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DjCirrus New Member
United States
61 posts Joined: Sep, 2018
Posted - 2019/04/12 : 21:58:55
Is there anyone selling any forms of CDJ Players? I would like to buy some off people who are willing to sell any. Really would come in handy for live streams and mixes. Also any mixers as well?
Guest Advanced Member
United Kingdom
1,511 posts Joined: Feb, 2015
Posted - 2019/04/13 : 19:58:00
quote:Originally posted by Captain Triceps:
He's right, controllers are the way forward now.
always am, i invented controllers and layered decks, and told the world how to re-engineer tracks so 16bit are mixable with 24bit bass lines
you can even mix with a shittie pioneer, but its mainly down to not having a internal soundcard of rubbish proportions or a full hardware mixer, made for ozone preset's which don't know what sub bass is
the ddj-rx is still aload of shit compared to the badboy of the VMS4.1
if you pick up a RX for cheap on ebay, you need traktor and my mapping
mapping links are in the video description, rekordbox is terrible and sounds terrible
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The drunken scotsman Advanced Member
United Kingdom
1,486 posts Joined: Dec, 2011
Posted - 2019/04/13 : 22:23:37
Nothing will ever beat having a pair of technics and the feeling of receiving your latest delivery of vinyl just in time for the weekend.
MusicILove Advanced Member
United Kingdom
1,283 posts Joined: Mar, 2019
Posted - 2019/04/14 : 07:28:34
As someone who has tried and owned every type of setup Vinyl, Controller's & CDJ's I can say in my experience. Controllers are awful buy them if you want to be disappointed. I've had 4 of them and every one is bad. You will spend more time trying to get them to work correctly & diagnosing silly issues than using them. I hate how Pioneer DJ, Denon and the reviewers are all like this is all you need they work just as well as the club setup. THEY DON'T. It's just marketing rubbish to get more of peoples money. So when they get their controller and feel disappointed they then go and buy a full CDJ style setup after, or the next controller that they promise will be better and more like the CDJ style setup. It never is. The hardware in most cases is built well but the overall experience is bad. Vinyl I loved unfortunately I kept knocking the stylus and destroying the records, (Very bad vision is the reason.) As for the best setup it has to be CDJ's & a DJM. I love my Nexus 2 setup and would never consider changing it for anything. If you just want something that works buy CDJ's. Don't bother with the SC5000 Prime. I noticed the price has dropped quite a bit since the launch. Yet Pioneer DJ can put the Nexus 2 Price up and still sell them. Denon's engine Prime software is no where near as good as rekordbox. I personally care about build quality, having the CD slot & performance & stability. Not fancier buttons.
In summery
Controllers - Waste of money
Vinyl - Very Good if you can use it and afford it and enjoy the feel.
Pioneer CDJ's - Best.
Denon anything - Rubbish (Unless you are a mobile DJ in which case the Prime 4 or the MCX8000)
These are my experiences.
Now back to the question I would never part with my CDj's & DJM so no not selling. I would recommend you buy new if you can. it's worth it.
