the help guys.
I would take out the Gemini, and the ION. Just choose between the Mixtrack and the MP3E2, first off, instead of the mixtrack, you could get the mixtrack pro which is better and brings the audio interface, although its more expensive. The Mixtrack Pro is way better than the MP3 E2, but bigger and heavier. If you want something small and portable, the MP3E2 is your thing. If not, you should definitely buy the Mixtrack Pro.
I have the Hercules DJ Control MP3 E2 and I love it. Very easy to set up, and its pretty sturdy. Cheap, portable, and a great beginners controller. Its only downside is that it does not come with a sound card.
Or bring your music on a USB drive with your music, plug in, and just DJ using whatever your friend has. No need to bring iMac or buy a controller. Use the next few days to practice on his set-up.
My budget is between 100-150 but I wanted to keep it as low as possible since I just bought my mom a Mac Mini for Christmas.
But thanks for all the suggestions. I’d practice on my friend’s rig but he’s always at work this time of year since he works at Best Buy. Our other friends work at a Guitar Center but the store tracks what they use their discounts on so I’m stuck paying full price or I’d grab that Mixtrack Pro.
I use to have the Hercules mp3 e2
And works for me really good JUST FOR FUN
I use it in a lot of my birthday partys and drunken partys i go and It was kind of cool it was simple
BUT you cant listen the songs in headphones
I dont care in that time and now a friend of mine have it and he is learning a lot
he came to my house and play a really decent set in my s4 with no so much trouble
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My budget is between 100-150
[/quote]That’s not even enough money for software & a good audio interface (DJ soundcard). Let alone a decent controller with included DJing software & a built in audio interface.
Or you could download Virtual DJ Home. VirtualDJ - Download VirtualDJ
To practice DJing with. Burn your music onto CDs (320kbps MP3, FLAC or wav.) & play them on his equipment. (Assuming his equipment uses CDs.)
If it was myself personally, I would just admit that I don’t have any equipment or experience & bow out.
How long have you been DJing? If you’ve got the basics down with no controller, I would just stick with keyboard and mouse, but probably pickup a cheap soundcard so you can pre listen. Probably the best option is the NI Audio 2, which comes with Traktor 2 LE, which is a lot better than Virtual DJ.
Thank all of you guys, I actually found a Hercules DJ 4set for 150 with a case. And the reviews on it are really nice, so I’m snagging that and it’s right in my city! Again, thanks to all of you.