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I skimmed the comments briefly, and wanted to say a couple of things:

1) Copyright violation is copyright violation. Theft is theft. The two are fundamentally different: Copyright violation doesn’t impede the owner’s possesion of the item in question.

2) The music “industry” dying is actually a good thing. It means we can go back to the situation where artists produce stuff because they’re moved to – I’m expecting a return to the situation where some people patronise the arts (in the sense of being a patron) by directly supporting particular artists.

I try and do this now, by buying tunes that I may never play in a DJ set in order to show support for the artist in question.

3) Are they legal is an interesting question. Those sites are currently legal under Russian law (AFAIK). That’s actually the end of that discussion. Would I feel right using them? Not if I could get the tunes in question in some other, legal, way that supports the artist (as in “show me the money” kind of support) more.

I do have some tunes I could find no-where else that I’ve purchased through those sites in the past. These days, being a little more confident of my place in the world, I’d be likely to approach the artist directly to see if there’s somewhere to get stuff that I’m not finding.

Here’s a little story: I was looking for a digital copy of an old Farace tune (had bought a corrupted version from a legit site, found it was corrupted, and been given a refund).

I approached Farace directly. He couldn’t help me with a digital copy (although I did eventually find a “properly” legit site to get this tune from) – but sent me Vinyl of the 1st 5 releases on the label in question for the price of the postage.

That’s amazing, and I’ve bought many of his tunes since – not just because he’s a great guy, but because he makes great tunes. Less drumstep, please, Paul …

*edit: for typo*

+1 on get someone to make one up for you. I had a builder mate do this:

http://www.digitaldjtips.com/forum/threads/post-a-pic-of-your-set-up.90/page-2

(The post at the very top of that page). It does everything I could ever want – although if I was doing it again, I’d probably offset the laptop stand.

Check that you’ve packed the backup CD’s before you leave for the gig 😛

Will Marshall, post: 3513 wrote: Yo Kelvin,

1) Redbook looks like the best bet. I get high-quality audio and it’ll work everywhere.

2) Traktor will let me export my playlists, which I can dump into a spreadsheet and burn using CD-Text from iTunes. Then I can print out the spreadsheet and make little paper labels to stick inside the CD wallet. A little fiddly, but should be manageable.

I’d probably sort by BPM, but I’m a little off Mixed in Key and can’t be bothered keying by ear.

Paper labels do get fiddly (I had to do this every now and then, when I was short of time to print to the disc directly), but can work.

I’d definitely recommend 2 copies of each disc, though. Nothing worse than “I’d like to play this one next, but it’s on the disc already in the player).

Phil Morse, post: 3372 wrote: Many people beatgrid their tunes (I don’t) and add cuepoints and loops (I do this but tend to do it live rather than before), plus add comments jn the comment field. I always run my tunes through Mixed in Key too.

This is almost my exact process (i.e. almost none). Do you think that’s from having started in a place/time when you literally had no choice but to add “cues” live?

The other thing I try and make sure I do is load up the week’s new purchases on the iPod / Phone, so I can get a good listen to them prior to playing in a set.

My current favourite DJ is me. Seriously, I can always count on that guy to play the tunes I love, in a way I appreciate, and when I want him to.

Favourite producer is a little (read: LOT) harder. I’m always excited to hear a new Colombo or Kultur tune (would prefer that or to be an and, but stuff happens), Refracture, Great Scott, Hedflux, LuQas, Si Begg … heck, there’s a literal tonne of people whose stuff I make a beeline for when a new release comes.

Favourite producers who I wish would make moar tunes: Angel Farringdon, Chimera, Bil Bless / SOTEG, Lawgiverz, Future Funk Squad …

Paul, post: 2144 wrote: Hey thanks guys. I’m looking at this PA mixer(not really sure if I’m correct), it’s pretty much a budget mixer IMHO. It’s an Allen-Heath Zed-10FX.

http://www.allen-heath.com/uk/Products/Pages/ProductDetails.aspx?CatId=ZEDSeries&ProductId=ZED10FX

As most of us know about the Mixtrack Pro(this is my current controller), it has two RCA outputs at the front of the controller. I’m not sure if I found the specs of the Zed-10FX to be correct, but I figure that it has “2 stereo sources with MP3 player compatibility” I just am not sure if this is the one that I should be looking for to connect my Mixtrack Pro into.

Then from there, I should connect this to the amps or to the speakers via the “XLR main stereo outputs with inserts” or “Stereo monitor outs”? Am I correct with this one?

That’s probably way more mixer than you need, bro – but yes, it should work exactly the way you expect. I checked the manual, the stereo channels on it have both RCA and Jack inputs.

dagstar84, post: 2122 wrote: an electro house night and some drunk russian guy wants me to play something “funnier”… I just told him to write something down as I had to care about the next mix. wanna know what he wrote down? … AC DC! XD

I’m slowly teaching people not to request AC/DC – because they get this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqa-HYihaZo