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DJ With a MIDI Keyboard?? Is that ridiculous!?

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  • June 25, 2014 at 7:43 pm #2038950
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    Whatever works for you.
    I have seen controllerists DJ with 2 midi fighters and an M-Audio Ozone Keyboard and it was outstanding performance.
    So I say whatever floats your boat.

    I for one would miss the mixer section and the jogwheels, but many good Djs have used a Novation Twitch with no cogwheels… it totally depends on your workflow and if you make it work, it sounds good and I have fun while you are DJing I do not care what you are using.

    June 25, 2014 at 8:04 pm #2038956
    siddharth.jha.email@gmail.com
    Participant

    Well, as for the mixer, the gain, eqs, channel faders and the cross fader could easily be mapped to midi knobs and faders coundn’t they?

    Oh and another question: Can you scratch using a midi keyboard??
    [Plz dont give me a direct big fat no for an answer, just give me a reason why it would’t work if it wouldn’t work tha is :)]

    June 25, 2014 at 8:53 pm #2038958
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    Well scratching you need to move a platter or jogwheel to make the scratching sound live like. Of course you can always pre-record scratching sounds and them play them through a sampler via midi keystrokes, but it has nothing to do with scratching (aka the art of altering sounds via movement of a fader for cutting and a platter/jogwheel for scratch speed).

    Of course you can map all the mixer functions to a midi keyboard, but for my workflow I need the layout of the DJ controller. Surely if you get used to it a keyboard with knobs and faders can do almost the same. Of course many DJ controllers have some standalone functions and filters that you obviously would miss out on.

    June 25, 2014 at 10:52 pm #2038967
    Phil Morse
    Keymaster

    I used to DJ with an M-Audio Midi keyboard! It’s all good fun 🙂

    June 26, 2014 at 9:04 am #2038988
    Phil Worrell
    Participant

    Here is a video on doing just that. I think the guys were referring too.

    June 26, 2014 at 11:32 am #2039014
    siddharth.jha.email@gmail.com
    Participant

    Yup, Thats what I was looking for. Thanks Phil!


    @Terry     Umm… what features would I be missing out on?

    June 26, 2014 at 2:54 pm #2039044
    Phil Worrell
    Participant

    My main systemhas no jogs now and scratching is about the only thing I miss them for. I would love NI to make a modular jog wheel with a select button, pitch adjustment slider and nudge buttons and I’m there. Don’t want much do I 🙂

    Still DJ Cheeku good luck with the keyboard option. It certainly can be done and will take some getting used to. Then it is like any new system you just have to set it up, tweak it a bit to fit your own workflow.

    June 26, 2014 at 5:03 pm #2039063
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    I can see one major “non-technical” problem with this setup. If you are ever asked to play in a place where bringing your own gear is not an option, then you will have to use the in-house system, most likely a club mixer with CDJ-like players. And if you are used to a keyboard and not to things like pitchfaders, jogwheels and the general layout of CDJs, this can be quite a challenge.

    Won’t be a problem if you never play out, but I personally would not go for such a highly personalized way of controlling my software which, in essence, forces me to only play with my own gear.

    Greetinx.

    June 26, 2014 at 5:14 pm #2039067
    Phil Worrell
    Participant

    Well you could always lend him some CDJ’s to practice on DJ Vintage. 🙂

    June 26, 2014 at 5:15 pm #2039069
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    Yeah … only have 6 of them laying around right now … 😛

    June 26, 2014 at 5:15 pm #2039070
    Phil Worrell
    Participant

    ok well I’ll take 2, DJ Cheeku can take the other two and you still have two to play with. Deal ? 🙂

    June 26, 2014 at 5:32 pm #2039074
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    Sure … you want the Denon S1200s or my trusty, if slightly dated backups, the American Audio CDI-500s?

    June 26, 2014 at 5:38 pm #2039075
    Phil Worrell
    Participant

    which ones make the best door stop ?

    June 26, 2014 at 5:40 pm #2039076
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    The S1200s are too small, so I’d go with the CDI-500s

    June 26, 2014 at 9:41 pm #2039129
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    Yeah and doorstops is pretty much the most useful thing you can do with those these days :O

    Like I said, go with whatever floats your boat. If we ever listen to you we will then decide if your mix is any good 😉

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