Which DJ Laptop? - A Simple Guide For Beginners -
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- "Do I really need to buy a laptop just for DJing?" "How much memory does my laptop need?" In this Tuesday Tips Live, we answer your burning questions and discuss our top tips for buying a DJ laptop (or maximising the one you've got). You'll also find out the specs to look for, including which processor is best, internal vs external hard drive, memory, screen size, and build quality.
Tune in, and let us know which DJ laptop you use in the comments!
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Really important for me on a Dj Laptop:
15 inches or bigger bright screen
Backlit keyboard
Core i5 at least (core i7 ideal)
Dedicated graphic card (video dj)
Tons of conectivity (4 usb ports for me)
Big memory capacity
1tb storage for music and documents in general and separate hard drive for the software, OS and things like that.
This is my list for a pro laptop to be used as a professional Video DJ.
All great specs to look for, cheers!
69 Sound can you get all this with a MacBook Pro?
I'm thinking of buying a gaming laptop for dj'ing
1) Ensure you have at least 4gb ram (does not matter if it's ddr 3 or 4)
2) At least a 256 gb SSD (I suggest Samsung Evo)
3a) Intel core i3 5th gen or i5 3rd Gen or above ( for Intel lovers)
3b) AMD A8 or AMD ryzen (for AMD lovers)
4) For Video djing I suggest a dedicated gpu at least Geforce GTx 750 or AMD radeon R7 for full hd.
5) Use the laptop for djing only.
6) Never install updates if the OS is stable.
7) Check for reviews before buying a laptop.
8) Do not install a 3rd party antivirus, windows defender is sufficient.
9) Do not install applications that you do not require.
10) Always take a backup!!!!!!
Good tips Samuel, thanks for sharing :)
Thank you man! I was looking for this all over 🙏🏼
You sir are the goat
I'm 42 and have decided to take Djing back up again. I've bought mysekf a controller and I am loving it. Have just been using my iPhone and streaming music.
Decided that getting a laptop and unlocking the full features out of my controller. On that note, this video was perfect for helping me in what laptop to buy
Nice one Graham! Glad to help
Hi what laptop did you buy?
I think its time for computer makers to make laptop designed specifically for DJing like gaming computers.
Do you think there's a market? If it was going to be only for DJing and came in a decent bit under the price of a Macbook Pro I might be interested - Scott
Gaming computers would be perfect anyway,, most have back lit keyboards big screens and good specs,, ive thought of buying one
Look at the Schenker Audio Laptop range. It's a range of laptops, made specifically for DJing and producing
Look at the Microsoft Surface Pro
@@digitaldjtips PCAudio Labs makes some DAW specific but a bit pricey - sticking with a macbook
I5, 15.6 inch, 8GB ram, 1TB is the all-around spec! It's my personal PC. Running windows on performance mode! I produce and game on it also! =) (It's a Dell Inspirons 3543)
Nice! :)
Get a SSD in your computer period trust me!
Agreed :)
Pmsl had to re-read that, lol initially thought it wanted me to give my beloved laptop a std "thrush" or "crabs" or any other sexual transmitted diease lol, I immediately came to the conclusion of "hell noooooo" I'd rather give my lass a std then something that is non judgemental, keeps me entertained all the time whenever I want to be, no matter what the time or day is, etc etc, but most importantly is I never ever fail to push my little babies buttons and always turn it on, guaranteed
Love your passion!
I used an AMD processor with Serato DJ and it worked great, I switched to Rekordbox DJ and an Intel i3 processor and that one worked great. Clean up your laptop when you buy it, make it a DJ only laptop and you will be fine. Watch out for sales, a new model comes out the old one gets a little cheaper.
Great tips Steve, cheers :)
Being a DJ has always been a dream to me but you guys have made it clear to me,,,now am one week old dj,, 💪💪 and I think MacBook pro screen might be good
Glad to help
If your a bit tight on cash, go for an older used corporate grade laptop. I got a Dell Precision which has an 8 core i7, 16GB ram, a 256gb SSD, and a GeForce graphics card with 2GB dedicated RAM. Installed win7 pro and dedicated the laptop just for DJ use. Its super quick and very reliable. £1,100 laptop for now approx. £250.
Should add the Dell Precision laptops are all Alloy. The chassis, lid, and the full case all Alloy. So built to take some bashing around.
Cheers for the tip, bound to help some DJs out :)
Most software will work out on older laptop too but then be sure to use the 32bit software version instead of the 64bit version software, Serato and Recordbox, i use them both and i had problems with the 64bit software versions, downloaded the 32bit versions and its all working great, run them both on a Dell (no SSD) and HP (SSD. Great vid btw, really useful info, thank you :)
Glad you worked it out :)
So I couldn't find the link to the laptop stand....
It's this one :) www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00FDOL30O/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Card reader is important if u have one, I DJ off a SD card, pretty much as fast as a SSD if u run out of space
Thanks Charitha!
