A good guide for the beginer

♫If your looking into DJing as a form of income, really try and consider something else, I’m not trying to discourage anyone, I’m just saying, it takes some time to get use to the format which you chose to dj with and to be comfortable enough to play for other people, plus, it’s not something cheap to get into. and if you rush into it, you might end up spending some big money on equipment you really don’t care much for and would be left with a feeling of emptiness, in both your mind and wallet.

anyways, for whatever reason you are looking to Dj there are some things you should put into consideration, alot of companies are aware that there are little to no in person classes to learn how to dj so like your doing now you look on line and stumble on some good/bad advice but that’s the problem, they know that, and because of that they try and push products on you that you might think you want but in reality you don’t. 

♫My first peace of advice is to get your hands on a copy of a software and try things out with your computer first.

there are three that I know of which are worth mentioning

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1.VirtualDJ: this is the first one I ever used, it’s pretty darn good by itself and a computer, it host a   TON of effects and they are constantly updating. the problem with this one is if  you consider getting a newer controller chances are you would have to map it yourself, and  it would end up being a headache, and that’s why I stopped using it, but I’m happy I started on this one because it let me dabble in the world of djing.some con’s are it’s known to  crash while your using it, which is bad any way you put it.

2. Traktor: this peace of software is what I currently use, it’s wonderful I miss some of the effects from virtualdj , but over all I have no problems to discus, the way the effects are layed out make it kind of hard to use without a controller, you could still use this one with the same keyboard you have your hands on right now, but it’s not as easy to use as virtual dj.

3i. ITCH scratch: I’ve never seen anyone use this without a controller, it is also used quite a bit with time code vinyl, I’ll go into that next. not recommended, if you go into any guitar  center(USA) they will tell you that this is known as “the industry standard” for computer djing, and they will throw some statistic to you like Quote” I sale 60 of these for each copy of traktor I sale” don’t let a pitch like that fool you, yes this program sales more, but is also cheaper, and is more difficult to use, it’s more of a tribute to the old school dj’s that spin vinyl.

after playing around with one of the computer programs I’ve listed (or any other that you have happened to find that I didn’t list) and still have a passion to learn the next step is to figure  what format you would care to use.

there are:

MIDI: the cheapest and in the long run most bang for your buck!

CDJ/USB:the cdj/usb player’s normally are sold as separate units, meaning you would have to get 2 CDJ/usb players and a mixer of your choosing. 

Vinal… yeah, I don’t have experience this at all, so I’m not going to act like I do.

After you have found the program or set up you would like put in some music into practice, 

try things out, and see if you even have any ability what so ever to feel the music..