If you were looking to buy budget, minimal DJ gear now for home use, what would you buy?

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  1. Bunford

    Bunford Audiosexual

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    Not too bothered whether it's using Rekordbox, Serator DJ Pro, Virtual DJ, or Traktor as I've used all in the past and owned controllers such as the Pioneer DDJ-1000, Native Instruments Traktor S4, Vestax VCI-300 back in the day.

    Now I no longer play live, I'm just looking for something budget, small, and minimal for use at home for my own fun for mixing techno and tech house type of stuff for personal pleasure.

    What would you consider? I'd ideally like something with a small footprint, but usable. Not too bothered about it being a full controller with jogs etc as it's now almost 25 years since I learner to beat match on some dodgy Numark belt driven vinyl decks, so I'm more than happy to resort to the sync button nowadays as it's more about the creative mixing and song selection than the art of beat matching for me nowadays.

    Any suggestions? Open to consider any recommendations, be it the Pioneer DDJ-FLX4, the Reloop Mixtour, or whatever else people suggest...
     
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  3. m5g

    m5g Kapellmeister

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    As the owner, i highly recommended Roland DJ-202, check it out
     
  4. HYPE

    HYPE Noisemaker

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    chuckens Ultrasonic

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  6. Talula

    Talula Rock Star

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    if you can finв this rare controller - Hercules DJ4Set

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    about 13 years ago it was my first controller for tech-house / minimal / techno mixing at home after 10 years of cdj mixing
     
  7. HYPE

    HYPE Noisemaker

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    Sync is a sin! cheating shit DJs
     
  8. Talula

    Talula Rock Star

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    can't you imagine using a controller without this feature? =)))
     
  9. HYPE

    HYPE Noisemaker

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    1200/1210s learn your craft!
     
  10. Talula

    Talula Rock Star

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    I can play vinyl, man - I have it =)
     
  11. HYPE

    HYPE Noisemaker

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    I watch too many plastic DJs today! Who think look at me! My mixing is spot on! but take away the usb shat! & see who can mix! Then you hear them mix House to DNB with these controllers which is totally bullshit!:woot:
     
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  12. Lemonhead714

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    check out Sweetwater or Thomann, They have many below 100USD
    the smallest ones are only:
    • Dimensions: (W x D x H) 314 x 86 x 16 [13.4 x 3.9 x 1.9 inches]
     
  13. emax2

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    If you only need 2 decks/channels the FLX-4 is a great choice. The FLX-4 replaced the DDJ-400. The FLX-4 is RekordBox and Serato compatible. The DDJ-400 was RekordBox only. Shop around and see what's available in your price range
     
  14. nctechno

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    K2 + Mixer
     
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