1. The equipment needed to DJ consists of:

2. Sound recordings in a DJ's preferred medium (e.g. vinyl records, compact discs, computer media files)

3. A minimum of two devices to play sound recordings, for alternating back and forth to create a continuous playback of music (e.g. record players, compact disc players, computer media players such as an MP3 player)

4. A sound system for amplification or broadcasting of the recordings (e.g. portable audio system, PA system) or a radio broadcasting system.

5. A DJ mixer, an electronic two-channel mixer with a cross fader used to smoothly go from one song to another (using two or more playback devices)

6. A microphone, so that the DJ can introduce songs and speak to the audience, and

7. Headphones or a monitor speaker, which is used to listen to one recording while the other is playing, without outputting the sound to the audience.