Best DJ Software

[i!!ustrious]

Re: Best DJ Software

if you're striving to incorporate your turntable skills with digital --- get serato or traktor; if you can balance harmony and science in simultude, get ableton. if neither, then, well, work with what works best for you. hell, use em all!

CD's are for the transitory.

collect vinyl

master digital

[panoulix]

Re: Best DJ Software

if you're striving to incorporate your turntable skills with digital --- get serato or traktor; if you can balance harmony and science in simultude, get ableton. if neither, then, well, work with what works best for you. hell, use em all!

CD's are for the transitory.

collect vinyl

master digital

I would stick to the red highlights though.

[Steve Graham]

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awesome.

did you get the X-1 too?

you use the X-1?
if so do you use it as well as the cds or vinyl or as a stand alone controller?

[danielRR]

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you use the X-1?
if so do you use it as well as the cds or vinyl or as a stand alone controller?

The X1 can definitely be used as a stand alone controller. Unless you're 'scratching', there really isn't much use for a jog wheel or timecode vinyl/CDs.

I have almost every function of Traktor mapped into the MIDI controller I use for production:

http://www.sweetwater.com/images/items/1800/PCR300-xlarge.jpg

[Steve Graham]

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yeah, I know it CAN be used that way, I was curious if Jenks is using it that way

[federico_g]

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I've used vinyl, cds, serato, ableton and traktor.

Lately I'm going digital due to portability, cost and flexibility.

Serato was really good, but I've had some performance problems with the software and interface, only 2 decks (I was using Sl-1) and fx were not great.

Ableton, only used it for a couple of months to test it, couldn't find myself djing with it but i've been producing with it for some time.

Traktor Scratch Pro is my fav so far, it's the most flexible of the dj systems (at least from my point of view), great sound quality, great fxs, very intuitive and you have the possibility to use 4 decks could be 2cd + 2 vinyl, 4cds, 2cds and laptop, 2vinyl and laptop, plus the midi clock is great also if you want to sync with ableton. And if you have a midi controller you can use all the fxs built in, or just use the midi controller and no decks.

[jeffrey collins]

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http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/products/dj/traktor-kontrol-s4/

Think I want this baby.

[danielRR]

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http://www.native-instruments.com/#/...or-kontrol-s4/

Think I want this baby.

The S4 is pretty serious. Looks to be spot on in terms of design for most people who want to go with Traktor. The thing is packed with features, but if you've already got a mixer you're paying $1000 bucks for the addition of a MIDI controller and an audio interface.

[jeffrey collins]

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That's just their version of a 3D or a 4D, just made more for Traktor. And a LOT cheaper, and as a result cheaper made too.

[panoulix]

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Plus a 3D or 4D can be easily used/assigned/premapped with both Traktor and Ableton and offers better filters, faders and knobs.

If you already own a good mixer, then the best add would be a pair of 1Ds or a 1D + a 2D.
The cheapest (decent) alternative add would be a VCI-100 and a soundcard.

[jeffrey collins]

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^^^Definitely