Getting into the craft now full-time for the past three years. What I've found in the industry that the more experienced DJs who I look up to and sometimes get an opportunity to play alongside ends up 'PC shaming'. Since this Black Friday I've purchased a 2017 MacBook Pro after a long time of saving and will now be making that switch from my Dell laptop to a MacBook. I've been quite lucky tho in that time since I've been doing this full time, I have my own radio show now on a baseball commercial radio station and have now been making a living from doing what started out as a hobby for me 😀
Awesome work Mical, congrats on the shift to full-time :)
So you reckon MacBook Pro is the way to go?? My laptop crashed twice first time playing out ffs
@@martybogroll1979 I've heard a lot about this, am sitting on the fence at the moment, still clueless as to what laptop to buy, I have been told by a load of djs to not consider anything less than a MacBook Pro, buy I have heard some bad things about the 2017 model
Thank you Digitaldjtips!!!
No problem :)
I just bought my controller cuz its was alway a intrest of mine to dj and i bought youre book as well thank you and i well be following your channel.
Awesome, glad you're giving it a go :)
Great , no nonsense , VERY informative... well for me.. I’m new to this... wish me luck. This channel should definitely help!
Good luck! :)
Please on how to connect headphone to your laptop
Hi I'm after some advice. I'm getting my son, some pioneer ddj400 For Christmas he is 9.
He currently has a chormebook can you use recordbox on a Chromebook? If not what buget laptop would you recommend??
No, you can't. However, look into Beatport DJ (web app), which does work on a Chromebook.
I use a 13inch Dell 5000 touchscreen laptop SSD with a DDJ 800. It folds over and sits at the top of the DDJ at 45 degrees so it's like having an XDJ screen but bigger. Also means I can see the crowd instead of having a laptop in my line of sight which I hate.
Awesome, sounds good :)
I have a numark mixtrack pro fx dj controller. What woul be an affordable laptop?
Doesn't matter what controller you have, it's the software that the laptop works with. Check the software spec page on Serato's website.
What the best dj software to use
There's several good ones, it just depends on your music style and preference :) we've got a whole guide to help you choose (and it's free): djtips.co/2018-gear-guide
Would a Chromebook C8715-1W run traktor DVS control vinyl? It's driving me mad as cant find an answer.
No, you need a Mac or Windows computer
Hello Phil what is the best specs on the macbook pro for Djing? i am using macbook pro 2016 with ram 8gb i5 256gb ssd.
Your Mac is still fine for DJing.
For 250 bucks I got a refurbeshed laptop that runs great dell with intel i5, 12gb ram, and 256ssd. It’s older 2013 model but runs serato pro with my dj sb3 perfectly.
Cool! :)
I have a MacBook Air from 2010 and it works with serato lite really well but it just can’t deal with fx whenever I twist the nobs on my pioneer sb3 it just gives up and stops playing what cheap laptop should I get idm if it’s Microsoft or Mac I’m a beginner but I need 1 HELP!!
A Macbook Pro is a solid option
What best stand for laptop computer to buy
Crane Stand is good
Once when I was using serato the songs would freeze on loading for like 15 secs and then the wave forms would load really slow like 45 secs + any ideas what the issue could of been? It's a quite old laptop Toshiba Satellite with an i5 and 8gb ram? I'm thinking maybe it's just old and worn out
Yes that's the most likely scenario, turn your latency up
How about a 12 inch MacBook ?
It'll work with DJ software as long as you keep the hard drive at no more than 80% full. You'll need a way of charging it and having your DJ controller plugged in though at the same time if it only has one USB-C.
Could you recommend a decent laptop that’s a reasonable price
my mac has worn out usbs so its time to retire my macbook pro.What to get next.
As ever fantastic Thanxs
No problem Steveo!
Techno tony is the dj pony would iv had my laptop computer 💻 👩💻 years old and I've been a dj and what is top tip dj 100 vurgaly dj windows 10 hp computer
Please explain what the laptop stand in your video is? You said lorein will tell us in the coments but where?
There you go: geni.us/Hm2vgMc :)
Will these specs work? Dell Inspiron 17 5000 Series 5770 17.3" Full HD Laptop - 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8550U Processor up to 4.0 GHz, 16GB Memory, 256GB SSD + 2TB HDD windows 10
Should be more than fine
You're now bragging.
Your mic keeps cutting out.
Thanks Simon, we spotted that issue but hey, it was live! Fixed it for next time.
Hi phil and crew. Love the channel. In market for new laptop 2021. Thinking of amd cpu currently running rekordbox with ddj1000. Cant deceide between amd cpu or i5 etc.
Historically AMD processors have had issues with some DJ software, I’d go for Intel if it were me just to be sure.
I always reccomend going with something with 6gb of ram at least...windows 10 64 bit takes up almost 2 full GB of ram just by running! So 4 gb only leaves you with about 2 that you can actually use 6 GB gives you plenty! (I used to work at best buy. Would never let somebody buy a laptop with a full 64 bit windows with 4 GB of ram)
Thanks for weighing in Tony :)
What about the iPad Pro 3rd gen ?
I’m trying to get into DJing could you please tell me what laptop is best I would like to mix mashup and produce music but Apple products are out of my budget could you recommend one for me
Check out our gear guide, we talk about laptops in there: djtips.co/join :)
Digital DJ Tips thank you
What pioneer make is on the table?
