Emma Partnow

Hello Mike; A Very Warm Welcome to You 🙂

Prof. Deusc, post: 2659 wrote: Never sold a game in my life 😉 Even those i consider terrible 😉
And yes, they surely are, I played HL 2 mainly for that reason 😎

You are just like me; I have Never sold a Game either 🙂
Even Games where I can’t get off the First Level 😀

D-Jam, post: 2641 wrote: I don’t see sync as the ‘greatest evil of our lives’

My big problem with many DJs who constantly come down on sync and claim they beatmatch everything with vinyl is these guys tend to think beatmatching is everything. That somehow programming and creative blending isn’t as important as manually matching up bass kick drums with pitch controls.

I started off the manual way….because I had no choice. Sync didn’t really come into play until DVS. I will say though for the longest time practically all the mixes put on radio and even legal mix CDs were done in DAWs like ProTools. DJs or even producers who aren’t DJs would simply warp the tracks to blend together. I’ve even seen of many big compilations that were not produced by the DJ on the cover, but more or less the DJ picked out some of the tunes and studio engineers made the actual final product. The DJ’s name was merely for marketing.

Nowadays I find myself using sync more than I used to. I guess to me it’s a meaningless point. In every mix I used sync I did have to turn it off at some points and go manual, because the sync wasn’t working well for that track. I don’t see it as “selling out” or “cheating”, because I could easily pack a crate of old vinyl and go on 1200s with ease. I just like the convenience because I can make mixes solid in a very quick manner and even think about what else I could do.

Beatmatchng was a necessary, but my ProTools in the past example more or less told me if sync somehow existed back in 1988, many of the pioneers of the past would have probably used it.

I won’t knock a total newblood who can make solid and creative mixes on his computer using sync. I’ll knock him if he gets paid a lot to get in front of a crowd, and he can’t perform when sync fails him. It’s been stated in many articles on how DJs should know how to do it manually, but I honestly never judge a mix by anything more than how it sounds to my ears. Programming, energy levels, sound quality, and balance are what matter to me. I don’t care if the guy used sync or did it all manually.

I hate even more when headliners come on and don’t even blend anything. I’d rather see them sync than play like it’s a cheeseball compilation or the radio.

This is Brilliant and Honest Information my Friend; and has Helped Me Today Think More Openly :cool:;
And I would like to Apologise for my ‘On-Sided View’ earlier in this Thread;
You have Helped Me Remember the Days when I Did Use Pitch Control on my CDDJ’s; and those were Good Days;
The Skill Involved (in Such a Limited Time) to get the Tracks Perfectly Matched was Really Enjoyable 🙂
But; I seem to be saying the Opposite of what I was going to say :confused:;
I have Used the Sync Button in VDJ; Deckadance; and Traktor; but I do remember ‘Relying On This Button’; to such a Degree that if the Software Didn’t Sync the Tracks Perfectly I would just try a Different Track;
When I read ‘Danny Rampling’s DJ Book’ and he said ‘We Must Learn To Beatmatch; it ‘Frightened Me To Death’; but I didn’t actually realise that I was and had been Beatmatching anyway;
In Ableton the Only Warping I do is just to put One Warp Marker at the Beginning of the Track; and then if the Track starts to Drift Out; I just Make It Fit (and it is So Automatic I can’t even Remember How I Do It);
I am Amazed when you say that Big Names have been Known Not to Actually Mix the CD’s they Release under their Own Name; but Owning probably 70 of these it is Strange that some of these are Really Bad; and so those Must be the ones who are Actually Mixed by Studio Engineers;
Anyway; I have Confused Myself but wanted to say something 🙂

Benny Mackney, post: 2602 wrote: … Defraggler is free. The payment is for priority tech support. http://www.piriform.com/defraggler/download/standard

I have done a Defragment with ‘Defraggler’ now Benny; and it Worked; where Microsoft Could Not :);
So Thank You Once More :cool:;
I will have to Defragment my External Drive tomorrow 🙂

D-Jam, post: 2632 wrote: Red Faction is pretty cool.

My brother told me yesterday that some FPS game that was part of “Orange Box” is now available for free through Steam.

That would be ‘Half Life 2’ and also an Add-On for Half Life 2 – which were Both Incredible 😎

I am still Considering what to do with my Name;
I Feel that for DJ’ing I will Keep the ‘DJ’;
But Once I Begin Composing my Own Material; Maybe then I will just go with my Name;
Or even ‘Make up’ something Different; as I have heard that people use Different Names for Different Genres;

However; ‘Stereotypes’ …
Female DJ’s Must have Slept With The Promoter; or This Person; or That Person;
(I am Obviously a Female DJ too; so I am not Presuming Anybody has Done Anything);

Benny Mackney, post: 2600 wrote: I signed up with my junk mail account. Ah well, as long as you’ve got them. Just in case you haven’t figured it out, the stems are at 140 BPM. I’d also recommend listening to the original closely and listening for where each stem fits in.

Cool Thank You Benny :cool:;
What I will do then is throw the Original into Ableton; and then work on Each Stem until I have them in the Correct Place; and then Keep what I Like; and Disregard what I Don’t :);
That is how I Normally Work; and like you said; it Does take Quite Some Time; but if Felt to me from your Remix that you had Completely Rewritten it; which is what I would want to do; as I don’t like the Original 😀

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