Would this be a wierd place to start?

[digital sequence]

I've decided i wanna dj before a start producing my own tunes, and im looking for a small place to start. I have the traktor pro on iPhone, and im debating going with traktor z1,x1, and f1 or just going for the new traktor s4.any thought? Oh and can anyone tell me new specs of the s4? It looks just about the same jut redesigned?

[Icetickle]

I think that u will be a much better dj if you produced already, but not vice versa.

[digital sequence]

Really? Haha i thought its be easier to mix songs already made than make my own? Although ive been told i don't know the difference between dj and producer on these boards

[Icetickle]

Really? Haha i thought its be easier to mix songs already made than make my own? Although ive been told i don't know the difference between dj and producer on these boards

Production is harder but that's not the point. You are not going to pick the easy way if it's not the best one.
Learn both and then decide what do you like more and what do you want to do.

[digital sequence]

I want to do both hahaha im just having a problem starting, all i have so far is traktor dj on my phone and lame garage band....

[Icetickle]

I want to do both hahaha im just having a problem starting, all i have so far is traktor dj on my phone and lame garage band....

Play around in those two until you collect the money for the DAW you actually want.

[digital sequence]

Yeah haha I'm debating ableton or logic, ive heard abletons better for live but i feel like it looks "kiddy" i guess? Haha logic looks alot more professional IMO

[Crimsonghost]

Do whatever you want. But if your interested in djing, than do that. And you dot need to blow you're wad on an S4. Pick up a used s2 for like $300, some decent headphones for like $100, and use whatever money you were going to spend that left over on some production stuff.

[mks]

Producing and DJ'ing are not the same thing.

I think that u will be a much better dj if you produced already, but not vice versa.

I don't think this is true at all. I've known a lot of great DJ's that don't produce and there are a lot of producers that don't DJ.

[Add9]

Yeah haha I'm debating ableton or logic, ive heard abletons better for live but i feel like it looks "kiddy" i guess? Haha logic looks alot more professional IMO

Logic is great but don't write off Ableton because of how it looks, many great producers and DJs use it. And about Ableton being good for live, that's true if you're playing your own tracks that you've produced in Ableton, cause then you can mix them up as you like by cuing different parts of the track as you see fit. But if you're not a producer and you're playing other people's tunes, then just use the traktor. My friend DJs with an s2 and it's all you really need.

[digital sequence]

Thanks or the help! The best ive gotten here, but here's my thoughts on the order ill buy my stuff, and can you help me with that? 1.s2 or s4(traktor)
2.im thinking ableton (and on the note of mixin your tunes with cues, can't you do that with traktor? It's on the app haha)
3.maschine
4.a midi keyboard, been lookin at virus ones
5.komplete ultimate or something of the sort, lots of effects;)
And if i have a s2 controller, would that make a z1,x1, and f1 useless? There's just so much stuff to choose from

[mks]

Most of those things you do not need for DJ'ing. If you think that you want to produce in the future, I would go with Ableton and something like the Akai APC-40 so you can do both DJ'ing type stuff and production.

If you are only wanting to DJ, I would go with Traktor and one of their controllers.

[digital sequence]

See my goal is to be kinda like excision.... Make my music, dj, and do my own graphic designing

[Crimsonghost]

I wish I was rich enough to use a Virus as a midi keyboard.

[fragments]

I wish I was rich enough to use a Virus as a midi keyboard.

indeed...

[digital sequence]

Yeah haha im not a rich bitch;) just have some spare cash from a settlement hahaha but yeah it's expensive as shot but my look on it is if you by top of the line stuff, you won't have to renew for many many years, like if i had this stuff i wouldn't even consider changing anything until like 5-7 years depending on how long it lasts itself

[GregoryTJ]

FL Studio has a Mac beta version out now *hint hint*

[digital sequence]

Does it really?! I looked for a Mac version like a week ago and couldn't find it, i had it in my laptop before which was windows but its way more flexible than garage band

[azuk]

Fl all the way. FL and Traktor

[GregoryTJ]

http://www.image-line.com/documents/new ... 1378290309 here is the article from the image-line website