What equipment should I use to start DJing?
I've always loved music, both my parents were musicians, and I only downloaded Virtual DJ and am having a blast, although I'm not sure what I'm doing exactly :O) Can anyone give me proposal on how to get started and what equipment to use? I really appreciate it. Thanks!
Answers:
First of all, powerfully done on your software choice. Virtual DJ is absolutely excellent. I can't recommend it enough. Their free trial is brilliant for race who want to try something out but not spend money because they don't know if they will like it!
Virtual DJ has an online forum so if you want to travel there to ask questions something like music and mixing everyone is very friendly. I also recommed going to youtube and looking for videos uploaded by "ellaskins", he's an English DJ who I find is tremendously good at explaining things. I would be useless. I find it very difficult to explain to someone how to mix.
You enjoy everything you need for basic mixing beside your software. The two downsides with software are latency, which is the time between you issuing the command and that command being carried out and the reality that you can't do two things at once because you only have one curser. So you can't hold both deck and let them both off together, you enjoy to do first one then the other.
If you mean what type of hardware equipment you should use next here are the basics. You will need at most minuscule two music players. Decide if you want to work with MP3s CDs or Vinyls. These players are your decks and will budge into the mixer. They don't have to be turntables but if you have the money, and you want them, jump ahead. I recommend Technics or Stanton.
Then you need a mixer (or a mixing board) to, well, mix the songs. And unsurprisingly speakers so that you can hear the music.
You also should invest in a good duet of headphones. The idea is to listen to the song playing on one deck through the telephone and the audience will be able to hear the song on the other deck through the speakers. You bring in the second song so that it is also running through the speakers and the auience will know how to hear both songs mixed together in your own special and unique path.
If you DO decide to get turntables other, always, always ask if they are belt drive or direct drive. If they are belt drive WALK AWAY. These are much cheaper and in that is a reason for this. They are absolutely not worth buying as over time the drive belt can wear or lose elasticity, and open to slip, causing variations within the platter speed which will affect the tempo of your sound.
I hope this makes some sense to you, as I've said I'm not the best at explaining things. I can share near you some ellaskins videos if you can't find them on youtube. But mess around with your software, at hand are loads of effects with Virtual DJ and most importantly have fun!
EDIT:
You don't necessitate turntables at all. You can have them if you want but you newly need two music players, and hook them into the mixer. But you don't NEED these, any of them, certainly not even so. You could wait until you get so used to Virtual DJ that you're getting bored and want to bear the next step.
I'd be really interested to hear how you get on. I'm ALL for sharing the music, which is why I required to share all this information with you. Drop me an e-mail if you can (if you want) to agree to me know how you're getting on or if you want any more information.
And let me know if you want some easy-to-mix music. Like, if you're looking for two similiar songs but you're not sure what two are similiar enough that they blend more efficiently. I'll share any of my music files too.
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Answers:
First of all, powerfully done on your software choice. Virtual DJ is absolutely excellent. I can't recommend it enough. Their free trial is brilliant for race who want to try something out but not spend money because they don't know if they will like it!
Virtual DJ has an online forum so if you want to travel there to ask questions something like music and mixing everyone is very friendly. I also recommed going to youtube and looking for videos uploaded by "ellaskins", he's an English DJ who I find is tremendously good at explaining things. I would be useless. I find it very difficult to explain to someone how to mix.
You enjoy everything you need for basic mixing beside your software. The two downsides with software are latency, which is the time between you issuing the command and that command being carried out and the reality that you can't do two things at once because you only have one curser. So you can't hold both deck and let them both off together, you enjoy to do first one then the other.
If you mean what type of hardware equipment you should use next here are the basics. You will need at most minuscule two music players. Decide if you want to work with MP3s CDs or Vinyls. These players are your decks and will budge into the mixer. They don't have to be turntables but if you have the money, and you want them, jump ahead. I recommend Technics or Stanton.
Then you need a mixer (or a mixing board) to, well, mix the songs. And unsurprisingly speakers so that you can hear the music.
You also should invest in a good duet of headphones. The idea is to listen to the song playing on one deck through the telephone and the audience will be able to hear the song on the other deck through the speakers. You bring in the second song so that it is also running through the speakers and the auience will know how to hear both songs mixed together in your own special and unique path.
If you DO decide to get turntables other, always, always ask if they are belt drive or direct drive. If they are belt drive WALK AWAY. These are much cheaper and in that is a reason for this. They are absolutely not worth buying as over time the drive belt can wear or lose elasticity, and open to slip, causing variations within the platter speed which will affect the tempo of your sound.
I hope this makes some sense to you, as I've said I'm not the best at explaining things. I can share near you some ellaskins videos if you can't find them on youtube. But mess around with your software, at hand are loads of effects with Virtual DJ and most importantly have fun!
EDIT:
You don't necessitate turntables at all. You can have them if you want but you newly need two music players, and hook them into the mixer. But you don't NEED these, any of them, certainly not even so. You could wait until you get so used to Virtual DJ that you're getting bored and want to bear the next step.
I'd be really interested to hear how you get on. I'm ALL for sharing the music, which is why I required to share all this information with you. Drop me an e-mail if you can (if you want) to agree to me know how you're getting on or if you want any more information.
And let me know if you want some easy-to-mix music. Like, if you're looking for two similiar songs but you're not sure what two are similiar enough that they blend more efficiently. I'll share any of my music files too.
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