Hey Everyone! Trying to learn the ropes ( newbie )

Try Serato.com and see the response you’ll get over there. These guys here have been nice to you answering all your noobish questions that can be answered if you simply use the Search button or read the blog. Nobody can tell you if a 13 is better than a 15 screen or to get or not get the anti glare, or what speakers to get. The best way to learn is to simply try it. I love M-Audio Monitors, KRKs are awesome to, why do I pick M-audio over KRKS, price. See what I did, I made my own decision, you should try it. You have the best tool in the world, Google. BTW if you ask these questions anywhere else, you’ll be ripped to pieces, they people here are pretty cool compared to other forums. Good luck.

its all up to you what controller you choose etc. But when it comes to buying equipment and your computer try to be a little cheaper at first (but still buy good quality) just in case you end up not liking it bc ive seen that happen to a few people…i just started a couple months ago and ive spent a total of maybe $500 on equipment, not including my computer which I use for other things besides djing.

Just do your research and and go check stuff out at the store in person so you can get an idea of what youre buying

Relax buddy, I appreciate all the responses I have received, and believe me I KNOW these are very noobish questions, but that’s what forums are for … right? I never said I don’t like this forum, or that I want to go to another one .. I am new to all of this and was just wondering if there is another site out there that may have a bigger community than here that I may not know about.

why are you trying to send me to serato when I am going to be purchasing a traktor? lol

A DJ Forum is a DJ forum and didn’t you ask for a bigger community, well serato.com is bigger.

Everybody is right that you have to make your own decision. But as a rookie to the digital DJ, I would say that research, research. When I first jumped into it I started with something I had know idea about. I bought a pair of TT, mixer, and Serato Scratch Live. I had DJ before in night clubs about 12 years ago, before the digital stuff had come around. I did get the hang of it sorta, but not very confident with it.. Serato is not as nearly forgiving for as new guy. This summer I broke down and bought the S4 with Traktor and I have to say, it is a blast. I not trying to promote Traktor, but I have the ablity to be a LOT more creative with it with out buying extra hardware. But I did take a huge beating on selling the TT, mixer and Serato. So like I was saying and others have said, research what you want for what you want to do, and try to get some hands on before droping all that cash.

Thanks, and like I said I appreciate all the replies, obviously in the end it is my decision, but I like for you guys to give me ideas so I have somewhere to start, I google and research everything hardcore before I make a purchase. I just have 2 more questions ( sorry ) … Can anybody tell me which headphones they would recommend and also I have been looking around for dj stands for my apt, but no luck .. so if anybody could point me in the right direction or website to get a nice little dj stand… thanks a lot again!

I currently have the hdj 500s and ive had them a few months now and for the money theyre awesome (idr exact price but i wanna say about $100)..and as for the dj stand i assume you mean a table to put your equipment on? there was an article on the homepage about that the other day, ill see if i can find it for you

here it is: How To: Create a Professional DJ Booth from IKEA Parts. - DJ TechTools

this might be a more expensive option than you were looking for but hey itll look nice and function well :smiley:

lol sorry to sound like a moron but i am not too handy with building stuff .. anything that is nice like that but i don’t have to attach separate parts?

really any table will do the job as long as at its at a comfortable height, again youre gonna have to search lol I cant really tell you about any other ones because I already had somewhere to put my stuff so I didnt have to do any research

Thanks! I just have one more question that has been on my mind and this might take the cake as the noobiest question of all… I’ve been to clubs/ bars where I have seen the dj only had a laptop … do some people have a pre recorded set and just play that? Thinking about it actually, I have never noticed anyone with a controller when i went out ( may have been too drunk to even notice though ) ..

Nope they have controllers, cdjs or w.e they use and if its a pre recorded mix they usually pretend to fiddle some knobs, etc…but that’s something you NEVER want to do so do all your mixing live and not pre recorded

next question :stuck_out_tongue:

Yea because I have seen some djs with just their laptops 100% .. so I guess they mixed it at home and then just played what they recorded, right? So I am guessing it can be done lol .. If my ultimate goal is to play in bars/ clubs ( which is way down the road, as you can tell by my knowledge in digital dj’ing lol ) … I would definitely want to do the mixing live .. seems like ur actually doing something lol.

That’s because you actually are doing something :wink: and don’t worry about not knowing that much yet because you haven’t even actually started yet.
And its possible to mix with just your laptop..way better with a controller though
Also maybe check out virtualdj because they have a free software that you can get to mix with just your laptop/computer until you can get a controller, which is what I did at first until I got a controller..that way you can get a general idea of what its like

you have been extremely helpful! Thanks! … Another question that I could think of is do you guys download music legally ( itunes, soundcloud ) or do you use websites / torrents (free downloads)? Does it matter and if so what are the benefits?

no problem. I would recommend buying it/downloading from soundlcoud…also remember there is beatport where you can also buy music. And the benefits of actually buying or downloading for free legally would be better quality

Thanks :slight_smile: !