Pioneer DJM-600
600 euro
Let's now see basically what all those buttons, knobs and sliders do. What makes this mixer unique, as aforementioned, is the effects unit. It spans the vertical measure along the right side. At the top is the power button (duh), and below it is the beat counter. It will basically give you the BPM of the master channel, or any of the channels, if selected with the selector. The next LED readout gives you the parameter (in relation to the BPM) of the effects used, once again on the master, or any individually selected channel. Down even further, and this is where you actually get to play, and this, to me, is what makes mixing with this mixer so great. The first knob selects the effect. Echo, flanger, filter, delay, reverb, and even sampling selections can be made. Down one knob is the channel selector. This will select any of the 4 channels, the mic channel, or the master. One more knob down is the parameter. This is where it can get tricky. Let's say for instance you are applying an echo effect. The lower the number, the faster the echo. The higher the number, the more time between the echos. All other effects apply to the BPM in such a manner. The last knob is the 'heaviness' of the effect. The same echo will only echo a little bit when the knob is all the way to the left, and will be extremely heavy when all the way to the right. Last, but not least, is the effect button. This is basically the on/off switch for the echo. This mixer also has the ability to sample for roughly 16 beats. Using the sampler takes a bit of work, but once mastered, can really edify a DJ's sound.
Roland MC-505
300 euro
The mc505 has nothing to see with the mc303.This is something else. Its sounds 98,its sound professional and it sound good.The great sounding has to do with two things:with the mc303 you have 1 sound for 1 channel,with the 505 you can have 4 different sounds for 1 channel. Second;A great choise of effect types make from every sound a great sound.You make pumping beats,flipping trancy sounds and hard basses... ..when you have found how everything works,and thats a little bit the toughest thing on the 505.GREAT MACHINE.
Comments About the Sounds:
These sounds are a lot better than the mc303 sounds.The 505 sounds are the sounds you here today in your favorite dance track.This isn't old crap,they sound good and professional.
Creamware PULSAR II - GeluidsKaart
600 euro
If you love technology, you will feel like a fish in the ocean. It is the heart of your studio. You drag and drop elements from the library to the stage and start building your own custom studio, from the sound sources (ASIO, DirectSound, Windows Sound, P2 analog source...), mixers, to the effects (flangers, compressions, chorus, decimators, vocoders, reverbs...). Once your studio is built, you drag and drop your sound generators, which can be synthesizers, sample players, modular synthesizer, etc.. You can drag and drop as many as you want, as long as you have enough DSP power. Note that everything you create inside the OS is not affecting the performances of your computer, because the card is rendering all the devices and signals in realtime using the DSP power. To plug studio elements together, you simply connect them with cables as you would do in a real studio. Everything you do is saved in a unique "project" file, very useful as this enables you to have a custom studio for each song/project.
