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<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">So&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;re an aspiring DJ on a less-than-extravagant budget &&num;8211&semi; welcome to the club&excl; There are a lot of broke musicians out there&comma; but one who knows how to budget and buy the right gear are a step ahead of the pack&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-1233 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;incrediblemag&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;Movies&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Quality DJ Gear On A Budget" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"425" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Picking the right gear can be a tough choice&comma; though&period; There are a lot of options&comma; and it can be tempting to buy toys we don&&num;8217&semi;t need despite the size of our wallet&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s why I&&num;8217&semi;ve created this handy list of the best DJ gear for musicians on a budget&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">None of the gear on this list is going to be the cheapest option on the market&comma; because when it comes to your music you need to find the right balance of quality and price&period; Still&comma; these pieces of equipment are much more affordable than their competitors and provide you with the tools you need to realize your musical passion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Headphones<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Perhaps even more iconic than the turntable&comma; a DJ&&num;8217&semi;s headphones set his or her image&comma; the silhouette behind your table defined by your chosen cans&period; Some people choose to spend small fortunes on their headphones&comma; thinking it&&num;8217&semi;s the secret to perfect sound&period; The reality is&comma; not only are good headphones extremely affordable&comma; they are not the most important piece of equipment you buy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Shure SRH440<&sol;strong>&&num;8216&semi;s are well trusted in the industry&comma; and come in at about &dollar;99 a pair&period; These are very durable&comma; have exceptional sound quality and a 9 ft cord for your convenience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Want something a little more modern and cool&quest; Audio Technica has been providing DJs with great sound in pretty&comma; fairly priced packages for decades now&period; Try their <strong>ATH M30X<&sol;strong> or <strong>ATH PRO 500 MK2<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Synthesizer<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Now we&&num;8217&semi;re talking about serious equipment&comma; the sort of thing you can&&num;8217&semi;t afford to mess up&period; Bluntly&comma; bad synthesizers sound cheap&comma; and that means your sound is going to be outdated and less than a pleasure to listen to&period; You&&num;8217&semi;ll also want decent compatibility so all your equipment works well together&comma; so newer models are typically a better bet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Native Instruments makes professional hardware and software for all kinds of musicians&comma; including equipment well suited to DJs like their <strong>Massive Synthesizer<&sol;strong>&period; Massive is a virtual-analog hybrid ideal for recordings or live performances&period; Take a Massive tutorial to learn how to master this awesome tool&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Controller<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Which software and <strong>DAW<&sol;strong> you use is a personal choice we won&&num;8217&semi;t touch on in this article&comma; but every DJ needs a controller&comma; preferably one that&&num;8217&semi;s portable and easy to use&period; It may be tempting to buy a snazzy controller but in reality&comma; this is a piece of equipment you can afford to upgrade later&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">For now&comma; take a look at the <strong>Behringer CMD Studio 2A Dual Deck<&sol;strong> model&comma; usually sold for under &dollar;100&comma; or the sleek <strong>Traktor Kontrol X1<&sol;strong>&comma; also from Native Instruments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Laptop<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Like other items on this list&comma; some musicians think that their equipment brand represents their status as a musician&period; When it comes to your laptop&comma; don&&num;8217&semi;t fall into this trap&period; As a DJ&comma; you may even already have a workable computer in your home you can convert into your work station&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Your DJ laptop should have several ports&comma; plenty of RAM and a big enough screen to incorporate all the software you need while performing&period; You may want to simply get external file storage as opposed to storing all of your songs and sound libraries on the laptop itself&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The <strong>Toshiba Satellite<&sol;strong> is a powerful&comma; large-screened laptop for a rock-bottom price&period; A used <strong>Acer Aspire V15 Nitro<&sol;strong> is another decent choice if you have a little extra to spend&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">As you can see DJing doesn&&num;8217&semi;t have to be expensive&comma; if you know which equipment is worth buying&comma; and if you&&num;8217&semi;re careful to buy refurbished items when available&period; Be smart with your cash and you&&num;8217&semi;ll find more money coming in than going out&comma; and that&&num;8217&semi;s what every musician wants to see&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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