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: