DJ and Lighting
DJ Information
To keep the people dancing, the Future Turtles camp includes a complete set of DJ gear and powered speakers which provide excellent sound for our camp parties.
So you wanna be a DJ...
Here are a few things to know…
- To DJ on playa, there’s a fair amount of work to do ahead of time.
- We use a Pioneer controller (XDJ-RX3) which requires you to prepare your music ahead of time.
- You’ll need to:
- Buy music - YOU MUSIC FILES (MP3s)
- Learn Rekordbox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfcB95NHUbk
Our Audio Setup
DJ Controller: Pioneer DJ XDJ-RX3
Powered Speakers:
- Three Bose F1 Subwoofers
- Five Bose F1 Model 812 Loudspeakers (1000 watts each)
- Three Alto Pro TX315 Loudspeakers (700 watts each)
Yamaha MG10XU Mixer (not currently used)
Furman PL-PRO DMC Power Conditioner (important to plug all equipment into this to avoid damage from flaky electrical grid!)
We have a bluetooth -> XLR adapter for streaming through the audio system or through one speaker.
A detailed inventory of the audio equipment we own is on the camp manifest Google Sheet, in a tab called DJ Gear.
DJ Tutorial
DJ curious? Let’s get you on the decks!
Best beginner deck: DDJ FLX 4
- If someone is looking for a cheaper alternative to see if they’re interested in DJing then get the DDJ 200, but most people find after a short period of time they outgrow it and want to move to the DDJ FLX 4
Music library: Beatport Streaming and/or ZIPDJ
- Beatport Streaming makes it easy to access a large music library in the Rekordbox software, but note that we won’t be able to access Beatport Streaming on the playa so they’ll likely want to use a website like ZIPDJ to download the song files onto a USB
- When registering for ZIPDJ, they ask for you to prove that you are a DJ, but they don’t seem to be that strict, if you create a SoundCloud profile and include “DJ” in your SoundCloud profile name you should be fine
Quick tutorial on how to load songs onto a USB using rekordbox:
Lighting Equipment
This is the equipment we have for lighting the dance floor.
It is all DMX controlled.
DMX Controllers
- ADJ DJ WMX1 Controller - a powerful, compact standalone DMX controller that is used to control lights in the dance area
- ADJ Airstream Bridge (plus iPad to control it) - An older device that works reasonably well as a simple, backup DMX controller
DMX controlled lights
- 6 (six) ADJ 7P HEX IP with 3pin DMX plugs and Seetronik power
- 10 (ten) ADJ 7P HEX IP with 5pin DMX plugs and Seetronik power
- 4 (four) ADJ Pinspot LED Quad DMX
- 8 (eight) DJXFLI 120W Moving Head DJ Lights (cheap amazon random stuff)
Power cables
- 16 (sixteen) 6 foot power cords for ADJ 7P HEX IP (NEMA 5-15P to Seetronik)
- 7 (seven) 15' Seetronik daisy chain cables
- 6 (six) 25' Seetronik daisy chain cables
DMX cables - 3 pin
- 8 (eight) 10'
- 3 (three) 15'
- 15 (fifteen) 25'
DMX cables - 5 pin
- 8 (eight) 15'
- 9 (nine) 25'
- 4 (four) 50'
There are also 3 to 5 pin converters (6 each)