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Questions first:
– How much are you willing to invest?
– Does he want to dj or be a turntablist?
– Digital is here to stay unless ..you prefer to buy records?
– Turntables or Controllers?I mean if he wants to either dj or be a turntablist then digital is the way unless he wants to be a purist and buy records.
So you have a couple of easy choices:
Analog
You buy two second hand turntables and a second hand mixer.
There's loads of stuff for a good price specially in the US.If he's gonna be a turntablist that's good cause he wont need so many records but if he sticks to it in two years he will surely want to go digital...
I understand its lots of money to invest now specially if it's a phase.
If he wants to deejay the he will need to buy records and for a good set of one hour and a half to two hours oyou need at least 30 records.
But it all depends of the genre of music he wants to play.
I'm pretty sure that for around 700$ you can buy gear good enough for him to practice.
Digital
Well here you'll need to invest more...also in 2nd hand but still you can find decent stuff.
But yes he will need a computer.
Either turntablist or deejay he will be able to buy tracks starting lower as 1$...
If he doesn' want to continue deejaying you can always selll the gear again.
Mixers don't lose so much value.
Neither do the Technics SL1200 mk2.If you like and after you decide I can give you a list of gear that would be okay to start with for both scenarios independently or at once if you invest in a Rane SL4 you'll be able to use the old mixer in the digital era.