I'm Looking to get some decks in the next month or two in a attempt to explore another facet of music.
i'll have around £350 to spend and i want to get one of those starter DJ packages.
is there anything specific that i require when looking at these packages {e.g. belt or direct drive, what is the difference?, any specific mixer}
I'm looking on the net at the minute and there seems plenty of options open, but do you know any decent stores that sell this gear?
Finally, will i be able to put the decks through my Aux on my stereo else i'm in trouble.
Please help me.
― Matt Dawson (silver_rocket89), Monday, 14 July 2003 10:15 (twenty-two years ago)
dont bother learning to mix, play disco - ladies love disco = ladies love you, save up more cash and buy vesta pdx2000's they are nice and look like the Chrysler building
― james (james), Monday, 14 July 2003 11:53 (twenty-two years ago)
you can get packages for about 250, direct drive decks and a mixer - well thats what i got. Direct Drive are basically a lot more responsive than belt drive. so with belt drive the time it takes to get to 33/45 rpm from pressing start is like, eons, and with direct drive its a lot faster (like, with technics it seems virtually instantaneous) and the same with braking. so chepa direct drives coudl be a way to go. if you want to go supa budget, go for the infamous soundlabs, which are the cheapest belt drive options. i bought kam direct drive for 280, with a kam mixer, but theyre not amazing.
the mixer is good, basic but quite nice. numark are ok, gemini pretty good but pricey; vestax and technics seem way out of your range. try and get numarks ig uess. although i dont like the numark mixers you get in those packages.
things i would look for in a mixer - rotary/fader to swtich between channels through headphones, rather than buttons to punch them in or out (like those sodding gemini mixers!)
- bass/mid/treble cut outs
- gain/trim! i dont have this and its sorely missed.
- thats about it i reckon.
as for carts/styli. they should come with any pack - they'll probably be thopse big stanton 500's which are ok.
you will be able to take a phono to phono lead out of the mixer into the aux inputs on your stereo...
as for shops, i dont knoiw where youre from, but i looked in the back of dj magazine where theres loads of adverts for shops that do this sort of thing/
hard to find records is ok, theres bound to be other online shops but i dont know about them.
htfr can be kind of wankers a bit from what ive heard.
― ambrose (ambrose), Monday, 14 July 2003 12:10 (twenty-two years ago)
Read turntablelab.com's section on why you should buy 1200s. I agree fully. Even if you end up losing interest in djing, at least you'll have a brilliant turntable with a high resale value.
― cybele (cybele), Monday, 14 July 2003 12:14 (twenty-two years ago)
GET OVER IT! there are already too many F8ckin Djs ourt there. I recommend trying the piano accordian instead.
- it has a hip new sound and will really make the women swoon.
― Savin All My Love 4 u (Savin 4ll my (heart) 4u), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 04:52 (twenty-two years ago)
If you want women to swoon, nothing beats whalebone corsets.
― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 04:53 (twenty-two years ago)