DJ GRE

Well… theres always bridges to get to another genre – you just have to look hard enough. But mixing directly is a different story, I would say anything with a fiddle is gonna be difficult! 😉

I am sound obsessive as far as getting the sound in the club right… I don’t care what kind of shitty system I have to work with – there is a way to make it work. I played a gig at a buddys house using a spare guitar amp he had – don’t get me wrong, there was some crazy EQ work that had to be done but it’s always manageable. I constantly check the sound at any venue – my biggest peeve with DJs are when they have a monitor by their ears blasting and think that sound is exactly what the dancers are hearing… It’s not! and the red does NOT mean turbo!!!!

Personally i would go with the S4 – it is an all in one unit but if you’re already using traktor the possibilities are just amazing…. I would love to get one and DJTT usually has some pretty good specials on the s4.

Case in Point, some cover songs can still be more emotional than the original:

http://youtu.be/H4rYaLBUpLA

This song, originally by dolly parton, I feel is way more emotional and powerful as covered by the white stripes. Or All along the watchtower by Jimi Hendrix as compared to Bob Dylans version. It really is all in how you play, you need to be able to empart emotion into what you are doing. I feel like Ean Golden really puts his heart into his controllerism routines.

ON topic I think that it’s just the perils of being a female in a male dominated industry, people (men and even women sometimes) are going to go back to those primitive descriptions (female, young, digital, classic, handicap – whatever!) when someone new and different is going to pop in and possibly be amazing at something that they have been working on for a long time. When Orianthi came out everyone always made that distinction that she was female rather than just that she was an amazing guitar player.

I don’t know why but for me I am always excited by girl djs…. whenever I find one I’m excited to hear what they spin and how they spin. I guess just being surrounded by male djs all the time I like to listen to the subtleties and differences that a female perspective can offer. So for me when I say it – “ah a female dj!” It’s more excitement than anything.

I would like to enter a Frank Zappa quote: “All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff.”

Benny Mackney, post: 2932 wrote: It probably could do away with jogs+mixer, actually. As I said http://digitaldjtips.com/forum/threads/do-you-use-a-pad-controller.364/#post-2403]earlier in this thread[/URL], the XY pad and some cleverly configured pads can be used to emulate a set of faders. That’d be an easy enough mixer. All you need then is some pitchbend buttons and you’re set!

I know it would be less than optimal, but now that I’m on holidays (last day of semester was today) I have a bit of time to work on stupid stuff like this, so I’ll see what I can do with my pads. If not just for laughs, then to demonstrate the versatility of Traktor mappings and pad controllers.

Actually yes, the beauty of midi is that you can program it however you would like – the DJ TT staff and even a lot of the forum members there are like master gurus of midi mapping. Ean Golden was using two regular midifighters for a while as his regular gig setup. I use a launchpad and have programmed it to have control over the crossfader and control the volume faders on all four decks – so if you’re on a budget, programming a midi controller can really be a great option.

Yeah just a heads up Led Zeppelin are like the beatles in terms of licensing their music and it will be a big deal when they will be available for streaming – I think it’s the same with Metallica. I do like Rdio though better than Rhapsody but Rhapsody is a pretty decent service. The DI radio app is great for EDM.