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Just a small Office setup…

Hi there,

saw a couple of great setup … and just wanted to share a piece of my mixing story

so started out with a Numark cdmix 1 that i had to rent (was too poor to buy)

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then had a good deal on a cdn-88 also numark and an alto amx140fx mixer in rough shape

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then discovered atomix… and the beginning of pc mixing but was poor so used demos of software… a lot…

then found my first controller a bcd3000…

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wich had awfull latency issues… but it made me discover a wonderful tool : traktor!

after that i stumbled on a final scratch open sound card to try to solve latency issues with the bcd3000…

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kept that set up a long time … couldn’t afford anything else…

then by luck a friend on my fb feed was selling an almost brand new traktor s4mk1… it just got out at that time … but the guy wanted to sell it to buy himself a car… so got it for i think 650can in february of 2011

short time after that got a luck on sl1200’s… so i bought that too..

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kept playing with the s4 for a long time… but then in late got another luck: a denon dn-x1600 but i was starting to have no more space for all these things… so.. built myself a djtt ikea booth:

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A couple weeks ago I walk in my favorite dj store only to meet my little cousin (he’s 13) running arround like crazy. He wanted to buy himself a controller but lacked the budget… so i told him i’d try to look for a used set online for him… a week of online shopping later i found a lot… but i also found myself drooling over a new setup for myself…

… soooo … I sold him my s4 and told myself id wait for a deal on some new decks and buy myself a set…

then a friend of mine gave me a zomo mc-1000… wich i must say was quite surprised of the build quality : quite impressive.

and last week out of the blue… I sent a guy that was selling some dj gear and he told me he had a pair of dn-s3700 decks in good condition laying around with a price so cheap i couldnt refuse… so that’s where i’m at now

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btw i still have my 1200’s they’re just in storage until i can finish my little home office, I just moved into a house so still have a lot of boxes and a lot of clean up to do. Please forgive the untiddy office. :wink:

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Awesome, AWESOME controller. Definitely the most underrated one out there. Love mine. :thumbsup:

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Great Ikea booth also!

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Lovely set up. Maybe worth me trying the Zomo, only 90 euros…

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Yeah i just love the zomo … at first i was like: well it may be a nice backup or a nice simple setup to use when i dont want to move the technics or the 3700’s … and after trying it… i can definately say it’s one of the most underrated piece of equipement ever… 4 stereo channel soundcard + 4 deck control surface in one …wow… and the button feel ? Well as good as a cdj.

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Thanks I needed a Dj booth and my girfriend was like: that foldable table doesnt fit my designer taste … find something else. So i took her to ikea wich she just loves :wink:

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Btw i used to run the setup of a small alienware m11x.. and then this year managed to get a 2009 macbook pro 15inch for next to nothing because the screen was cracked. Managed to repair it … and must say i love it. Its just a core 2 duo compared to my alienware’s i7 but sooo much stable !

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i dont like the way those techs are being stored in the pic with the x1600 and the zomo. :disappointed:

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Don’t worry the technics are safe… the TT in the top right cube is my old stanton str8-100. Went shopping one day for 1200’s, found that TT almost for nothing… kept it for fun. Right now its just gathering dust… but as soon as i clean the office i’ll find her a good spot.. maybe as a sampling deck … ?

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ahhh gotcha. nice lookin ikea desk btw

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Thanks alot. Been eyeballing these since 2011 i think. In fact i’ve been reading that forum since january 2011 but never really posted so hopefully i’m gonna catch up :wink: BTW Deejaesnafu read your turntablism thread : some nice stuff you got there. never really tried to scratch but i gotta say it fascinates me !

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Thanks for the info!

So has to be asked - what’s next :wink:

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Haha I gotta say that the new traktor d2’s are tempting … i would love some xdj-1000 but they are way over my budget for now… i really want to find a nice controller with a big screen. Right now just trying out some options with external screens.

you can read about my failed attemps here :Traktor Pro / Traktor Scratch Pro Dual Screen: Proof of concept ?