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November 10, 2011 at 3:59 pm in reply to: How much time do you spend each week looking for new tracks? #9635
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ParticipantI’d look around every few days, but I’ve been lazy the last two weeks since other aspects of my life has been busy.
Participantindamix, post: 9605 wrote: The Best Way i know in this matter is to Record ur Video and Audio in The Same time but separately .
Record the audio with some software like AUDACITY and the visual with ur camera of-course , Then take ur footage and audio Thn sync them in a Video editing software
Its Not that complicated but if you need more specific help Just ask for it 😉I agree. I’m still working on making videos the way Phil does, but I want to record the audio separately so things sound great.
ParticipantYou should already ask. Just bear in mind two things:
1) Is the promoter making any money on this event? Many gigs I’ve done for free simply because I wanted to play what I see as the “cool” music. In the end, I’d see the promoter take losses, which is why it never bothered me. I’ve been more adamant on getting paid when I have to play music I’m not into or I know the promoter will make money.
2) Can the promoter, manager, or owner easily replace you with a kid who will play for free? It’s been the biggest complaint of many experienced DJs. The kid on a pirated software with pirated music who will play for nothing (or next to it). Even in many cases the undercutter DJ isn’t on illegal software or music. In the end, a professional DJ would just walk away from cheapos who take advantage of hungry DJs, but if you need the exposure that spot gives, then you might just have to suck it up and look for other “rewards” out of the freebie, like self-promotion and branding.
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ParticipantFrom what I get out of the email I received, it’s really an improvement for vinyl timecode users. Probably trying the make a dent in Scratch Live.
For manynof us Midi users, it’s really meaningless.
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ParticipantI put my own response. I’m glad there are sites like this to be the “DJ buddy” for many beginners who don’t have one.
I also think if you live in the past, you’ll die there. One day I will wake up in my life and see clubs/bars not support vinyl and instead favor guys who bring in easy tight midi setups.
ParticipantHere’s the article where he described it and gave it. You have copy and paste his code into a text file and then save it as a .bat file.
http://www.djtechtools.com/2011/08/14/optimizing-windows-for-djing-part-i-power-script/
I use it…it works.
November 2, 2011 at 4:58 pm in reply to: The 'Sync' button – ADE Conference 2011 Discussion. #1002041Participanteros, post: 9276 wrote: @D-Jam How did the 15 min sets go the other night ? What did you end up doing ?
It was ok. My buddy tied together three setups. One was two 1200s, two American DJ CD players, and a Vestax Mixstick. Our guest DJs set up Scratch Live on it. His second setup was two 1200s, two American DJ CD players, and a 10″ Numark mixer…which he set up Torq on. The third was another laptop running Torq with an Xponent.
You can see why you can’t sync in this. His whole idea was a lot of quick mixing and tag team DJing, so you were mixing off one another, thus sync is useless. I’m actually going to get a photo he took of the setup and use it when I write a blog on the sync issue, and point this out as to why a DJ should be able to manually beatmatch as well as effectively use sync.
You can hear the sets on http://www.themovement.fm I’ll be honest while I love seeing the “gang” and sharing some laughs, I just think most modern EDM isn’t built to be quick-mixed like people did in the 90s. I don’t care how ADHD the crowd is because more and more I see producers literally arranging their music so you can’t get out of it quickly, yet then I see DJs re-edit everything so you can.
I never was a quick-mixer except for a short period in the 90s when I used a 4-track recorder to make edit mixes. Now I like letting things play out and flow. I didn’t even bring any modern music since the tech house, deep house, and trance I like to play isn’t built to be quick-mixed. I honestly thought the whole day sounds discombobulated, but that’s my opinion. I got through that day, but it’s not how I like DJing, and I’ll decline when guys like my buddy invite me to play 15-30 min sets at some party that’s overbooked with DJs.
November 1, 2011 at 6:31 pm in reply to: The 'Sync' button – ADE Conference 2011 Discussion. #1002033ParticipantGRE, everyone is entitled to their own opinions…although the hard reality for that guy is if the girl DJ is landing gigs, people love her, and promoters like her, then it doesn’t matter how “talented” that other guy is. He can moan that she gets gigs because she’s a girl or she plays pop tunes or whatever, but the “win” in this game is getting the gig. Those old thinkers need to remember and realize that. If a prettyboy who can win hearts/minds of young girls can pack a club, then sync or not, midi or vinyl, he’ll get booked and thus “win the game” compared to the guy who doesn’t touch laptops and has been honing his craft for decades in his bedroom.
I will say in defense of manual beatmatching,that gathering I went too (the one where I was complaining about 15 min sets), it was three setups tied together. Two vinyl setups (one Torq, one Serato) and then the Xponent on another channel.
There was no way you could sync in this…period. You can’t have them all tied together and sequenced, so if you couldn’t manually beatmatch, you’re screwed.
This is one reason why I think every DJ should know how to do it manually…even if you are using sync all the time. I use sync nowadays when I make mixes to upload…simply because it makes it easier on me…but I’m thankful I learned the old ways just for occasions like the other day.
ParticipantSMITTTEN made a nice batch file that you can run on a Windows computer. It will better optimize the OS for DJing and shut off a lot of the unnecessary things.
ParticipantI’m up in the air on them all. I think they’re all a bit pricey.
ParticipantNAMM 2012 is around the corner.
ParticipantI use the Xponent. Sound card is fine in my book. Torq is my weapon of choice.
If Traktor is what you’re leaning on then go with the Mixage…if you like Torq then look around for a brand new Xponent on eBay. You’ll find a good deal and then you can get the 2.0 update free.
ParticipantI’d rather keep it in chatter. The most I’d do is a “beginners start here!” section of links to some of the articles on the blog that we all think are “musts” to help beginners get past the usual questions.
ParticipantI like the idea. You’re using yours as marketing materials and not just networking materials.
You ever thought of putting a QR code on the stickers?
Participantsoftcore, post: 9057 wrote: @jezalenko
D-Jam is probably more knowledgeable in these things, but personally I’d fade-to-black the background lowest half of your card in order to make the text stand out even more (and then obviously raise the background so that the turntable is visible in the upper half). Mind you, I ‘m in the same school of thought with D-Jam here as in personally I believe business cards should look “business”, be simple, elegant and straight to the point – keep the wild colors for “flyers” 😉I agree…the outlining helped…but I’d probably do a little more to make it stand out.
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