I don’t understand why people just wouldn’t buy the XDJ XZ - if you want another channel, plug a deck, a CDJ or a laptop in. Playing out, I’m never gonna use more than two channels. In fact, playing in, I barely use two channels.
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Do you use anything to help with the EQ curve in your headphones like Sonarworks or Toneboosters Morphit? That could help a lot as well.
Am I allowed to post actual studio gear in here? Last thread I did this in Damo had a mild fit. Haha.
loopdokter i demo’d sonarworks, but wasn’t a huge fan. i’m not struggling with my mixes too much these days, the odd track i have to work the low end a little, especially if i have a kick, sub, and low-passed chords, but it’s not causing me problems. the best thing for me was a combination of learning my headphones, using reference tracks when i’m not sure, and invaluable feedback from wayne, who does my mastering.
when i send him a mix, he tells me exactly what he did with it and that’s gone from fixing the garbage i was sending him a year and a half ago to just slight eq and compression for the most part now.
plus making dub, it’s not a genre that relies on super clean and separated mixes, so that probably hides some of my mistakes. my big challenge now is creativity vs. technical stuff. i feel like i have the basic tools and ability now, it’s a matter of making interesting music instead of typical derivative stuff.
Along_the_Wire I think most will. At $2.5K a pop here in the States with tax only clubs/hire companies/A list DJs/trust fund kids can afford these and a decent mixer. I think the model for Pioneer is for people to learn the trade via XDJs / DDJs then use CDJs in clubs/when playing out. Thats why they haven’t gone nuts with redesigning the units/adding new features.
The XZ is the price of one of these, so makes no monetary sense for the majority to buys CDJs.
£3000 each.
It’s no Kontrol S2 MK2.
Along_the_Wire I don’t understand why people just wouldn’t buy the XDJ XZ -
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Along_the_Wire Doubt very many will buy the CDJ 3000s for home use. That’s what the XDJ is for.
I was planning an upgrade to the XZ this year. Its been put on hold due to needing a new laptop. Went for the dell xps 13. Expensive, but a great piece of kit.
Whatever happened to a 500 quid set up?
#okboomer
Kids these days can get a good start with a 200 € controller and a laptop. And build from that.
…give it 6 months, loads of people will have the 3000’s at home IMO
…actually this is a very good point, relative to what I used to spend across a year in my vinyl days, these are probably a bit of a bargain
Along_the_Wire I guess they give you a bit more flexibility on placement and what mixer you use with them.
Yeah, agreed on the costs of vinyl compared to digital etc.
Pioneer will have spent a lot of time working on that price point (the industry won’t baulk at it in the slightest, they’re buttons compared to some of their investments), they have a very good idea about what their consumer will and wont spend.
Along_the_Wire have you worked out how to use 4 channels on the Link to RB on the laptop yet - it is all a bit confusing for me!!!!
Remember the pages of deals at the back of DJ Mag back in the day, technics with an MRT60/Vestex/PA/Sound system ……buy on credit with about 30% apr. Entry into the world of DJing in those days was a very expensive business , and don’t get me started on import double packs bought just for a 3minute dub. 