Paul Tibbetts

Yes, I think there has been an increase, like D-Jam said more entrants at entry level will eventually filter out to more ‘pros’ sticking it out at the top end.

I also think that it’s because the term DJ can be used so loosely that it gets thrown around alot.

At the bar I worked a guy turned up each week and failed to mix the same pop tunes week in week out, he was called the DJ.
At the same time I’d go home and mess around with my S2 making mixes for my friends, I’m a bedroom DJ.
I was introduced to my sister’s boyfriend whose older brother held a residency in a club (a DJ) and so he got to play with his older brother’s set up, he called himself a DJ.

I’m ok with it, but I think many don’t like calling themselves an ‘amateur’ DJ since it implies they’re not very good, hence everyone’s a “DJ”.

Firstly, I agree with Steelo’s post (as I find myself doing alot reading these forums!)

Secondly, as someone who started digital djing using Traktor 2.0 I can fully understand that there seems to be a big fuss over beatgridding.

As Steelo’s already said, Traktor 2.5 updated and upgraded the beat-gridding process, which as someone who used it in 2.0 I will definitely agree with.

Quite alot of the time Traktor 2.0 would slightly mis-align the grids and I’d find myself browsing youtube to find how to edit the grids, hence the need for tutorials. As of 2.5 I don’t think I’ve needed to do it once though, as most of my problems were with tracks that changed tempo, which is something 2.5 set out to fix.

I also personally think that uploading a ‘how to beat grid in traktor’ video was something that was simple to explain and was used to attract readers to that particular site or blog to increase readership, it’s also a necessary step to explain in any ‘how to dj’ series instead of skipping over and not teaching people how to do it since they’ll go to another course to find the answer.

Given you all a follow so far, will check back for others;

http://soundcloud.com/ptibbetts

My first two mixes are electro when I had a numark iCDmix 2, 3rd one is dubstep using my S2 + TP2, but I’m into all sorts.

Also, what about a soundcloud group for DDJT Readers? This could also work on Mixcloud. I’ve asked Phil about this before and there are no official plans for it, so if we wanted we could create an ‘unofficial’ one for the readers. But we must mention the group is not affiliated with the site and can’t use the DDJT logo.

Any thoughts?

DJ Yaka, post: 23617, member: 2639 wrote:
Instead of liking Facebook pages…. I was thinking of following each other on Soundcloud.
So I will get it started by posting my Soundclound link. My mixes mainly consist of progressive house/electro house/club and commercial remixes:-
http://soundcloud.com/dj-ky-3

Sidenote, you’re currently listed as living in workington, I’ve just lived in Carlisle for the past 3 years for uni aha, small world
(moved back down to Birmingham with my parents now though)

These fit together great!
I’m afraid I can’t offer any constructive criticism because I like it so much.

I think you might have pushed me into buying MIK mashup, I’ve been 50/50 til now and I think you’ve just pushed me over the edge.

Is it easy to pick up? The quality of this track seems too good for a first attempt on software so.. affordable (don’t want to call it cheap, that’d imply it’s not good)

Good work 🙂

Don’t get me wrong, soundcloud’s still good, especially if you’re using tracks you’ve found on the site, and I wouldn’t leave it altogether if you’ve got a fair few friends on it, I’m just following Phil’s advice 😉 (plus I don’t have many soundcloud friends aha)

I’m sure all the niggles will be worked out by a second mix 🙂

As for my stuff, you’ve encouraged me to stop being so scared and give it it’s own thread 😛

http://digitaldjtips.com/forum/threads/dubstep-over-30-minutes-of-warrior-dancing-feedback.4474/

I hope not.

It’s the one thing I can dance to 🙁

reason808, post: 22483, member: 831 wrote:

This could be a separate thread, but: do you guys know if there’s any way to batch select and delete low bit-rate mp3’s in the OSX finder? I can’t find a utility or workflow to do this. I incorrectly burned my classic soul CD’s at 128kbps, and they’re floating all over my hard drive. I could make a smartlist in iTunes, but “Show in Finder” will only work on a single file (as far as I know). I tried using OSX smart folders & custom search criteria but the bitrate option doesn’t have any filtering capacities. It’ll show everything or nothing. Augh!

Hey reason, you might have already thought of this but this is how I’d do it:

iTunes > Preferences > Advanced , I’d let iTunes keep my iTunes media folder organized (I already do)
Make my smart playlist, Bitrate > is less than > 130 kb/s ?
Double check the playlist, I found lots of old hip hop that I didn’t want to delete.
Then delete either using iTunes or in the finder. Unfortunately iTunes makes this step even more difficult since you can’t delete straight from the playlist, so I would select all songs to delete (or maybe even select all and then deselect the ones I want to keep) change the album name to something I definitely wouldn’t otherwise have, [Justin Bieber’s Greatest Hits 😉 ], search for that in the main music playlist in iTunes and delete from there (remembering to delete from harddrive).

This is of course if you let iTunes organize your music folder.