Guest Advanced Member
United Kingdom
1,511 posts Joined: Feb, 2015
Posted - 2019/04/14 : 08:11:17
your obviously a dumb ass who pay attention to reviews and american's with shit hiphip doing the same routine on every controller with no actual mixing, and then you never owned a VMS4.1, which all other controllers to this day have to live upto with full hardware mixer and built in soundcard and full 24bit ASIO going into the hardware mixer
all the software is doing is playing a audio file, then you have probably never used windows for controllers, and a seperate PCI USB hub which can give you the 1ms latency as windows only has 1 port to cycle through on that PCI hub instead of the motherboard's I/O plate which can end up giving you 16ms latency if all ports are in use
turn up 31hz on your soundcard and press the headphones against the ear, and they are all as good as paris hilton, its all ain't listening to you in a club, you can't even EQ
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Guest Advanced Member
United Kingdom
1,511 posts Joined: Feb, 2015
Posted - 2019/04/14 : 08:32:25
you need 1 of these plugged into your motherboard, max of 2ms if both on each hub is being used and you have overclocked the polling rate to 1000hz
MusicILove Advanced Member
United Kingdom
1,283 posts Joined: Mar, 2019
Posted - 2019/04/14 : 08:57:55
quote:Originally posted by Guest:
your obviously a dumb ass who pay attention to reviews and american's with shit hiphip doing the same routine on every controller with no actual mixing, and then you never owned a VMS4.1, which all other controllers to this day have to live upto with full hardware mixer and built in soundcard and full 24bit ASIO going into the hardware mixer
all the software is doing is playing a audio file, then you have probably never used windows for controllers, and a seperate PCI USB hub which can give you the 1ms latency as windows only has 1 port to cycle through on that PCI hub instead of the motherboard's I/O plate which can end up giving you 16ms latency if all ports are in use
turn up 31hz on your soundcard and press the headphones against the ear, and they are all as good as paris hilton, its all ain't listening to you in a club, you can't even EQ
Actually I did use My own built windows pc with a PCI-E USB hub I tried everything. It's not just about sound quality and overall latency. It's the crossfaders I could never get one that matched the DJM one curve wise. They all have these silly adjustment knobs instead of the 3 options settings. Things like FX never sound as good as a DJM.<--- opinion. Pitch faders are never accurate. I tried 4 softwares Traktor was the best because of the midi mapping capabilities. but nothing beats a CDJ & DJM in my opinion. I want something that works when I turn it on and not spend half the day problem solving and messing around with configurations. I never had a controller like yours and wouldn't want one.
I had a Traktor Kontrol S4 MK1 I also had an X1 and F1
Pioneer DDJ SB
Pioneer DDJ SZ
Pioneer DDJ RX
and in the end just gave up on cheap rubbish and brought the real thing. Took 3 years and a lot of work to save up for my setup but was worth every penny.
Guest Advanced Member
United Kingdom
1,511 posts Joined: Feb, 2015
Posted - 2019/04/14 : 09:43:54
unless you scratch, nobody uses the crossfader, you create your own curves with the volume fader/s or gain knobs
the DDJ-RX is a piece of cheap tat and only worth the £500 you can get them on ebay for, which should be the retail price when they were released, they are generally aload of bollox with jogwheels that cost £500
RX ASIO can't even do 48,000hz for all your modern hardware you spent £4000 on, and just sounds like shit in general
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Samination Advanced Member
Sweden
13,179 posts Joined: Jul, 2004
195 hardcore releases
Posted - 2019/04/14 : 10:04:56
I'd think it would be easier if you checked on ebay or amazon for something local to you. But ofcourse you can still ask for advice on what kind of hardware to get first
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Guest Advanced Member
United Kingdom
1,511 posts Joined: Feb, 2015
Posted - 2019/04/14 : 10:31:17
better to get a RX then a SB, you have rekordbox support with the RX if you ever feel like playing at an event and have todo one of those middleclass warmup set's using rekordbox first, because the event will probably have some XDJ's using rekordbox
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MusicILove Advanced Member
United Kingdom
1,283 posts Joined: Mar, 2019
Posted - 2019/04/14 : 10:59:46
if you are on a budget then the XDJ 700's & DJM 450 is a good choice. The XDJ 700 has most of the features of the 2000NXS1. The DJM 450 has the built in FX Delay, Echo, Spiral, Reverb, Trans, Flanger, Pitch, Roll and the Colour FX Dub Echo, Sweep, Noise, Filter, with adjustable parameter control. Also the DJM 450, DJM 750 MK2, & DJM 900NXS2 have the ability to record with the DJM REC app. For 10 pounds / dollars you can plug in a Phone or iPad and record in WAV up to 48Khz. When your done you can dropbox them to your computer or upload them to Soundcloud or Mixcloud directly in the APP. You can also livestream to Youtube, Facebook, Periscope, instagram & snapchat. If you have more to spend then the XDJ 1000MK1 or MK2 & CDJ 2000NXS2 are also good choices. Along with the DJM 750MK2 DJM 900NXS2. Even the DJM 250 is good if you don't care about FX and just want adjustable filters, but it doesn't support the DJM REC app. (Update) Oh and if you are really on a budget or starting for the first time and don't want to spend a lot I would recommend the Numark NDX 500. For the price they are built very well and have very good pitch faders. They accept USB's with MP3 files on them and play standard and MP3 CD's it also has a sound card. for 425 pounds for a pair it's a very good deal and they last for years.
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