Do any of you DJ?

[n1nj4]

I've always loved music but I never tried to actually learn it and make music. I have 2 guitars that I used to play, but I haven't in ages. I've also always been very interested in turntables, and almost bought a set but I talked myself out of it (years ago). Recently I've been listening to a lot of electronic music and my mind is racing with ideas of buying turntables.

The idea of having a good setup is wonderful, but the price is ridiculous. If I wanted to get something worth buying, it would cost me a little over 1,000$ to get it all setup.

Have any of you guys invested in DJing as a hobby? My problem is, I probably will never use the turntables for a real DJ job, just for fun. That sounds like some very expensive fun, you know? There are also CD turntables that sound cool. You can scratch digital media. It would be amazing to have vinyls, but cds are almost free. Making my own cds with beats and samples with a good cd turntable setup could be incredible.

Anywho, enough ranting. Do you DJ?

[OLDE ENGLISH '800]

no but its always been a dream of mine since i was a kid, hopefully some day ill get around to gettin a setup

[n1nj4]

I feel you dude. It's like I've developed an obsession. It's all I think about, even when I'm high (which isn't normal). I could get a good little bundle on ebay for a good price if I took the time to win. However I'm not quite sure if it's worth it. I mean, once you buy the expensive turntables, mixer, amp, speakers, headphones, cables, computer software, vinyls, etc. it gets crazy expensive!

Hm

[OLDE ENGLISH '800]

ill probably get a combo from like samash or something for 250 and $100 in vinyl if i ever do.when i was little i would sneak in to partys and chill with the dj it just seemed like the life you get payed to go to partys and spin good music.

[Cannabis Enthusiast]

i fuck around with a bit of scratching myself, in fact every saturday night im out at a local hop with a handful of other djs and its a damn fine show....when it comes to getting serious, ditch the digital media as a sole source...trust me vinyl is worth the extra bit of cash when it comes to sound quality on the tables after all thats what they were made for!

[n1nj4]

I just can't decide if it's worth it as a hobby. I'm a huge video game nerd. Most of my middle school and high school career was spent behind this computer playing tfc, cs, starcraft, wow, swg, ffxi, etc. I'm just a huge computer gamer that wants a new hobby, yet I the hobby I'm obsessed about is the most expensive hobby in the world. I made the hour drive to my mom's place today to pick up my 2 ibanez guitars so I could start playing them again. But in the mean time, I'm driving myself insane about turntables!

What do you think?

[trynagethigh]

My brother and I use to DJ back in the day 15 years ago or so but things have changed so much I wouldnt even think about doing it anymore. He still DJ's currently and has just about everything you can imagine. He doesnt use turntables anymore but uses these Denon CD players that do everything. Just the two turntables set him back almost 2 G's. He spins at several clubs here and was just in the Pepsi Dj competition. He didnt win but got to know Kanye West plus a shitload of women.

[n1nj4]

Damn, sounds amazing

[trynagethigh]

Heres a link if anyone is interested..my brother is the fifth one down on the right side of the page..DJ Carlos

Pepsi Superstar DJ (http://www.pepsidjdivision.com/superstardj/)

[BigHyphyD]

In a way Yes.

Production is a form of DJing. Although I don' really do any scratching and only have 1 turntable, I'm still a DJ.

Hip-Hop production is all about taking old vinyl and tranforming it into something totally different from the original record.

And thats what I do! Its called Sampling.

MySpace.com - Resinate - Deep South, Sacramento - Hip Hop - www.myspace.com/resinate916 (http://www.myspace.com/resinate916)

[OLDE ENGLISH '800]

Heres a link if anyone is interested..my brother is the fifth one down on the right side of the page..DJ Carlos

Pepsi Superstar DJ (http://www.pepsidjdivision.com/superstardj/)

after about 15 min of searching i cant find dj carlos...

[n1nj4]

Cool music man. Sounds good as fuck. But I still don't know if I should give it a go. The question still lingers.

[Cocoflava]

i used to DJ like 4 Years ago but to my friends never to to a crowd.. i used to be into raves and shit like that.. so i asked my family to pitch in and buy me a dj set.. they didnt get me the best stuff but i got a gemini set which is good for beginers. so i was into Hardcore techno at first, and then i did chicago House for a bit.. but my favorite and the one genre i still spin today is Jungle, drumm n bass, raggea jungle or "Ragga Jungle".. and i got into scratching asswell it ended up blowing the motors on my turntables after a few months.. but i managed.. but a year ago i baught myself another much better set.. i baught some techniques and a vestax mixer (scratch mixer) and they sit in a coffen scratch style, meaning the left side is at the bottom and the right is at the top..but now its in my closet again.. ill take it out 1 day...

-Wil

[Number 1 DJ]

word yo i have 2 technics 1200 mk2's sitting right next to me i have a studio of sorts in my room i scratch stuff into songs i make all the time. they are extremly expensive but there extremly fun if u can stick with them and get good at scratching and mixing im mostly a bedroom dj but i've done like 3 partys for local friends partys. it is fun as hell when u have a full dance floor all just dancing to your mix and the fun stress of trying not to stall in ur set. i would def say get decks if u can afford and if u can really stick with them. they are a money pit but a def a fun thing to play with.
i love to just scratch at night to a real ill slow beat with the lights off and the lava lamp on

[Number 1 DJ]

if u get decks make sure u get the good stuff cuz my friend got lower level numarks and there is def a big differnece in performance dont let ur self get into thinking its a simple peice of machinery and they all pretty much the same cuz thats not true

the turn tables are jsut the start of the things u need

ur gonna need at least:
2 good decks
a good optical 10" mixer
Amp
speakers
tons of records
slip matts
needle cartridges
and DJ Q-Berts How to scratch vol 1

[n1nj4]

Well let's say I decide to do it. How would I go about getting all this? There are no shops around my area that I know of that would carry turntables or vinyls. I could try ebay for the turntables, but what about the other stuff? Any suggestions?

About speakers, are they a must? Can you use headphones? Is there a cheap way to do speakers? I don't want anything big. Just enough to do some personal DJ work. I really wish I had a Mac, that would rock.

[trynagethigh]

after about 15 min of searching i cant find dj carlos...

sorry, i copied the url from the page he's on, but the site wont give an exact url. all the pages have the same one. Click on round two, then see the semi-finalists, then you have to click for Chicago. Shit, now that I think about it I still have the sample mix he sent in that got him in the contest..and I gotta give it to the boy, its tight:thumbsup:I dont even think he still has a copy of it:thumbsup:damn computer crashes really break it off and stick it in dont they..LOL. Think I may have to sell him a copy of his own shit back:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::jointsmile:

[Cocoflava]

i always just used any old stereo system that has a AUX option and uses Audio Red n white plugs RCAs i guess.. u need heaphones for the mixes so u couldnt play all the music through the headphones..because that just wouldnt work..

-Wil

[DJ.VENGE.Kaspa2otree]

sup n1nj4

u dont have to know how to play an instrument to make music. thats what reason is for!! :D its simple, fun and when youre buzzed you may produce something close to beethoven!

any way. i have two vinyl tables, only thing is i broke the needles on both anf i havent thought aout replacing them in forever... but i did love them for about a month lol :smokin: