Note that these are all 3D accelerated graphics card. Bottom line is that if you want cool transitions and effects, the best video card you can afford is crucial – not least because often software tailors what it provides according to the graphics card you have.Īs always, we recommend you check the spec for the particular software you’re choosing, remembering that manufacturers will state the minimum requirements (they want you to buy their software) – you, on the other hand, should be trying to exceed those requirements for better performance.
You’re looking more at desktop replacement-style laptops or higher-end MacBook Pro, and the important things are the video card and processor speed.Īs far as the video card – the single most crucial element – goes, Serato Video (for example) recommends Nvidia 8400 or ATI 1650 as minimum for PC, Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT as the minimum for Mac, and GrandVJ specifies minimums of nVidia GeForceFX 5200, Radeon 9200 or Intel GMA 950 (by the way, Serato Video doesn’t work with Intel cards on Windows at all). However, you’re not going to get away with using a MacBook Air, or a netbook, or a $300 basic business machine. This is just as well if you’ve chosen an integrated DJ/VJ package, but it’s also still possible if you have separate audio and video software (for instance, you want to run Traktor alongside GrandVJ). While that used to be pretty much impossible (and thus video DJs who were also audio DJs typically carried two laptops with them or even hulked a desktop around to do the video DJ bit), happily now with today’s more powerful laptops you can do both tasks from the one machine. So the ideal should be one laptop that does everything for you. Remember, our focus is on adding video DJing to your DJ sets, as something you do at the same time as DJing – whether that means abstract visuals and loops, your DJ logo dancing across the screen, or simply DJing with music videos rather than audio-only files. As we’re looking at digital, as always our aim is to keep hardware to a minimum, and also you won’t be surprised to learn that the most important thing – and thus where we’re going to begin – is your laptop. This week we’ll turn our attention to hardware. (Since then, Serato has officially launched Serato Video, and another Serato-compatible package we didn’t cover but perhaps should have, Mi圎mergency, has also had a major upgrade. Last week we looked at what software to use for video DJing. Serato launched Serato Video with Fatboy Slim at the helm this week: Bit by bit, video DJing is hitting the mainstream.
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