@ Bossdrum, i know what you mean, i had a similar setup at home, and let me tell you, man was that shit, crap sound, even with a good computer, nowhere in hell i would bring a monstrocity like that to a club, never. And winamp, my good is that cheap.

DJ = DISCJOCKEY, you know the round thing that spins, dont matter if its a cd or vinyl.

I worked 2 part time jobs to be able to buy my first Denon DN 2000 and a rane mixer, i spent a fortune on records, still doing so, and it hurts me to see and hear how easy people tend to look at the profession of a dj.

Before it took, money, effort, endurance, networking, a recordcollection and training to get ahead.

The only thing that it takes today is a computer, 100 000 downloaded songs, allt genres, 2TB harddrive and a shitty ass controller, with mixmeister, traktor or serato and you are some what good to go.

Ponder this a few minutes!

If you like to work with wood and building things, do you buy the cheapest hammer and nails to get the job done, or do you buy a Stanley for $50-100 that more or less last a lifetime.
and do you call yourself a professional carpenter?

If you like working on cars, do you buy chinese crap to get ahead one day at a time or do you buy SNAP ON? and call yourself a professional mechanic?

If you dont have a skillset or honor the profession, its not really a profession now is it, its just something that people do, so, why do people call themselves professional djs and why does promoters and venueowners hire them?

For me its clear as day, its a professional profession for some, and just something to do in the sparetime or hobby for others.

And hey im fine by that as long as you show a passion and comitment and RESPECT the people that came before you and what they did.

When i started djn late 80s there were not many that even contemplated the idea of beeing a dj, why?, well it took years to practice and years to build a really really good case of records, and not many people had the stamina to go that far. I practiced 3-5 hour every day for a year to be that good i am today, of course it bothers me to see young guys entering a stage, loading up their tracks and press sync and doing exacly nothing more.

If you use sync to evolve and get technical. FINE, do it, but i can bet my left BALL that not many of you does that.

Heck most of you dont even touch the FX on the mixer or controller

Thats why you often hear dull and boring mixtapes or sets in the clubs, you mix safe in the beginging 30s-1min intro, and the same with the outro.

So my question is this, why use mixmeister?

You dont have the time to mix , maybe youre shit on mixing but is able to put together a good tracklist or you have so much to do and you must upload stuff to show people that you are active.

A heads up, thats whats dj is all about, ITS YOUR JOB! thats what we do, spend several days on searching music, buying music, build libraries or collection, sort them and making covers or promotapes.

THATS A DJ

I have several setups myself, and sure you can do alot of stuff with a computer that is allmost impossible to do even with the sync turned on on a CDJ 2000 nexus.

But mixmeister has only one function, and i know people has diffrent opinions about this, and thats whats seperate us from beeing amateurs and djs that play music in big venues or clubs. use mixmeister for a radioshow where you talk, and controlling everything else.

Good luck with trying to bring that crap to a big club with a audience that know what you are doing, youd be the laughingstock of the century, simple as that.

Ive tried mixmiester, and it is nothing mastery about that program, sure it can hold the beats and it can make decent transitions.

But how many of you is sitting only with computer or had the money and guts to buy the complete package with the controller from Numark?

Anyone?

Cause thats what is all about, if you have the controller the program evolve exponentially and you can do so much more, not saying it should be used professionally by a dj at a club.

My opinion stands fast, computers should not be used in pro enviroment PERIOD, why?

Theres nothing pro with a PC or Mac if you dont count the Panasonic toughbook that is, but how many of you have the cash to buy a computer for $10 000 to get the professional gear and standard it really takes?

Are you willing to put your money on something that is uncertain and risking your career in the process, cause just look at the private sector of companies, how many has problems on a daily basis with their computers?, ALOT.
thats why a supportservice earn alot of money.

Either you can agree or disagree the choice is yours, and just beacause bigger names uses traktor or serato dont make it right! many of them are just lazy or tired dragging crates of music around, but most of them allready knew the craft from within.

"Why carry a computer around when you can have most of your music on a SD or USB" Especially if you spin in a club where most allready have CDJ 850, 900 or 2000s"

USE REKORDBOX!

Cheers

/D&S