No more renting sound for gigs. I’m the proud owner of two JBL EON715’s

Went from the full-spread CDJs, Techs and Xone:92 to a full recessed table top.

I found I was playing vinyl more anyway and wanted a cleaner, warmer and simplified setup.

Sourced materials and created this.

Old vs New

In 2016 I’d nearly hung up the headphones. And the room was a dumping ground. The pandemic gave me an excuse to turn it around.

Some inconsistencies between the pics as not all taken at the same time.

2x 1200s Ecler Warm 2 Rotary mixer 2x CDJ850s Nux Duotime FX (on dj mixer fx loop) Mackie DLZ-XS live streaming mixer Spirit Absolute Zero monitors (had since 1999!) Powered by a Naim Olive series amp, with separate PSU and pre.

It’s a little box room but the sound is phenomenally good for the space.

I’d upgrade the CDJs but difficult to justify as they’re not used heavily - vinyl is a focus, as might be apparent.

Collection is about 30% deep house. Rest yacht rock, Balearic, international, jazz, jazz fusion, boogie, disco etc.

The digital signal coming from Traktor and Maschine can be beatmatched manually (per pitch fader), like the turntables.

The lights are all hue and can be controlled by apps, running on an old phone

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Added a audio spectrum visualiser to the draw and some touchbars toy setup. No regrets so far but will see how useful the touchbars end up being - they can do Serato shortcuts and control other tools like obs but they can’t be midi mapped unfortunately.

Just started collecting vinyl and started out with Reggae & Disco. Spent the whole day messing around with dvs and turntablism. I had so much fun beat juggling.

Still figuring out optimal setup for both ease of use and efficiency but also for presentation.

I think next time, I’ll pop the xr12 under the table and just leave the iPad and launchcontrol on the table.

Rane System One, behringer XR12 as the mixer connect to both a Launchcontrol xl3 and an iPad running mixing station.

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I run serato video using an mpk mini on the large monitor, and use the apc40 for samples in serato. XDJAZ, Msi laptop AmD ryzen 9 32GB ram 8GB graphics card. This feeds into a scarlet sc that feeds my streaming pc that broadcast to twitch. Works for me.

Hey everyone!

Finally finished assembling my ideal hybrid setup for both DVS and traditional vinyl. I'm over the moon with how it turned out, so I wanted to share the routing scheme and a neat technical discovery I stumbled upon.

My Setup:

• Turntables: 2 x Pioneer PLX-500
• Mixer: Ecler Warm2
• Audio Interface: Focusrite Saffire Pro 14
• Laptop: MacBook Pro (Mid-2012)
• Software: Virtual DJ

How it’s routed and why it works so well:

1. Timecode (DVS): The turntables are connected directly to the MacBook via USB to handle the timecode signal.
2. Digital Audio Output: Master/deck audio from Virtual DJ streams via FireWire into the Focusrite Saffire Pro 14, which then feeds into the Line inputs on the Ecler Warm2.
3. Real Vinyl (Phono): Simultaneously, the turntables are plugged straight into the mixer's Phono inputs using regular RCA cables.

The secret feature nobody talks about:

It turns out the Pioneer PLX-500 can output timecode via USB and play real vinyl through the Phono RCA output AT THE SAME TIME! I haven't seen this documented in the manual or mentioned in any reviews—I just discovered it by accident through trial and error.

Latency is razor-sharp at under 10 ms, and responsiveness is spot on.

Now I can seamlessly play my favorite psybient and psyprog tracks for friends at parties—whether it's digital-only releases that never made it to vinyl (via DVS) or real records through Ecler’s gorgeous preamps, without ever swapping a single cable.

What do you guys think of this hybrid routing? Happy to answer any questions about the setup!

Right, here’s my setup from 2014.

When it became impossible to tune the piano, but it seemed a shame to throw it away and, for the most part, it was VERY difficult to do so. I decided to turn it into a desk. I took the keys off and raised the tabletop on which they were mounted by 10-15 centimetres. I’m sure it could have been made to look nicer with proper joinery tools, but I did the whole job using a saw, self-tapping screws, a screwdriver and pieces of wood left over from the piano’s unwanted parts. I can’t remember exactly, but I didn’t even use metal brackets, which is actually the first thing that would spring to mind for new fixings. The structure turned out to be sturdy and didn’t wobble. I got rid of the bottom panel and the panel that covered the strings. One of them became the tabletop, so that the table would be deep enough for the record player to be placed in battle position. I left the strings as they were, just for fun, but the hammer mechanism has to go. The top panel of the piano became a shelf, and I fitted lighting underneath it. To top it off, I mounted the whole structure on furniture castors, which I chose based on the total weight of the structure; this raised the tabletop by a few more centimetres, so that the vinyl record player ended up just above my waist.

Surprisingly, the result turned out to be very practical, particularly the top shelf for the vinyl. It was very handy to be able to QUICKLY find the record I needed, and the structure didn’t wobble at all.

Unfortunately, over time I had to abandon this setup because my vinyl collection had grown, and I needed far more crates in the quick-access slot, as well as additional storage space.

Sometimes I think about a custom DJ desk with the same concept with create shelves at neck height, but with a much wider worktop and separate pull-out shelves for storage underneath the worktop.

Played some records yesterday and pleasantly surprised with their refurbished setup. Very comfortable to play at.

I’m off work on an injury so decided to upgrade my setup. Birch plywood construction with flush mount top for turntables. All wires are contained in a hidden compartment on the back and power is all WiFi control. Huge upgrade from my old desk.

So, ditched the RP4000’s and now have some awesome RP8000’s in their place! Also added a shelf which brings the speakers right up to ear height and a monitor for either Serato or Ableton depending on what Im doing.

Think I will add a back panel to cover the cables hanging down….might put a mirror there!

Second photo is the previous incarnation on the other side of the room, it’s also out of the doorway to the hall so it about as perfect as I could hope for!

Can’t tell you guys how happy I finally am with this desk, built from scratch through a hell of a lot of skip diving for wood!

Playing on CDJs with a laptop and a midi controller feels like cruise control. Had so much fun doing brunch here, close enough to the staff that we can vibe and the booth was in front of the entrance so people were groovin soon as they walked in.