DJ Vintage

And here I was thinking I had that whole yankee lingo thing down … go figure :-p.

Greetinx,
C.

The outgoing mapping (i.e. what the controller sends to the software) is usually pretty well documented and easily mappable. Where things have a tendency to go “wrong”, is where you need messages from the software to do something on your controller. My experience anyway.

Greetinx,
C.

Apparently audacity supports caf. And it definitely can convert audio files. And it is free.

Might want to check it out.

Greetinx,
C.

Oh yes, if you produce/mix/master your tracks on home speakers that are not up to the task, you are in for some fun on large systems. Pink noise, a good (calibrated) measuring microphone and a simple acoustic analysis tool and you can easily find out what the frequency curve of your listening environment is, approximately where your ears are. Worth a shot.

Especially with smaller monitor speakers (even if they are “studio” monitors, like the KRK Rokit 5s), they will generally not be able to deliver a solid enough bass. If you compensate for the lack of low in your monitors, in real life on a big system you will end up having too much low end.

As far as the moment goes, it is a bit of a trial and error, but you can actually just hard switch (with a kill switch if you have one ore the low knob) between beats. DJ Player, the iPad DJ app, actually does that for you if you want. You can set it to automatically switch basslines when your crossfader reaches halfway. I’ve played around with that and the result are actually pretty acceptable.

So don’t worry too much about it. Just try to make sure the total (low end) energy doesn’t change too much. Again, that is a matter of trial and error to find out the proper amount of in/out EQ-ing.

Greetinx,
C.

Not suited for club play, but the best song ever when I was young and in my room with a girl … Luther Vandross’ rendering of “Just The Way You Are”. Why impress a girl when you can have Luther do it for you :-).

Greetinx,
C.

RealRasputin, post: 40271, member: 275 wrote: thats a niiiiiiiice setup, i am lil bit jealous of your technics 😉 also they still look fresh to dizzle 😉
How do you guys transport your DDJ-SX?
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but i am not sure if its to heavy or big for transportation on a plane, a bag might be better but not when it comes to safety. Anybody here, who have experience with traveling by plane? I will go overseas, a 10 hour flight…
thank you!! 🙂

I go flightcases, always. I agree with Terry about it being heavy, but at the airport the have luggage carts, you check it in and then take a cab to your final destination, right?
Not like you’ll be walking 3 miles with it.

Let’s say you stick it in a bag. Airlines are getting stricter and stricter with regards to carry-on luggage (especially size). Controllers usually end up outside the accepted sizes. In which case you might end up handing it off at the gate, where it is (unceremoniously I might add) THROWN into the luggage compartment where they throw buggies and other too big carry-ons on top of it. Or it might slip off a stack to the tarmac.

Even if you are allowed to take it on board, it might not fit in the bin = previous scenario. Or if you do find a place, the next guy will forcefully jam his laptop bag or plastic airport shopping bag with two half gallon bottles of vodka on top of it (Heck if this don’t fit!). And there might be some foam protecting your buttons, but do you want to take the risk?

So for me, flightcase only. Tip there: if your controller is not fixed to the case (my MC6000 in a similar case with laptop platform is attached through it’s 19″ brackets) but just sits inside the foam, you might consider getting a right size piece of medium density foam that fits snug between your controller and the bottom of the laptop tray. It may press down slightly on the buttons, but not too much. This will hold the controller in place when it is placed upside down.

Greetinx,
C.

Or just give feedback to those who helped you out :-).

Greetinx,
C.

I wonder if the cost of upholding these ridiculous rules can actually be covered by the income they bring.

If not, effectively, we ourselves are paying (the difference between the income of the rules and the cost of the entire backoffice and upholding structure) to have those rules in place. I think if you were to ask the average citizen, they really couldn’t care less whether or not you play muxic in your fish and chips kitchen. And they most definitely would not be willing to PAY to keep you from playing it if you haven’t paid for it.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. This stuff can make you tear your hair out.

Greetinx,
C.