bob6397

There should be no VOLUME difference on the dance floor between a corrctly gained WAV and a correctly gained MP3 file. SO I reckon that your friend who was playing WAV’s simply had his autogain set a little high. Or he had his master higher. And, as louder sounds nearly always sound better to our ears than quieter ones, whether they are actully better or not, this may have tricked your ears a bit..

Try this – let us know how many you get right. http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2015/06/02/411473508/how-well-can-you-hear-audio-quality

As a sound engineer and DJ – I would say that I would struggle hear the difference between someone using 320kbps MP3’s and WAVs unless actually in a recording studio. And it is impossible (unless you are superhuman) to hear the difference in a club environment. PA speakers will never have the quality required to compete with even half-decent studio monitors when comparing this stuff. They are, after all, designed to do a completely different task.

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This I suspect is mainly to stop people from making copies and selling them on eBay… It is slightly unfair for anyone who doesn’t though (That would be 99% of people in the UK).

And, of course, as DJ’s, we are still meant to purchase a ProDUB license when converting from CD or Vinyl or Tape (not sure why you would convert from tape though unless you had no choice but..). I have never heard of someone being prosecuted for the lack of a ProDUB license though – as long as the songs were bought legally then you are probably alright. Of course, the only way to be completely sure is to only play downloaded tracks – which is what I do. It works for me, but then I don’t tend to play sub-genres with music you can’t get hold of anymore.

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Generally, it is difficult (though not impossible) to map non-native instruments controllers to traktor unless they were supported natively.

It is possible, but you won’t get full support of all the traktor features (as the mixtrack simply won’t have the correct buttons) and the jogs will probably not respond as well as they do with Serato..

Short Version: You can use it – but good luck making it work perfectly..

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Even though you can’t see it, will it let you uninstall it??

If it will, first check if the C://Program Files (x86)/iTunes folder still exists. If it does, is there an iTunes shortuct in there? It my be that only the shortcut has been deleted. If it isn’t there, find your iTunes library files (Usually in your Music folder for your User unless you moved it yourself) and rename the library file (iTunes Music library.xml or iTunes Library.xml) as something else so that it isn’t overwritten when you re-install it.

Then, uninstall iTunes (if it will let you), then run C-Cleaner (https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download), and run the registry cleaner. This will get rid of any remains in the registry of iTunes. Then re-start and run it again.

(Running the normal cleaner won’t help the iTunes but it will make your PC go faster – just check all the tick boxes are ticked to your preferences. the default settings aren’t great..)

Then re-install iTunes, run it, and then replace the new “iTunes Library.xml” (or “iTunes Music Library”) with your old ones, with the same file name as they had before. Then, hold shift whilst launching iTunes. Select “Choose Library” – pick “iTunes Music Library” if have that file, “iTunes library” if you don’t. (This is as Apple changed their system a couple of years ago).

That should have fixed it..

bob6397

I think Vintage means any IOS compatible controller – Pioneer make a couple, as do Numark.. Stick with big brands.. I would then hook it up to an iPad (or iPod at a push but the screen may be a little small..)

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Which country are you in – this matters as the US charts tend to be around 3 months ahead of the UK charts??

What I do when I DJ discos is play a mix of the really popular (so no less than #4 in the charts) pop – anything they will know the words to works – so a bit of Ed Sheeran works – as well as some older stuff – many of them at that age will still be listening to their parents music – so some classics – big Queen hits, Disco classics – Macarena, Cha Cha Slide, Hokey Cokey etc.

Be prepared – and I would tell them that they can ask for tracks – this is the best way of knowing what they actually want!!

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Here’s mine for the week – not especially new as such – but I found it last week and love it.. such a different vibe to the original..

Track: Get Lucky/Doin’ It Right
Artist: +2dB / Daft Punk

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Here’s mine for this week (Sorry I missed last week – I had not internet for a few days as I wasn’t at home – too busy Djing 😉 )

Track: Get Stupid
Artist: Aston Merrigold

My only issue is sourcing it.. I have been trying to find a source for it (Legal) for the last few weeks and – for the first time ever – have drawn a blank… It was due to be released over in the US last week but after the Pre-order date passed in their iTunes store is vanished.. Does anyone know if it has been pulled??

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