380 is a better option

A macbookpro is ideal.

If ur gonna go with a controller in that price range then yeah... vci 380 or vci 300 mk2.

^ I would love to get a mac but don't have the funds for that. This laptop is on sale for half the price yet still exceeds the necessary specs whilst being a quad core i5. So i looked at the vci 380 and it is "ac powered and not usb powered" what does that mean? Will it have a usb cord at all?

The USB will be included, AC powered means that it's powered by a wall plug.

The USB is to transfer data to/from the controller.

how much are you spending on that lenovo?

@Dj MacMillz thank you for the feed back.
@DJRemixEnt $435.99 www.ebay.com

Thanks for the suggestion :)

please i'm a dj as beginner and DJ Yalles is my DJ name. I wanna ask if DJ Yalles is a cool name.
Thanks.

Your Dj name only really has to make sense to you, but just be prepared to explain it a lot or break it down phonetically.

Is it pronounced Yah-yes?

Nope, doesn't have enough in it.
Try ...
DJ TA$K - that'll look awesome on flyers!

Dj thread hi jacker

Yep...sounds about right

Lol, straight kidnapped

Lol

^WTF IS THIS ON MY DAMN PAGE MOFOS?! GTFO jk. You guys like my name: TjDaDj (Brought to you by Dj Double Productions)

Oh shit we gotta turf war

here we go again

please i wanna know if DJ Yalles sound well or not.

^ this muthafucka

It sounds fucking awesome, thanks for the idea!! Btw its now copywritten so lose the idea. Good luck on your quest for your new name though, its hard, took me ages to find one i liked. Thanks again!

Man, thats gotta suck lol

now its the countdown till we see a post from "THE REAL DJ YALLES"... lmao


fml

-_- Why my page? Take the turf war elsewhere lol. U MOFOS STILL DIDN'T ANSWER MY OWN QUESTION! How's my name? u guys likey? Also my hip hop mix got banned on youtube and can only be viewed on computers (no ipods, no tablets, no smart phones). What gives? I know it's probably copyright issues but what the hell? I gave the artists credit AND I didn't even get 10 likes and it got taken down -_- Watchwww.youtube.com

^ lmao... i laughed when i saw the strobe... but when you turned that fog on, i was dyin!

^??? yea i need better lights and a better camera. how about the mix itself? haha

garbage

thanks for the honesty :( How do I get better? It was only my 2nd time. Any tips for this n00b? Do you have any examples for me to follow?

1. practice
2. practice
3. practice
4. don't put up mixes before you think they sound good.
5. if you need someone else to tell you that you sound good because you don't know yourself then see #1 - #3.

I don't understand all these n00bs that are putting up all these shitty mixes and videos 3 weeks into getting their cheap pos controller. It's like picking up a guitar for the first time last week and then thinking you're good enough to play at a venue.

#6 - don't call yourself xxxx "productions" when you can't even dj yet. Learn to dj first before trying to name yourself and for the love of god, learn to dj before you post shit online or try to find gigs.

^ I have done gigs before and had the equipment for about a year. I do know the basics and have been PAID TO DO THIS BEFORE. All went well. I was just getting the wrong feedback because most people like what I put because they aren't pro djs themselves. I mean its not like I'm djing for a club or anything but I want as much help as possible. Why not post videos? thats the best way for people to criticize me. SMH you guys are harsh lol. How was my first freestyle mix? Watchwww.youtube.com

You obviously dont know the basics otherwise you wouldnt have posted that "mix" online.

It was terrible and if you had any knowledge about Djing, you would have known right away it was garbage.

If you can't identify the problems even in the first 30 seconds, of your mix then you aren't ready to share your Djing with the public.

Listen to real djs play and figure it out. Djing isn't rocket science.

