Something you will learn definitely with experience. Nothing worse than playing a top gig, 1000 ppl deep with terrible monitoring. Look at any real professional giging and artist contracts. Artist always – will specify what works for them.
Playing outside at festival or rave is completely different than playing inside or club gig.
If you use serato, PC dj or Sync buttons – it will actually do the worka nd you don’t need any headphones or monitoring. But you will also be a talentless hack. . . so it all depends on your level you are hopeing to get involved in.
Good luck-
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