Help with setup ideas!!

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Help with setup ideas!!

I recently had some extra dough come in and I am ready to invest in some new dj equipment. My budget is around 700-800 $. I want to be able to do some live stuff and fx and all that jazz. My ideas so far consist of:
S2 w/ midi fighter
S2 w/ F1
X1 w/ 2x F1
All ideas/ feedback/opinions appreciated!!!
thank you!!!:notes::notes::notes::notes::notes::notes::notes:

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Gotta give a bit more info on what you wanna do, man…

Also what you already have, especially since none of those have a sound card.

Also, how familiar you are with mapping, and if you have any interest in doing any edits to your mapping.

Although if you’re even thinking about a midi fighter, than you know enough that you’d definitely be served better by a better all-in one controller than the S2.

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I recently purchased two midi fighters (150au!) to accompany my lonely mixtrack pro. Too be honest, it is an amazing setup.

I use my mixtrack to setup and eq my track, the big ol’ jogs to beatmatch. Atm, I have about 22 buttons being unused; havn’t needed to use them yet really.

My left Midi Fighter is setup in 4 banks mode with the instant grat. mapping. My right Midi Fighter is based on the cue point mapping a fellow uploaded here. It has 7 cue points per deck, the 8th button will delete any given point by pressing 8+x point. (Work in progress)

So yeah. Sorry for the life story, but hopefully you have an idea of what you can achieve with a similar layout. I would imagine if you are a whiz at mapping effects chains, the F1 would be really good. (see armyofone) But I am extremely happy with my setup as of now. When I eventually want to do more, the only thing I would give up would be the Mixtrack. Simply for a 4 channel mixer methinks!

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I dig that setup! I’m looking at doing something very similar. I’m planning on switching all my gear out for a pair of midi fighters that I’m planning on having perfectly mirrored. Left for Decks A+C and right for decks B+D, with just a 4 channel mixer in the middle. Then I can hook up turntables or CDJs, depending on what the booth has, for beatmatching.

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I really want to do a lot of fx while still using the remix decks of traktor. currently i have nothing. I have been dj ing for almost a year using just the computer, and it absolutely sucks. like i said my budget is 700-800$ [quote=“Saurus, post:2, topic:45229, username:Saurus”]
Gotta give a bit more info on what you wanna do, man…

Also what you already have, especially since none of those have a sound card.

Also, how familiar you are with mapping, and if you have any interest in doing any edits to your mapping.

Although if you’re even thinking about a midi fighter, than you know enough that you’d definitely be served better by a better all-in one controller than the S2.
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important

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I am familiar with mapping but do not have any interest in makning edits or my own mappings.

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An S2 and Midifighter is a great start.

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How can the machine hardware be used with traktor?

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It works as a standard midi controller… Honestly I have no idea why anyone uses them for anything but the maschine software… there are far better and cheaper pad controllers.

Seriously though… Google…

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Any more ideas anyone???