DJ Vintage
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ModeratorAs I said, many fishes and good for you that you caught the right one for you.
ModeratorHi TRZN, thanks for the introduction. Great story. What can we we say but enjoy your time here and keep on spinning!
ModeratorGuess you can read all answers and replies over on the main site. Your post made it to a blog topic!
ModeratorChanging all music to 432Hz? I think you really have to clarify what you mean here, because this question SOOOO makes no sense.
ModeratorCore collection (eventually between 1.200 – 1.500 tracks) on DJ laptop (MBP with SSD), copy on external HD (with my request collection), original WAV copies of my track on my desktop. Both my core collection and the external HD with a synchronized copy on my 2-disk (redundant RAID-1) NAS (network HD). My NAS is synchronized with an off-site single-disk NAS that sits at my friends house and updates every night.
And there are the odd (RekordBox) copies of my core collection and such. In the past I had my core collection also on MP3 CD’s (double).
ModeratorWhile I am not fully immersed in Behringer, I would say technically you could probably stack up three midi-controllers, have a unit with a dual-output (master/cue) sound card in there and get it all working (with lots of headaches and mapping).
That said, the idea behind modular is not to hook up two all-in-one controllers to a midi-only “mixer”.
You’d have to have at least a separate 4-stereo channel external sound card in the setup as well.
Personally I would not want to go down this road you are thinking of.
Better start saving up and get a good 4-channel/4-deck controller (something like the Reloop Beatmix 4 mk2 around 300 euro is a good option).
October 29, 2016 at 12:59 pm in reply to: MP3 or AIFF? Will AIFF work in Rekordbox or Traktor? #2459091ModeratorTo be exact, when I talk about iTunes I am only talking about the software, not the store!
ModeratorThis is possible. Software stores it’s track specific information (metadata) in its own location. So yes, you can keep several DJ software on one laptop.
October 28, 2016 at 4:54 pm in reply to: Traktor 2.11 + El Capitan + Thunderbolt Dock + Denon DN-X1600 = BUST #2459021ModeratorLOL … +1 on three MBPs.
I see your problem. And I agree that Apple is no longer totally worry free when it comes to adding gear and upgrading OS.
The price of the TB dock is what has kept me away from it til now. Seems we might not have much choice in the future though 😀
October 28, 2016 at 4:51 pm in reply to: MP3 or AIFF? Will AIFF work in Rekordbox or Traktor? #2459011ModeratorCues and such would be proprietary to the DJ software and never show in iTunes. There is RekordBuddy which lets you move cues and loops and such between DJ software though.
I personally think iTunes is the worst thing to ever come out of Cupertino, but … if used exclusively for DJ-ing purposes and tuned accordingly it does give you the tools needed to do collection management. Since it’s 100% supported by all serious DJ software (including RB DJ), it will be easy to use your collection in other software if you so choose (for example if you plan on playing on iPad-based platforms).
If you go the Pioneer route and plan to stay there, you could indeed do all you need in RB.
ModeratorGood question, I am gonna guess not officially, but since they will want as much exposure as they can they will probably let you get away with it if you are not doing things that “hurt” them in anyway (PR, Sales, reputation).
ModeratorAs far as I have been able to establish, there is no autoplay/automix/continuous play mode available in RekordBox DJ.
ModeratorHi Jim, welcome to the forums. Thanks for the introduction. Lots of help can be had here, both for free (forum and main site articles) and paid (check out the How To Digital DJ Fast and Pro Mixtape Formula courses for example).
Enjoy your time here!
p.s. I once (long long time ago) spent a two-week holiday in Destin. I remember the beach, the water park and Harry T’s and Fudpuckers 😀
October 28, 2016 at 4:32 pm in reply to: suh dudes and dudettes :) hit me up for any reason! down for collabos #2458931ModeratorHi JJ, welcome to the forums. Thanks for the introduction. Please keep your language in check. I removed inappropriate language this time, let’s not have a next time.
We are a friendly forum and try to keep it that way. Shouting (ALL CAPS) and swearing and other inappropriate language are not allowed.
Enjoy your time on the forums.
October 27, 2016 at 11:08 pm in reply to: MP3 or AIFF? Will AIFF work in Rekordbox or Traktor? #2458751ModeratorWhat Terry_42 said!
One addition, it pays to always buy tracks in the highest possible quality (i.e. WAV or lossless). Then do any preparation you want to do (could be stuff like Platinum Notes) and then rip to MP3 or AAC yourself. That way you will always keep an original, full quality copy in some safe storage space. You can then also use the original WAV/Lossless versions in productions, remixes, mashups and such and only rip the end result to MP3.
If you start with MP3, then go to WAV (as will happen in most audio production software) and then bounce back to MP3, you will experience quality loss. Possibly to audible levels.
Another thing is that if you use WAV (with all it’s apparent shortcomings when it comes to tagging/art and such), there is no need to decompress anything on the fly. It is just played as is. As lossless compression is still compression, like MP3/AAC it still needs to be uncompressed. This will clearly add some processing load to your laptop. It could also interfere with “key lock” features that also need to real-time re-encode audio. With MP3 and “heavy” key locking going on, you will soon notice audible changes. A plug-in like Serato’s Pitch-N-Time claims time-stretching to extremes without audible effects.
With today’s storage prices (even for the much preferred SSDs) now at such levels that maintaining a manageable collection (say up to 1500 tracks) even in WAV format need not be a problem. So I’d say your optimal choice would be to buy original tracks in WAV format and then use them in AIFF for maximum compatibility. Apple’s lossless format ALAC (comparable to FLAC) is NOT supported by either RekordBox or Traktor!
More on topic:
Both Traktor and RekordBox do support AIFF. As we are big fans of using iTunes for collection management, AIFF is pretty much the choice to make as it’s supported by iTunes of course, unlike FLAC (which is also not supported by RekordBox, although it is supported by Traktor). -
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