Stazbumpa
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ParticipantI have to disagree with you two, dubstep is so easy to mix I can do it without headphones. It gets even easier if you use VDJ coz then all you have to do is line up the waveforms. Anyway, that aside what I do agree with is practising with 2 records until you have them nailed and then try another two records. Beatmatching is one thing, the real trick is knowing *when* to mix your next record in so it doesn’t sound like a colossal mess. Having a sense of rhythm is key, this lets you win half the battle of knowing when to start the next mix already.
September 1, 2013 at 10:14 am in reply to: Get Lucky? Get Slow-y!! @ 116bpm, how are you guys mixing Daft Punk? #43711ParticipantWell, remixes of Daft Punk aside (I play the eSquire version a lot) it’s actually very easy to stick it in a set. There’s a ton of stuff, old and new, that hovers around the 116-120 bpm mark. I like to pitch Daft Punk up to 118 and then whack the bass line from Billie Jean over it towards the end and mix it in, and then go from Michael Jackson to that Robin Thicke track. The trick is to not be blinkered by genres and just go for good music around that bpm range. If you have to remain genre specific then I agree it could be a little more difficult.
Ps: Next time you hear that Daft Punk record, during the vocodered chorus bit just check to see if they’re actually singing “a rubber Mexican monkey”.
ParticipantSomeone will correct me if I’m wrong here, but I don’t think Traktor uses more than 4gb of ram anyway. Can’t comment on any of the other software choices and their requirements, however I reserve the right to slap you about the face for selling your Technics! :-p
ParticipantI went with a Dell Latitude e5520. It’s a business laptop with an i5 cpu and I stuffed a 240gb ssd in it too. Another plus is the 1080p screen and 4 usb 2.0 ports, which have come in very handy since I shelled out a new Denon gear. Anyway, an i5 with 4gb ram will do you just fine. A little bit of tweaking will see off any conflicts that may cause crashes although to be fair mine has run just fine without any real tweaks for nearly a year.
It’s worth pointing out that I’m running Windows 7 as a fresh install, I wiped the factory install and all the bloatware that new laptops come with when I fitted my ssd. This would be my preferred way of doing things, wipe the factory install and start again fresh.ParticipantAny process running on a pc can be killed, all you need is a little know how. My gaming rig and my music rig are one and the same, no issues whatsoever. All I do is switch certain things off when I get my music head on. My gigging laptop is also my everyday laptop, again I switch certain things off and hey presto, I’m running Traktor with 2ms overall latency in a hot sweaty club.
Fair enough using separate PCs for separate jobs but the reality is that it need not be so.
ParticipantOrigin and/or Steam aren’t are a problem, just switch them off when you want to use the rig for music purposes. That’s the beauty of a PC, one rig that you can customize according to what you want to do at any particular moment.
ParticipantI used to be a hardcore DJ back in ’94. Then I was a trance DJ. In the end I settled on being just a DJ. Confining yourself to one or two genres of music does a grave disservice to both yourself and music. Besides, music is a hell of a lot cheaper than it used to be. There should be no identity crisis either, after all isn’t it you at the heart of it all?
Listen, learn, grow.
ParticipantI tend to do the Slipknot mosh when I get going, ie: head banging but keep the neck and back straight, and pivot from the hips.
ParticipantI’d drop the DJ bit and just use your name as is. The trouble with made up DJ names is they often sound very 80’s and people expect you to turn up rocking a pair of shades shaped like stars and a baseball cap on backwards.
I apologise if that’s the look you’ve actually gone for 😛
ParticipantNot at all. DJs need more than a plan b, sometimes plan z is required 🙂
ParticipantRelax and enjoy. If you can use jog wheels and pitch faders on your controller you can use them on cdjs.
Participant+1 for the HD25’s. I bought mine donkeys years ago, I’ve only ever needed to replace the ear covers.
June 29, 2013 at 12:45 pm in reply to: Mixing radio edits and songs with sections containing a shorter number of bars #41714ParticipantLoops, loops and more loops. If something in the loop doesn’t sound good then you have to be on the fader/eq/fx to make it sound right. Another option is to bash away at your hotcues, but doing that wrong makes your mix sound like a pair of trainers in a tumble dryer. Sometimes just hitting play is all you can do.
But also what Chuck said. Making mistakes is perfectly acceptable and the dance floor rarely cares. At least it proves you’re not copying big name DJ and are playing live instead 😉
ParticipantAdding my opinion, as is my way…….
I would go for the Denons, they work as controllers for Traktor in midi hybrid mode and do the job for a hell of a lot less money than the Pioneers. A DJ friend of mine convinced his employers to get the 2900’s where he has his residency and he loves them.
ParticipantWhatever else you do make sure you get a decent sizes breakfast, and definitely lay off the beers when gigging. But also try not to burn the candle at both ends. Speaking from experience, climbing into bed at half 3 in the morning and having your alarm go off 3 hours later for your day job isn’t helpful.
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