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MemberFrosh, post: 22900, member: 1351 wrote: That’s interesting mapping though. I guess you would just map the “0” state of Traktor’s filter to the “0” state of the high pass. Or if you’re interested in the low pass, you could map the “100” state of Traktor’s filter to the “100” state of the low pass. I’m not sure if those are the right mapping terms but the principle should be correct.
Yeah that’s what I thought, but I’ll just keep it as is, all it means is you get only half the knob for a high pass as opposed to the full knob. (Like on the pioneers)
MemberFrosh, post: 22896, member: 1351 wrote: I’m not familiar with pioneer, but are you trying to make Traktor’s dual low/high cut filter into a high pass? I’m assuming by pioneer’s neutral position being fully left that it’s only a high pass filter and not a dual like Traktor’s.
Yes, must be. I’ve actually changed my mind, because low passes are hella useful, never realised how much I used them.
MemberLukynumba7, post: 22865, member: 1744 wrote: actually you can hold shift and use the gains as a filter or you can swap the gains for a filter and use shift for gains.
Paul Tibbetts, post: 22852, member: 2488 wrote: FatCat, if you go into the settings you can swap the gain control to filter.
Can’t remember which sub-heading it’s under, but it’s definitely there, if you can’t find it google it.
True, but the clickyness of the gain knob annoys the hell out of me when using the filter for some reason/
MemberI like my S2. My only gripe is that there is no dedicated filter knob.
MemberSteelo, post: 21503, member: 1368 wrote: You have to bust out the limbo! I remember doing it at my early school dances and thinking it was awesome. I’ve been a guide for a various pub crawls and we still do it!
A danceoff of some sort would also work I think.
Your idea with Crank Dat sounds good. Could do Thriller or something also.Is there background music for limbo?
MemberFidget House. I just love the bass/melody combo on some of those things.
MemberI believe that you should try to mix as much as possible even if it’s just a cut in at the right time. If your songs are within 2 bpm of each other you could, in most cases, blend them (this obviously depends on the individual songs keys etc) I don’t think you have an excuse not to, and if you’re playing a genre like Tech House or Minimal then you REALLY have no excuse because they’re all very similar. When playing tech house I often find myself creating mashups on the fly, simply because the songs compliment each other so nicely.
When playing things harder to mix I can see why you can’t mix them together without it sounding like trash, but you have to make a plan. Find a good place to drop it in or cut to it. Tweak your EQ to get only the vocals coming in… there are many alternatives for song transition than straight out blending.
Be that as it may, song choice is still way more important, but I still think that DJ’s should mix as much as possible, otherwise why have us, because your crowd could always just hook up their iPod and just play one after the other. Mixing/Transitioning is part of the DJ experience, and it should be part of the service we provide.
Membershr3dder, post: 20635, member: 1473 wrote: I know where this is going…..
Every DJ should know how to beat match.
If they use sync when playing out whatever, as long as they know how to beat match if everything goes belly up, it’ s not a hard thing to learn, don’t be lazy, practice.
Agreed. It was the 1st thing I taught myself.
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