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DJ Guide User Review

Every now and then a reader comes along and emails me in response to my newsletter; Not in a negative way but just to let me know about other DJ gear that I may not know about or even correct me if I make an error in some way regarding DJ equipment.  Scott was one of those readers. We had a nice email dialogue on a piece of gear I mentioned in the last months news letter.  I was so impressed with him I offered to give him a free membership to iDJOnDemand.com if he could do a review on DJ DECKS for me.  Needless to say he came through with flying colors. Here is a short excerpt from his very thorough review.  You can read the full review on my site.

If you would like a free membership to iDJOnDemand.com write a review like Scott's and email it to me at articles@the-dj-equipment-guide.com. I'll send your login details right away after approval. 

Thanks Scott for this incredible review!

DJ Decks by Scott Thompson

Introduction to Vinyl Control Systems

When Stanton Finalscratch first came onto the market, it really did begin a revolution for the digital deejay, finally we could make use of our extensive digital music collections without having to burn hundreds of CD’s. The idea was exceptional, using what was called time-code on special piece of vinyl, you could then connect your turntables to the USB soundcard (called the scratch-amp) this would then pass the exact position of the needle and speed of the vinyl back to the Native Instruments Traktor software which could then manipulate the digital music accordingly. Essentially you could now play all your digital music on your turntables, this meant no more carrying around big crates of vinyl, or even having to buy expensive vinyl in the first place.

Once the idea started to catch on there was huge hype in the market and since then the competition has really heated up, we now have Serato Scratch Live leading the pack which is currently deemed by many as the best available vinyl control system.. Finalscratch has since released it’s next generation product Finalscratch 2, M-Audio just recently released a competing product called Torq which partners with their USB soundcard which they have named Conectiv. Many other companies have also released competing software applications which include their own special time-code, and then make use of any ASIO supported soundcard; this is where things really get interesting. This means if you own any ASIO soundcard which has 2 pairs of stereo inputs, and 2 pairs of stereo outputs you can then skip the extra cost of the required vinyl control hardware and just purchase the required software and vinyl. But wait, it gets better, then their came some software called DJDecks which goes a step further and allows you to use any ASIO soundcard, with more or less any type of time-code (such as Finalscratch, Miss Pinky, VirtualDJ or Serato Scratch Live). This means the cost is now cut substantially.

DJdecks has developed very quickly over its reasonably short life span, boasting more features than any other software of its kind. DJDecks offers support for a broad range of audio formats (mp3, ogg, wma, flac, wav files or audio cd's), and is so dramatically customizable that you really can do just about anything you would ever want to (for an extensive feature list jump to the features page on the DJDecks website http://www.djdecks.be/index.php?module=features). It is this extensive customization that really pulls me in (I like to tinker with things), you can completely change the look and feel by simply downloading some skins from the forum, or if you feel the need you can create your own.

If you are a portable deejay there are even more features that will really make you smile, you can use a laptop with a USB soundcard to minimize what you have to carry around. Then there is the option of inputs, simply select the same input for both DJDecks players, then you can mix using just one turntable, you will never have to lug two around with you (in order to do this you will also have to click to switch vinyl control to the other player which is an extra mouse click every time you switch players).

Read the rest of the DJ DECKS review here.

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