DJ Control MP3

I've been doing a lot of experimenting with mixing music lately. Having created a few megamixes already, I wanted to try something closer to the real thing. Mostly because I was using software that's based on a timeline: you put your tracks (on strips) on a timeline and where two songs overlap they get mixed in the way you want them to. But this is not mixing. This is more like authoring.

So I started experimenting with DJ Software. Most DJs will give me the evil eye when I say that, but I have no ambition of becoming professional and therefore do not want to spend thousands of euros on vinyls and equipment.

So I've bought myself a new toy: the Hercules DJ Control MP3 for use with Virtual DJ. It's a device that, connected to your computer, behaves like a real set of turntables and a mixing console. The things you normally have to accomplish using your mouse and zillions of hotkeys on your keyboard, you can now control with this device. I'll post a review once I have it :-)