Charles Sue-Wah-Sing
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Charles Sue-Wah-Sing
ParticipantFor example… There’s an organization here (Canada) that apparently works out licensing agreements between broadcasters and performers with recording companies. Avla.ca. I see some DJs using it. But it’s like $350 a year for this.
ParticipantMIK edits the ID3 tags on the file. And it’s configurable within the preferences.
I know that about PN. So I create a folder on my desktop for the new file, delete the old one from my library, and import the PN file into iTunes. It’s a pain in the a@@. But I only do it on files I really need.
ParticipantI love MIK. I find it really useful in matching tracks. I’m not sure how it works with the iPad. But I could imagine it should integrate well with iTunes like it does on my MBP. I don’t understand it’s Energy score. It should have been out of 5 not 10. The difference between a 6 and a 7 can be so slim it means nothing.
January 9, 2013 at 2:11 pm in reply to: OT but not really : How do you guys/girls handle relationships as a DJ #34736Participant1) Don’t ever give up your passion for a woman.
2) Educate her on your love for music. But don’t burden her with it.
3) When you’re together… on a date…doing whatever… she’s needs to be your everything. If you can’t give her the same love and attention when you’re together like you do to your music, you’re not ready to be in a relationship.January 7, 2013 at 7:08 pm in reply to: In the mix, how much of a song is enough or too much? #34620ParticipantTerry_42, post: 34718, member: 1843 wrote: Sometimes I am daring and let nearly the whole song play :p
Now that’s crazy talk. 😉
ParticipantDo like a Guetta and jump up and down with your arms up while your levels are at zero.
ParticipantI only play music I like. But then I have a very broad taste and find good music in almost any genre. I can go from some nice old Frank Sinatra to a hardstyle banger in no time for my own listening pleasure (not that I would do that to any audience hehe).
I don’t think my musical tastes ‘change’ but ‘evolve’. So my musical preferences are very wide (acid jazz to world beats to grunge to house of course). I need variety to keep my creativity in my work and interest in house music alive. I’m a music hoarder in a way. But I’m very picky on what I keep. If it’s in my library it will stay. So if I know (based on my pref) a tune has got a 15 min lifespan I’m not buying it. The one thing I’ve gotten back into recently is buying vinyl. Not just house or dance. We have some real good vinyl shops here. I love the accessibility of iTunes and Beatport to here and buy music. But there’s nothing like going into a record store, talking to music lovers and throwing a track down and having it pump through the store’s PA system.
December 13, 2012 at 2:17 pm in reply to: If my FaceBook page is dead, am I doomed as an online DJ? #33590ParticipantI lost track of the direction of this dialogue. Homei, in this world of 7 billion peeps, there’s room for your idea. And many ways to do it purely online. It’s been proven. I’ve been doing it for nearly 20 years. If that doesn’t date me I remember buying “Can You Feel It” on vinyl in ’86. And I still love house and DJing too! Age is not a limit. Be clear of your goals and go for it.
Participantrjwhite41, post: 33686, member: 2565 wrote: Turntables, there’s no way to cheat. If you don’t have those just find a way to hide all the relevant information so you can’t see it. Oh, and practice, practice, practice. It gets easier with time.
I have a stack of vinyl I haven’t played in a long time. But no turntables. I’m considering buying a pair of used turntables to really get a feel for the art of beat matching.
Participantrjwhite41, post: 33679, member: 2565 wrote: I see what you’re saying. Sometimes the highs get too busy and sometimes the mids get too busy. You’ll have to take it on a track by track basis to remove one so it’s not muddled or to accentuate a part of one track you want to stand out. My advice is to make sure you lower the eq on one not raise it on the other, if that makes sense. My philosophy has always been that the best mixes require little to no eqing (basslines have a tendancy to get muddled when combined so I will use the lows frequently) and few, if any effects. This can be achieved through track selection. Anyone who has received a mix review from me can attest to that, but to each their own.
I’m not a big FX guy. So I layer that in very subtly if at all. And I don’t crank on my EQs. I try to bring them in slowly and minimally. That being said sometimes I can get too bassy or accentuate the highs. For the most part my levels are pretty even. I’m always checking my meters. As for track quality, I not concerned, because what I buy is pretty solid. It’s moving the EQ/Filters when and how I need to work on.
@Hee Thanks for listening to it. I think my phrasing is pretty good. I’m always counting on 8/16/32 and applying cue points or loops when I bring in and out tracks. But I’ll listen for what you’re talking about. Again thx.
Participantrjwhite41, post: 33654, member: 2565 wrote: The first mix is off as far as your gain staging and I can hear what you’re talking about with a few other mixes but I’m really not sure what to tell you about it since I don’t know the tracks at all and I can’t see what you’re doing. To answer your original question here, I barely touch the highs and mids at all. I’ll use the lows quite a bit and occasionally the others but that’s about it. I’ll only touch the highs or mids if I think synth lines are battling each other. Enjoyed the mix though, there’s some good tunes there.
I’m not happy with that first part either. I find currently I rely too much on my lows and filters to mix between tracks. And for some tracks it doesn’t work or sound right and I find it limiting. So I’m trying to work in other techniques by using the highs and mids. And I keep a close eye on my levels at all times. In the beginning I used Traktor’s autogain. I’ve stopped doing that and prefer to manually adjust when I see tracks bleed into the red. I agree that first part came out like poop. Not sure what happened there. It goes back to practice practice practice. Thanks for giving it a listen.
ParticipantMy day job, I design and test user interfaces for web, apps and software. So I’m very picky about how an application is designed. My first controller was the Herc RMX with VDJ. And that was my first exposure to DJ software. After reading many positive reviews I couldn’t believe how bad the software was. It was like a complete hack. If I have a controller why was I using a mouse or trackpad to operate the software? Made no sense. I gave my friend’s turntable setup with Serato a whirl. But I wasn’t happy with that either. I traded my gear and bought the S4. It took me no time to learn it. I found the UI to most user friendly. I love the visual display and the integration with iTunes. My main pet peeve with Traktor is working in its settings and prefs. What hell to find anything in there!!
December 12, 2012 at 1:43 am in reply to: DJ Mobile phone apps for fans, – good idea or waste of time? #33490ParticipantApps are tricky and are most often a miss than a hit.
ParticipantI tilt my screen far enough I can’t see it and look away. It looks stupid. But works.
December 11, 2012 at 4:17 pm in reply to: If my FaceBook page is dead, am I doomed as an online DJ? #33464ParticipantBut to bring things back to my original question a bit: I’m still trying to get my head around the inverse logic of social media. It really seems to reward garbage over substance and content. There’s some weird voodoo going on, even if you’re doing all the proper (and hard) work. Right now FB seems like ‘up’ is ‘down’ and ‘down’ is ‘up.’
WORD! The unfortunate reality is that most people live pretty mundane lives. And FB has become this place where people try not to be boring. That’s where social falls apart. So all you see is a stream of garbage where mundane people respond to mundane things. If you want How-To guides to social media and online marketing etc. Mashable.com has a lot of useful information. FB also has help guides for people who want to build pages and grow their audiences. YouTube also has interesting guides for the content partners. -
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