Actually........
I'll be honest:
My ultimate objective is to use Ableton.
That's my primary goal when I decide to become a trance music DJ.
The reason why I asked Pioneer was primarily for two things:
1) They make the best DJ hardware products ever (generally they do and many others agree with this as well)
2) Some DJs/sound producers (most of them are from the Digitally Imported Radio forums) mentioned that if one wants to practice and learn the basics of becoming a DJ, then it would be best to start out with Pioneer Pro DJ products.
Or rather they say: Before you think about doing DJ stuff on Ableton, you've gotta learn first how to do the DJ stuff using CDs on Pioneer products.
Yeah I know, the whole idea is becoming a bit skewed.
Anyways
I'm already planning to get a Macbook 13 inch this Christmas and here comes the point that I'm at:
If I want to start learning some basics on DJing, should I buy:
1) Ableton
2) Buy some Pioneer products (since it is advised for one to learn and push oneself using traditional DJ equipment before going the way of the laptop DJ???).
Ah, I'm getting confused myself
EDIT:
Price/cost is irrelevant in this regard.
Whatever it takes for me to learn in the best possible way I guess....