should i wait for traktor 2? + one other question
I think the obvious answer is yes… i just have been saving forever to get scratch pro and an audio 8 and can afford it now, also just wondering will traktor scratch pro mappings work for traktor 2, specifically the oxygen 8 mapping… Also I will be purchasing monitors soon, is a set of krk rokit 8’s worth the extra hundred bucks compared to the krk 6’s? dose anyone know if the sub is worth it?
anyone? yes definitely i should continue to put of finally mixing with controllers for 2 months until traktor 2 comes out? and i have money in my pay pal account 1000usd im trying to by monitors, whats good. I was thinking the krk 6 or 8 with a sub.. I duno i live in a remote location so getting to a store to listen to them for myself is out of the question.
Hey man,
Personally the 6s are completely fine. I don’t think it’s necessary to get the sub - however, I have not listened to the 6s with the sub. It could be worth while.
As for waiting for the software, it’s a very very difficult question. Honestly if it were me at this point, I would pick up the free version (LE) and just mess with that until the 2s came out.
It’s so damn hard for me to wait, so I know where you’re coming from. But I would definitely bite the bullet on this one. Unless you can find it for like $50 or something to use till the 2s come out.
I would 100% hold off on the Audio8.
word, that clears up alot about traktor. you have any advice on a cheapy sound card i could use until i get a audio 10? I guess i wont worry about my turn tables right now, i just need a card i can connect my oxygen 8 to my laptop and start playing with it. Also the difference of price on the 6 and 8 is like 100 bucks even. then to get the 6s with a sub its like 900 usd. Do you think it might just be worth it to go 8’s? The only reason i cant decide is because a review said the 8s have a good thump that the 6s dont, so if im not getting a sub i thought a lil extra bass might be nice… Over all if the 6s bump and sound good i guess thats what i’ll do. for the price range im in, about 500 was guna go 1000 but im over it, 500 is enough, are the KRK rokits the best choice correct?
thanks again
fuck, i cant use oxygen 8 without traktor pro huh… ^.^ i have an idea! cant speak of it though.
How about just the Rockit 5’s? You gonna use them in a big room?
Well I don’t know if the KRK Rokits are the best choice, but I love mine. I use the 6s, and I like the bass on them. I am eating right now or i’d test it out for you once more and let you know my thoughts on it once again (which I will do for you after I am done eating anyway).
I mean if you want to be on the safe side, I have never tried out the 8s, but you could always just pick those up. Doubt you could go wrong with them. Reason I have the 6s is cause I got em for $90 a pop brand new when GC had the deal.
As for sound cards, I am not really sure as to what I would do if I were you. I personally think if I really wanted one badly i’d pick up a second hand Audio 2 for right now. However I do not know if it will fit your needs. I have never had to look into a sound card due to the fact that my S4 came with one built in and that was the first piece of equipment I ever picked up and that’s where I started DJing from.
I’ll let you know about the bass for sure in about 30 to 45 minutes.
for sure im a big fan of dubstep, if you have flux pavillion ‘hold me close’ or doctor p ‘sick tonight’ id love to know how it sounds.. also I would get the KRK 5’s but my bedroom is bigger, and even if it were smaller i would still go with the 6’s… keep it in the red!! lol i like to bump. plus if it needs to be quite you can turn it down… smaller speakers can only go so loud, and my speakers will probably be entertaining my friends when everyones over as well as serving as my monitors, so they need to bump, if i need them too.
Yeah, i’ll be playing my Dubstep remix (you should check it out on my SoundCloud!) that I made / played live last week on my Rokits! You should listen to it till I am done eating 
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Kk done listening, bass is definitely fine. I mean if you wanna go with the 8s thats fine too but the 6s are great on the bass. However this is jus my opinion.
Okay, so this is coming from a post-dubstep, back to DnB DJ.
In both those genres there is a lot going on in the sub-low range. like 80hz all the way down to 20hz.
So I noticed after having the KRK 6’s for quite a while (I always loved the way they sounded in my small bedroom) that when I listened to my mixes on the home stereo with a sub, a lot of the bass layering I had allowed to happen sounded REALLY ugly. I was like WTF. How was I not hearing that?
Well, those 6’s were just plain not reproducing those lows loud enough to really ‘feel’ what is going on in the low range.
Trust me. Two 6’s either as soon as you get them, or down the line when you discover what you missing, just wont cut it for EDM.
Another friend of mine who has 2 KRK 8" bought them, and used them for a few months in his bedroom setup (he has a much bigger bedroom than I do ) and he was pretty sure they were going to be enough, but after a couple months I went over, and he had the 8" sub out of his 2.1 PC system added to the 8’s.
