What is the most appropriate laptop for the mobile DJ, for personification mp3 mixes or editing? What have been great things to have in conditions of receptive to advice cards or mental recall etc?
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What i would suggest is a good size of RAM.. Because using programs like Virtual DJ, FruityLoops Studio, etc uses a lot of RAM space. HDD is not really a factor as mp3’s doesn’t take up a lot of space. Other than that, its practically up to you.
Apple Macbook Pro is the most popular laptop with professional mobile DJs.
http://www.guitarcenter.com/shop/product/Apple-Macbook-Pro-172.332G-Intel-Core-2-Duo?full_sku=240443
http://www.guitarcenter.com/shop/product/Apple-Macbook-Pro-152.332G-Intel-Core-2-Duo?full_sku=240445
You will want to use an external hard drive because I’ve heard internal hard drives tend to be slower than external hard drives. (I don’t know enough about computers to know if that’s true or not.)
Most computer based mobile DJs have their music on two hard drives. That way they have a back up hard drive if there is a problem during the gig with the hard drive they are using.
Since you’ll be playing the music through a PA sound system you need to buy MP3s recorded at a higher quality than if you were just using them to listen to on an iPod. I personally prefer buying songs recorded in .wav, but 320 KBs or higher MP3s will also work well.
Beatport is a popular site with DJs for downloading songs.
https://www.beatport.com
Sound Cards
http://pleppy.blogspot.com/2007/03/sound-cards.html
Software & Hardware For DJ Production
http://pleppy.blogspot.com/2007/03/software-hardware-for-dj-production.html
There are a few options for what product you want to use to make your DJ equipment control the songs stored on a laptop computer. I personally think Serato (SSL) is the best.
Rane Serato Scratch Live $540
Digital/Vinyl Interface
“Using regular turntables or CD players, you can scratch and mix files from your Mac or Windows XP computer’s CD or hard drive.”
http://www.guitarcenter.com/shop/product/buy_rane_serato_scratch_live?full_sku=102588050
You’ll want to decide if you want to use with your computer, vinyl turntables, CD turntables, a dual CD player, or both vinyl turntables & CD turntables.
Vinyl turntables are usually prefered by DJs who do a lot of scratching & beat juggling. CD turntables & a dual CD players have the advantage of being able to play a CD a customer may want you to play.
DJ Equipment For Vinyl DJing
http://pleppy.blogspot.com/2007/03/dj-equipment-for-vinyl-djing.html
DJ Equipment For CD DJing
http://pleppy.blogspot.com/2007/03/cd-players.html
Quality Budget Sound System
http://pleppy.blogspot.com/2007/03/quality-budget-sound-system.html
This last link is a page I haven’t completed yet, but it does have all the information on it that I wanted to say & one sound sound system (JBL SRX). I just want to add a few more speaker options to the page. JBL, EAW, Yamaha, Turbosound, Peavey & Electro-Voice are all good speaker brands.
PA Systems
http://pleppy.blogspot.com/2007/04/pa-systems.html