DJRudeDoGG

I’ve been doing the damn thing since 1984, being a DJ that is... I did the whole Technics 1200 and Numark mixer thing back in its virtual beginnings but rolled with the times much to the chagrin of my purist comrades in the business. In the 80’s it was vinyl (hence the 1200’s), the 90’s saw CD’s (I loved my old Denon) and now of course it’s digital baby!

My professional career (day job) took off and my moonlighting career of DJ/Entertainer took a backseat, but now that my business is pretty much running itself now my interests in entertainment have returned. So now I fish in or practice for professional bass tournaments by day and entertain by night! I got the bug again around this last Christmas (2008) and went on a shopping spree.

This is what I’m rolling with these days…
VDJ 6.0.1 & Serato Scratch Live SL-3 hardware w/SL 1.9 software, an Odyssey FZ12CDIW
Flight Case adorned with 2 Pioneer CDJ-400's CD/Software controllers, Pioneer DJM-800 Professional Mixer w/Effects utilizing Serato 1.9, VDJ 6.0.1 or Pioneer DJS 1.6001, Numark DMC2 w/CUE 5.2.1, Numark C3USB mixer, Pioneer MEP 7000 19” rack mounted multimedia player utilizing Serato Scratch Live 1.9 and Pioneer DJS 1.6001 with three (3) Western Digital 1 terabyte My Book USB 2.0 external hard drives and keyboard, BBE 882i Sonic Maximizer, dbx DriveRack PX, TC Helicon Voiceworks Plus for karaoke and vocal recording, TC Electronics M350 Dual Engine Processor for karaoke and recording, Gemini KM-707 Pre-Amp Mic Mixer for karaoke, Monster Power PRO 2500 Power Conditioner. Roadrunner 19” 11 space by 16 space slant mixer rack mount DJ coffin on castors. 1.5 terabyte Seagate FreeAgent eSata external hard drive, Toshiba Qosmio X305 SLI Gaming & Multimedia Laptop running 64 bit Vista Ultimate, Acer Laptop Running 32 bit Vista Home Premium exclusively for the Pioneer MEP 7000 and DJS software. B52 Matrix 1000 V2 speaker system with Pro Line stands, Sennheiser e945 mics & Shure SM58 mics. For producing and recording I have various M-Audio Midi products and array of digital multi-track recording apparatuses, DAWs & VSTs such as Pro Tools, CuBase, FL Studio, Ableton Live, Sony Acid, SoundForge, Audacity, Adobe Audition and much more. Allen & Heath XONE:XD-53 Pro-DJ headphones, Pioneer HDJ 1000 headphones, On Stage 10' Lighting Stand, Chauvet Scorpion RG laser DMX light, Chauvet Vue VI DMX rotating LED Cluster Moonflower, American DJ Vertigo Tri LED, American DJ Aggressor TRI LED, 2 American DJ Jewel LED Advanced Color Moonflower, two Strobes. ADJ DynoFog II. Two VIZIO 22” LCD dual HDMI monitors for karaoke, music videos and effects, monitor is mounted on a custom made LCD stand/mic holder. HDMI cables to connect to a much larger LCD/Plasma or Hitachi HD projector. 80,000 FLAC & mp3 songs and at least 50,000 Karaoke files on one of the 1.5 TB hard drives and over 200 CDG's. I use a Numark D2 Director as a backup digital media player just in case. I am happy with my choices in gear.

Up until last year I'd actually been out of the DJ world since the late 90’s but kind of somewhat kept in touch with equipment trends but never lost touch with the music.

PEACE!!!

Update: I've been using my Akai APC40 Ableton Live Controller in addition to VDJ. I use them together. The Akai APC running Ableton Suite 8 (the full version that goes beyond Ableton Live 8) on a separate laptop allows me to create my own samples with snippets of songs as sound effects.

I play them through my Pioneer DJM-800 mixer using it's built-in effects then tweak the parameters in Ableton, assign them to a channel then call them up at the press of a button for added effects and samples. The APC40 acts as a full on MPC sampler. I love it!

DJ RuDeDoGG from sunny SoCaLi !!

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	macrob (Professional edition user) wrote on Sun 15 Nov 09 @ 8:54 pm Aye bro!! My 1st gig went perfect, and i want to personally thank you for the advice you gave me, as i did end up getting the numark c3usb! i posted a short blog on my page about it. Thanks again man! -Mac Rob

	Haui70 (Moderator) wrote on Wed 11 Nov 09 @ 1:12 am Thx 4 your answer! Take care, mate!

	robthedj (Professional edition user) wrote on Sat 07 Nov 09 @ 6:03 am Hi , just updated to cue version 6 and i am a complete newbie to video.Thinking of purchasing a lcd screen to gig with but what do i need to add to my system or laptop to isolate the video image to the external screen without showing cue screen? i am running a Sony Vaio vgn-ns20z with Dmc2 controller for audio, any advice would be appreceiated regarding which path to follow.

	jbbr0wnie (Professional edition user) wrote on Wed 04 Nov 09 @ 3:39 am my dogg!!! i was youtubing and saw ya facade vid! nice one! and vdj program is still going strong along side of a slightly upgraded x9!!!! ya heard!!!!! cue, play, loop, mix, repeat!!!!!!!!!!!!

