where do u prefer the dj booth at a club/rave?

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Posted by MR STROKE on Jan-31-2005 23:24:

where do u prefer the dj booth at a club/rave?

up high?
on the floor??
slightly raised?
above the dance floor??
etc.....

Posted by dartman on Feb-01-2005 00:38:

slightly raised so that i can see the dj but not so high that i have to squint to see what he (or she) is doing.

Posted by djdk on Feb-01-2005 02:12:

i think it all depends on the venue. I reckon the perfect place for the dj booth is different for every club

Posted by Zack Roth on Feb-01-2005 02:17:

I personally hate when clubs put DJ booths all high up on stages. I like when the dj is in a proper booth, visible, but not like the centerpiece of the enitre club where people are gonna just stand and stare.

Posted by Inertia on Feb-01-2005 03:24:

i believe the booth is best placed high up enough so the DJ can see the entire crowd. that way, you can get the full spectrum of what your music is doing.

Posted by Allied Nations on Feb-01-2005 04:43:

if im at a club, i want the dj to be at a human height, close enough to say hello to, more intimate

if im at a rave, slightliy raise, with big ass lights all round him, so u can get what vibe the dj is giving off in a bigger setting but not too high.

If im playing it would stay the same, more initmate in a club setting and more elevated in a rave setting

Posted by Freak on Feb-02-2005 13:09:

upside down in a fish tank

Posted by jpisani on Feb-02-2005 17:56:

If I ever open a club, the booth will be in the middle of the dance floor, and spinning.

Posted by DJVirgen on Feb-02-2005 18:33:

quote:
Originally posted by jpisani
If I ever open a club, the booth will be in the middle of the dance floor, and spinning.

That'll be one dizzy DJ! Probably the soberest person there and the first to puke =)

Posted by Exodus17 on Feb-02-2005 18:52:

thatd be badass if it spun really slow

as far as normal booths, for me it depends on the room its in...

if its a big room with a balcony then raised isnt too bad

other than that i prefer level with the dance floor maybe raised like 6in.. just barely... enough so you can see the crowd better yet not be raised like some idol...

Posted by Psiweaver on Feb-02-2005 20:13:

i think it really depends on the club/rave setting if its more of an intimate venue then pretty close to human height but if its more of a massive then raised a bit more. Whats important is that the DJ can see the crowd to know how his music is having an impact.

Posted by Max Thomson on Feb-02-2005 20:49:

On the floor but not lit well so that the DJ isn't really the center of it all...Avalon Boston has a crappy booth, its on the second floor and feels like a fucking air traffic control tower.

Posted by 3xx3r7 on Feb-02-2005 23:28:

Lets talk about the worst places for DJ booth. How about in a former ticket booth of a cinema theatre, facing the entrance to the side?

Posted by jpisani on Feb-03-2005 03:46:

quote:
Originally posted by DJVirgen
That'll be one dizzy DJ! Probably the soberest person there and the first to puke =)

It'd spin real slow, like one full turn every 10-15 minutes.

Posted by DJVirgen on Feb-03-2005 05:37:

quote:
Originally posted by jpisani
It'd spin real slow, like one full turn every 10-15 minutes.

Yea, but it'd be trippier if he was doing a full 45 RPM =)

Posted by acidHL on Feb-04-2005 23:51:

Hell, why not 78 RPM and have it randomly change direction in time to the music?

Posted by DJVirgen on Feb-05-2005 05:03:

quote:
Originally posted by acidHL
Hell, why not 78 RPM and have it randomly change direction in time to the music?

Serious, and maybe bob up and down too so the DJ's head doesn't have to =)

Posted by jpisani on Feb-05-2005 06:14:

or it could be directly related to one of the turntables, once one speeds up, the booth speeds up, and if the dj stops the table, they better hold on, cause that booth is stopping too.

Posted by acidHL on Feb-05-2005 12:51:

I wonder how much scratching you'd have to do to kill somebody?

Posted by Atari Addict on Feb-05-2005 16:27:

i like the idea, but i think the best booth set up fits the feel of that particular club.