One of my old wharfedale speakers has finally blown so in the market for some Passive bookshelf speakers price between £2-300 or a decent used set.
Any recommendations
DJ setups/Mixer porn/New toys thread...
I have some Dali Spektor 2. They’re a bit quiet in the bass area, so would need a sub.
What I’d really like is some active non-monitor speakers, so I can do away with the amplifier.
Looking for some foxy wooden ones, slightly retro with black grilles.
Any ideas where to shop?
One day I will gift myself a pair of these, proper porno decor
Dubman …used is always a bit of a risk with speakers. Not owned them, but the QAcoustics passive bookshelfs get amazing reviews, apparently sound amazing and the walnut ones look like much more expensive speakers than they are… in your budget too. I think Richer Sounds carry them if you have one anywhere near you.
mjh …massively depends on your budget, but if you aren’t arsed about them being ‘studio’ speakers, I’d give the active KEFs a listen, and I’d be tempted to give the Klipsch ‘The Sevens/Nines’ a go, solid reviews and look amazing IMO
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303abuser …amazing bit of kit, probs overkill for DJ’ing use tho. Have the same issue with the Zen Delay, sounds incredible but really tricky to tame in a live setting.
The UA LEfx has ¼” TRS INSERT sockets, plus balanced inputs/outputs on XLR and external power, as well as BPM detection, should work (& sound) great with the Isonoe IMO
Since I mentioned money pits, I shouldn’t have watched this.
10 days later
Got myself a second hand Denon sc live 4 this weekend. Things have moved a lot since my previous traktor days it would seem. Linked it to SoundCloud so far and impressed I have immediate access to my playlists etc but cue points on first beats are hit and miss and I have no idea what I’m doing….yet. It’s the perfect unit to just noodle on immediately and the built in speakers are surprisingly punchy. Does anyone use Denon engine DJ want to give me a few starters for ten?
One major thing I need to understand is how I can get back to first beat as hitting cue seems to mark a cue point wherever you are in the track which is not what I want to do at all.
Millsy on Pioneer, if the track is paused and you hit cue, it marks your cue point there. It snaps back to that cue point if you hit cue whilst the track is playing
Along_the_Wire on Pioneer, if the track is paused and you hit cue, it marks your cue point there. It snaps back to that cue point if you hit cue whilst the track is playing
…yeah, try this. Cue manually with the platter then hit cue, see if it works then.
Have you analysed all your tracks in Engine? The default cue point should be set there I imagine
Unbroken1 I’ve only tried SoundCloud so far. Need to get an SSD, format it to exFAT and then sort my music collection out. I reckon engine will analyse those tracks with no problem, it’s probably a streaming service thing. I’m also hoping the metadata on the tracks from traktor will carry across but that might be wishful thinking. The thought of having to beatgrid stuff manually again with all my cue points etc gives me chills.
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On Denon / pioneer you can edit the grids either on the software or on the deck.
When you first import a new track in future you should ideally do some / all of these things if you want to be organised
- Rate the Rating out of 5. For energy (1 star being a Beatless intro, 5 stars razing the roof / peak energy)
- Put it in the playlist(s) which apply. Name the playlists whatever works for your brain - there are no right answers
- Write any comments for the keywords that would help you find this in a search later (imagining at some point you have over 5000 tracks). On pioneer instead of writing it you can use TAGS on rekordbox and press FILTER on CDJs to tick which tags you want to see. Again name these whatever works for your brain but try to stick to the same 5 or 10 ish words. Ie. Some of mine are Peak. Intelligent intro. Ethereal. Tribal Percussion. Sentimental. Anthemic. Closing.
- Edit the beat grid either in Engine, or rekordbox.
- If you miss step 4 you can do this on the equipment. I’m sure Denon had a physical button for Beat Grid that you used either with the scrolling menu knob to move the grid, or with the jogwheel itself
- Remember if you edit something on a drive later, to re sync it to your engine / rekordbox so all of your improvements are stored and not overwritten
- Drop hot cue B on the first main part where it peaks (So when DJing and listening in headphones looking for next track you can tell in 2 seconds whether this will be right vibe / direction / whether the key clashes or works well). Use A hot cue in rare cases for “actual first beat” if beats do not appear for a long time.
Hope some of that helps.