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I use Speakon plugs for my speakers because I have no other choice as the speakers have speakon sockets only. What speaker plugs do you guys have? A mate has speakers with 6.5mm jack inputs that he is going to lend me for a big hall gig. I was thinking of buying speakon to 6.5mm adapters and using a couple of 800mm jack guitar patch cords to link them up to my speakers Any probs using guitar patch cords as speaker cable?

I have a reasonable collection of playlists of various genres and I read the crowd, they will soon let you know if they think a song is crap.If they are all up dancing you know you have hit paydirt and I play some more similar songs Save your most popular songs for the ebb and flow on the dance floor. You don't want to be playing your best tracks while they are moving off for a piss or a rest.

Got some good quality sandbags for steading lighting stands from Ebay. Orange striped for hi viz, cost 22.00 each from camera shops I got 4 for 4.00 each. Forums say they should weigh 7kg to be of any use, max weight they can hold is 10kg. I put 5kg of sand in them and it seems to be a enough for my lightweight lighting setup. Good for workouts also. Was thinking of nicking some from roadworks signs but got to be a responsible citizen nowadays .

Looked up Nitelife web site Lab and it doesn't tell how their system works. Can you explain?

Most of the DJs I have met up here on the Gold Coast are up themselves arseholes. I'm a customer and they have been employed to entertain me and the other patrons. Entertainers? they seem to imply they are giving you the grace of their time and exclusive playlists (Austereo top forty, dah) I have come up to introduce myself and they don't give me the time of day. Glad I don't see them again at the same venue, no wonder the managers opt for piped music or live bands,can't beat bands for filling a venue.and a dance floor.

Pretty well seeing the end of DJing as we once knew it. People buying powerful wireless speakers from JB for the home and every pub and venue having a pa system that has a 3.5mm socket for the party people to plug in from their phone. Just sent a mate home with 2000+ songs on his phone for his next party. He has bought a wireless jukebox that anyone can use, kids,.grandkids, first in best dressed for bluetooth pairing. There is an app for equalization, bass and volume boost for 2.30. You can buy party effect lights from KMart. Another mate got 1000 songs pre installed for free with his new car.

I have the above the lasers were 14.00 and the smoker was 60.00 ebay. I make my own juice with a 10.00 bottle of glycerine from Woolies and distilled water same place 300ml G 700ml water. Instant light show for under 100.00

I am getting lazy and for house parties I use mainly a couple of cheap lasers and a smoke machine. Cans and pin spots on a chaser even with long snoots spill too much light on average white painted interior walls. Derby's are too blinding in small spaces so I only use it in halls. Hell of a lot of cabling to install and uninstall lights which takes up too much time. I prefer a couple of leads for the lasers and the smoker at my feet. I made a small timber bracket that you can attach with drawing pins to the top of door architraves so no stands are required Turn off all the lights and blind em with lasers, they will be pissed in an hour anyway.

A mean arse face and a don't fuck with me attitude seem to keep em away. I like to put myself and gear in a defensive position that is not easily accessible and no flat surfaces nearby for drinks to be placed.

If you want to practice being a DJ why not rip your CD's to a laptop folder and download Virtual DJ for free. Plug your earphone outlet to your home sound system cd input and off you go.

Recommend you go to Whirlpool re usb turntables. Even if you rip out the junk pre preamps you still have electronics in the way of a clean output. Just my opinion,

I have a Behringer two channel mixer I have had for ages, of late I use the mic input to run a Galaxy phone for requests and background so I don't mess up my playlists on the other two channels. Works well and was about 120.00.

Looks Awesome Sol I use black cloth pinned to my stand, the photographers don't like looking at wires for their shoot or my hairy legs.

The landlord is asking what happened to the bathroom door hinges lo

I worked at ABC television Gore Hill in set construction, now you can do the same thing with laser lighting.

I have a Skytec 18" powered sub speaker and works great, only thing, I have to place it about 10m away from me as it gives me a throbbing headache. If you want to go home early turn it up and the cops will be around soon enough to close the party down, guaranteed.

Made my own with a couple of sets of chrome shelf brackets screwed together and bolted to the underside of my coffin stand Can buy them at JB HIFI for ten times the price.

I have tried pretty well most, last was Virtual dj I have come back to Winamp. If you pull the display apart you can set it up as you want. Takes a bit of time to discover the micro icons hidden all over the page but gives a reasonably good sound from lousy internal sound cards with a bit of tweaking,

Did you know that some DC fans have to have the wires crossed as they will not work as supplied? My amp fan failed Behringer H.O.S. so I bought a new one ebay 10.80 clipped it into the same plug and micro socket and it did not work either, only smoked. I took it to a amp repair shop and they replaced it and reversed the wires. They tried to charge me for two hours work when the job would only take 20 mins. So be mindful boys and girls that fan polarity may be the problem in some occasions that you can easily do yourself.

Thanks Cupe Gotta re acquaint myself to using this forum again, been a while.

Hi Cupe. Well I have picked up a few gigs since we last posted so I feel ok to rejoin ADJF. Love the new technology. I can swan around with a Galaxy phone in my pocket if I feel lazy and bluetooth it to my PA unit. No longer wired in and twiddling sliders like the old days. Playing to an older crowd and getting told off if I want to bring them out of the stone age. Fckn requests for the Dooby Brothers and Neil DIamond, sorry don't have a cassette tape lady.

Thanks Mitch will consider my options.

Thanks Mitch The modem and ISP are provided by the company I work for so I dont want to set up my own cause its free. Funny if I move my laptop 50mm closer to the modem from my bedroom it works, But I have to look at the screen at 45 degree angle which pisses me off somewhat. Probably 30m from the modem at the moment and signal strength is very low, if it goes to 30050mm it wont work. Thats why I'm thinking of a transponder. Iinet does not have an external aerial like my old D Link that can have a larger aerial installed for extra range.

Anyone used one of these? Are they any good? Have a poor range with IiNet so need something to cover the house and back porch.

Cars are five years away from what people are using cause they were designed five/seven years before production commences. My Holden Cruze had no usb port only a 3.5 mil jack for external input. Using a usb port on the new KIA Reo fucks up the Samsung phone (deletes bluetooth and contacts re install necessary) so use usb to cigarette lighter power supply and 3.5 external input How dumb is that.