Just wondering, do 850’s work in HID with Traktor? Or is it just SSL?
They work in SSL as well.
Still need an SSL box though.
Nope.
I wanted to try them for 3 reasons: they seem like they might be at the right point on the cost/features curve for what I want; I’ve heard that they feel pretty good for the price; and they’re not Stanton (just a personal thing).
I still might, but I’ve gotten to the point that I really don’t care about CDJs. If I use CDJs, it’ll be with Rekordbox prep’d USB sticks, and I just won’t practice like that at home. I’ll just use Traktor at home and buy something with a pitch fader (probably a dn-sc2k).
The cost of a pair of RMP-3as is about the cost of a DVS setup if you can find the right used turntables, and I’d much rather do that at home if I were going to spend that money.
You should feel each jog yourself, I think that all the jogs are pretty similar. I mean, obviously the smaller ones are going to feel different, but I dont think it can affect your abilities to beatmatch in any way.
I keep looking at the denon 3700 with the direct drive motor. It has alot of functionality. Everything from the 850 up has some sort of wave form display. I mean its not traktor or anything but you can still see where the energy drops.
If you are getting a cdj, make sure its usb. Thats the reason why I’m not happy with my cdj 800mkii. I’m very close t just getting a pair of 350s until I can afford to get the 9s or 20s.
People get angry about the price of the cdjs, and I feel like thats why they got bad things to say.
First thing I was told when I started is that the equipment costs alot of money. I’m sure anyone who initially started was aware of the steep prices so I dont see the big deal about the expenses. Just imagine if all of our produced good were made in sweat shops, how expensive it would all be then.
I think if you can figure out if you’d be happy with cdjs(maybe rent them or something) than you should drop the money on them.
In 2 or 3 years(or more) that your cdjs last you, god only knows how many different controllers you may purchase and resell at a fractional price to get the purchase the next “innovational” controller.
I’m willing to bet that if you compared your purchased over an extended time period and compared cdj players vs midi controller players that the amount of money actually spent it very close.
Then there is the time spent programming your midi controllers trying to find the “optimum” mapping vs just turning on your cdj and not having any choice of what the buttons do.
I feel like the mapping functions of programs is only a marketing strategy to keep everyone buying new stuff.
I’d rent as many different cdjs as you can to see if they fit your needs. it your fine with it, who cares what everyone else thinks. They are probably about to sell all their equipment to hop on board the latest technology anyway.
I agree very much with ryan…lots of truth in that post.
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You should feel each jog yourself, I think that all the jogs are pretty similar.
[/quote]This is the first piece that jumped out at me, because I feel a huge difference. It’s not that big of a deal…I haven’t played on a CDJ I just couldn’t mix on, but I really hated some of them. I think the 900 is worlds different than the 2000, and some people claim they’re the same. So, try them.
Ditto. Actually the first thing was that chicks dig it; money came second to girls. Anyway…because of some other threads, I think some other people missed that message.
Diminishing returns kicks in very quickly. I’d never use a CDJ-2000 as a controller for Traktor…but just so we’re comparing apples to apples, is a CDJ-2000 worth eighteen times as much as a DN-SC2000, when just using them to control the same software? No. Not at all. There’s no way it’s 18 times better to anyone. Does being able to play off Recordbox or a USB stick or CDs make up the difference? In a club, yes…in a bedroom, no.
Is it still worth buying? To some people, yes.
A $400 controller isn’t twice as good as a $200 controller…if diminishing returns kicks in that quickly, why in the hell would the rest of the price scale be any different?
This is the one thing I disagree with. If you sell at the wrong point in the product cycle, you lose a good bit. And it really only counts for the tier 2 decks. If you bought new when they came out and sold today, you’d have lost a little less money on the CDJ-800mk2 than you would have on a CDJ-1000mk3, based on the used prices I’ve seen. But, you also played with a notably worse deck for the time you had them.
Mostapha
I might have been a bit unclear with my choice of words.
My point I was trying to make is that several cheaper alternatives can add up over time and you might not realize it. Not so much to do with the resale value as it does with one’s question for ultimate personalization. As new options come out, you feel an urge to try to the new options to ensure you have made the best choice. And by you, I mean me in my personal experience with midi controllers.
But its cool that you were feeling some of the other things I was saying. Thanks!