If i have all my tracks carefully organized to include tags, having to carefully insert only "certain" tracks will not make me more of a dj. The idea of becoming a better dj is always subjective because again, it comes down to (individual) work flow. I still have to adjust pitch manually.Īt the end of the day, it comes down to work flow. However, I never use a controller so I always use the CDJs and so my skills have never dimished. So for me, until there is an actual key pad on the CDJs (I don't put it past it) I will stick to traktor only because I am very detailed an have so many sub-genres and describtive folders that I need to get to quickly. Also, I may lose FX, Looping capabilities but it isn't that much of a big deal. I have over 20 descriptive sub-genres and don't play all of them at every gig so I have identifiers. I am not sure but I believe I will lose the feature where I can on the fly click and display the tracks by bpm or the stars in that folder- this helps especially when I am playing a subgenre that I am not too familiar with but need the go to tracks within that subgenre. What would I lose by switching to all USB? I would lose my current work flow and that is: visual comprehension on a larger screen, I would lose being able to type in the name of an artist and have all the collection display. But if I have to take em on a journey, it can't be strictly USB. However, I will use USB/CDs if it is an event where there are multiple djs and set times are short. I am not one of those eating steak samiches until 10 min til go time. I am not big on back2back gigs and if I have to open or headline, my gear is already set up. I simply haven't the time to re-organize my library of music on Rekordbox and get use to another work flow. The only thing that is stopping me from making a total switch is everything that is involved in the switch along with key work flow features. I wondered how I would keep my folders organized to the date and keeping new imported tracks at the top of each folder. But I had some other serious questions pertaining to how my work flow would be interrupted. It is the total exact questions that I had of making the switch to USB. Are those cons not enough to have you move over to sticks? In your case I am assuming your current setup requires much more time - laptop, power cables (plus eg powered USB hubs.), controllers - and space (especially tricky in tiny booths). Not trying to hate, just trying to really list the pros and cons. Wouldn't two USB sticks with just 4GB be enough? And couldn't they be put into folders that you can easily access via the display in a CDJ? Gonna rent out a pair of CDJs and practice for a week to refreshen the different feel and then probably head back to it is basically a matter of storage space for enough music and accessibility right? Thanks for your thoughts guys you are definitely encouraging me to move. Using a jogwheel on a CDJ is probably still to be considered more "real" than pressing a button on our beloved Midifighters. You have to know your tracks better, select more carefully what you put on your sticks (rather than having ten thousand tracks on your laptops hardrive anyways) and feel things more all together, be it a crowd or even the equipment. Is good to hear, I guess Sync is not to be used in any case whatsoever but I do have the impression that having less of a virtual help as per a computer screen you are obviously more challenged in your abilities as a DJ, so bigs up for taking the "risk" and not regretting perfectly understand every single bit you are saying and that is exactly the reason I want to change too.
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