Kenny Speed
Hi all,
I'm fairly new to DJ'ing, have been playing with VDJ 8 for a while and am now looking to buy a controller and start getting some gigs.
The style of DJ'ing I see myself doing is remixing more so which is catered for best by traktor pro 2, as far as I can tell. However I need online content so I want to use VDJ8.
I have read through a lot of stuff here about different skins and mapping etc. And am not sure exactly what to make of it? Looks like every thing I need should be there? But if you wouldn't mind helping me out, my questions are as follows:
1. If I buy a Traktor S4 Mk2 and run VDJ8, with the mapping supplied by VDJ8, will it have all the functionality of Traktor pro 2?
2. Or as a comparrison between using Traktor Pro 2 & VDJ8, would I be disappointed with VDJ8 or perhaps pleasantly surprised?
3. I am also considering other controllers like, Reloop Touch which comes with VDJ8 Pro, Reloop Mixon 4, Gemini G4v, but think the Traktor would perhaps work the best for me?
4. If I buy Traktor s4 Mk2, and want to use the "Ultra99" skin available here, I'm guessing there would be a fair bit of remapping to do, is that right?
And if so, how easy is that to do?
Being inexperienced as a DJ, although I am a muso, I just don't know enough about how the different controllers and software works to know if I can do what I am thinking I want to do with certain ones. Which for the most part is to have a stack of phrases, ( usable as loops ), and one shots, that I can use to mash up a song or songs, playing in one or two of the main decks. I would like to be able to load these as sets into the remix decks a la Traktor. And when I trigger any of them they are quantized to the master and optionally insert to the nearest cue point.
Aside from that another feature I have seen that I really like is Serato's pitch play. Don't know if that is only able to be done with Serato though?
Any way I am looking to buy a controller in the coming days, so all help would be appreciated.
Here is a great vid showing some creativity with remix decks, is this all possible with VDJ8, in particular on a Traktor S4?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcjc1oepXQE
Thanks,
Ken.
I'm fairly new to DJ'ing, have been playing with VDJ 8 for a while and am now looking to buy a controller and start getting some gigs.
The style of DJ'ing I see myself doing is remixing more so which is catered for best by traktor pro 2, as far as I can tell. However I need online content so I want to use VDJ8.
I have read through a lot of stuff here about different skins and mapping etc. And am not sure exactly what to make of it? Looks like every thing I need should be there? But if you wouldn't mind helping me out, my questions are as follows:
1. If I buy a Traktor S4 Mk2 and run VDJ8, with the mapping supplied by VDJ8, will it have all the functionality of Traktor pro 2?
2. Or as a comparrison between using Traktor Pro 2 & VDJ8, would I be disappointed with VDJ8 or perhaps pleasantly surprised?
3. I am also considering other controllers like, Reloop Touch which comes with VDJ8 Pro, Reloop Mixon 4, Gemini G4v, but think the Traktor would perhaps work the best for me?
4. If I buy Traktor s4 Mk2, and want to use the "Ultra99" skin available here, I'm guessing there would be a fair bit of remapping to do, is that right?
And if so, how easy is that to do?
Being inexperienced as a DJ, although I am a muso, I just don't know enough about how the different controllers and software works to know if I can do what I am thinking I want to do with certain ones. Which for the most part is to have a stack of phrases, ( usable as loops ), and one shots, that I can use to mash up a song or songs, playing in one or two of the main decks. I would like to be able to load these as sets into the remix decks a la Traktor. And when I trigger any of them they are quantized to the master and optionally insert to the nearest cue point.
Aside from that another feature I have seen that I really like is Serato's pitch play. Don't know if that is only able to be done with Serato though?
Any way I am looking to buy a controller in the coming days, so all help would be appreciated.
Here is a great vid showing some creativity with remix decks, is this all possible with VDJ8, in particular on a Traktor S4?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcjc1oepXQE
Thanks,
Ken.
Posted Wed 25 Oct 17 @ 6:00 am
klausmogensen
Kenny Speed wrote :
1. If I buy a Traktor S4 Mk2 and run VDJ8, with the mapping supplied by VDJ8, will it have all the functionality of Traktor pro 2?
2. Or as a comparrison between using Traktor Pro 2 & VDJ8, would I be disappointed with VDJ8 or perhaps pleasantly surprised?
3. I am also considering other controllers like, Reloop Touch which comes with VDJ8 Pro, Reloop Mixon 4, Gemini G4v, but think the Traktor would perhaps work the best for me?
4. If I buy Traktor s4 Mk2, and want to use the "Ultra99" skin available here, I'm guessing there would be a fair bit of remapping to do, is that right?
And if so, how easy is that to do?
1. If I buy a Traktor S4 Mk2 and run VDJ8, with the mapping supplied by VDJ8, will it have all the functionality of Traktor pro 2?
2. Or as a comparrison between using Traktor Pro 2 & VDJ8, would I be disappointed with VDJ8 or perhaps pleasantly surprised?
3. I am also considering other controllers like, Reloop Touch which comes with VDJ8 Pro, Reloop Mixon 4, Gemini G4v, but think the Traktor would perhaps work the best for me?
4. If I buy Traktor s4 Mk2, and want to use the "Ultra99" skin available here, I'm guessing there would be a fair bit of remapping to do, is that right?
And if so, how easy is that to do?
1. No the software is VDJ, so the featureset is VDJ - the S4 is just a controller.
You can remap it to do anything VDJ can do, but it doesn't bring a new feature set
2. I never miss anything in VDJ, and the sampler, pads, "smart" features and VDJ script can do a lot, but I guess it's not like the Traktor remix decks if you really like those
3. Most of the other controllers are also mapped for Traktor these days, and I'm sure the touch will be - but probably not a tightly as the S4
4. The skin will just work, but you may have to remap the controller to get it to do what you want in the software. That's really independent of which skin you use, but will of course visually show differently in different skins
Posted Wed 25 Oct 17 @ 7:00 am
Kenny Speed
Thanks Klaus, I see your a Dane. I'm an Aussie but my Dad is a Dane.
Thanks for your feedback.
Thanks for your feedback.
Posted Wed 25 Oct 17 @ 9:21 am
s.cummings
Hi I just bought a Traktor s4 mk2 new but the price I could afford to upgrade from American audio VMS2.
However I can not get my Newmark 400 cdj,s or my Wireless Vonyx mic to connect no matter how I alter the VDJ configuration
Please would somebody help?
However I can not get my Newmark 400 cdj,s or my Wireless Vonyx mic to connect no matter how I alter the VDJ configuration
Please would somebody help?
Posted Fri 30 Nov 18 @ 1:16 pm