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how many of you ahve setups in college dorms?

anyone? anyone?

I had one last year, but this year I'm not living in a dorm so it won't be the same. My setup took up the entire length of the desk they gave us, so I used my laptop on the keyboard tray and used my bed as a desk if I had to do handwritten work. It's not as bad as it sounds if you want to have your setup with you. Just remember, you have to lock your door everytime you leave because of the value of what you have in there.

you have any dorm mates?

This fall it looks like i'll be attending a out of state school. No more community college. I'm really worried b/c here's what i wanna bring:

3x 1200s, one of them is the limited gold edition
Rane Empath
Alesis Ineko
Axis9
inspiron8200 w/ ssl
pair of studio monitors
around 200 records (half of my collection)

Also my pc stuff:
my overclocked pc in a lian-li case
a 20" widescreen LCD
Logitech 5.1c speakers
modded xbox

I'm totally freaked out about who I'll get as a roommate, and if i'll have enough room for all of this stuff.

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Originally posted by dj chex This fall it looks like i'll be attending a out of state school. No more community college. I'm really worried b/c here's what i wanna bring: 3x 1200s, one of them is the limited gold edition Rane Empath Alesis Ineko Axis9 inspiron8200 w/ ssl pair of studio monitors around 200 records (half of my collection) Also my pc stuff: my overclocked pc in a lian-li case a 20" widescreen LCD Logitech 5.1c speakers modded xbox I'm totally freaked out about who I'll get as a roommate, and if i'll have enough room for all of this stuff.

Good luck with that man... Dorms are teh balls for DJ setups, and it looks like you've got a lot of gear...

ever thought of getting cdjs or serato scratch live?
im still debating whether to change to cdjs or SSL or a combination of one of those

I live in a frat and the desks we got are kinda small, so my setup is ridiculously cramped. I gotta place my stuff in the right spots like I'm playing tetris or something. One of my Technics is behind my laptop and it's a pain in the ass...but you do what you gotta do.

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Originally posted by mndeg you have any dorm mates?

Yeah, just ask if they're cool with it before you bring it in, that way, if they say no, you won't have a problem having tons of gear with no place to put it. I usually practiced in my headphones if they were there just so it wouldn't be an annoyance if they were trying to study or anything. Also, you will get asked by every single one of their friends, and most of yours who haven't seen the setup before, if you can scratch for them.

I'm Still debating if i should take my gear (denon x1500, Technics M5gs, HDJ1000, creative 4.1 inspire sound system) to my uni rez apartment. Since i can't study in my room anyways, i won't need the desk but how do you guys contain the high sound volumes!!?!

Any useful ideas or tips are most welcome...

you can get some sound treatments.

with all the money you lot have spent on DJ equipment i'd like to think you are making it back by getting gigs!

why dont u whack in with a few of your buddies and get ur own place somewhere off campus. this way u have privacy, more space for equipment, and you'll not have to worry abt upsetting any1 with loud music.

believe me, i would rather not live in a dorm but the school i will attend is very anal and i'm required to live on campus for the first year. Also i do own Serato scratch live, but there's alot of records i haven't converted to mp3 yet (still mp3 isn't as pimp as vinyl). And from the looks of it, i won't have any time soon.

Same here... well i got my set up in my Hall/Dorm/Apartment.. but the problem is that it's not that good to have a set up in skool cos you can't turn up the volume......................... people complain.................... arghh.. but then i have a rebutt.. cos when they play their hip-hop and crank their volume, i crank mine too.. heh heh heh!

i would never bring my shit to a dorm. Not only is space a factor, it can get stolen no matter how religous u are about locking your door.

what if my roomate is my friend and neighbor ive known since say 2nd grade?

Yea, but what about all the rest of the guys that live up and down the hall and in the building. Do what you wanna do, its ur equipment. From my experience in college, 90% of all students are pretty broke. If you can, at least get some kind of insurance.

true. That's one thing i need to get straight before i bring any stuff. Also, i think i'll put my gold 1200 in storage along with other stuff until i can get my own place after teh 1st year.

Speaking about dorm setups, I just finished my first year in college with my setup in my room. I would agree 100% with whoever posted to ask your roommate first, because like most of you...I had no idea what freak I'd end up with . Turns out my roommate was a Jazz Pianist (Best one on campus I might add) and he was cool with my equipment, I even told him he could use it to play his jazz records! The next problem was the size of my setup....

Full size 19inch mixer + 2 tt's odessy dj coffin
2 keyboard stands
2 x techs sl-1200 mk2's
Behringer djx-700 (total crap )

The solution ended up rearranging all the furniture in the dorm room so that there was a large space on one of the walls. Worked out ok, there was still plenty of room in my closet and etc. Suprisingly it turns out there were about 3 other djs on my floor as well (mostly hiphop and funk) and on thursday nights...our dorm was pretty much the party dorm, so the noise that I made probably was not even heard . Anyways, I'm not too sure about next year...looks like I will be in a much more quiet dorm

You should be careful about what equipment you take to your dorm. When I lived in dorms I had my PS2, and my guitar and amp stolen.

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Originally posted by Zild You should be careful about what equipment you take to your dorm. When I lived in dorms I had my PS2, and my guitar and amp stolen.

Yea, one thing is for sure, my room was always locked..probably the only one on the floor that was like that. Turns out one of the guys down the hall would steal laptops from open rooms .

One thing too, if you play somewhere don't let too many people know the stuff your using is yours. One of the those people could target your room. Its better if they think you rented it.

With how much equipment you got if you know someone who can work well with wood build you something that will work. I only have two turntables and a mixer and I have no desk, actually my roomate doesn't have a desk either just a little spot between the speaker and the wall.

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Originally posted by DJ Xtracktor Yea, one thing is for sure, my room was always locked..probably the only one on the floor that was like that. Turns out one of the guys down the hall would steal laptops from open rooms .

I always tried to lock my place as much as possible. The thing about it is that I had a roomate in my room who could also forget to lock the door. Moreover, there was one bathroom for every two rooms so if the guys on the other side of the bathroom left their shit unlocked it would be very easy to access my room.

I can take care of my shit myself, but under the situation I was placed in four people could fuck up and leave the door unlocked so it was very easy for valuables to end up missing.

My residence is apartment style, so i have my own room with the new Keycard locking system. The door is always automatically locked when you shut it. As far as roomies are concerned since i'm in second year, we get to choose our own roomates.

Lastly the reason i'm not moving into an Aparment off campus is because i am part of the college council for my residence, so i gotta stay there. Besides they are providing us with black leather sofas in the living room and Sony wegas and free cable and free high speed internet!

P.S did i mention free foozball, Pool table, ping pong etc as well

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Originally posted by Rhue My residence is apartment style, so i have my own room with the new Keycard locking system. The door is always automatically locked when you shut it. As far as roomies are concerned since i'm in second year, we get to choose our own roomates. Lastly the reason i'm not moving into an Aparment off campus is because i am part of the college council for my residence, so i gotta stay there. Besides they are providing us with black leather sofas in the living room and Sony wegas and free cable and free high speed internet! P.S did i mention free foozball, Pool table, ping pong etc as well

what school do you go to?

if i was in a dorm i'd never setup my equipment because im afraid that someone will break or steal them. and i dont like it when people that dont know how to respect the equipment start messing around with everything.

if i was at an apartment living with good friends, then maybe.

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