Saturday, June 9, 2012

What equipment do I need as a mobile DJ?

By Nelly Hefta


Not everyone realises just how different it is to DJ at a club every weekend (or in your bedroom for your friends) and to work as a mobile DJ travelling between weddings and parties. The biggest difference is that as a mobile DJ, you need to be ready to travel and set up your DJ equipment somewhere new at a moment's notice.

Finding the right DJ equipment is very important for a mobile DJ. A key feature of everything you buy is that it must be portable, as well as not too bulky or heavy to be moved on your own without the help of another pair of hands.

The first thing you will need is a DJ mixer, and this should have three channels at the very minimum. If you intend to bring your entire music collection on an iPod or a laptop instead of using DJ decks, you should choose a DJ mixer which has inputs for all of your devices. You can even buy all in one systems, such as the Numark iDJ2 Mobile DJ Workstation, for example, which has a universal dock for your iPod.

You next need to get portable amps and speakers. If you buy these together as an all-inclusive package, it is more likely that they will be powerful enough to support each other and that they will be compatible in other ways.

Some DJs like to take portable lighting with them to their gigs, to really make an impression on the crowd. Lighting needn't be expensive, as there are plenty of affordable lasers and strobe lights available to choose from.

The last thing to arrange as a mobile DJ is some form of transport. You will need a car or van that is spacious enough to fit in all of your DJ equipment, and if you want to be really professional, you might want to put your business logo and information on the side of it.




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