this is brilliant guys, amazing advice. thank you so much :clap:

really, i wanted this post to tell me what ppl expect out of a PA. i would never, ever do that whole DAT thing, it's just not an option. this PA has to be live, but yeah, you can't be expected to make tracks up on the fly cause that's impo0ssible - my god how much of a genius would you have to be to do this?!?!!!

basically i know the effort I put in as a DJ, and as long as the PA matches that effort, I don't think you can go wrong. i think i'm gonna go with a mixture of new and old tracks, bunging loops in and creating riffs on the fly and making sure it's just not a simply 'laptop' show. sure we'll use laptops, but there'll be keyboards, effects, a mixing desk and all that sets a PA apart from the DJ experience.

respect to everyone who replied here, loooking forward to hearing some more!!!