Michael Lawrence

+1 for the S2. Seems like the perfect controller for what you want to do and price range. I have it as well and love it. Plus traktor can be integrated with ableton as well so its even more appealing!

I have the first maschien mikro and I love it. Well first off I always think of what kind of genre I want the song to be in (or close too). Then I think of the energy, bpm, mood of the song I want to do. Really helpful to keep you focused and stay on track

1) I usually start with drums and just play around with different patterns till I come up with a couple patterns I like. I find that the drums are the back bone of the track so I like to start there cause It gives a solid foundation to work off of. Sometimes a nice drum pattern or melody will come up in my head or I kind of hear a soudn that might go nice. At this stage theres alot of
experimenting going on.
2) My favourite kits are in Drop squad. More my style and i find the sounds are more extreme and eerie.
3) I have really started to like Razor. It sounds so pure and warm. Usually make my meolodies/basslines with it. Pretty simple to use but packs alot of power.

Any software that takes midi learn. I had one used it and ended up getting an f1 instead. When I had one I used it in traktor. U can probably find mappings for it online so you won’t have to start mapping controls from scratch

NietzSKY, post: 35373, member: 4553 wrote: Yes, and it is horrible. I just landed a new job and everyday I work I’m just sitting there thinking ”Damn, this is such a waste of my time…….I still have to finish the bassline on song x, get about 20 more songs in genre y, etc. It’s not a desk job so I can’t integrate dj work with normal work……. it’s to the point where I’d rather make just enough for rent/util w/ craigslist odd jobs and work on djing all day.

“it’s to the point where I’d rather make just enough for rent/util w/ craigslist odd jobs and work on djing all day”

lmfaooo I think like that everyday. As long as I can pay my rent and eat thats all I need. I have a desk job which in hindsight is a pretty good job but im always looking for reasons to push me over the edge so I can find a part time job lol. Then reality slaps me in the face.

Agreed with the S2. I have one as well. I upgraded from the first Vextax Spin last year and havent turned back. Perfect with Traktor, compact but lots of power and flexibility. Built in sound card and theres tons of resources out there for the unit and software.

J-Zed, post: 35240, member: 1486 wrote: Nice, another Torontonian. I was wondering who the guy who liked my page was yesterday. This topic is great.

ohhh sick, I didnt even realize you were from toronto, you were the first page I liked lol. What part of toronto are you from?

I really liked it man. Nice balance of tracks I know and alot I never heard but still like. Maybe I’m bias cause I i really like all those genres lol but I thought it was well put together. If I had to give one critique I would save to toss in a couple other tracks with lower energy just for some nice tension and release dynamics.

I have the maschine mikro. For sampling you can go about it alot of different ways.
I have my sound card set up so I can sample any ting from my computer so I take record bits of songs I like and arrange them into banks in maschine.

For example
Maybe group 1) is vocals
group 2) are my kicks/snares and
group 3) recognizable parts of the song

Then you can literally cut it up even more and slice parts into smaller sections/isolate parts you want to keep/break the song apart basically into usually snippets. Pretty much decide what kind of song you want to make and start from there otherwise you’ll be starring at your screen all day.

Or like Terry said you can load the song into maschine and cut it into samples like there. I like maschine cause there’s a lot of different ways to do the same thing. Just find what works best for you. I also have my maschine mikro mapped to traktor for extra controls so it’s a pretty versatile piece of gear.

Alternatively you can get the f1 (I have as well) if you’re more into live remixes. You can capture loops live form the playing tracks and change it up on the sport. It works within traktor already so there’s no new software you need to learn. More so just deciding on the different ways you want to use it.

I would check out this video below from dj endo on his tutorial on using the F1. Pretty simple piece of gear but you can do alot with it.
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