Need some buying advice! DJM-850 vs Rane 62
Have always had a more traditional “battle” setup 2 TT’s + Vestax PMC-05 Pro IV, and also have a VCI-300. Had picked up some CDJ-850-K’s a few months back, and picked up a Rane Sixty-One when they first dropped. However, I’ve always been a Vestax fan and when the VCI-380 was announced I chomped at the bit, sold the Rane 61, and got one of the first VCI-380’s here in the states. Used it inside of ITCH a few times and it is perfect, but then I went to use it for its full purpose, to use it in Scratch Live with my SL3 and CDJ’s/Turntables, in addition to using it in ITCH. Problem here being, I’m a Hamster scratcher, and there is no reverse switch, even if I hooked it up reverse it just creates an odd workflow for me since I have grown accustomed to my left/right upfaders being left and right and my crossfader being the only thing reversed. So instead of using the 380 as a standalone I’m just going to keep it an ITCH controller for the time being.
So, I scratch a little bit, and I do Video DJing, and I also own a Rane SL3 box. Most of my gigs now days are just bringing out the CDJ’s. Trying to decide between the DJM-850 to complete the pioneer set or to go with the Rane Sixty-Two. I liked my Sixty-One but have never owned a Pioneer mixer, so am trying to decide between these two mixers. Any help/suggestions would be much appreciated!