Watchwww.youtube.com

^How long did it take you guys to become this "good". -_- I dont do this for a LIVING. Do YOU DO THIS FOR A LIVING?

depends how much practice and effort you put in on it.... could take few weeks to sound decent a couple of years... maybe never. yes i have herd of "vetern djs" who still sounds crappy but they are full of themselves. what will really make you better is checking out the djs you like and of course listening to your own mixes and actually admitting to when it sounds bad or not. trust you ears. they are the most powerful piece of djing equipment you can get.

Veteran*

If say the majority of regulars on hear have been Djing for longer than you've been alive and most are doing fully professionally for a living.

I first started DJing at a roller rink in 1992. One chick came up to me while I was "mixing" and told me I sucked and requested that I just play the songs - don't try to blend them together.

I was a bit disappointed, but I was motivated to learn the tricks and practice. I would come in on my off time before the rink opened and practice. In about a month, I was rocking the decks and the same girl came up and complimented me on the party mix that night. A bit of hard work paid off and I've been slammin' beats ever since.

Funny thing is - after 20 years, in the biz, I STILL PRACTICE!

TjDaDj, you want to see good youtube videos? Check out DJs that rock crowds and learn from their techniques. DMC competition footage will get you some scratching sets, Jazzy Jeff will get you music selection, and DJ AM will get you mixing skills. These are just a few.

^This is exactly what I need. See I love djing so far and I myself thought I was good for a rookie. Can you guys agree with at least that? No one tells me I'm bad when I go do gigs so I came here. Even on fb people graded me well. Do any of you have a problem with that? If so then something is wrong with you. At least I have the guts to post- even to be replying to such harshness on this forum. I couldve rage quit right now (most people would) But I know itll only make me stronger. Do any of you live out here? I wouldn't mind learning with one of you guys.

Watchwww.youtube.com




Watchwww.youtube.com



Watchwww.youtube.com

I gotta admit, youtube and FB offer almost immediate response that was not available 10-15 yeas ago. When most of these guys on this forum started, we had to record our mixes on cassette and pas them around to friends for review. New cats (like you) are able to mass transit your work and post it to anyone/everyone. The trouble with that is most people have no clue what is good and what is not.

You ever watch American Idol? All those losers who get rejected all THOUGHT they could sing because their parents and friends hyped them up so much that they honestly thought they were good. It came as a shock to them that they really couldn't sing and then you see the tears and all the shattered dreams after the auditions!

You got a shot in this, but you got to know what is good on your own before you spread it to the masses. Most of your buddies, your girlfriend, your mom... they will all compliment you work for two reasons: a) they don't want to hurt your feelings or b) they don't have a clue what sounds good. Here on this forum- you will get scrutinized for what it really is. I saw your videos... they were not good. If youtube was available when I first started, I'd probably be in your same boat. Maybe us veterans lucked out that way. We HAD to get good first, then spread our mixes to the masses. It seems that younger DJs have that backwards these days.

Here are some links to get you started:
www.dancefactoryfm.com Listen to the mix shows when you can.
Watchwww.youtube.com Good mixes.

^exactly why i posted here. see im not oblivious. not at all. My dad said i shouldn't post them but I did anyway so I could get reception from people like you. Isn't that the way to go?

You got your reception although it may not be what you wanted to hear - instead of arguing about it on the Internet,, maybe you should be practicing instead?

Well, at least your dad has some sense. Kudos to him.

Did you read my post? NO. Not being mean, but you got to review your work FIRST, then you can post it for critique. Just curious... how many time did you listen to your own mix before you posted it? Did you at least sit through the whole video and note some areas that you could have had better transitions between songs? Where your beats were not aligned properly? Where you mixed through the vocals?

I suggest that you record your mixes (like you have), but before you post them, give them a week. After a week, go back and listen to them again. Have a notepad in hand and jot down any spots where you feel weren't up to par. Do this at least 2-3 times. DO NOT post a mix without these steps first. Trust me, you will catch a lot of mistakes on your own before it even gets published.

Again, I don't think you're oblivious. I just think that you are too young to know that posting a crummy youtube video on a professional DJ forum is a backwards way of getting better.

you're not oblivious? yet you post stuff like



That's oblivious and delusional.

