NEw DJ HElLp!!

DJ Gear & Hardware Hardware: Controllers, Mods and Gear
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NEw DJ HElLp!!

Hi!!!
Im a new begginer bedroom unexperienced average guy that like the dj scene (plus i live in mexico) lol
That wants to get some gear to throw some parties ( i have a little studio/partyroom) at home so i would like i little help to decide what cntroller is the best for djing live like mashups ( disco, hiphop, regueton) and that kind of stuff that u hear on a night club…i aready have a mixtrack pro with vdj7 pro… But i feel that i need more… So i bought a midifighter classic and a midifighter pro to use it with traktor pro 2 …im actually using my mixtrack pro mapped to the traktor… But i feel that i need more control over the software.. What would u recomend me to use To make cool mashups And that kinda of stuff, ? Thanks!!

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jesus dude, to be honest you have over kill with 2 midifighters. though the mixtrack sucks, upgrade to something better, with a full mixer section.

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yeaah i know.. 2 are too much.. but i get exited on them and i bough 2 at the same time .. but its ok they look really cool… what mixer do u recommend me??somenthing w/o jogwheels? ireally dont know.. s4? wait for the s2? .. i want somenthig that i can controll 4 decks thats for shure!

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Then i suppose u need the s4

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yeah if you have the cash, get the S4

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Or an NS6. Just putting it out there.

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How much cash do you have to burn? It sounds like you got some disposable income there…

If you got the cash I would go for 2x 1200’s preferably the m5g’s cause they have digital pitch controls, add in a mixer like the denon x1600 for timecode control, 4 channels. Then something like 2x SC2000’s for the other 2 decks.

Otherwise just get an S4 like everyone else recommends.

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not sure how any of that relates to what the OP actually asked about…

personally i wouldn’t buy any other additional controllers for now, unless you really want to do 4 deck mixing.

you have stacks of controls available - all you are really missing is some pots/faders etc to control eq/levels on either decks c+d or sample decks.

a cheapo controller like an lpd8 or djm101 would give you some additional pots you can map - but personally i’d look again at all the controls you do have and get into some creative mapping…

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If you’re doing everything in the box, and LPD or a nanoKontrol would be good - the mute/solo buttons on the nano can be mapped to anything (I have mine mapped to FX on and FX select to scroll through them) You get plenty of knobs and buttons, the only thing you don’t have is a horizontal fader, but you already have the mixtrack. If you don’t need jogs, then I wouldn’t worry about getting a better controller like S4 or the like.

Maybe a Twitch, but I’ve heard mapping can be less fun that using it with Itch, ymmv.

I have Launchpad and nanoKontrol and that’s it, 4 decks, Traktor 2 Pro, done and done.

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oh thanks.. thats a real god advice! … i do have 2 nanokontrols.! and the midifighters. ive read somenthing abou the m5gs but i dont really into scratching.. ill gues ill try to map everything and wait for the s2. or the new release that ean golden its oding on oct 2d… a new product… thanks god i do have some money to spend on that .( i do not work or make money for djing its just a hobby THAT I LOVE)

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Maybe o.t. But if you are based in Mexico city I propose you a trade: audio 4dj for the midi fighter or an audio 8 dj for the pro

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And a chance to play in pata negra

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Thanks but im in matamoros tamaulipas!!! And traveling its not an options heree on these days =S

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s4 > ns6

ns6 jogwheels dont perform well in traktor, especially for scrathing. check ean’s review of the ns6.

id say the s2 would be enough for you considering you have 2 MIDI FIGHTERS ALREADY.

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since you said your looking for w/o jogwheels you should probably get the twitch. the twitch with the two midi fighters will give you a crazy amount of buttons so the possibilities are endless. pretty soon the twitch will also get the slicer mapped to traktor too and plus the twitch is only 500$ so pretty cheap.

but if jogwheels are necessary then i would look at the S4 which is a good machine but it does cost a bit more then the twitch .

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Wait, what about a launchpad?

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the twich loooks interesting, but i want somenthing that works perfectly with traktor besides the midifighters dont work perfectly with another program,

and the launchpad doesnt seems right… i like the faders look i think that i dont even gonna know what im gonna do with all those buttons!

thanks all for ur advicess.. im in a real dificul desicion right now!

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given how much equipment u already have, if u cant mix how u like with that lot (and some custom mappings) you probably won’t ever be able to.

u have lots of stuff to map - why do u want something else?

nothing works perfectly with traktor until u map it to make it work perfectly

the S4/S2 might be the exceptions but most people with those seem to like some extra control like a midifighter.

u might just be more happy with itch tbh

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Its not like i cant mix with it…its just thar i dont feel comfortable with it… I dont know i guess that ill need to try difernt mixers =s and i dont like to go to guitarcenter and try them all lol

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if needs be i can mix an entire set happily with only my lpd8. or my djm101 with something else with buttons on. with the amount of stuff u have i don’t think the equipment is the issue - i think its the mappings or how u use them.

i don’t know how much u use the traktor controller editor - but i suspect u should use it more…