Todd Oddity
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ParticipantVirtual should do everything you’ve listed. While I’ve never played around with it, the automix editor is apparently pretty powerful, letting you set all sorts of elements for a specific mix, and once set, you hit record and boom.
March 17, 2016 at 5:46 pm in reply to: Can Pioneer DDJ-RX work with Serato and Rekordbox DJ? #2371501ParticipantJust so you’re aware, while you can not run Serato on the RX, you can run both Serato AND Rekordbox on the SX2.
March 17, 2016 at 5:42 pm in reply to: Need Help while choosing between Numark MIxtrack Controllers #2371491ParticipantJust to clear up a little confusion – there are four main version of Virtual DJ currently available.
Virtual DJ Home Edition (ie. the totally free one anyone can download): does not work with any external hardware.
Virtual DJ LE (ie. the one that is packaged with some controllers): only works with the hardware it is sold with. There will be significant discounts if you upgrade from LE to Infinity.
Virtual DJ Controller Edition: Full version of Virtual DJ, but only works on the once specific piece of hardware that the licence was paired with.
Virtual DJ Infinity (formerly PRO): works with any hardware and has free updates. Available either as a one time payment, or as a monthly subscription.ParticipantI find the channel meters on Pioneer gear to be sloppy to say the least. I’ve even put the same song on two decks and watched the meters show different things. It’s been a problem I’ve had with them since the 600. I’m sure others will have better suggestions than this, but all I can offer is this — trust your ears. You know what it should sound like. If the meters don’t agree, so be it.
ParticipantWhat Vintage said, plus this – you are WAY over thinking it!
Seriously, there are two types of parties you really can’t plan in advance – weddings and office Christmas parties. They both have a group of otherwise completely incompatible people, and you have no way of knowing how those people will interact to both you and to each other until you actually see it happening in front of you.
Now, obviously being able to read that comes with a lot of experience, and the idea of going in totally cold turkey probably scares the crap out of you, so a better way to “plan” — create a bunch of 5 or 6 song sets. Design those mini-sets to have the rise and fall of energy you’re talking about. Then mix and match those sets as needed over the course of the night. As requests come in, you can bump up that mini-set, and play a different one later. That way you have a more dynamic show that follows the audience that is actually in front of you, instead of an overly rigid set that leaves you scrambling when things inevitably don’t go as expected.
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On the subject of who calls what EDM, you’re forgetting to account for regional differences my friend. Around me when people are over-generalizing, and are talking about anything even remotely electro-sounding, they call it techno (for best effect, imagine that being said with a heavy Quebecois accent, probably while spilling a drink on you) definitely not EDM as you state. That’s the problem with most of these terms people use for music – they are really kind of meaningless when it comes right down to it. Just a way to make whatever style you like seem more exclusive.
And on that note, to your last comment. Here’s a little key to success in life. You personally don’t like Dimitri Vegas and company, that’s fine. Assuming because you don’t like him that he’s “garbage”. That’s small-minded. Know what you like. Know what you hate. Respect it all. Even that stuff you hate had someone toil away at it – cutting down their work doesn’t make you a better DJ. Too much nastiness & negativity in this industry already. Don’t play that game.
March 14, 2016 at 5:06 am in reply to: Can Pioneer DDJ-RX work with Serato and Rekordbox DJ? #2369401ParticipantNo. If you want Serato you have to buy the Serato compatible version – which in this case is the SX2.
Participant^ Pfft! I’m a veteran DJ and I still use kill the bass to hide my train-wrecked mixes! j/k
ParticipantI still remember when house was the generic term for anything over 120bpm. “What do they play? House and hip-hop.” At least in my neck of the woods it was a generic term. Pretty much stayed one until “EDM” came along and stole the title. Now it seems that when people say EDM they really mean trance, and nothing else is considered EDM anymore.
I don’t know…
As I commented on in thread a few months ago, titles are silly. I make up my own. And I rate all music on a sliding scale of bounciness. “This tappy-boom tune is level 5 bouncy!” This is probably why other DJs stopped inviting me to their parties.
ParticipantClose… Trim controls the volume INPUT on a channel (generally pre-fader, pre-effects, pre-pretty-much-everything). Normally the process would be to adjust the trim to 0db so that when you have the channel fader fully open, you know your signal is at the desired level.
Is it necessary? Absolutely not. But without a trim pot and VU meters on your channels you need to keep your ears open to make sure volumes on your mixes are staying reasonably consistent. The autogain feature on most software does help with this – but even so I’m constantly adjusting the trims here and there.
If you’re new to the game, put it in the “nice to have” category more than the “essential feature” checklist.
Hope that helps!
ParticipantVDJ databases are drive specific, so if when moving drives around the letter assigned to it changed it wouldn’t necessarily be recognized. I’d suggest opening a support ticket with Atomix and getting one of their techs to straighten you out, as like I said, there is no reason you need to redo all that work. I’ve moved my setup between computers multiple times now.
ParticipantSide note – just because you got a new computer doesn’t mean you have to redo all your cue points and such in Virtual. You can just transfer that information to the new computer.
ParticipantYes, that narrows it down.
Your problem is that you don’t have a two channel soundcard in that chain. What you are currently trying to do is physically impossible. Your computer is the soundcard, which means it is sending out the final signal to the mixer. You will have no access to any cue or preview functions as anything you plug into your computer is post-mix. You can’t listen to something you haven’t physically connected (in your case, a second channel on the mixer).
The cheapest way to fix this is to get a stereo to mono split cable. When Virtual is set up this way it will send a mono version of deck 1 through one side of the stereo channel, and a mono version of deck 2 down the other. You then plug these into two channels on your mixer and you’ll get something more inline with what you are expecting.
There are a couple of other ways you can set up a mono split cord too depending on how exactly you want to run your system.
Participant“just duplicating info you already have on your screen”
You just described the way every new controller with screens works too. lol
As a technical correction, the jogs on Pioneer controllers are not the same as the jogs on the CDJ lines. The mechanical vs. touch difference is quite noticeable (not a pro or a con towards either one – just that they aren’t the same).
I certainly don’t want to come off as defending Pioneer. Unlike Vintage, I openly admit I do hate them. I would never spend that kind of money. I’d never suggest anyone else spend that kind of money. But… BUT… If some club does go blow their cash on a set, I’m happy to show up with my laptop and a pair of Neons and blow the roof off the dump (and still have access to everything I could want to use). For transport & jog functions, they feel nice and they work*. Then again, like Vintage said, that goes for playing on wax too. I’d probably feel quite different if I was being forced to use either on a regular basis. As an old fart, there is definitely a little nostalgia at play. **
* Someone there must agree too as last I looked you still give them a 5 star rating in your annual controller guide.
** What’s with all the footnotes in my posts today?! Add some citations and I’ll be having university flashbacks…ParticipantGood question – I have no idea how I got a picture here. I’ve been hanging around this board for ages now. It’s an old version of my logo though, so it must be from when I originally signed up.
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