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NewportDJ Drew

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  • February 13, 2014 at 10:18 am in reply to: Im bored of being a cheese monkey #2003315
    NewportDJ Drew
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    I would rather DJ a night of cheese
    89 and have been for a long timethan a days work in my trade (as a painter and decorator). ANYTIME!
    I do my own thing by mixing what I want at home and put them online.
    I also think taking some time off might help you?

    February 13, 2014 at 10:13 am in reply to: What's the single most important thing you've learned as a DJ? #2003313
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    1. People don’t need to dance to have the best night.
    2. Make light of fluff ups.
    3. I am the ducks guts.

    🙂

    January 13, 2014 at 3:50 am in reply to: XLR Adapter Plug to 2 x Phono RCA Plugs #1025156
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    Unfortunately, the lead is still unbalanced and has the 3mt limitation. To get around this properly,  a DI box needs to be utilized. This then balances the signal and is the only solution if you want longer lead runs. Note this is an active DI b(needs external power), but you can get passive DI’s (just plug and play no ext power req) as well.

    Passive link &pic

    http://www.proavmax.com/Whirlwind-pcDI-Direct-Box-Passive-p/whir-pcdi.htm

    Passive DI

    Active Di link & pic

    http://www.arx.com.au/International/audibox-av-di.htm

    di box

    January 13, 2014 at 12:20 am in reply to: XLR Adapter Plug to 2 x Phono RCA Plugs #1025135
    NewportDJ Drew
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    It is possible to change balanced to unbalanced. you bridge pins 1&3 which become negative, pin 2 stays as positive. Please note that you limit your maximum cable length to 3 meters and they become prone to interference.

    January 12, 2014 at 11:47 pm in reply to: Good Speakers for House Parties #1025128
    NewportDJ Drew
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    For a ‘not to bad for the price’ speaker have a look at Skytec SPJ-1500A. On ebay here in Australia, new, they are $AU250(160 euro, $224 US, 150 eng pound). These are not top of the line by any means but are pretty damn fine entry level.

    January 12, 2014 at 10:45 pm in reply to: Good Speakers for House Parties #1025115
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    I would say a huge NO to those speakers.  You need to up your budget. Get powered speakers with prices starting at minimum $300 each for the mids and highs , and a powered sub starting at $500. Anything cheaper and you will be in for a world of disappointment. For this you will get at minimum 250w for the tops each and 800w for the sub. Note I haven’t used any brand names. This is deliberate as the prices I have mentioned really should get you a PA you will be happy with regardless of brand.

    January 12, 2014 at 10:25 pm in reply to: My Numark NS7 ii keeps randomly becoming unresponsive to anything I d #1025112
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    Maybe see if there is updated driver? If not , maybe an uninstall and reinstall of the driver you have. I would also suggest that the ns7 is disconnected when you do this.

    January 11, 2014 at 11:20 pm in reply to: My Numark NS7 ii keeps randomly becoming unresponsive to anything I d #1025002
    NewportDJ Drew
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    Sounds like your usb port is going to sleep. There are different ways to stop this. You can try from power options/*your power plan*/USB/allow suspend or device manager/USB(various USB lists)/power management/uncheck ‘allow computer to switch off to save power’.

     

    *your power plan  is the current power plan that is active and depending on pc can have various different names.

    January 6, 2014 at 12:40 pm in reply to: Coloured DJ Cables #1023992
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    Just use some coloured electrical tape. Wrap around the lead and voila.

    January 6, 2014 at 12:36 pm in reply to: Traktor S2 Mk2 keeps crashing #1023991
    NewportDJ Drew
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    You can access your previous versions of traktor(on pc). C-programfiles-nativeinstruments-tractor2-backup.

    Run an older version and see if it is, indeed the new update

    January 2, 2014 at 5:41 am in reply to: Party Rock vs Competition DJ #1023281
    NewportDJ Drew
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    Who cares about competition? Way to serious….. IT’S PARTY TIME!

    January 2, 2014 at 5:39 am in reply to: The Awkward Dinner Party #1023280
    NewportDJ Drew
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    I usually play easy going tracks ranging from 50’s to today to sus my crowd out., then around the halfway mark of dinner, throw on ‘sing along’ tracks to warm the crowd up. I cater to mainly over 35’s so my tried and true sing along tracks like livin next door to alice, brown eyed girl, sugar sugar, red red wine or if you need later stuff, lazy song, take me down easy etc. This  way more often than not creates the hip swaying/’I remember this track’ atmosphere Chuck mentions and sets the crowd up for wanting to get up n boogie. My crowds tend to be into rock and top40.

     

    December 30, 2013 at 5:33 am in reply to: Passive speaker and amp question #1022880
    NewportDJ Drew
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    Really, you do need  an active crossover and two amps,  one amp for subs and one amp for tops.

    Flow chart is mixer->crossover-> amps-> speakers.

    December 17, 2013 at 12:16 am in reply to: Need Help Understanding Traktor Levels #1019112
    NewportDJ Drew
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    The level/vu meters should guide you on where to set faders and knobs.. Levels start at the gain and finish at the master out. It would be nice if there was an industry standard on normalization volume of every single track and everything could be 0dB, , but there isn’t. So we as sound techs have to set gains/eq’s/faders and master volume so there is no clipping.

    December 17, 2013 at 12:07 am in reply to: Problem with input routing for mic on traktor s2 mk1 #1019098
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    Can only be done with an s4. The s2 mic cannot be routed to traktor as a live deck.

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