I got into UCLA and will be getting a place in the area near school, and was looking to get me a DJ setup to have some fun on in free time, and maybe do a few parties when I can. I can get VC-100 for $400, or Serrato is about $550 without controller/mixer, and also will need CDJ's.

Nevermind the price, im wondering whats a better setup? How is mixing in Serrato done? Is it more fun mixing on Serato than VC-100

Is there a Warp feature in Serato or is the mixing entirely CD control driven? How effecient are the VC-100 jogwheels, are they good for adjusting a mix if I dont want to use Traktor's warp?

If i go the VC-100 route what other equipment do I need to play out live besides laptop?

Just answer the ones you can answer, thanks =)

You could also wait for Serato Itch which is coming out soon. It's like an all-in-one unit like the Vestax/Traktor combo. You could also check out Torq from M-Audio with either an Xponent or just an X-Session Pro controller. Torq will have warping in the next update which, unfortunately, was recently delayed till probably sometime later in the summer.

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wow...only 1 reply? lol...I thought this place would have the answers!

This thread might have some good information for you

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...01&forumid=8&s=

if you're a turntablist get serato. if you like computers to do the work for you (beatmatch, phrase match, eq, etc...) then serato isn't what you're looking for....

traktor's fuckin dope. give you a ton of features that you would have to get a much more fully featured mixer to have... not sure if serato has effects and stuff in-program, but traktor has a huge amount of sexiness (stored cue points, really useful countdown meters, 4 decks, each with their own effects plus a master effect, user defined beatgrids.)

haven't used the serato setup, but i use a similar setup to the vestax one you're proposing (behringer bcd3000 plus traktor) and i really love it. why spend the money on cdj's if you're going to be computer based? plus, if you ever want to move onto ableton, the vestax is still useful as a midi controller for other shit, whereas i don't think the cdj's can do that.

especially if you're just doing it for a bit of fun, i recommend the vestax+traktor model.