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personally If I was able to get good enough I would love to play at a venue somewhere. That's an interesting point about the Serato box taking away from having a proper set of decks. I was under the impression that using a system like that allows for the same application of control and technique as you would normally with vinyl minus the swapping of records. Ive seen CDJ's and the impression I got was, and this is just an opinion, is that they wouldn't allow you to manipulate the record (or timing data with the serato system) in the same natural way that touching the vinyl itself would give you. i.e. different scratching techniques or the difference between mechanical and digital pitch control. So what i guess im really asking is that would you lose so much from using a serato system compared to using actual vinyl that the comparison between a CDJ and a serato system is really one and the same?

Hi people, For a long time now I've been totally absorbed in the listening side of electronic music, and have been actively considering having a crack at it for myself. At the moment I'm thinking of getting 2 Technics turntables with an entry level Serato Rane box with a half decent mixer, all second hand. The idea behind this is that if it doesn't pan out as expected then I shouldn't have made such a large loss after resale, and the Serato Box should cut down on the cost of having to purchase a shit ton of vinyl. I already have a somewhat all right set of speakers and a hybrid amplifier / DAC which i currently use as my stereo system. I Imagine that this would work fine for practising at home. Does this seem like a good way of starting out with DJing to those who have some experience in these matters? Im quite set on playing Vinyl, it just seems like the proper way of Djing, but that's just the opinion of someone who really doesn't know all that much. Any comments are much appreciated, cheers