Stephen Brown
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Memberjust be open and honest about your need to get paid. and be willing to barter if necessary, but don’t let resentment build up about it. discuss alternate revenue streams, such as merchandise or youtube. work out a flyer program to document how many people you personally bring to the club.
Membertake a nap in the aftrenoon. it helps
Memberever thought of using an xbox controller. it’s a simple set-up, and works great. check this scratching i did in mixxx. it can be mapped to traktor or vdj or whatever easily, too
[media=youtube]2k7frqxEaPU[/media]MemberI’m going macbook air on my next purchase(after xmas) and never looking back. so tired of lugging around the asus G1.
MemberHey Guys,
I think getting an inexpensive mixer, like one with phantom power and a tape input (behringer makes a couple) is a good idea for recording mixes. it gives you another volume control, and easy mic or secondary input.MemberYou dont own any right to dj with tracks, anymore than you would own the rights to charge admission for watching a dvd you bought
MemberUmm…sorry but i dont buy that for a second. Virtual dj should run fine on any modern laptop. I’m running virtual dj on a similar laptop right now. One thing i am sure of is that you dont need another laptop. I dont care what some phone jockey at numark told you, that just screams of bs.
Just sounds like settings or driver issues to meMemberIt all depends on what the job is, and how much of your investments they expect you to bring there, music & equipment. But i think if your aren’t greeted with a hundred dollar bill, then you will probably be wasting your time.
MemberYour laptop should have tree ports—headphone out, mic in, and “line in”
You want line in.
Use audacity.
Do a few test runs to get your level right, because you won’t be able to listen to the recording while it’s recording. Your laptop is “single-channel audio”
Once the recording is finished, Look through the waveform for the places where the tracks change. There, you can “split” the recording. (This will not affect the “mix”) it will give you the ability to ouput the entire mix as a group of tracks again. People like to jump around on cds, what can you do, smh…
Ok, so once the mix is cut back into individual tracks, select each track(in order) individually and export. Audacity will gve you the option to input the name and any other data you want to add.
Now, when it comes time to make a cd, make sure that you select “No Pause between tracks” before you burn it. This way, you have a mix cd that plays like a “mix” but the listener can also jump around by track number.MemberIf this offends anyone, please just edit it and not delete the whole post. Everything i have written is true.
MemberDo you have a weight in/on the headshell? If so, remove it.
What needles/headshell are you using? Can you post a pic?MemberFirst, do you have a laptop? What are it’s specs? If it will run traktor pro nicely, then you should begin with a Native Instruments audio 2 soundcard, which will coat $100, but also get you a traktor pro liscence(i hope that is still correct)
If you really want to learn, you will focus on getting 1 hour of mixed music. Just start with that as you goal. You do not need a controller, and in fact, at the beginning stage, it is actually detrimental to understanding what is going on in he software(distracting at least)
Instead, spend your money on a nice collection of songs in your chosen dj style(genre)-spend some time beat-gridding(if you dont know what that is, please learn it)-and then work on your mix.
Practice using loops as the places where you’ll mix the songs; i.e. each song in a repeating 8 bar loop, and “mix” the loops. Once the old track is “mixed out” release the loop on the new track and voila, you are djing.
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