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swine
05-26-2012, 10:14 PM
I want to get a couple thumb drives for use with rekord box and CDJ850s. Every single flash drive I look at someone is bitching about the speed of it. Also maybe one of you has had trouble with particular drives one CDJs.

Im probably going to get 8-32GBs. Once you get much more music than that searching through all those tracks becomes a bitch, even with playlists.

This is fairly trivial I feel, but people on here usually have some good insight.

windspeed36
05-26-2012, 10:16 PM
I've given up on flash drives. They're okay for transporting files but for long term use there reliability is shocking. I prefer to used external HD's.

swine
05-26-2012, 11:28 PM
Yeah, i just like the idea of being able to carry all my gear for a set in one pocket. two flash drives and some IEMs. That would be siiiick.

Ive had a kingston one that has lasted for ever. I also have a Sony micro usb but that is a bit sketchy sometimes with connectivity

Mikey K
06-15-2012, 09:18 AM
I always use this one, the most reliable ive ever owned.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220252

jawnpce
06-24-2012, 10:19 AM
I've had many sandisks and they all seemed to work fine with rekordbox with fast load times on the CDJ 350's

ampnation
06-24-2012, 11:29 AM
I've been looking at the Kingston 128GB. Currently, the lowest price I see on google shopping is $160.31

http://cfab.audiogoshop.com/kingston-digital-datatraveler-r500-128-gb-flash-drive-dtr500128gb-computers-amp-accessories_p2575.html?offer_id=B004X3XIR2

I've seen it below $110 in the last few months though.

That may seem like a lot of files to sort through on such a big flash drive but I am in the process of reorganizing my music in such a way that nothing is more than about 10 clicks away using my Denon DN-HD2500 controller. The key is, I'll be using Media Monkey to find the files and have index numbers that tell me which folders I need to drill down through. For backup to Media Monkey, I'll have printed out indexes so I'm not screwed if and when my laptop takes a dive. (later I'll be adding a 2nd laptop too) For a club DJ I would think one wouldn't need such a large capacity drive and a 32 or 64 would be fine. Also, I plan on having two identical flash drives so there's backup redundancy there too.

dj daywalker
06-24-2012, 09:56 PM
I have 3 of these, they are farking awesome

http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Cruzer-Fit-Flash-Drive/dp/B005FYNSZA/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1334158045&sr=1-1