I’ve spent more since I got into controllerism (the last couple of months) than I have in 3 years. Can someone say Black Card Candidate? I can’t. Too broke. I’ve gone through phases before where I spend large sums at once, but never in this quantity.
I got a Kontrol S4, Odyssey Flight Case for the S4, Midi Fighter, Scratch Upgrade for the S4, Fluorescent Orange Control Vinyl, M-Audio Axiom Pro 49, Pro Tools 9, Ableton Suite 8, Novation Launchpad (kind of free from the parents [A Nice Gift I might Add.]), 8GB RAM, 1TB WD Scorpio Blue Hard Drive, Denon HP-1000 Headphones, A Shit Ton of Jasmine Tea (Not Sure Why, but it tastes and smells like…well…amazing.) and Shure SE215 IEMs.
Like…What the Hell. What happened to my generally behaved spending habits… I’d assume that I’m also not the only one in this boat either, so along with lighting one for me, pour one for the foreclosed homies.
I feel ya man. Since January I’ve bought (and sold some) all of this. Not including all of the new music I’ve added to my collection.
Numark Mixtrack (sold)
Traktor Pro (sold)
Audio 4 DJ
Rokit RP8s
Kontrol S4
Kontrol X1
TSP2 Upgrade
I guess I can count my Toughbook too since I bought it with the sole intention of it being my DJ laptop. And I bought RAM, spare battery, and Win7Pro for it as well.
The only thing left on my list is a new mixer. But I don’t think that’s going to happen anytime soon.
Hello Friends, my name is Coldfuzion and I suffer from GAS as well.
At first I didn’t think it was this bad, but now that I look back … it has turned into a bad addiction. I have ruined my bank accounts balance.
Welcome to fucking DJs anonymus.
I started DJing on November 1st, 2010. Since then I have had one small retail job making minimum wage which I quit in January. This is a list of gear I have acquired since November:
Kontrol S4 - $1010
Maschine - $520
AKG K702 - $275
Novation SL 49 MK II - $320
MIDI Fighter - $240
KRK Rokits - $210 (Thank God for Gianmarco or I would’ve have blown $420)
MacBook Pro 15" i7 - $2900
Uberstand - $87
Please keep in mind these are the prices I actually paid, so it’s after tax and the S4, Maschine, and MacBook include a 3 year accidental damage coverage.
Numark Stealth (used from a friend and started this whole mess)
HP envy 14 (since I was tired of lugging the alienware to work)
Uberstand (cant just have the new laptop sitting on the counter at my gig)
Traktor Pro (traktor 3 wasnt doing it for me anymore)
Audio 4 DJ (hated Asio4all)
Mono 365 bag (had to have something to carry all this new gear in)
Midifighter (cant wait to get this thing)
Now as I decide whether or not to get into full production and not just remixy/mashup stuff, its me starting to look at hardware and synths and VST’s
learned on two shitty rack mounted cd players at school with the volume stuck at max and i used to have to quick cut by switching the input switches to kill a deck and drop a new one
since then…
Vestax Spin (sold)
Kontrol X1
HDJ - 1000s
APC 40
MPK Mini
Kontrol S4
750gb 5400 RPM WD HDD
60gb Vertex 2 SSD
4gb of ram (I NEEZ MOAR)
oh and…
Djay, Tpro, Tpros4, Tpro2, Ableton suite 8
Yah man, I did the same thing. In a 6th month time frame i did:
djm-700
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Str8 150s
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Audio 8 and TSP
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Novation SL Mk1
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Xone 42
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2 1ds
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Then in a very wierd state after getting my toncils taken out. DRUG Induced GAS, I sold my Xone 42 and bought a Ecler Evo 5
+
Traded my Audio 8 for a EKS Otus Sold that
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Upgraded from Imac to Macbook pro i7
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Sold the 1ds and bought 2x kontrol x1s.
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Some hd 25iis at some point
I’ve settled for the semester now and the only thing I have added is a lunchpad but it was a gift from the rents.
I ended up giving away the novation remote mk1 and I lend out the djm 700 to friends.
It clams down once the initial rush is over and you find your equipment. vibe, and start doing what you want
I was 18 and had a restaurant job so it was a bit crazy
