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Rane Scratch & CDJ1000 kick ass!

I have been playing on turntables for 15 years and just decided to go with CD mixers instead. I can't believe how good Rane Scratch and CDJ's work together. I should have dumped the turntables long ago.

If you are someone that uses Rane Scratch and CDJ's I would love to hear what you think about that combination. What are you favorite features/tricks?

Thanks in advance!

Just curious why you didn't just keep the TTs and go with SSL.

i think he is talking about SSL being controlled by CDJs. It is a pretty dope combination.

agreed, smooth as silk

the few time i played with it on cdjs i really dint enjoy it as much as with regular cds.
for 1, the cue and play button pretty much dont work because there is a nasty delay
also, the looping on the 800 is rendered useless, u cant loop 4 beats on a control record, cuz it has no beats

Serato and CDJ's are awsome together. I use mine with 800mk2's.

You can still loop in serato.


Allen

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Originally posted by djlemeir the few time i played with it on cdjs i really dint enjoy it as much as with regular cds. for 1, the cue and play button pretty much dont work because there is a nasty delay also, the looping on the 800 is rendered useless, u cant loop 4 beats on a control record, cuz it has no beats

I have heard other people say there is a delay using CDJ's and SSL but I'm not experiencing that. The response times have been no issue what so ever. I wonder if the SSL setup you were playing on was set up correctly?

i don't like the fact that you have to set the timecoded track back to the beginning to play the next track.. the first time i used SSL with CDJ800s i kept forgetting to do that, and then i'd wonder why some tracks wouldn't load.. however i loved using SSL and it's frickin SICK with a rane ttm57SL. excellent mixer.

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Originally posted by Omega_Blue i don't like the fact that you have to set the timecoded track back to the beginning to play the next track.. the first time i used SSL with CDJ800s i kept forgetting to do that, and then i'd wonder why some tracks wouldn't load.. however i loved using SSL and it's frickin SICK with a rane ttm57SL. excellent mixer.

It's a nice mixer, but the fact that it's only 2 channel and has little more to it than SSL really, really pisses me off, - and for that kind of money, I think it's a waste.

Serato + CDJs = the shit!

serato + vynil is the shit
cds + cdjs = the shit

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Originally posted by djlemeir serato + vynil is the shit cds + cdjs = the shit

Indeed, I never really understood the appeal of using CDJs with Serato. With vinyl it's obvious, but with CDJs, why not just burn CDs? I'd much rather take a bag of re-burnable CDRs with me to a club than an expensive laptop.

Perhaps if you owned serato and used it extensively with CDJs you would understand. I for one HATE burning CDs.

You know, when I brought SSL, I wanted to be a cheap solution to buying two expensive CDJs such as the 800s or 1000 MK3. and waste all the money on blank CDRs.

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Originally posted by Zild Perhaps if you owned serato and used it extensively with CDJs you would understand. I for one HATE burning CDs.

+1, one of the main reasons I got Torq.

i for one own serato and have been using it for over a year and a half, just so i can play with vynils
i agree, burning cds is a bitch, but its a discipline

I'd find it very hard to justify a $500 program just because I dislike burning CD's. I own SSL and it's a great program, however I'm using it with vinyl decks. Spending $500 now saves me quite a bit of money in the future. If I get CDJ's in the future, then I'm sure I'll use SSL with it, however I wouldn't ever have purchase SSL if I already had CDJ's.

Just my opinion of course.

i personally think theres no point with vinyl emulation and cdjs. is burning cds a pain? yes. does it really take that long to burn cds? not really.

as for me...i have torq, techs, and a cdj800...but i only use torq for my techs. i burn my mp3s, not only for spinning but also for when I decide i need to reformat, get a new computer, computer craps out, etc...i have them and its a quick transfer. saves me a headache later on

the main motivation i had for getting serato was to not have to burn cds... I think it was worth it. Lazy I know, but I was looking at literally days of burning (non-stop, no sleep, no food)

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Originally posted by miamitranceman +1, one of the main reasons I got Torq.

+2

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Originally posted by ClearVision the main motivation i had for getting serato was to not have to burn cds... I think it was worth it. Lazy I know, but I was looking at literally days of burning (non-stop, no sleep, no food)

Agreed, and for me, I found I was having to sort of pre plan a mix according to what I've burned or will be burning, and then I have to make copies of each. Call me lazy too, but I wasn't willing to spend all that time doing that. Plus, having your entire library in various playlists, synched with ITunes in Torq, for example, lets me choose a sequence of tracks I may not of thought of before if I was pre burning tracks to regular cds.

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Originally posted by i got big pants i personally think theres no point with vinyl emulation and cdjs. is burning cds a pain? yes. does it really take that long to burn cds? not really. as for me...i have torq, techs, and a cdj800...but i only use torq for my techs. i burn my mp3s, not only for spinning but also for when I decide i need to reformat, get a new computer, computer craps out, etc...i have them and its a quick transfer. saves me a headache later on

Get another CDJ then you can talk to me.


And for the rest of you guys who think vinyl control + CDJs is stupid especially for monetary reasons. Well sometimes convenience far outranks saving a few hundred bucks.

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Originally posted by djlemeir i for one own serato and have been using it for over a year and a half, just so i can play with vynils i agree, burning cds is a bitch, but its a discipline

i just resorted to buying the official CDs lol

I think what people find odd is not so much the use of Serato with CDJs but more the fact that he could have used it with his TTs and saved all that money from the CDJs. No?

whats great about serato is this:
i got to a club last nite, they dint have turntables, only 3 cdj 1000s, so i used them.
i got to a loft party last week they had techs and some crappy numark duals, used the techs
serato give you the freedom to chose and not to get stuck, cdjs or decks or both

but cds are better with cdjs than serato is, bar-none

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