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  • December 29, 2011 at 3:20 pm in reply to: Entering the fray finally! #12057
    VinnyBlanc
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    Welcome.

    Mixtrack. Redwaves. and Phil’s course is exactly how I started.
    I’m sure you will enjoy it.

    Regards,

    Vince

    December 27, 2011 at 5:22 am in reply to: Electro-cise Mix 1 #11934
    VinnyBlanc
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    bump.

    December 24, 2011 at 7:24 am in reply to: NS6 Just Arrived! #11857
    VinnyBlanc
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    First Mix on the NS6 is up.
    Hardware/Sofware Review to follow.

    http://www.digitaldjtips.com/forum/threads/electro-cise-mix-1.1976/

    December 23, 2011 at 11:19 pm in reply to: Hello, New Here!! #11847
    VinnyBlanc
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    Welcome Aramis. Casbah is one of my favorite spots around. I’m about an hour from AC in central jersey.
    Can’t wait to take a look at some of your work.

    December 23, 2011 at 5:05 am in reply to: Where's New Jersey? #11816
    VinnyBlanc
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    Hamilton (Trenton) New Jersey Here. Welcome!

    December 22, 2011 at 4:41 pm in reply to: Traktor S4 or Numark NS6 #11796
    VinnyBlanc
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    Hee Won Jung, post: 11813, member: 948 wrote: ITCH can be downloaded for free…but wont work without the proper hardware. I could be wrong here but isnt all Serato software downloadable for free but is totally useless because you need a proper soundcard/controller to work with them. Which is why copies of Serato are included with the Soundcards?

    There is an “offline” mode for itch where you can set cue points analzye files and beatgrids and modify loops and such, but it requires an Itch controller to be plugged in to utilize the actual functionality of the software.

    And a cool trick I learned is anyone can download itch analyze all the files which will then give you BPM of all of your tracks which will populate in iTunes for you if you were missing this piece of metadata or didn’t have another way to get it.

    December 22, 2011 at 1:35 pm in reply to: Traktor S4 or Numark NS6 #11787
    VinnyBlanc
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    There is a mapping of the NS6 available for traktor, but you lose two of the best features on the NS6. No strip search and you lose the resolution on the jogs.

    If you are buying an NS6 for traktor I would think again!

    December 22, 2011 at 1:33 pm in reply to: Your laptop and what you think of it #11786
    VinnyBlanc
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    Phil Morse, post: 11800, member: 2 wrote: What laptop do you use for DJing (make, model)? And what’s your favourite and least favourite thing about it?

    Mine is a MacBook Pro 13″ mid-2009. Favourite thing? Build quality. Least favourite? Screen size (I’d like 15″ for my poor bespectacled eyes).

    You?

    It’s not just you Phil. I’m 28 with 20/20 vision and already wishing I had a 15″ two for itch in 4 deck mode =)
    I have a current Gen MacBook Pro 13″

    December 22, 2011 at 6:09 am in reply to: Recording with Itch 2.01 #11770
    VinnyBlanc
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    Phil,

    I do have the master all the way up. I don’t however have speakers hood up yet. Would that be affecting the output/recording or should it still record at the correct levels?

    Also, all eqs and gains are at 12 o clock channel faders are all the way up.

    December 21, 2011 at 8:10 pm in reply to: Can i use two headphones with DJio? #11754
    VinnyBlanc
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    David Somerville, post: 11768, member: 995 wrote: Thanks Vinny didn’t think of that….great idea!!

    Glad I could help. I had to come up with a simliar solution for myself as I haven’t received my speakers yet and I am running the RCA outs to a stereo aux input on the ipod dock.

    December 21, 2011 at 5:36 pm in reply to: Things needed for Digital DJing #11749
    VinnyBlanc
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    Actually Mayahari,

    I may have jumped the gun on your original post. I’m not too familiar (yet) taking the Ableton Live / Novation Launchpad route to DJing. My comment before regarding software and hardware was in reference to a 2 deck/mixer controller/software style setup. This may or may not apply.

    December 21, 2011 at 3:28 pm in reply to: Things needed for Digital DJing #11746
    VinnyBlanc
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    Welcome Mayahari,

    I would start here. This was an article from the site titled “5 Tips For DJing With Just A Laptop”
    http://www.digitaldjtips.com/2011/11/djing-with-just-a-laptop/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+digitaldjtips+%28Digital+DJ+Tips%29

    There are some alternative, free, softwares listed you may want to download/try also.

    Yes, you can beatmatch without a controller as there are virtual pitch faders on the screen you can drag up and down with your mouse although not as easy as using an external device.

    Yes, most (if not all) controllers include a mixer section.

    December 21, 2011 at 2:18 pm in reply to: Can i use two headphones with DJio? #11741
    VinnyBlanc
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    Hey Dave,

    I just want to make sure I am understanding you correctly first. What you ultimately want to be able to do is headphone cue thruogh a pair of headphones and with a seperate pair of headphones listen to the master output? This would allow you to hear the cue/master at the same time through headphones without any audible music being played out loud and disturbing the kids.

    If so you can use the Numark DJIO as you currently are by plugging the headphoens in to preview/cue to accomplish that. Then, I don’t know if you have a seperate ipod dock/radio/ any other device that would allow you to plug the rca output (or rca to stereo converter cord) into and then plug a pair of headphones in to silence the speaker and only play through the headphones.

    I hope that wasn’t too confusing but for example I had an ipod dock that I could run the output of my controller to which also had a headphone jack on the back that I could plug headphones in to.

    December 20, 2011 at 7:34 pm in reply to: Itch 2.0 views #1002433
    VinnyBlanc
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    Ahh. I think I just answered my own questions. It appears I must have seen videos/screenshots of earlier version of Itch that had this layout. Now Itch only supports the library on the bottom of the screen to give it a more SSL appearance.

    December 20, 2011 at 7:28 pm in reply to: Hi, new to Djing #11721
    VinnyBlanc
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    Welcome to the site.

    I’m not too creative when it comes to original names, so I can’t help you there.

    To answer your other question, most DJing software supports additional hardware to be used with the controller and laptop. Here are some typical ones you may have seen. The end goal for many is to use/touch the laptop as little as possible while playing. These controllers sometimes offer controls that aren’t natively on the controller or special cominations of effects/loops all mapped to one button. It could however be a button for something as simple as a start/stop record or sample drop. I hope this helps and I am sure others can elaborate further.


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