Kaosstweaker
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Kaosstweaker
MemberBetter late than not at all and thanks for your feedback. I’m really glad you liked it. Will definitely be putting more up when time permits.
MemberI believe you can install it on up to 3 computers.
MemberLoving the new effects, EQ and auto-gain features in 2.6, but there does appear to be a lot higher and spikey CPU usage than in 2.1.3. This may just for PC users? Also sometimes (1 in like 10 tunes) when I press Cue to stop the track I’ve mixed out of, the playing track stutters very slightly. Which is a little annoying! Other than that it’s a great update and pretty stable!
MemberDJ-Quantum, post: 29588, member: 4076 wrote: Here is my situation, and probably will no doubt sound odd. I am very new to EDM, I recently fell in love with the music but I don’t know the artists, sub-genres, or even what I am listening to usually (Whether a song is trance, techno, house? etc). I don’t live anywhere that has a club scene for me to go and become acquainted with the different artists and music styles out there.
My outlets are one trance DJ who does a show on the small internet radio station I run, Sirius/XM and Zune.
So how do I familiarize myself from being fairly clueless to actually becoming somewhat savvy?
Hi DJ-Quantum
Try checking out http://www.beatport.com as they sell a lot of dance music and is catagorised into genres for you. they will also let you preview the track so you can get an understanding of the style sonically.
Hope that helps!
MemberHey Craftex,
Nice mini mix mate! Really enjoyed that! Nice song selection and smooth transitions, good job!
I haven’t done a new electro house mix yet but I have done some dubstep mixes, which you can check out here if you like?
http://www.mixcrate.com/kaosstweaker/2010-dubstep-mix-01-10-12-209442
and:
http://www.mixcrate.com/kaosstweaker/drumstep-mix-26-09-12-millitant-dubstep-207421Keep up the good work fella!
MemberThanks everyone glad to be here! Great site and forum!! 🙂
MemberMichael Sellers, post: 28775, member: 1281 wrote: I Thank you for your help so far. Sorry i didnt get back, but now im redoing all my music for my mixes. I hope have my next one out soon 😀 Thanks again Kaosstweaker!
Your welcome!
MemberTbh Beats headphones are overpriced junk. My HD25’s are all I need they sound great and are accurate. If you only use the bass to sync your music then it will probably fail. I rely on all the aspects of the music the bass drum snare and the hats, for a tighter mix.
i agree with digital kw3rty that a non coloured / flat sound is much better for monitoring.
MemberWelcome to the forum mate! I’m from Reading, England so not far away! If you need any help give me a shout and I’ll advise as best as I can.
Regards
MemberMichael Sellers, post: 28739, member: 1281 wrote: Hey I really thank you for the help. I never knew that. I need to really look into my Traktor more. But I will be asking you more questions…..so thanks for your insight. You will be hearing from me soon. And I will be getting a Denon dn-mc 3000 soon for my back system I bring to house parties and other small parties….how does it do for video? I know the big brother does awesome. I use it for sign lang. And other video presentations. So yeah I do alot.
To be honest I wouldn’t waste your money on getting the MC3000. It is a great controller but the MC6000 is all you need and is only slightly bigger than the baby brother MC3000 and offers the same functions plus better connectivity. When it comes to video, I am not very clued up on that. I have heard that virtual dj has a video function that both the MC6000 and MC3000 can utilise but I am no expert on that software so can’t be much help there.
MemberMichael Sellers, post: 28734, member: 1281 wrote: Hey kaosstweaker,
I Use a Denon DN-MC6000 w/ Traktor Pro 2 on a Toshibia Sat Laptop 4 gb of ram…blah blah blah..:). As for how i prepare it, i just do a the mix first and see how it sound when i do it on the fly and then i mix it live. But please tell me how i can Grid and prep, and again thx for for Constructive Criticism. 🙂
I have the baby brother a Denon MC3000 and I also use Traktor pro 2. What I do is prep every new track that I add to my collection by making sure the beat grids are accurate, then I lock the grids so they stay that way. The beat grid technology in tractor pro 2 adds a lot of flexibility and also ensures the music stays in sync. when I started to dig deeper into tractor I looked on you tube and came across Ean Golden. He is the guru of traktor so it seems! if you look for some of his guides it will give you the fundamentals, even if some of his videos are on the previous version of traktor. eg.. [media=youtube]pAW8X9RSt7A[/media]
Don’t rely on tracktor’s analysis of your tracks 100%. Usually it will get the tempo correct but it often puts the grid slightly off where it should be. With house music its usually pretty simple to fix. I look at the wave form an try to put the beat marker in a similar place on every different track. I put it just after what I call the attack of the beat. It’s a synthesizer term. If you look close up (use the zoom feature in traktor) you’ll see that before the bass drum is usually a high pitched area before the bass hit of the drum sound. That’s where I aline my grid points. Some people may do it different. It’s up to you at the end of the day, but that works for me.
I hope that helps you somewhat. If there is anything else I can help you with, please ask!
Regards
MemberHey Mr Soul Finger! I like the genre you mix. sounds nice. I would offer one tip which is to never have 2 bass lines playing at the same time, use your eq to swap the bass lines for a smoother transition. Most of your mixes were fine but i did notice on occasion a few clashes with your beat matching. May I ask what software / gear you use and whether you grid / prep your music before playing it?
To all that have posted keep up the good work, as that’s what were here for! support and constructive criticism!
Keep spinning!
MemberGlad you liked it! I like the idea of this thread as feedback seems to be really hard to get these days! I’ll post more on here as I do them.
Regards
MemberHeya, listened to your September mix, was pretty cool! impressed by how many tracks you got into 10 mins. I’ll give it a go my self at some point. Here’s a mix I did, its 2 hours long but you don’t have to listen to it all, see what you think. http://www.mixcrate.com/kaosstweaker/electro-house-mix-11-09-12-201282
Regards.
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