Would that be because it's all people you know, that aren't going to tell you anything negative?

Only my father will give me good advice-however he can't dj. thats a problem. I know a math tutor at school that djs at clubs but he is almost always busy. Also most other professional djs wont want me unless i pay them. thats why i posted my videos. a lot of the djs out here don't know jack shit about djing. even worse than me (and thats saying something)

Then pay them. Little good ever comes for free.

Very true. Something my dad would say. guys is this a good place to learn? www.sae.edu

that won't teach you to dj, but that will give you what could be a very cool career option in media arts.

^My mom mentioned it. I told her however that the best way to do it is just practice with another dj and do some gigs (even if i get booed every now and then). Would it be smart to find a dj school or to just practice on my own?

do yourself a favour and stop taking gigs, stop posting videos and take a week to download and just listen to good mixes online from good djs. Don't surf the net, or play video games, or play on your phone, or read a book, or anything. Put on the best headphones in your house and sit and do nothing but listen. Listen to one mix a day and just listen. Listen to what the dj is doing and listen for how they're doing it.

Then go back and listen to that mix you posted again.

Then write down everything you think you did wrong - mistake by mistake.

If you still can't hear a difference between what good djs are doing and what you're doing, then maybe you need a proper teacher but that still won't guarantee that you "have it."

Thank you all for the real honest help. Just got out of LaLa Land and realized how long this road might take but I'm down for it. Is it ok to run while listening to this music? I need to get back into shape for college running (or will that defeat the purpose of doing this?) >.<

actually, that's not a bad idea.

^dj_soo your mixes are practically the best i've ever heard. what do you even use to do that? its crazy good. Do you live anywhere near me?

2 turntables and serato.

I'm 1200 miles north.

and if you're listening to the shit I have on my serato profile, that shit is mad old - here check this out: soundcloud.com

no i followed u already on soundcloud. Dj_soo u have a new admirer.

Well, I could mis-quote this, but it's amusing enough anyway.

Dear TjDaDj,

In an ideal situation, you would stay in the bedroom, and continue to be enthusiastic about DJing for years while honing your skills. Then you would emerge, and post decent mixes and begin DJing at clubs or bigger events.

Except thats almost never, ever, ever how it happens. This is really applicable to most anything in life, and largely depends on what kind of person you are. Most people who try to do that burn out or just plain lose interest. I 'started DJing' at the age of 14 when my cousin locked himself in the bathroom of a big club with a bag of Burger King, and went, 'You mix for a while'. I sucked, and some customers visibly complained both to me and the club. Earth-shattering big deal? No, not really. I was nervous, and I was pissed at myself for sucking so bad. It inspired me to begin DJing, and a year later I was playing twice a week at a decently-sized club. Does anyone remember how horribly I sucked at Sabor Latino 10 years ago? No.

Enthusiasm is key, because enthusiasm will get you to practice hard. And it should ALSO keep you investigating every single possibility of getting better, which is part of what you're doing when you post here asking these questions.

Be humble about things. Don't be serato.com . You're *not* going to be good when you start out, and thats fine. Acting like a big-shot is going to get you tossed out of clubs, ridiculed online and in general leads nowhere, unless you can live up to it. So be careful about the way you present yourself. And realize that every time you introduce yourself to someone, they might remember how you are in that exact moment; so if you re-approach the person later, you might be at a disadvantage if you blew the introduction. Lastly, take everything on these forums with a grain of salt.

