Given what these things cost, I'm not sure why one wouldn't just get Traktor on a laptop -- it's a much more flexible, easier to way to mix.
That being said, I love mixing on the old Denon DN 2000s, because they were really simple. Find your cue point once, instead of over and over like with records, then drop the track in and tweak tempo. I also liked picking up the controller in one arm and tweaking with the other hand. People would ask me what instrument I was playing. Both Final Scratch and the fancy CD players with platters seem to me to be trying to preserve a paradigm for mixing and beat matching that's inappropriate to the technology. Traktor is really easy to beat match in, even if you ignore the 'automatic' beat matching. And if you can't give up the wikki-wikki you can get Traktor with Final Scratch. Of course, for me, the idea of paying hundreds of dollars for something that REQUIRES you to have turntables in order to mix is kind of crazy. That only makes sense in Ubercoolische world, where the DJ equipment is something you specify in a rider, not something you haul up and down stairs. Once you learn to beat match in one medium it shouldn't be that hard to transfer the skills to a new one. IMHO. On 4/3/06, Adam Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sup List, > > anyone own a cd mixer that they enjoy playing 313 music related CDs > on? Or dislike a CD mixer that you own? > > I'm considering buying one and saw a couple models in my price range. > The Pioneer CDJ-200 Mixer and the Denon DN-S1000, both around $400 US > each. Wondering if there are any thoughts on either of these and if > they're decent, or if I should hold out for the Pioneer CDJ-800 > (around $600US) (can't bring myself to spend $1000 US on the > CDJ-1000). > > Thanks for any tips or info, > > Adam >
