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Frederick Masters

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  • July 28, 2017 at 5:35 am in reply to: Rekordbox sound crash/slow playback #2596281
    Frederick Masters
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    <note from moderator>
    While I agree with your sentiment about posters reacting to replies they receive, there is no need for any form of “personal” name-calling, however slight. So I have deleted that bit from your post. Imho what remains is a perfectly legitimate reaction while still keeping things on the friendly plane where we like it

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    Neil, <inappropriate text deleted> when you ask for help on a forum, you should reply back.
    Others reading this might have the same problem

    July 24, 2017 at 4:18 am in reply to: Rekordbox sound crash/slow playback #2593701
    Frederick Masters
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    Even though the DDJ-RR can be USB port powered, please tell me that you are using the external 12V adapter?

    July 18, 2017 at 1:58 pm in reply to: Using Audacity to EQ Mixes #2591461
    Frederick Masters
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    You can get plugins for Audacity that can really help with this. Try –
    http://loudmax.blogspot.com/

    July 18, 2017 at 5:05 am in reply to: degrading Traktor sound quality when using pitch #2590811
    Frederick Masters
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    If Keylock is on, you’re changing Tempo using Time Stretching.

    I have a completely different setup from you. Laptop/Software/Controller/Soundcard, all different, and I can hear the same thing on my rig. When critically listening with good headphones, anything more than a 5% change doesn’t sound as good. I’m not sure if it would be as noticeable DJing live, but like you, I don’t like it.

    So, I try stay within that 5% change limit. Songs that I know I will have to change more than that, I’ve created custom edits in my song editing software, changing the Tempo in the entire song. You can do this in Audacity (free) but there are better sounding software programs for this.

    Serato Audio Research began with a software program for DAW’s that does this. The same (or similar) algorithm is in the optional Pitch’N Time plugin that can be used in Serato DJ in a live situation. I have no personal experience with it. I’ve “heard” it’s good, and it uses a lot of CPU.

    December 6, 2016 at 11:57 pm in reply to: Dual Software for Different Types of Gigs #2478511
    Frederick Masters
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    You have hit the software quandrum of the Wedding/MC DJ!!

    Serato DJ – Crates, great Library Management, intuitive to use. NO dedicated prelisten, primitive Autoplay.
    Mixvibes Cross – Dedicated prelisten, OK Library management, better Autoplay, but it has a terrible flaw. It immediately transitions to the next song when Autoplay is engaged, even if a deck is playing. Try doing some spontaneous MC’ing with that!

    And so on…they all have their failings. I often wonder if the software engineers who design this stuff actually use it, or do they think all DJ’s only mix to death a dozen songs, looking for 20 minutes of YouTube fame!

    The great piece of software that allows the DJ to mix, as well as allowing the MC to Autoplay, has yet to be written.

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