Comments on: Laptop DJ Tutorial: The Perfect Mix

By: DJ Shabz

DJ Shabz — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:17:21 +0000

Hi Matt.
I am merely confirming after having read thru all the posts…
Purchasing a new Sony Vaio laptop in next few days (£1000 worth)!
Need it for gaming and for DJing. Use Mixmeister mainly for its ease and simplicity, although have used Traktor DJ and VDJ too.
Basically although my laptop is a very high spec – its not dual sound card – my concern is… does that mean I will not be able to cue one song in headphones whilst having my main output that the club hears? I mean without having to split it into two mono channels cos then the sound quality is not acceptable for a club!
Or does my soundcard (which I have been told is high quality but just an on-board one) have to say something like 2 channels or 2 outputs? Or do I have to also purchase a 2nd USB sound card so that I then have two stereo jack outputs?
Please help as soon as so that I can purchase the laptop before the deal finishes and can get mixing!!!!
Thanks

By: kj2112

kj2112 — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:02:35 +0000

I came across this while trying to resolve a problem that I have.
I’ve mixed some tracks using Audacity and converted them to mp3.
I’m running from my laptop to PA using the headphones out socket and in through PA’s jack socket. The problem is that the sound is awfull. should I be going through an external soundcard?
USB – Soundcard – PA?
If so any recomendations

By: DJ-Aspirant

DJ-Aspirant — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:27:43 +0000

Hi matt.. I’m just a total loser when it comes to DJing.. I really, really want to try studying it here in the Philippines but I haven’t got a response from the company that i’m supposed to be studying.. I’m currently listening to house mix and some rnb songs.. there are songs that I’d really like to mix it my own way.. I was searching for an alternative DJing in the web and saw this blog.. It gave me a chance to be a DJ w/o even touching a turntable.. I’m using a compaq presario CQ40 w/c is a total crap, for me..

I hope I could learn how to mix songs and make them my own way.. looking forward to it..

By: Sego

Sego — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:16:45 +0000

I have been djing for about 20 yrs and the best program out there is Mixmeister pro 6. It cost around 400.00 when it was first released and it will beatmix and also do music videos. I have about 90′000 DJ songs and 5000 music videos and 100,000 karaoke songs if anyone interested in anything email me @bestdj43@aol.com

By: rizen

rizen — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:02:45 +0000

Hey Matt, the info you’ve provided is great. Thanks! I am a beginner and have never touched a turntable. I don’t feel I have to in order to be a dj. I get gigs and make good money just fine w/o them. I started off with vdj but then I found torq, and I love it. It’s not fancy but if you’re a beginner its great. I know people that have been djing for years that have switched to it and love it as well. If u buy the m-audio xponent controller it comes with the software and it works on a pc, mac, windows xp, or vista and aside of it being reliable it helps u learn as well. Any beginners should check this out. I use an hp laptop, the xponent with torq, and peavey amp and speakers. I also use a tapco mixer just for a mic. There’s tons of videos on youtube if you need more info on it. Thanks again matt.

By: Hans

Hans — Mon, 18 May 2009 08:14:47 +0000

please teach me how to be a DJ

how much are the equipments for beginners like me?

By: john joshua

john joshua — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:49:17 +0000

its cool!!!:P

By: demic

demic — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:54:30 +0000

I’m very new to dj family,ve got most of all the music i should have to dj in a club or party but the problem is dat i lack experience as in beatmatch and mixing which ve caused serious embarrassment 4 me in one or two party jobs that i took.Pls kindly advise me on how to improve myself in a cheap quality means,also i wanna switch from cds to laptop cos ve downloaded so many music on my playlists than i have on my cd,so pls how do i connect? I have Pioneer CDJ 100 and mixer pioneer DJM-300-S mint.pls advise me,thx

By: dj shreyas

dj shreyas — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:39:08 +0000

neat stuff dude!!! did brush up ma basics!!

By: Matt Hite

Matt Hite — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:44:14 +0000

BR125: Most software has a “queue” function; you would likely need a sound card that has dual stereo outputs (although this is not necessarily the case if you are doing mono output and using left channel for queue and right channel for house output).