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i've played many sets for my friends, but i am playing at a little festival in july. my first time on stage.
i normally use my laptop & a mixtrack pro. what do you use... & should i be stepping my game up with technology...

What i usuually ask for is;

3 x CDJ1000
DJM series mixer (600 or better)

My usual setup is my MacBook (decent-ish but it's about 4/5 years old now so it will probably require replacing in the near future) with Ableton Live 8 and my Akai APC40... best thing I ever got, such a good tool to use in live performances.

Don't think I've currently used that setup to it's maximum potential but I drop in acapellas and risers as and when needed (tastefully, obviously). I find that the lack of beat-matching allows for a lot more creative elements to enter my mix but as I said, I think I've played it safe so far in terms of the level of involvement in external stuff.

i use a toshiba laptop i bought in 2011. i am thinking of buying some tables. never really fiddled with the drum machines. any good tutorials out there that you know of...

My Live Setup:
- 2010 MBP
- Tascam US1641
- Numark $100 DJ Mixer (3ch)
- Novation Launchpad
- Novation LaunchControl (newest addition replacing a beaten up BCR200 which sucked from day one).
- USB hub + AC Adapter
- A milk crate, which carries my gear and then acts as my laptop stand. That crates been to every show i have done in the last three years.
- Duct tape
- HD280 Pro headphones, sometimes skullcandy in ears depending on the situation.

Ableton live feeds 2 seperate stereo sends into numark dj mixer. I basically use Ableton like a Turnatble repalcement and do my mixing, eq and monitoring via the mixer. I like having a physical mixer to do the dirty work on just how i have been since i started.

Two technics 1200, a mixer and my macbook/interface.
I've noticed that asking for something that's not DJM crap is futile

Not doing gigs or any DJing at all now though.

guitar
mixer
mic
looper
soundcard
notebook

All i use for live,but my public is my drunk friends

yeah the times i have played live, all my friends were hiwasted.

OP what are your aims exactly? just curious.

i aim at mixing live. and i need to know what equipment to purchase.

I just wasn't feeling my Numark CDJ's anymore.

I went ahead and pulled the trigger on a Traktor S2 MKII. So far, Native Instruments have never let me down.

I want to figure out a way of running midi from a DAW to synths and shit for some dubbin' steps to tape

test recordings wrote:I want to figure out a way of running midi from a DAW to synths and shit for some dubbin' steps to tape

You don't have to figure that out though

Midisport 4x4 will do.

Mobile phone
RCA to 3,5mm Jack cable

mac book all the way w/ traaaktor

johney wrote:Mobile phone
RCA to 3,5mm Jack cable

two spoons

Been using an S2 for DJing friends parties but I have my first official gig coming up so i just got an APC40, seems like the best controller out there for playing Live live

a macbook pro, traktor kontrol s4 thats it...

how often do u controller guys play nights/get booked?