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Posted by discobiscuit on Jan-09-2006 04:58:

What would you do?

Hey guys, i have 500 bucks to spend and i want to upgrade my setup. i currently have 2 turntables, a mixer, cartridges, headphones, and lots of trance/house vinyl.

I was thinking about serato scratch, but it doesnt seem like its worth 500 bucks to me... i was reading the specs and stuff and it seems like all you can do is play mp3 files from turntables, set cue points, and a few other features. I was hoping to get something that would let me remix tracks and add my own sound effects/loops. dont get me wrong, i like the idea of playing audio files on my tt's, but i am also looking for a little more... any suggestions?

what would you do if you had my setup and 500 dollars to spend?

thanks,
bisco

Posted by discobiscuit on Jan-09-2006 05:06:

ps - i'm not limited to 500 bucks, i could always save a little longer if need be..

Posted by sirhiss on Jan-09-2006 06:15:

What type of mixer and TTs do you have?
You may be better off spening your cash upgrading one of the two, but if not id go for a cd player.
$5-600 gets you a denon dn-s3500 on ebay.

Posted by Omega_Blue on Jan-09-2006 06:36:

yeah, what kind of decks?

i'd get a pair of cdj-200s.

Posted by discobiscuit on Jan-09-2006 06:47:

i have numark tt500's, a numark dxm06 mixer, shure m44g cartridges, and sony700 headphones.

i really dont want cdj200's or an upgrade... but i might ~ who knows..

i was looking for something that let me add my own flavor to my mixes, but i dont know what to get...

i will look into the cdj's though

thanks
bisco

Posted by punjabi on Jan-09-2006 06:56:

I would highly recommend a CDJ. That or Ableton.

Posted by discobiscuit on Jan-09-2006 07:48:

yeah ableton looked cool... i'll have to read up on it a little more.. i did see it on ebay and it came with a keyboard or something like that..

thanks,
bisco

Posted by Rebel Brown on Jan-09-2006 17:24:

If you want to add some flavour to your mixes then a pair of CDJ's, or at least one CDJ is definately a good option.

Posted by Zild on Jan-09-2006 17:26:

If you want to add something of your own to your mixes than get Ableton and a midi controller and use Ableton as a huge Sampler/FX station. That is what James Zabiela was doing the last time I saw him. He was mixing off the CDJs and the 1200s and using Ableton and his laptop for FX and loops.

Posted by discobiscuit on Jan-10-2006 00:24:

that does sound good... what all can you do with ableton? i will go read the specs... i only glanced over them..

bisco

Posted by Psiweaver on Jan-11-2006 00:53:

abelton or you could do some sort of efx unit.