Potential market in adealade

[SolDios]

Hey guys, while wandering last Friday night looking for somewhere for dinner before the tournament started at pimp pad (Brand new gaming bar and lounge in Adelaide, amazing!) I noticed a lot of bar's packed to the brim with a mini stage, and amazing speakers, playing just off the radio.

If I grabbed a controller and sent them mix tapes, and offer to play there, I could pick up some business in town.

This would have to be at the end of year, as I turn 18 on the 31'st of December!

All it would take is one of the 30 bars I witnessed while wondering around a small section of town to want to hire me for me to potentially pick up a residency.

I would bring my current gear, but lugging 800's around and everything wouldn't exactly be the best thing ever.

I have been looking at controller to use for this, and I have been using everything you guys have taught me over the year to choose, and I have decided on the vci 400 ean golden edition.

As you guys have said, the quality brands are the best choice, and vestax have an amazing reputation for quality units.

Im not using it as something to imitate cdj's but use it as it's own device, how ean designed the mapping to truly make a mix your own.

Other things you guys have taught me is to do more research, so I have researched controller's in general, and have found the most common thing to break on them is knobs and faders.

Below the plastic outside, all the knobs are bolted to the metal chassis, and all the faders are easily replaceable by a hatch located on the bottom.

I have chosen the ean golden edition as opposed to the normal one, because of the amazing mapping that really lets you use the full power of trakor.

Over the past year, I have become attached to trakor, all the features it has to offer are just amazing and work so well when making a top notch mix.

The Ean Golden Edition will also let me use it better as a mixer, I never intend to sell my 800's, as I want to remain proficient with both. It would also work great in the place of a mixer, putting each cdj either side and running time code though it. Allowing me to have all the features of a djm 900.

THE EGE also comes with alot of bonus's, like ean's power tools, an amazing bag, and quality USB cables

http://store.djtechtools.com/vci-400-ea ... ition.html

So what do you think?

[SolDios]

Bump?

[andyman]

Sol, in my opinion I think you're just trying to justify a reason to buy a controller.

By all means send mixes, but I doubt a carrying couple of CDJ's isn't going to be that much of a burden in the scheme of things.

[Hobberz]

Use your CDJ's, you really don't need to waste your money on a controller.

[Cupe]

Adelaide *

[GREMM1S]

If you must go a controller the s1 is the only one at a professional level imo the rest are toys.

[SolDios]

Not IMO, vestax have always made great gear, solid steel chassis, everything bolted on, replaceable faders, im not sure how it's still classed as a toy to you

But yeh, I do kinda agree with you andyman, could always try doing it with cdj's, then if it's too hard, I grab the controller.

[crundyy]

has 800's buys controller, thats like me buying another car to drive to work only. just send out some cds and see what happens kiddo

[Hobberz]

But yeh, I do kinda agree with you andyman, could always try doing it with cdj's, then if it's too hard, I grab the controller.

If by hard you mean "I need a sync button" I will bash you.

You're still learning to use cdj's and eventually want to get into clubs right? So when you get your first club gig why would you want to use a controller, take your cjd's in there and use them and you also get to master your mixing skills on cdj's at the same time. Otherwise you're going to waste money on a controller to play in a shitty little bar, then when you get offered a job in a decent club you will shit your pants because you have no experience with cdj's because you have become to familiar with the controller. You said yourself from day one that you wanted to get cdj's so you could learn on them to play in clubs down the track, but now want a controller to try get your first club gig.

You make no sense sometimes....

[OxyKon]

But yeh, I do kinda agree with you andyman, could always try doing it with cdj's, then if it's too hard, I grab the controller.

If by hard you mean "I need a sync button" I will bash you.

You make no sense sometimes....

These 2 pretty much sum it up, sorry to say, but its the truth

Sync + press = fake

[Mitch]

Just use cdjs.

One of the clubs I used to play at didn't own cdjs/mixer. However the only extra thing I needed to do was put my roadcase in the car.

Then when I got there all I needed to do was plug in power and plug there sound system into my mixer. Roadcase is also on wheels, so it's actually less effort than setting up a controller IMO.

[GREMM1S]

Not IMO, vestax have always made great gear, solid steel chassis, everything bolted on, replaceable faders, im not sure how it's still classed as a toy to you

But yeh, I do kinda agree with you andyman, could always try doing it with cdj's, then if it's too hard, I grab the controller.

People can say what they like but from working in a production company its decks or the s1, never seen a vestax used in a professional application.

[OxyKon]

Adelaide *

LOL I just noticed that

[Mitch]

Not IMO, vestax have always made great gear, solid steel chassis, everything bolted on, replaceable faders, im not sure how it's still classed as a toy to you

But yeh, I do kinda agree with you andyman, could always try doing it with cdj's, then if it's too hard, I grab the controller.

People can say what they like but from working in a production company its decks or the s1, never seen a vestax used in a professional application.

Porter Robinson uses a traktor s4 at major festivals, is that professional enough?

[SolDios]

Just to clarify, by hard I ment as in physical labor, I seriously need to bulk up so I can actually lift my roadcase reasonable distances :/

But I understand your point now.

Let's see how this goes

[OxyKon]

Just to clarify, by hard I ment as in physical labor, I seriously need to bulk up so I can actually lift my roadcase reasonable distances :/

But I understand your point now.

Let's see how this goes

its not like your carrying Technics (or Stantons for that matter, like those 1's you were lookin at a few months ago) or a record crate, that shit gets heavy

[LabRat]

Like most of us here, we've all done gigs where we've needed to set up our own rigs. Bad news, you're walking back and fourth to your car regardless to collect your equipment. Good news, you have access to the loading zone!! You won't need to worry carrying that stuff long distances. And like chris said, you're not carrying a crate full of records or turntables. They're heavy as fuck!