First Gig this Week: What do I Need for Load In/Soundcheck?

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First Gig this Week: What do I Need for Load In/Soundcheck?

Hi DJTT Forum,

I have my first gig this week, and the event organizer has just asked me what I need from the venue in terms of load in and sound check. I have no clue what I need. Could anyone help me out? I use a MacBook Pro with Traktor Pro 2, a Traktor Kontrol S4 and F1, and a Novation Launchpad. I would also like the ability to plug my iPhone into the venue’s mixer in case of an equipment failure. I have a simple 3.5mm to RCA cable that would probably do the trick for that.

Any advice/help is much appreciated. Thanks so much!

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spare everything :slight_smile:

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What do you mean?

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Pretty much

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What does “spare everything” mean?

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u should basically have an extra set of RCA’s, USB Cables, Power Strip etc.

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So the venue will provide extras of those?

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you just need an in-house mixer that connects to the amps/booth etc,

plug your s4 output into the RCA of the mixer, channel fader up and off you go.

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No.

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He could always ask

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If you want to look exceedingly unprofessional. What if they don’t have what you need? It’s not worth the risk.

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[quote=“Ross, post:11, topic:61147, username:Ross”]
If you want to look exceedingly unprofessional. What if they don’t have what you need? It’s not worth the risk.
[/quote] Ya ok. True.

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Thanks everybody!

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Get yourself ground loop isolator is plugging into a system you haven’t used before. The ART DTI is good as is has xlr’s and quarter jacks both in & out so whatever the connections are to the amp you will be able to hook up.

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I’m not quite sure what this is, and I’m flat broke. Is it essential?

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Sometimes you get hum through the sound system, sometimes you don’t, a DTI box gets rid of the hum. If its a decent venue with a sound engineer all will be ok as he or she will have them anyway. If not it would be down to you to sort out; I always carry one as a matter of course.

See if you can do a sound check in advance to make sure it’s all working.

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Okay awesome, thanks so much.