After watching the video articles on what’s in celeb djs gig bags, I thought i would be cool to post what’s in mine, and encourage others to do the same. Never know when and where you can pick up some good tips and tricks from other djs experiences in the field.
I’ll go first:
Gig Bag Checklist
-2x Control Vinyl
-CD Wallet
2x Control CD
Various mix CDs
-Laptop Stand
-Headphones + 1/4" Adapter
-2x SCS.3d
2x USB Cable
-Cartridge Case
2x Cartridge
-Korg KP3
Power Cord
2x RCA to TS Cable
-Macbook
Power cord
-Cables
2x RCA to RCA Pairs
2x XLR to TRS
-Backup HDD (firewire)
-IPod Nano (Charged and loaded with correct mixes)
1/8" to RCA Stereo Adapter
USB to IPod Cable
-2x Pen
-Sharpie
-Pen Light
-Led Manual Power Flashlight
-Notepad
-Spare 1/4" Headphone Adapter
-Large Screwdriver
-Fine Screwdriver
-Business Cards
-Giveway CDs
-In-ear Attenuators
-Assorted Manuals (D.4 Pro, KP3)
Other Gear
-Mackie D.4 Pro in Odyssey Case
Power Cable
Firewire Cable
Good topic. Thinking about it, I felt like posting what I should have in my bag, rather than what I actually have in my bag. A sure sign that I need to sort backup plans out.
1 - MacBook Pro 13" Unibody
8 - high quality RCA wires (4 are for spares)
1 - external HD 160gb (FireWire 800)
1 - epytomic er-20 earplugs
2 - copies of my latest mix incase of technical troubles
1 - iem headphones IE20Xb
1 - Allen & Heath Xone 1D
1 - Audio8 sound card
4 - USB cables (2 are spares)
1 - package of Dove travel face wipes
1 - mini LED light
1 - piece of sound foam (incase I need to put my mac on somethig wierd)
x - handful of business cards
x - handful of stickers
x - pen for filling out Customs forms
1 - glucose spray ( I’m a diabetic)
1 - pair of Skull Candy earbuds for plane rides
1 - hand sanitizer for the plane
x - paper towels or handy wipes to clean tray table & air jets on plane
x - packets of emergen-c for plane rides
stuff to be added this month
2 - NI X1 controllers ( they should be here next week)
1 - Cables Unlimited multi-tt 7port USB hub (bought for the controllers)
X - more USB cables for new controllers
So if you can’t tell I am over the edge about staying clean on the plane. It’s always so dirty, they never clean stuff, and since I keep my gear close to me at all times that’s where I keep all that stuff. Lol
12" Mac Ibook G4
Pioneer HDJ1000 Headphones
Serato Box and Control CDS
5 sets of RCA’s
Power Bar
CD Book for emergencies
I hope to Buddha that everyone LEAVES THEIR HEADPHONES IN THEIR BAG.
My biggest pet peeve is DJ’s that walk around with their headphones around their neck in the venue.
If people like what you play, they’ll be damn sure to see who you are.
HP Pavilion dv6500t laptop
VCI-100
Korg Nanopad
10 metre RCA (don’t ask)
Female-female RCA adaptors
RCAs, Y shaped, normal, you name it
At least 1 spare USB lead
Cross head screwdriver
Headphones
Earplugs
Multicores
Audio8
Audio2
TSP vinyls
TSP CDs
4 plug power extension lead
2xSpare headshell and needles
iPhone (has all my mixes on it for times of extreme peril)
DJ Jorge shirt
headphones for my neck
‘no requests’ sign
kidding!
apc40
sound card with rca to trs adapters
rca cables (4; i mix internally)
macbook pro
cd with a 20 minute mix i made (i load it into their cdj and have it ready to go)
usb hub
usb cables x6
uberstand
midifighter (i actually carry that;all of my gigs are local lol)
i agree, the headphone thing is very annoying. i see a lot over here. i’ve even seen one of the guys carrying around a serato time code cd.
what is when the dj is having headphones also for daily use? u won´t see me outside the door without my headphones. so propably one day u´ll meet me at a club with my headphones around my neck
in my bag i have:
laptop
vci 100 se (not really in the bag i have a nice case for it)
320 gb wd passport
audio dj 8
2 stands (millenium/uberstand)
cables
pens/paper
My bag is a standard bedroom DJ bag. I have a lot of fun with it
Laptop Dell Vostro 1310 still with Windows XP SP3 (it’s my work notebook also)
Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 (yes, I still mix something with mouse )
Mouse pad with silicon for my wrists
Western Digital Notebook HD with case 320gb
M-Audio Oxygen 8 v2 - 25 keys
Generic Sustain Pedal
1 P10-P10 cable to my sustain pedal
Numark DJIO
1 cable RCA to P2 (female)
1 cable RCA to P2 (male)
2 cable RCA to RCA
1 cable P2 (male) to P2 (male)
1 adapter RCA-RCA (female) for extend
Generic Headset (yes, i still use my desktop headset to mix )
2 adapter P2-P10 for my Headset phones and mic
3 USB Cables (for my oxy, djio and HD)
Case with a lot of mp3 CDs (just for listen at my car)
With these adapters and cables i can pretty much setup at any sound system at any distance, but my master audio has always a high latency, i need to mix only with headphones on or by waveforms, because the audio at the main sound is aways late hehe
VCI 100 SE
Akai LPD 8
Echo Audiofire2 soundcard
4 USB cables (2 spare)
2 firewire cables (1 spare)
2 Quarter to RCA cables
3 Quarter to RCA adapters
AKG headphones
Tuck Tape
Power chord
Permanent marker
Blank CD’s
Spare XLR cables
HP Pavillon laptop and power chord
Numark DJ I/O and USB cable
RCA to RCA cables
Quarter to XLR cables
Black foam pad for VCI
And now still waiting for Midi Fighter after my base plate and face plate were missing in my order!
1 - Asus 17" laptop
1 - VCI-100 FW1.3
1 - First run MIDI Fighter
1 - Audio8
6 - High quality USB cables (in case some fail)
1 - USB mouse
1 - Power Strip
4 - RCA to 1/4" connectors
1 - Sennheisser HD25-II
1 - Laptop power supply
1 - Shure 57 (for radio show)
1 - XLR cable (for radio show)
1 - Uberstand
6 - RCA cables of various lengths
Sooner or later I’ll have business cards and nice printed mixed CDs in there too.
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