that’s funny, I would say the exact opposite… most of the ‘controllerism’ stuff that I see on here is best left to the bedroom or for demo purposes… would drive me mad if I saw a ‘PRO’ dj doing that kind of stuff all night.
even Sasha, when he was using Ableton Live and a custom midibox controller, was pretty much mixing exported stems, A-B style, from what I could tell. There’s a reason why A-B mixing is popular; it’s because a DJ’s job is simply to play good music and keep people dancing.
a lot of people could do with remembering this imho.