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DJVendetta, post: 8531 wrote: I’m scared of getting a gig for some reason. I guess I’m so self conscious and scared of trainwrecking that I’m not making the extra effort to find a gig

You should make that extra effort. Take it slow…doesn’t have to be a big gig in a club or anything like that. Have some friends over, mix for them, hear their opinions.

Do a live broadcast (Mixlr or Icecast) if you can and invite everyone in your Facebook list. Or at least a broadcast of a recorded mix of yours. Out of 100 people, maybe 1 or 2 will be interested but still…it’s a start. If you do that, send me a link or a message and I’ll be happy to listen to your stuff.

Check your school’s clubs – there’s bound to be a music club (maybe even an electronic music one). One of the universities in my city has such a club and they organize an event/workshop every Monday night. DJs of all levels come and mix for a really small audience composed mainly of other DJs. Then you get pointers and kudos from the others. Maybe your city has something similar.

You should read the articles on the blog that say how much the audience is willing to forgive and forget from a DJ in terms of mixing if the music is good.

And don’t worry, you wouldn’t be normal if you weren’t afraid of performing in public. Pretty much everyone here is – from hundreds/thousands of beginner DJs to the most experienced ones that have made a living out of it.

But yeah…do get out there with your mixing (as slow as you have to). You get to know new people (some of which become nice contacts, even if it’s just for a guestlist or stuff like that), you get exposed to new music (that might or might not interest you, doesn’t matter, it’s still educative). But most importantly, it’s the fastest and most complete way of learning how to DJ technically AND socially. And you also discover new things about yourself – new strengths and weaknesses (it’s always better to know them than not).

Cheers mate! Go make us proud!

Chris Jennings, post: 8516 wrote: Not sure then. It lets me pick my mixer as the audio source.

When I select my master channel (Audio 2 DJ Ch. A 1&2), Mixlr says “Warning: Silent input detected”. So it considers that no sound is going through that channel.

Am I going at it in the wrong way in terms of inputs vs. outputs?

Can anyone advise on how I can use Mixlr with the following setup:

Numark Mixtrack (not Pro)
NI Audio 2 DJ (2 stereo outputs, no input)
Laptop (1 stereo output, 1 mic input)
(optional) SoundBlaster X-Fi external USB soundcard (1 stereo output, 1 line-in)

I tried using the master output channels set in Traktor as my input for Mixlr but it doesn’t detect any sound. Do I really need a physical connection going into the laptop to be able to use it? Like a wire from my master output to a mic or line-in port in the laptop (or in the Soundblaster card)?

I’m open to any ideas. Thanks!

No problem. Let us know how it works out. Happy mixing! 🙂

mr stifffy, post: 8478 wrote: Like the numark omni control :eek:???

I guess so. I didn’t know that the Omni Control had that until now that I’ve checked out. Why? Was there something bad about it?

Bring the kill buttons back! Maybe integrate them in the EQ knobs – have the rotary function AND push the knob = kills that frequency.

I don’t think you’ll have problems. But if you have a way of testing the setup before you buy the package, then you should do that.

That’s a pretty cool representation of the situation. I can’t imagine artists that get to be on Spotify relying too much on that income though.