	Dazmax (Experienced pro user) wrote on Mon 02 Nov 09 @ 8:44 am hey Rude. Been checkin out that Presonus desk. Tht thing is a beast. Love the way they have made the channel VU meters dual function. Great for nice clear setup. Enjoy it mate it looks great. Daz

	Dazmax (Experienced pro user) wrote on Sun 01 Nov 09 @ 8:28 am I mentioned safety before and it is the one thing to keep in your mind all the time when working with bands,Mainly because THEy DON'T. At the most basic level you are hooking your kit to their's and will not be in control of how well maintained their kit is. My personal pet hate is guitarists with valve amps who think that instead of getting a pro engineer to find out why their amp is buzzing, will just unhook the earth wire. It is leathal and one of the most frequent causes of on stage accidents. I have been called up as an expert witness on several fatal accident enquirys in the UK and found exactly how nasty this can be. If there was a fault with the amp the guitarist can stand and play with no ill effects until he/she comes into contact with a mic or some other bit of kit which is grounded and then its severe burns or goodnight sweetheart!!!. As a tip, whenever a band has set up their kit and you are redy to get hooked up, always use a digital meter to check for floating voltages beween amps mics and all other stage equipment before you get your gear hooked up to their's. Obviously use the meter with care so as to avoid placing yourself in danger. Sorry to lay the heavy stuff on ya but it's to protect you, your gear and anyone your working with. No trips to the shower with a 100w Marshal stack.LOL Will just keep poping stuff on as I think of it. but any questions, feel free to ask. Daz

	Dazmax (Experienced pro user) wrote on Sun 01 Nov 09 @ 8:09 am Hi Rude. Not used that desk the digital desk I have is a Tascam and is ,I guess a little older. For gigs with bands or venues that I have not worked with before I like the analog desk because I can make instant changes without scrolling throu memory settings and stuff like that. I Use the digital desk when i have worked a venue several times or become a regular visitor and can take lots of setup time with EQing and so on then store the settings to make the next visit a quicker setup. Some things to put on your Xmas list would be : 50mtr stage multicore with min of 16 ins and 4 outs, set of mics for generel use, (I find the good old Shure SM58 for vocals and SM57 for most instruments work great), Set of drum mics with at least two condenser types for overhead cymbal pickup, a good selection of balanced mic leads, A selection of Direct inject boxes ( to input signals from stage amps if you are not micing them and for the direct connection of instruments ith built in pre amps), set of good solid mic stands, 4 wedge monitors powered or monitors and power amps (enough to provide four individual monitor mixes) and aselection of mains power extention leads (bands always forget to bring them and in any case you want to make shure the are safe, if you can avoid it dont let them use their own). Just a short list to be going on with... LOL.

	Dazmax (Experienced pro user) wrote on Sat 31 Oct 09 @ 1:02 pm OOPs you can tel i'm a DJ not a typist. LOL. Desk model is MG32/14FX

	Dazmax (Experienced pro user) wrote on Sat 31 Oct 09 @ 1:00 pm Hey Rude. The board in the pic is my "compact" (yeh I know) 32 chan Yamaha MG/3224FX. It is very compact for a 32chan desk and has 2 built in effects units, which work very well. If you can give me some idea of what size of bands you want to cater for I will do my best to help. Daz

	DJRudeDoGG (VIP Member) wrote on Thu 29 Oct 09 @ 1:04 am I sent Jolof a set of instructions I put together that I send out to new users on request. I also posted it up on the Wiki page. I think he got it figured out cause he sent my a thank you PM. Most XP and all Vista computers have dual output video cards. Thanks for helping out too!! DJ RuDe

	7citiesVDJays (Limited edition user) wrote on Wed 28 Oct 09 @ 4:40 am jolofboy, First you need to make sure you have a dual output video card. Go to your desktop right hand click, brings up pop-up menu go to properties / settings and set up your second monitor. Then you should be able to open up VDJ and see your other monitor. Dont forget to plug up your monitor before you power up.

	jolofboy (Professional edition user) wrote on Tue 27 Oct 09 @ 2:47 pm dj Rude, Could you answer my question regarding regarding the video output without dragging the frame to another monitor... I'd like it to stream straight out of the monitor or flatscrreen tv. I need to find out the setup necessary to be able to do just that. The config Video drop down menu only has the window on choice without any vid card option.

	GadgetMan (Professional edition user) wrote on Tue 27 Oct 09 @ 6:30 am Hey, no worries man... Checked out a few of your vids too. Cool! Need to do one of my own rig. Will hopefully be online soon... Roy

	jolofboy (Professional edition user) wrote on Mon 26 Oct 09 @ 5:21 pm DJ Rude, Big Up to you for being so helpful in this platform. Had a chance to check out your rig....man, you rock, can't keep up with you. Thanks for all the positive inputs.

	7citiesVDJays (Limited edition user) wrote on Wed 21 Oct 09 @ 1:30 am Whats Up Rude, love to have that Akai APC40. Ive been using ableton for years, I use my MPD16 and my Axiom25. U know us boys and our toys!

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