For over 20 years I’ve dabbled in mixing – first cutting my teeth spinning vinyl on your standard 1200s.
With a growing MP3 collection (and nowhere to store piles of vinyl) I decided to go digital with a pair of Technics SL-DZ1200s (yes, those). While fun, they soon become obsolete.
Searching for other solutions, I came across Native Instrument’s Traktor, and landed on a Traktor S2 MK2. I played with those sporadically for a while until September 2023 when I decided to first stream on Twitch…. and then upgrading shortly after to an Traktor S4 MK3.
However, after some prodding from the Twitch community to play out live, I decided to look for something more similar to what a DJ might encounter at a club. Enter the Pioneer XDJ-AZ – my current setup that you’ll see on stream. It’s been a bit of a learning curve (plus moving my library over to a new ecosystem was painful) but I’m really enjoying it!
I’ve since played at a variety of open decks events around Orlando and have played formal gigs at Oliv Bar, Grumpy’s, and Iron Cow!
Hope to see you on the stream… or the dancefloor 🙂