100s and 200s are workhorses and rarely ever breakdown. I've heard heaps of stories of 1000s fucking up and theres basically more things that can go wrong with them. 100s and 200s are basically the standard and have been at almost every psy party I've been to. Everyone knows how to mix on them and the fx are cool and get used heaps in mixes.

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Originally posted by Allied Nations Plus, I've never seen a psy dj really do anything insane behind a console (non live act of course) other than mix psy flawlessly. Psy isnt a genre that really is fucked with live like house...

I'd disagree there. Maybe not as much as breaks or techno, but I've seen a few Djs employ interesting techniques behind the decks. Mainly the use of fx and long layered mixes much like prog. Also using the cross fader to rapid switch between tracks can be a common technique.

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Originally posted by Axolotyl I'd disagree there. Maybe not as much as breaks or techno, but I've seen a few Djs employ interesting techniques behind the decks. Mainly the use of fx and long layered mixes much like prog. Also using the cross fader to rapid switch between tracks can be a common technique.

FX likes the ones on the 100s and 200s.. Ooo Ahhh... Jet zip, flanger.... Prrreeettttyyyy sound....... But that isnt exactly something overly complicated...

And as for the long mixes, yeah i said that... even genre minus the hip hop/breaks/dnb (excluding stuff like dream and bass and prog breaks) has some form of long mixes... pretty much.

and the cross fader to switch, thats a mixer thing, not a cdj thing, and even then its still a basic technique...

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Well from my experance allot of time psy is in countrys that have a less evolved dj market (such as brazil) and thus the promoters are idiots when it comes to gear. Usually when iv played its been the classic 1210's 100s and a 600 (im sure pioneer is getting rich off all of this). Also allot of time the main act will be some sort of live show (infected mushroom, skazi) and they will bring allot of their own equipment and not request specific stuff. Since the lower down djs dont get to ask for specific equipment the promoters blag the setup from a local club. In the end its the promoters fault and really has less to do about the artists i beleive. Im sure that that psy djs would prefer better turntabels but they dont really care so long as they can change the tempo on them since psy isint the most developed of styles within the elctronica genre.

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My initial thought would be that 100s are more "portable". You'd hesitate about bringing 3000$ gear to a party. In a club, it's a more stable environment, so it's much safer and you don't have to worry about breaking equipment as much. Plus I think often the expensive gear is really just for show, and psy culture tends to care less about that.

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Originally posted by DannyO haha, place is just too repetitive with the same threads, I still come here kinda often to check out threads, I just rarely post. Like JD said, I can't see that psy DJs use them cos thats all they can get, I understand maybe thats what they grew up with in there home country (if there from israel) because there cheaper, but some of these DJs are BIG now and play at huge parties that they could easily ask for the 1000s and get them, but you rarely seem them being used, from what I've seen its always the CDJ100s paired up with mixers like Xone32/62/92, Tascam X9, the usual DJMs and some higher end Vestax. I have a feelin its just all they need, I've seen loads of DJs use the 1000s and they don't use any of the extra features, what they did they could of done on the 100s, just might be abit harder due to the different technique.

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