Comments on: The clutter-free DJ set up http://unclutterer.com/2007/08/20/the-clutter-free-dj-set-up/ Daily tips on how to organize your home and office. Sat, 26 May 2012 06:21:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: 88% http://unclutterer.com/2007/08/20/the-clutter-free-dj-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-2682 88% Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:24:57 +0000 http://development.unclutterer.com/2007/08/20/the-clutter-free-dj-set-up/#comment-2682 I think that the happy medium here would be Final Scratch. I think that the happy medium here would be Final Scratch.

]]> By: Adam Snider http://unclutterer.com/2007/08/20/the-clutter-free-dj-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-2681 Adam Snider Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:09:28 +0000 http://development.unclutterer.com/2007/08/20/the-clutter-free-dj-set-up/#comment-2681 Looks fun, but vinyl is just...well...it's vinyl. Looks fun, but vinyl is just…well…it’s vinyl.

]]> By: Dan Gendreau http://unclutterer.com/2007/08/20/the-clutter-free-dj-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-2680 Dan Gendreau Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:35:42 +0000 http://development.unclutterer.com/2007/08/20/the-clutter-free-dj-set-up/#comment-2680 I have tried the iDJ2 and I have to say I was very disappointed. No serious DJ will take this toy seriously. I have tried all sorts of digital players, but I have never found a control surface that can match the vinyl on a high torque direct drive turntable. In my opinion, a much better contender for a minimal clutter DJ setup would be a Denon DNS-3500 and a small mixer. It has a motorized platter to simulate vinyl and the encoder is accurate enough that you can even scratch on it. You can burn a whole crate of tracks onto one CDR. And because it can play 2 different tracks at the same time, you can play a whole set using just one deck. I wish someone would make something like the 3500 that was just a USB control surface for a laptop. That would rock. I have tried the iDJ2 and I have to say I was very disappointed. No serious DJ will take this toy seriously. I have tried all sorts of digital players, but I have never found a control surface that can match the vinyl on a high torque direct drive turntable.

In my opinion, a much better contender for a minimal clutter DJ setup would be a Denon DNS-3500 and a small mixer. It has a motorized platter to simulate vinyl and the encoder is accurate enough that you can even scratch on it. You can burn a whole crate of tracks onto one CDR. And because it can play 2 different tracks at the same time, you can play a whole set using just one deck.

I wish someone would make something like the 3500 that was just a USB control surface for a laptop. That would rock.

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