DDJ-400
Hey DDJT just wondering would a 2.4-3.2 ghz processor , 256gb ssd, 8gb ram laptop be enough? All I can really afford right now to spend on a laptop
The one I saw was AUD $550 with those specs
Best thing to do is simply check the specs needed for the software you want to run, that'll give you your answer 👍
@@digitaldjtips Oh Thank you! I'm looking at using Rekordbox 5 . By the way I've been watching for years thank you for being so inspiring and doing these tutorial videos and how to improve and constant reviews as a dj I'm so grateful! Keep up the amazing work
No problem, glad to help!
Do I need a computer for my Dj controller can you do it without one or not?
Dj controllers always need computers. DJ systems (Prime 4, XDJ-RX2, XDJ-XZ) don't, although you'll still want a computer for preparing your tracks before putting your playlists on to a USB to plug into the system to dJ from.
Thanks Phil
I have a Thinkpad X201 with 8 gigs of RAM.
I occasionally get a beep if I combine FX.
Really need a more powerful processor..
Yeah doesn't sound too bad but anything for more peace of mind when playing live :)
I have 600,OOO songs,videos, and karaoke files on an external Hard Drive. What size of Ram should I have on my laptop?
Doesn't make any difference.
Lol
for recording video mixes and on my old mac you couldnt record video onto the drive you were playing from .Also i have a very large collection of video much of it hd.A new computer with a large internal drive or even two would be great .I dont care about size as long as its fast and powerful.I need something that will last as long as my mac did which was fro 2011 to 2019.Its still ok for other stuff but not dj work..
Sounds like your old Mac did pretty well!
@@digitaldjtips yes it did .The motherboard was dodgy but Apple replaced it several times and way beyond its warrenty.The cddvd drive went the original hard drive went ,replaced by an ssd and finally the usbs went which are attached to the main board and would cost too much to be fixed.So its time to retire my old Machine.I dont like the new macs so it might be pc time
Do any DJs use PC?
Yep, plenty in our community
You need a good laptop,,
At least an i7 8gig min
Seen system requirements for serato,, very heavy,, macbooks are to expensive..
i7 is not necessary, we run it on far less powerful systems fine.
@@digitaldjtips ok so what specs do you run it on then?
Because on seratos website the specs are quite high
what about an old serato sb
Im useing old laptop a dual core processor but i use ssd 250 harddrive and 6 gb ram,can i still perform smootly on rekordbox performance mode or serato dj pro please help me.Should i buy a new one or still use my old laptop?
Easiest thing to do is download the free Rekordbox trial and have a play :) rekordbox.com/en/news/rekordbox_download/
all my drives on a new laptop will be ssds.
You get what you pay for. Go cheap and expect low quality. Expect crashes with a cluttered computer. Use your laptop just for music!
Solid idea 🙌
make more of this but more specific. VDJ has now instant stems...the point here is, even vor DJs not doing video, that the grafix cards become more important. Instant stems in VDJ are MUCH more speedy calculated if there is a CUDA supported grafix is in place, means must be Nvidia minimum GTX9.x. As result the gaming laptops are getting more important for DJs. Due to th lack of marketing it would be anyway important to see more about VDJ. It is underrated due to the old meaning about it and combinded with the close to no marketing of Atomix about their develeopment, I was shocked about this as my opinion of VDJ was, due to no knowledge, based on the old stuff....ugly GUI, terrible sound...all of this is HISTORY. Worth to talk about it as VDJ is THE software that makes a DJ independend of the hardware. Works perfectly with whatever....a clear seperator to the competition!
Thanks for the suggestion :)
This is a fact
Ssd are prohibitive
That's true for many, agreed.
Windows sucks for multimedia
Thanks for weighing in Carlos
Didn’t learn anything....
The 💯 th comment ❤️
Thanks for watching :)
I personally don’t like apple
Fair enough :)
I love apple pie tho!!!
@@matsuwd-emethdaath4002 What about apple creampie?
Listening 5 minutes and getting sleepy. So much unnecessary information about who’s watching and etc... :/
Thanks for trying to watch anyways - on the replay (this was originally live, which is why we give shout outs) you can skip ahead to the meaty stuff :)
@@digitaldjtips would be best no not do this live, mic cuts off, so much unnecessary info and tangents, shootouts etc. Please do 1 video delivering the message then maybe do another one the next day replying to questions/comments.
WORD OF WARNING. SURFACE PRO I5 128GB SSD 4GB RAM 2017 MODEL. I bought this to run Serato pro. The specs fit it well. I'm now ON MY 3RD WARRANTY REPLACEMENT MACHINE. I don't think for one minute that all 3 left the factory with the same fault. The only conclusion I can make is that it isn't suitable to run the software. DO NOT BUY. The machine crashes then gets stuck in a loop whereby you cannot diagnose/repair/restore or reset to factory settings.....
Thanks for the heads up ashley! Sorry you've had that experience :/
Too many adlibs and 'off topic' tangents. Short bitesize videos would be better
This is the recording of a "Tuesday Tips Live" broadcast, different to all the other videos we do on this channel, it's longer and more conversational as we're interacting with comments in real time :)