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What do you guys think about the new Canon S90? I think i might trade in my G10 for it.

^how do you like those cdj400's? i've been thinking about getting one to add to my setup.

does anyone here use DJM800 mixers? i recently dumped mine for a korg zero4. NOT LOOKING BACK. this shit is awesome. (unfortunately they're not made anymore)

Love them. I used to have 800Mk2s but i switched to the 400s for USB media and easier transportation. The only thing better about the 800s is the bigger platter for scratching but i use my turntables for that.

As for the DJM 800, A lot of people use them. Too bad i can't afford one.

I played with my friend's denon s3700's today. if i closed my eyes and played them i would NOT have assumed them to be denons. does anyone have any shit to talk on these units?

one thing i didn't like were the play/pause and cue buttons, get that rubbery shit out of my face!

I played with those at guitar center. Very very nice unit. But i agree i rather have pioneer buttons.

putting them stickers to some good use.

ande whall represent!

So yet another noob popping in; I've got more interested in DJ'ing lately. A friend had asked me to do it for her wedding and s&d, but since it was short notice and I've no idea where to start, I just used Virtual DJ. I know it's crap but it did at least give me a rough idea of what needs to be done with a proper setup.

So now I'm looking at just getting a fairly cheap starter setup to learn on at home. Don't really have much vinyl so it'd all be on the computer. A friend suggested I get familar with Serato, and other than the usual macbook, his setup looks simple and straight-forward and it sounds good when he plays (2 1200's, but I can't remember his mixer off-hand). I'm working with a PC for probably the next year or so, so what would be a good beginner setup?

Also, anywhere I can read up on the basics of doing this digitally?

main thing about DJing is it takes a lot of time, a lot of practice, and mostly a lot of money. Before you dive in, you should probably work with your friend's set up if possibly. Learn the basics of beatmatching and perfect your skills. If you feel like you actually want to do this thing, then save money and buy good equipment. Buy cheap, buy twice.

Most DJ's use Technics 1200s and Serato for a vinyl setup or Pioneer CDJ 1000 MK3s for a digital setup. These are very pricey setups. If you wish to buy Technics, i'd suggest getting them off craigslist. Buying used can save you a lot of money.

If you wish to go digital, there are 2 basic routes.

One is getting CD players. They are often referred to as CDJs because the most popular line of CD players is the Pioneer CDJ (400, 800, 10000 CD players are basically a turntable that plays CDs instead of Vinyl. Usually they will also have effects and extra features that you wouldn't find on a turntable. There are many advantages CD players have over turntables such as the the ease of transportatiion, easy looping and efx, ability to play off USB media, etc. However, many DJs still prefer to play with vinyl over digital media because of feel.

The second route is Controllers. Controller is a piece of hardware that sends commands to a computer to control Software. The Software controls your music as a Turntable/CD player and mixer setup would. This is probably the easiest setup as it only consists of a controller and Laptop. If you want to learn more, you should check djtechtools.com and Ean Golden. Djtechtools.com will give you a lot of info on going digital the controllerism way. Many oldschool DJs look down on controllerism but it is becoming more and more accepted.

I have 2 setups, 1 Vinyl and 1 Digital

My Vinyl Setup consists of

(2) Vestax PDX-2000MK1s

(1) Numark DXM09

and i also added a M-Audio Torq for Digital control

shown with the Allen & Heath XONE:32 Mixer

My Digital Setup consists of

(2) Pioneer CDJ-400s

(1) Allen and Heath Xone:32

Beginner turntables

Technics 1200

Vestax PDX 2000

Numark TT-X

Beginner Mixers

Numark DXM06

American Audio QD5MkII

Allen & Heath Xone:22

Behringher DDM-3000

Vestax PMC-05

Beginner CD players

Stanton c.324

Pioneer CDJ-200

Controllers

Vestax VCI-100

Hercules RMX

M-Audio Torq Xponent

hope this helped, I'd suggest you check out DJforums.com in the beginner section

)= was in taipei and got too drunk for my own good and threw up all over my grifters

cousin took them and washed them while i was knocked out. i'm letting them dry now. pretty depressing.