Thread: Any DJ's here on TI?

I have been in the electronic music scene for some time now and I am thinking of getting started as a DJ. I talked to a few of my DJ friends and they say just learn as much as you can from whoever you can, so I feel like this is a great place to do just that. I am hoping to make this thread a resource for other aspiring DJs.

) Introduce yourself - give us a little of your music background/favorite genre/experience as a DJ

) What software/hardware do you use? What advice can you give on getting the right equipment?

) And since this is a torrent discussion site, what kind of a post would this be without a little discussion on where you get your music? What trackers are you a part of and which trackers are your bread and butter for your mix songs?

I'm not a DJ but I am a raver :)

What type of music are you looking to mix? Electronic? (Hard) -House, -Trance or -Core? Then a CD Deck and Laptop are your weapons of choice. Dub, DnB, Jungle and that lot? Then you're going to be needing real vinyl decks. Some People do mix these with CD's/digital music also... But you probably already knew this :P Be more specific about your musical direction, else people won't be able to help you as well ;)

In terms of music trackers, I use DB9 (deep bass nine): dub/dnb tracker. Many also use TT (Trance Tracker ?) for the more electro-style stuff. What.cd, Waffles and STM are general music trackers. You'll find lotsa stuff on there aswell.

I am definitely looking to mix break and some DnB. Why is a vinyl deck preferrable for that? And I definitely need to check out DB9, I hear nothing but good things.

I'm a DJ for 10 Years now.

DJing on 2x Technics 1210 and a ALLEN HEATH XONE 32

I'm also using a Midi Controller (Vestax VCI 100) for 10 Months now with Traktor Pro . I would say Midi is the future. Vinyl is getting too expensive for me, up to 8-9€ for 2 Tracks WTF....

I definetly prefer the VCI 100 now. Digital DJing ftw.


my Genre is: Drum&Bass, Dubstep, Breaks, Bailefunk, Electronic.

My friends who DJ say the same thing, glykogen. It's difficult/expensive to find vinyls of the tracks you want to mix, plus they get a lot of their music through torrenting, so it's convenient to have a laptop/midi setup.

So you are just going to be going to be using your laptop then? With like MP3's and such? If so then your doing what I do and I would recommend traktor from propeller head. It's what I'm using and has to be the most awesome program. You can have up to 4 decks going at the same time. A lot of effects, and all that usual mixer stuff. It's much easier to carry around too =) Only downside is unless your laptop is capable of several audio outputs then you'll have to really know your stuff. I like to preview my stuff on my headphones while something else is playing and when it sounds good I use a transition over or just mix it into the current beat and away I go. No delays or anything.

Introduce yourself - give us a little of your music background/favorite genre/experience as a DJ
My name is the R3dRav3r. I only do local stuff for friends in general no big time stuff...then again I like to go out all out on the parties so that's debatable.

What software/hardware do you use? What advice can you give on getting the right equipment?

My recommendation would be the software traktor by propeller head would be a good start and not too big a learning curve. I personally use a seperate mixer more as an amp after my laptop so that I can control the master volume easily and get a decent amount of power in. Other equipment after that is just the sound system which I use whatever is available and then there are my lights :D but we won't go there.

what kind of a post would this be without a little discussion on where you get your music? What trackers are you a part of and which trackers are your bread and butter for your mix songs?

TranceTraffic, Elektronik, and some times waffles for the obscure stuff.

Well my one friend who mixes a lot of break uses a 2x cdj1000 mk3 and a xone 92. I would be using that probably with a laptop, provided I can get the money :O

My mate DJs DnB and he swears by vinyl, but I guess he's just old fashioned like that ^^ It's expensive, but in the UK tracks are not really that hard to find... I guess ripping tracks to a CDJ-Deck is easier and more cost efficient :) You're probably right and it is the future, but I think it's cool how vinyl still separates the old-school bass-sector from the rest of the high-treble scene.

Yeah, however vinyls are pretty hard to find and expensive in the US. Especially with all the digital releases coming out nowadays, I think I'll sacrifice a little sound freedom for a track library.