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Old 01-28-2008, 04:51 PM   #1 (permalink)
Shauk
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Location: Spokane, WA
Help me make an expensive decision. (DJ related)

So say you're me and you have a hobby/secondary career financial decision to make.


You want to buy things that will help you express your ideas to the fullest.

I have to choose between.


Torq Xponent Tutorial Videos


or

Traktor 3 (I'd have to buy more hardware for this to work as well)


basically traktor would wind up costing a hell of a lot more but the mixer that it emulates is also a 1500$ piece of hardware, and it also has 4 virtual turntables.


so to tally things up in my head.

torq... comes with hardware, works out of the box, cheaper, has sampling and snapshot functions, is backed by m-audio who is a giant in the DJ/EDM production world (and is updating software all the time), VST effects support (basically if I put it on my computer, it will work with torq)
limitations: 2 decks only, pretty standard fare mixer (3 band)

traktor... A nice emulation of expensive hardware, lots of control over effects, 4 decks
downsides: expensive, no sampler, no hardware controller (only an interface for existing hardware like turntables) no VST support.


I'm really leaning towards torq. I wonder if anyone could research these a bit with me to help me reach a decision. I'm moving out of my ex's and I wont have any turntables so I guess torq seems to be the wise short term one, but I do plan on getting my own tables at some juncture.


gah, I hate money decisions
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