If you want to be able to ‘feel’ clean low end, you really need a dedicated sub driver, period.
In my small bedroom, with the 6’s, I found when I added the sub, even with the High Frequency adjust on the KRK set to as low as it could go, the mid range was getting overpowered by the high, and low range, I even attempted running it in full crossover, and sending the KRKs 80hz and up, and the sub 80hz and down, and a few tests at crossovers one, and two octaves above that, and I just couldn’t get intelligible midrange out of those 6’s.
So I used a Panasonic 5.1 tube receiver I had lying around (yeah I know…) and used it to send a heavily EQed mostly mid-range signal to a 10" JL sub with no crossover, in a sealed box.
When I tune that into the system its a very cool experience to hear that one speaker fill in the “missing” mid range.
I had used the 6’s with the sub for about two weeks, and I just kept feeling like there was something missing, it was impossible to tune it flat.
If I could do it ALL over again?
I would get 2 8" KRK’s, and if that means the KRK sub is out of the question, then I would scour ebay and craigs for an active “home theater” sub. Like someone selling just the powered sub from their system. And when you go to tune in the crossover on that sub for your KRK’s, still download the KRK sub manual and use its instructions, with a combination of setup instructions for the home theater sub to get the connections all routed correctly.
Most 8" or 10" home theater will be perfect fr two 8’s, and it should be really easy to get the system tuned for a flat response, with clean, intelligible low-range.
And if you plan on say… dragging that out to the living room and entertaining a small group of your friends, and you don’t want to overdrive your studio monitors all night long… and probably into the morning, that Sub is going to be SO worth it. SO worth it.
The only full range studio monitors that I don’t need to use with a sub for monitoring EDM in a studio setting is a pair of dual 15" towers I have that are 150W RMS studio monitors.
I use those for parties a LOT, and I always use a Sub for those setups… But thats lots more people that will fit in most homes 
I like this response. I use my KRKs just to listen to my music when I am bedroom DJing. For production I use my AKG K702s, and car system .
Totally, for listening to one track, the KRK’s are clean, clear, and deliver way more low-end thump than I would ever expect out of a driver that small.
But when layering two or more fully produced and mastered tracks together, they just cant keep up.
if your planning on buying T2 when its out i dont see the harm tbh
Ok, so i can afford to buy the 8’s with a sub, just thought it might be over kill. Yes i plan on mixing 2 fully produced tracks… so the 8s with a sub arent chill for that? i dont see how they could possibly be incapable of reproducing a proper mix… if thats the case KRK needs to go back to the drawing board IMHO. ok im going to make my purchase tomorrow morning, the only thing im weary about now is if i spend 900 dollors on krk 8s and a sub, are they going to be all i need, im not going to finish a mix then listen to it on headphones and its guna be the straight pooopaloops. thanks for all the help guys, also if anyone reads this and knows a good soundcard or if the audio 2 will work for me to run traktor with my 2 rane ttm 56 and oxygen 8…
thanks
this is what im looking at buying if ya’ll can confirm that this is the most solid setup im going to get for the price. I mean really how far off could this set up possibly get you from the lows mids and highs of festival speakers… dont most EDM dj’s use this ne ways? all they have on DUBSPOT videos and in lots of random peoples videos is rokits.
this is what im looking at buying if ya’ll can confirm that this is the most solid setup im going to get for the price. I mean really how far off could this set up possibly get you from the lows mids and highs of festival speakers… dont most EDM dj’s use this ne ways? all they have on DUBSPOT videos and in lots of random peoples videos is rokits.
sorry for twice post. bad connection.
alright exo i think ima take your advice and buy the 8" rokits with the rokit sub. Can you please explain to me what you mean by tuning the sub? i read your earlier post, is that just picking the ranges that your monitors play and the rang your sub plays?
Yes, I suggest getting VERY friendly with the manual that comes with that KRK sub.
I actually use the instructions that they give for setting up their sub for just about every other sub I set up, just because it is so comprehensive, and explains the concepts your dealing with.
And to clarify:
2 KRK 6’s with a 15" sub (my situation) Are impossible to tune (ok lol at the sub size, thats my fault, but it was stuff I just had lying around, I didn’t go out and buy the 15 for the studio, heh) hence the addition of the 4th heavily EQed 10".
I would much rather have two 8’s right now, as I feel they wouldn’t need that 4th box.
The two 8’s with the KRK sub should be a BREEZE to setup, and to tune to your specific preference. And when you play a couple baselines over each-other, your gonna hear weather it sounds like sex, or it sounds like a duck farting (and totally not in a good way).
I have a feeling your going to be extremely satisfied with that system. Extremely satisfied