A friend of mine (Stu) used to mix (bedroom DJ) but we’re talking a LONG time ago, 20+ years. He still has his 1210’s from back in the day and a fairly new mixer (maybe 3 years old) which his wife bought him to try and get him interested again. He’s been really interested in my SC Live 4 (again I’m only an amateur “DJ”) He always tell’s me that it would be too expensive to get back into it, Vinyl will be that expense I’m sure!. I kept telling him you can just get yourself an interface and get on Serato easy! - Well now he’s actually picked me up on it
Problem is I probably talked a good game without really knowing the full details, ie which gear etc.
I could and will go and ask uncle Google, but I thought what better place to get some advice than my trusty DJ forum, full of actual DJ’s who know their stuff.
The Reloop Flux is coming soon, it’s a brand new Serato interface and works with all modern computers and the latest Serato versions… should be hitting shops in the nest few weeks.
It doesnt look like that mixer supports any of the software so yeah that Reloop Flux is definitely the best solution to get him up and running with digital Djing and his 1210s.
They do but it’s still not class compliant with Apple. The Flux and the Numark can work with your iPad/iPhone (Djay Pro) the pioneer can’t. However there is the djm s5 which works with everything and looks to be more future proof than the djm s3
Annoyingly though, the S5’s looping functions in Serato are horrible… one of the most baffling decisions I’ve seen on DJ gear, not including a loop encoder.
Reloop Flux allows you to use any mixer on the planet, but you would need an additional controller for loops, cue pads, track selection etc (like a DDJ-XP2 for example) whereas the Numark Scratch has most built in, with the downside being not being able to use the effects on real vinyl as they are purely for Serato only.