Have fun, practice a lot and manage the resources and possibilities you find surrounding you well. Strive to be awesome, but don't fall into the trap of thinking you're hot-stuff until you know better ;)

At the very least, you'll give some of us something to laugh at if your mixes are really poor :) Best of luck!

please don't

he's only 17

this is the guy you want to build a relationship with and follow around, so you can observe everything he does, and learn the craft.

i was 17 when i started djing, i used to slide the bouncers $20 to let me into the clubs... and the whole night, i would stand next to the dj booth watching everything the dj did. eventually, after a couple weekends, they noticed me staring at em the whole night (yeah i know, sounds like stalker mode...lol) and they introduced themselves to me, and i told them i wanted to be a dj and learn from the best.... next thing you know, i got an invite to show up to the club early and help them carry in crates of records and gear.... so at that point i didnt have to slip the bouncer $20 anymore to get in.

so you def want to find somebody local that you can observe and teach you the right way to do things. but for right now, youtube and Serato forum are gonna be your best friends.

- I am a stalker ;)

-Back to the main point of this page- I'm more interested in the vestax vci 380 over the mk ii. opinions on that? Also what are some good dj lights to start off with?

Does it matter, you said yourself you dont mix, why not grab an ipod, or open two winamps on your laptop

^I already have my xone dx which comes with a great soundcard. Why not use it?

I also think that using a laptop looks so tacky. Why do that when nearly everyone has a laptop? Defeats the purpose of "djing" in my opinion. But... I am a stupid highschool kid so what do i know? haha

So does not mixing, just playing songs and crossfading, sure "everyone else" is using a laptop but your not doing ANYTHING "everyone else" cantdo so why buy equipment you dont plan on using correctly anyway

Logic and rationality 101

^why do you think i'm on this forum? TO LEARN SOMETHING. Why not dj for my family IF IM GOING TO BE THERE ANYWAY? Does that make sense to you?

now that i think of it i should just bring my laptop though and for one and only one very good reason: If any one breaks it or spills sh*t on it I would be very, very pissed. Thanks for the advice guys :) Well I'm off to school and am tiring of this convo. This is my last post on this thread. Once again, thank you all for the pure honesty xD

Im hoping its just to troll because if its for any other reason your failing miserably




Nope not at all because A) nothing your doing is djing B) if im going to be somewhere anyway id rather enjoy myself rather tjan spend a bunch of money and time setting up shit just to look like an asshat C) i know its a bullshit statment anyway because you keep goin on about getting paid so i know your doin more than fam events

So quit trying to justify all your bullshit antics and go practice something

Youd make thousands of real djs around the world smile?

@TJDADJ .. Here's a serious question for you and I'm not at all being a dick about this:


Since you have already performed' at a number of 'gigs .. where did you get all your music from?

How do you stay up to date with the newest tracks?

djaction... you are about to open another can of worms! :)

Shhhhhh!

please i wanna download serato skin for vdj pro 7 from virtualdj.com and when i click on the download center it give me a feedback that ''you currently don't have license registered'' but i'm a registered user, and i don't know the type of lincense they are talking about. so please i need help on how to be the licence register so that i can make my download.
Thanks for your help.

gtfoh

^ ^Trollin now huh

Downloaded a torrent and registered are not the same thing.

I still love how many SSL skins are available for VDJ.

serato.com

serato.com

my new DJ name is ''DJ Meloh'' and i wanna ask, is't sound cool and good?

IT MEANS BE A REAL DJ AND PAID FOR YOUR EQUIPMENT INSTEAD OF DOWNLOADING illegal copy.... :-) plus VDJ DOES NOT SUPPORT SERATO LOOK A LIKE SKINS... you wont find any of them on vdj.. some that may look somewhat the same design but other wise they are not allow clearly for obvious reasons... plus if you want to rock a serato skin just BUY SERATO! or if you want to rock VDJ then PAID FOR IT.

You can't say a few of these don't plainly copy the SSL interface:
www.virtualdj.com

they are inspire by it i agree..... i am talking about the straight serato look a like skins those are ban on vdj... but there are some that share similarities... i honestly can't stand Djs who use vdj but cover up vdj with a serato skin!!??? the fuck is the point of that??? personally i don't like the serato skin. but people go crazu over a serato skin mean while vdj runs in the background. HYPOCRITES i say but what do i know....

Hi bitches <3