please help me DJ'S!(7 Messages)

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  1. lauren.
    Posts: 1
    From: London Baby

    19 Mar 2003 7:07 PM
    hello i am a first timer in the realm of dj and i was just wondering if you could lend me your brain and help me to decide which set up would be best for me and what you think is value for money. i would apprecate any time you could spend to give me a hand. lauren xxx.......................................................................................................1 citronic decks, 2 Citronic belt drive RT turntables and Citronic CDM3:2 mixer, boxed with instuctions, please email for more details, Price: £175 or very near offer..................................................................................................................................................2 Citronic PD1s, pair, 2x direct drive decks, excellent aesthetic and working condition, can give demonstration, careful lady dj owner, Price: £200 or near offer.................................................................................................................................................3 Complete DJ setup 2 Numark tt1510 BD turntables w/sti, carts + mats,1 DM905 scrach mixer with all leads, ask for Jon Price: £180 .................................................................................................................................................4 Decks & vinyls, 2 Soundlab DLP 12s with Beringher mixer, loads of 2 and 4 step garage tunes, can split, Price: £200 or very near offer...................................................................................................................................................................................................5 Decks and mixer set, Gemini direct drive decks, and Numark 3 channel mixer, with equaliser cuts, punch buttons, cross fader all leads and slip mats included, excellent condition, Price: £300 or near offer....................................................................................................................................................................................................6 Decks and mixer, 2X Citronic PD1 direct drive decks, Gemini PS525I pre amp mixer, 11 months old, ex cond, all leads, carts, needles, slip mats, Price: £300 .................................................................................................................................................7 Decks and mixer, 2x Gemini decks, Direct drive, still boxed, hardly used, mint condition, KMX mixer, also mint condition and boxed, Price: £275 .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................8 Decks and mixer, both Gemini, in perfect condition, 2x PT 1000 II direct drive, with needles, slipmats etc. PMX60 4- channel preamp stereo mixer, with boxes and instructions, Price: £300 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................9 Decks and mixer, sound lab decks, DLP12 with stanton needles, and Gemini mixer, PS 525 pro, both 1 year old, excellent condition, vinyls and headphones included, Price: £290 .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10 Decks and mixer perfect start set up, 2 x Gemini XL100s, Numark mixer, cartridges, covers, headphones, microphone, 25 vynils, all wires, slipmats, Price: £200 or very near offer....................................................................................................................................................







    thank you for your time

    lauren xx

    outtasite100@aol.com


  2. Russell Aylott.
    Posts: 1

    2 Apr 2003 8:01 PM
    I guess this is too late but!

    buy direct drive decks only never belt drive!

    to test the deck

    1. Put the stobe indicator light on to the platter indicators

    2. set the pitch slider to zero(green light should come on)

    3. check the strobes are not moving when the deck is running. this lets you know if the deck is pitched correctly



    move the pitch slider into minus and plus positions and check the strobe moves accordingly



    with the mixer just make sure it does what is says and there is not too much crackle or dust in the sliders.



    the decks can last for years but most people I know go through mixers quite quickly and as they are cheaper to replace just ensure you get good quality decks as your priority.


  3. mikechekka1212.
    Posts: 1
    From: Berkeley

    2 Apr 2003 10:49 PM
    hey lauren,



    don't spend any money 'til you have enough for technics, or numark ttx(s) seriously. you may be eager to get a pair of decks to learn, but once you learn you'll wanna sell the pair you have because you'll want better weight and response that you can't get from Citronic Gemini or other turn companies that make belt driven decks.



    it's been my experience that people who are eager to learn do end up buying belt driven decks and it actually takes them longer to learn because beatmatching is harder to do on the strength of the fact that one who learns doesn't really learn how to mix but learns to compensate for beltdriven-ness. do i make sense? have you tried mixing on a belt driven deck? there is major lag and it may bog you down, it bogged me down.



    there is an arguement that if you learn on naff equipment when you play on great equipment you'll be all the more prepared and when you learn on great equipment you can't do diddly on beltdriven decks. there is some truth to that...and here's my response. when you're learning how to drive you can learn on a piece of naff car, or even a great car if you're lucky enough. manual transmission or automatic. you can go on the highway or local streets w/ passengers or without. but when it comes time to get your license at, im my california case, the DMV (where are you from but the way?) there is a standard before you even get tested. you have to have hours of training by permit. you have to have brake lights and reverse lights and blinkers in working order. your horn has gotta work. and when you finally set off for your driving test you think you've practiced it all, but that's when your instructor requests that you do something you've never done before, beyond the standard.

    in my opinion, the standard is technics 1200. you'll be able to go anywhere from there really fast, let's say break neck speed, like on the highway as opposed to local streets. what do you think?



    peace


  4. "High-Technology" Dj Digital01.
    Posts: 1
    From: NYC (Bronx)

    24 Apr 2003 9:32 PM
    My name is "High-Technology" Dj Digital01 and I

    am a inventor of a new dj mixing system. My invention "CD 1+2 Turntable will be a new type of CD mixer (of my design). My Record company Street Product ElectronX Records will be the first hip-hop based record with it's own audio product line aimed at the DJ. I looking for DJ to join my team. At the present time I am working on the beta (second) prototype and I am looking for a angel investor to get this project off the ground. At the current time I am in the Los Angles area. Check out my site at www.geocities.com/dj_digital01/techie.html for more info. CAN YOU CLOCK WITH US!!!!


  5. chady
    Posts: 2
    From: Wales

    5 Jan 2004 10:29 AM
    i quite like the sound of ur idea bruv .and be glad to help but wot doe it all intail.

    peace


  6. Tidy Boy
    Posts: 1
    From: Belfast

    16 Jun 2004 6:16 PM
    HEY LAUREN LOOK REALLY INSTEAD OF SAVING FOR TECHNICS GET THE SOUNDLAB DLP32 DIRECT DRIVES AS THEY RUN ON THE EXACT SAME MOTOR AS TECHNICS IVE GOT THEM AND THEY ARE NO DIFFERENT FROM TECHNICS

    HOPE IVE HELPED
    FROM TIDY BOY


  7. ianjamesanderson Rank: Corporal
    Posts: 1

    18 Aug 2004 11:25 AM
    Best advice I can give you is not to buy anything other than technics 1200s / 1210s.

    I have wasted money on belt drive and cheap direct drive decks and I wish I hadn't.

    My advice, buy an old set of technics.

    Test them by playing two identical records at pitch 0 and checking they stay in time.

    Test the motor for dead spots by stopping the rotating deck in all different positions and checking it picks up ok.

    Also test the power in the motor by using your identical records, holding them still, releasing at the same point and seeing if they pitch up to speed at the same time.

    Ask the person you're buying off if they have been serviced. If they have, then they should be in decent condition.

    Also check that the needles are ok, ideally they should not jump out of the groove when you wind the record back and stop it. ALso make sure that the person hasn't just set the anti-skate setting high to stop this and that there isn't too much weight on the deck.

    And get the cheapest mixer you can, so long as its got two channels, a decent lightweight fader and the ability to cue records up you'll be fine.

    Hope this helps!

    ian