advice for a small college radio station (numark idj idj2 ipod mixer)

I have bad feelings about Numark gear, both their sturdiness and feature set. Denon make a much better version of this for a little less than twice the price, the HD-2500. Instead of having a dock for the iPod, you plug it in via a USB hub, it takes a minute or two to read the contents, then it works like the numark... assign a track to each controller and mix away. However, unlike the Numark, it doesn't have a built-in mixer. Still, I feel like Denon gear is better built and has better features. It also is probably a lot more confusing then the denon.

Another option is the new Pioneer CDJ-400, which is similar to the other Pioneer CDJs except you can plug an ipod or USB drive into it. It looks like a beefed up CDJ-200 and doesn't have some key advanced features that the 800/1000 have, and of course you'd need two.

The day Pioneer comes out with a unit that has two CDJ-800 style platters and a basic 4 channel mixer, with USB input, is the day I go into business as a mobile DJ.

yeah the HD2500 looks amazing, but its probably too much for the djs (or maybe i have too low an opinion of their abilities)... the cdj-400 is probably a better option.

the problem here is that i need something that will both make it easy for basic "i just want to plug in my ipod" people (not too confusing) and satisfy the people whod like the opportunity use vaguely professional equipment that they couldnt afford on their own (not too boring/easy).

i may need to have two solutions, like some CDJ400s connected to a mixer connected to the broadcast mixing board and then also an ipod dock plugged directly into the console that DJs can just plug in, press start and go with.

http://www.hdaccessory.com/catalog/35rca6.jpg
never understood docks myself
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right now we have a 1/8">RCA cord plugged into one of the inputs as our ipod input... most of them are apparently too dumb to even begin figuring out how to plug their ipods in

i mean, i get you, but we're not talking rocket scientists here; we've even made training more intensive and written up clear instructions to be posted in the booth and still twice a week i or tech staff get a call about not being able to figure out what to do

that's insane. that's completely insane. do they have to have other students help them to put the songs on the iPod? can you call the dean and have them dematriculated?

"COLLEGE" radio LOL

I mean I always heard the air + water in california was really bad for you but jesus

haha tom guess what the top 3 majors at my school are

1) psychology
2) "dwa" aka diplomacy & world affairs
3) economics

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

ok im being unfair--the other major problems are that some DJs seem to be indiscriminately unplugging shit and turning things off, and then our less-bright DJs cant figure out how to reconnect everything; the vestax sometimes just doesnt work (the ac adapter plug is loose and will turn off); and that some of them cant figure out how to switch between "phono" and "line" or "a" and "b" or turn the fucking volume up.

I love psychology as a pre-M.Ed. major
so many boobies

that is also unfair but anecdotally very true for my undergrad experience

http://www.zzounds.com/item--BEHDX1000

ONLY ONE LEFT

if I can find out where it ended up (I think in storage behind my apt?) I could sell you mine, as well

i need to find a "mixer" that has like 2 buttons and 2 dials

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1052/1454999927_8c6b1b918b.jpg

^^
im going to hook this up to a speak and spell and tell my DJs that its broadcasting on a "special frequency" that only they can hear

well the reason I suggest that behringer is that the level controls are REALLY BIG and SIMPLE so you have a better chance that they won't fiddle with the wrong shit by accident

I mean yeah real broadcast consoles are a long way off from typical DJ or recording mixers, for that very reason

yeah we're buying a new one of those soon too

Thread revive... I'm going to be helping out on a ultra-small station project. Just internet broadcasting for now. Maaaaye low-power FM in the future?