well well well… after almost 4 months of complete absence (I had a bit of troubled period) I am back with some news…
I have switched to a more interesting dj-setup which is far from being professional but gives me at least a clue on how to practice beat-matching and mixing.
I had a journey in Cash Converters (www.cashconverters.be) to look for a pair of used CDJ and fortunately I found a pair of CDJ-100s for 150 euros.
Then I needed a mixer but unfortunately it is not that easy to find a good used mixer for less than 200 euros so I went for a Stanton m.203 a small but powerful mixer for entry level djs like me.
I decided to swith to a physical “tangible” console as I see that Traktor consoles are not that easy to find in clubs and if I want to play in a club one of these days I have to know how to practive beat-matching without automatic sync feature (sigh!).
I have done some practice but so far I can tell that is not very easy although the more I practice the more I “listen” new improvements.
Now I have 2 consoles: 1 midi-controlled with my Vestax VCI-100 *which the guy at Orbit said that I should sell as soon as possible as the new MKII is coming out and its price is falling* and these new bloody old CDJ 100+Stanton mixer which I will never get rid of.
Now the only thing I need would be a new headphone set, probably one AKG or SONY ?
It seems that Sony MDR-V700DJ has a good reputation…
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