Any recommendations on a cheap MP3 player that..

[tlbonehead]

allows you to easily set up different playlists. 2-4GB, $50 range?

[oldschooler]

Used ipod?

[Unalaska]

I bought a Sanza Fuze earlier this year, 8gb and I put a 4gig microSD in it. It's really quite nice, not sure how to setup playlists but it is supposed to do it. I paid around $50 used on ebay.

[tlbonehead]

I bought a Sanza Fuze earlier this year, 8gb and I put a 4gig microSD in it. It's really quite nice, not sure how to setup playlists but it is supposed to do it. I paid around $50 used on ebay.

you use it for break music?

[Unalaska]

Yup, I took the "now this is what I call music" and some others I made and put them in their own folders, hit play and be done with it. I still bring a CD player though, some people still request them.

[TimmyP]

Sis just got an iPod Nano Gen 4 at a pawn shop for $50.

[philw44]

Sansa fuze/clip is the ticket..

[TWSSBAND]

+1 on the fuze

[abzurd]

Do you have a cell phone that has a music player on it? When I'm feelin' lazy at a bar gig I just use my Blackberry.

[BenBroChill]

 

Do you have a cell phone that has a music player on it? When I'm feelin' lazy at a bar gig I just use my Blackberry.

 

 

I do that too until I forgot to turn the volume off on my iphone. I stick with the computer or cd player now

[Vito Corleone]

 

Do you have a cell phone that has a music player on it? When I'm feelin' lazy at a bar gig I just use my Blackberry.

 

 

I've done that in a pinch.

 

Smart phones come in handy sometimes. Showed up at a wedding awhile and realized I forgot to put Pachebels Canon on the MP3 player like I told them I would, but I was able to download it on the phone and everything was cool!

[Al Poulin]

This is what I use in my DJ system as backup but also as my portable for personal music playback :

 

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=10151&catalogId=10551&langId=-1&categoryId=16178

 

It has been fantastic for music playback and is very user friendly in general. You need to convert video before it plays on the unit though. I use it stricly for music... (it is the like the blue one once you get on the site. Mine is a 16GB)

 

Al

[abzurd]

What I normally use is a netbook I purchased for $199. Yes it costs more than a cheapie mp3 player, but if you don't really need a music player for reasons of portability, but a laptop would be handy here and there, it's nice to have. I take mine on vacations, use it when browsing on the couch while watching TV and have even worked on band stuff at corporate gigs & weddings while we're waiting around or use it during overnight band trips.

 

One thing that most mp3 players can't do is crossfade. Laptops can do that. Much more professional, especially when you've sold "DJing" cocktail hour, dinner, and breaks at weddings.

[tlbonehead]

What I normally use is a netbook I purchased for $199. Yes it costs more than a cheapie mp3 player, but if you don't really need a music player for reasons of portability, but a laptop would be handy here and there, it's nice to have. I take mine on vacations, use it when browsing on the couch while watching TV and have even worked on band stuff at corporate gigs & weddings while we're waiting around or use it during overnight band trips. One thing that most mp3 players can't do is crossfade. Laptops can do that. Much more professional, especially when you've sold "DJing" cocktail hour, dinner, and breaks at weddings.

thought of that. Especially if I wanted to do a few basic backing tracks to do a solo gig promoting some original material. Not sure if MP3 players allow you to quickly pull a single "song" up for one's backing track.

[Vito Corleone]

 

Not sure if MP3 players allow you to quickly pull a single "song" up for one's backing track.

 

 

They do.

 

Do you know anybody who has one who can show you the basics of how to navigate them? They are all pretty similar for the most part. If not, go down to Best Buy or Radio Shack and check 'em out.