hey evreyone im new here but i was hoping to get a few questions answered for starting up a record scrathing and beat matching system.

1. what would all the basic equippment be?
2.how much would it aproxamitly cost?
3. is this sumthing i could do like in my basment in a designated room?

thanks peace and please answer!

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1. The basic equipment would be a pair of turntables (for vinyl) or a pair of cd decks (for cds) and a mixer, and headphones.
2. It would cost depending on what u want, but for a pair of good TTs and mixer, it would be $1400 - $2000 canadian, and for cd decks, it would be from $1000 - $2000 canadian (with a mixer too)
3. This is something you can do in your basement if you want to, or get paid to do it...which is much better to do...

so anyways, any other qs, ask here, but make sure you look at the forum rules peg.

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good cd decks are more expencive than good TTs ... but depending which type of DJ u want to be really determins what type ofd setup you should buy. If you want to be a mobile dj and do partys and stuff then i suggest getting a twin CD player with all the usual features and a big 19'' mixer with atleast 4 channels (always looks the buisness) but if you want to be a club DJ i suggest you go with Vinyl and get some TTs. Beatmatching is a lot more fun and more hands on with TTs instead of just pressing buttons all night with CDs. also TTs look the buisness in a club.

I dont know whats best for CD players and big mixers but for TTs I would suggest a pair for Stanton STR8 Turntables, or Stanton ST turntables (Straight arm or curved arm) ... most people would say go with technics and i would recomend them but they cost too much and the stantons do the job just as well for atleast £100 cheaper!. I own a pair of Stanton STR8-60s and they do everything i have ever wanted them to do and have no problems beatmatching atall. They cost around £175 each where as technics 1210s usualy cosat around £300 each!.

anyway, the STR8-30 is an ok direct drive TT, STR8-60 is a great Driect TT with alot of nice tauque, STR8-100 is great with lots of extra features, STR8-150 is amazing with loads of stupid features ull probably never use but its great anyway !

as for a club mixer I would go for the Pioneer DJM600.... provided u got alot of money, if u aint then get something from stanton or behringer. The VMX300 from behringer is a superb 3 channel mixer with tones of extras... i own it and theres nothing it cant do for me!

getting a CD deck setup for mobile Djing costs... well i dont know...

gettiung a CD deck setup for club djing costs around £400 (ok cd decks and ok mixer) upto about £3000 (pioneer CDJ-1000s (£1000 each) and DJM-600)

getting a TT deck setup for club djing costs around £200 (with the lowest priced Direct drives u can find (dont get belt drives for beat matching!!!) and a 2 channel mixer with no EQ (how i started out heh) ... upto well... lots of money lol... my setup (2x stanton STR8-60s and a Behringer VMX300 mixer) cost me £500 brand new but u could probably get it for about 300 second hand...

hope this helps lol...

oh and yeah u can do it in ur basement... or a bedroom, or anywhere