shr3dder

Just out of curiousity is there any big names DJs using Virtual DJ?

I used VDJ when I was younger and first stuffing around with digital (it was in the days of turntables, which I had, so the whole thing seemed gimmicky)

Now I can’t see why anyone would use anything other then Traktor or Serato, VDJ just seems well. Gimmicky still.

Well the ability to map it to a few knobs, meaning you could turn 3 or 4 at once, something which is generally pretty hard with 2 hands.

I’ve played a lot of Top 40 gigs in the past and I’ve generally never really had to warmup much at all, so long as there is people in the venue. I used to play after a band, so generally the trick was to get as many people back up dancing as the band tended to clear the floor. So I would generally start with a song that had an incredibly easy to identify start, which sometimes meant dropping a radio edit to avoid the banging intro, then usually girls would flock to the dancefloor, men following then usually I’d have a full floor right till the end.

Top 40 and warmup don’t go well together imo.

Oh and another tip, try avoid too many top 40 remixes, I’ve noticed they just piss people off, or you’ll just get requests to play the “proper version”

frank morales, post: 15592, member: 1555 wrote: i think its important to beat match then go to scratching then go into more advanced stuff

I guess you could call beatmatching a suprising skill these days.

or just try a new USB port?

Depends on how I feel, how things are going.. the crowd, vibe etc.. Planning sets is a ridiculous concept, especially if your playing out.

Pulling out that rare/old track you forgot you had at the perfect time is a great feeling