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It was only a Numark DJ2GO, but it took no setting up and I was mixing in no time. Incredibly fun.

Eventually I added an Akai LPD8 and DJ|io to that setup, then eventually upgraded to the Stanton SCS.1.

Now ask me about the first day with that controller…

From what I’ve read this only occurs in direct sunlight, but I haven’t used mine outdoors yet, so I can’t tell you for sure.

Max, post: 35466, member: 3982 wrote: But doesn’t Djay give you the key when you analyze your tracks with it? I know it does on the mac version.

The iOS version doesn’t – at least not yet.

Mixed in Key is very much worth the money.

Yes, you just need a pair of XLR cables.

Your controller has XLR outputs. You don’t need an amp or powered mixer because they are active speakers (built-in amp).

I’ve actually had this conversation with some friends of mine.

They say “I went to see David Guetta and he was mixing live right there in front of the audience.”

I say “He’s actually just pressing play and waving his hands in the air. His tracks are pre-recorded. What’s he going to do? It’s not like he’s a turntablist who’s going to mix two records together and make music. He may be cueing effects or playing samples over top of his music, but when it comes down to it he’s still just hitting play.”

I think a lot of the general public doesn’t understand that what they see from “DJs” (I put that in quotations because I prefer to call them EDM producers) live is just an illusion that something is happening. I know there are some out there who have been bucking the trend and adding more and more live elements to their sets, but I think eventually the other shoe will drop and the David Guettas of the world will have some explaining to do.

Or maybe not, who knows.

Hee Won Jung, post: 34541, member: 948 wrote: Disco was 60s and 70s This is what i would say is their version of EDM.

Disco didn’t really come on until the mid-70s, but otherwise I’d say you’re spot on here.

Hee Won Jung, post: 34541, member: 948 wrote: 80s was all about the metal and rock with a very small underground of electronic music was starting in North America albeit a very small following

80s also had new wave and dance pop which were VERY popular and drew heavily from Disco as well as introducing electronic elements.

Hee Won Jung, post: 34541, member: 948 wrote: 90s was alternative music and pop and Hip Hop started to become more of a dominate thing and the late 90s is when hip hop was flooding the industry. EDM underground scene erupted and was becoming more and more main stream.

In the early 90s, eurodance groups like 2Unlimited, Technotronic, Snap, C+C Music Factory were HUGE, but I agree after Nirvana hit the scene and hip hop exploded, things definitely changed.

Hee Won Jung, post: 34541, member: 948 wrote: 2k – Hip Hop still had a base but was starting to die out which paved the way for American POP music…which still has a very big hold on todays club scene…and EDM exploded.

Agreed, back in the early 2000s when I was listening to trance mixes by Tiesto and Paul Van Dyk (which my friends said was “gay” music), I never imagined EDM would merge with hip-hop and become suddenly mainstream.

I always figured popular music would begin borrowing from the EDM scene, but I never expected actual EDM DJs to become rock stars.

Usually you can pick up the end of a musical “phrase” without having to count. There’s usually some kind of build up or let down before the next four bars come in.

You can also use these cues to help you pick up your count again, if there’s still enough time before the track ends.

Otherwise just wait for the end of the song that’s playing and drop your next track in one (imaginary) beat after the last beat of that song.