Actually, the program I just gave you are not really for beginers....
You can try mixman to mix beat together. Its really basic and limited but its fun for a little bit and its free.
Originally posted by Mpl4ever
Actually, the program I just gave you are not really for beginers....
You can try mixman to mix beat together. Its really basic and limited but its fun for a little bit and its free.
the page with setting up the tonarm doesn't work, I want a page like that because i'm buying 2 new Concorde pickups next week so I have to change the weight etc..
and another piece of advise for n00bs
"you can always buy new needles, but sometimes you can't buy a new record. always replace your needles when they start to wear."
generally, under a decent amount of use (1-2 hours a day almost every day) you'll want to change your stylus about every 5-6 months
it's easier to replace the needle than it is to replace that hard to find record
Im a newbie when it comes to dj equipment and I was thinking of getting the Technics SL-1200M3D. Is this a good choice? Or is there something better? From what I've gathered, I should buy some really good decks so I wouldn't have to waste my money upgrading.
Im also lost when it comes to mixers and headphones. I think I'm willing to spend about $1500-$1800 all together. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Originally posted by red eyed phil
Im a newbie when it comes to dj equipment and I was thinking of getting the Technics SL-1200M3D. Is this a good choice? Or is there something better? From what I've gathered, I should buy some really good decks so I wouldn't have to waste my money upgrading.
Im also lost when it comes to mixers and headphones. I think I'm willing to spend about $1500-$1800 all together. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
those are the best decks you could buy right now
as for mixers and cans
go with a decent mixer, check out vestax or pioneer
you'll want 2-3 channels with 3 band eq on each channel and headphone cueing
go to your local shop and take a look around, play with some of the mixers
now for headphones... read through the headphone sticky thread
it has a lot of valuable info
Thanks for the help! I've been thinking of getting the Sennheiser HD 280Pro headphones, the Vestax PCV 275 mixer, and a headphone amp like the Samson 4 channel headphone amp. Though I dont know if the mixer is a good choice or not. Is there anything else I might want? Could you comment on these?
That is indeed top quality equipment, but that doesn't mean that that's a good thing. Learning on the best equipment doesn't mean that you can play on al/most equipment around, on the contrary
Apr-13-2003 11:42
nss
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: vancouver
Thats true. But I was thinking of making a good investment at the start so I wont have to spend more money getting better equipment.
Apr-14-2003 04:01
sebjr
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
i think its a good idea to get very good equipment from the start, which is what i did
1 - you are playing straight away on the equipment clubs use, no learning curve when you jump to the club environment (maybe some probs if you house party with someone elses belt decks - but you can bring your own in that case!)
2 - it is much easier to learn!
3 - once you have learned the basics, you will be able to play on less decent equipment with a bit of practice but your 'learning' wont have picked up bad habits on poor decks such as overcompensating for uneven torque etc
go for it!
Apr-23-2003 09:36
sebjr
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
oh and 4 which you already said - you don't have to upgrade as much! when upgrading you are basically always going to lose money...
I've been thinking of getting the Sennheiser HD 280Pro headphones, the Vestax PCV 275 mixer, and a headphone amp like the Samson 4 channel headphone amp. Though I dont know if the mixer is a good choice or not. Is there anything else I might want? Could you comment on these? 
