Will

so if i come on after you playing 320 and i play WAV im simply going to sound better.
If you are playing in ure bedroom or to friends then there is no point really spending the extra cash but if you are playing out and earning money then in my opinion you have to give your listeners the best experience. If you are a dj that want to make your way up the food chain as it were… then to set yourself out from the rest play WAV.

It surpirises me that almost everyone is defending mp3s compared to WAV.

How far up the food chain are you, exactly? Not to sound rude, but I have never heard of you. You are thinking about this too much.

I buy new music every week. I spend a good 15+ hours listening to new tracks I buy, every week. I pick out the best ones that I like and use them for DJ’ing. The only way to get most of my tracks is via Itunes or Beatport, and I am a broke office worker/cubicle slave. So I’m buying MP3’s and AAC’s.

If you are going to play WAV’s fine. I’m working on finite hard drive space, and a finite budget. If I can deal with a loss of just a fraction of fidelity, I’m pretty sure a room full of semi inebriated people who are there just to have fun are not going to notice a difference either. So yea, I think that you speaking on behalf of what DJ’s should or shouldn’t do is a bit pretentious.

Show up at the place way before your gig to get an idea of their soundsystem and where to connect and what cables or accs you might need.

Practice

Don’t plan out your entire set, you are there to have fun and help others have fun. Nobody really cares about how tight your transitions are, just as long as the music is fun. Don’t fret too much about measuring up to anyone’s standards, it’s your first time out. They will be more forgiving than you think, and most will probably not even be paying attention if you are an opener anyways.

Go for a piss before your set starts, just to be extra sure, haha.

Best of luck to you. Knock them out of the park!

Marcellino Nugraha, post: 24818, member: 2451 wrote: What i always do when i create a mixtape is, im using a DAW and edit everything manually there

Otherwise known as: cheating.

In the end, you are cheating yourself if you pass out mixtapes and your abilities don’t match up to it when you play live. Club owners will not book you if you can’t deliver a consistent performance. I notice this with bands alot, they have a really well produced album, but when you go to their concert, they just plain suck at performing. That’s usually the first and last time I ever bother seeing them again.

Use your stronger ear to hear through your headphones, and use your other ear to hear what you are mixing into. That’s what it’s for. You can use split cue if you have it on your mixer as well. Read the instruction manual of your mixer to find out how to do it. If you have 2 outputs on your mixer, use one set as a monitor or booth out, and just bring one of the speakers you are using at home and set it up at the booth or table you are dj’ing at.

Have Fun. That’s what it’s about. If you are an opener, don’t worry to much about things, just play some good tracks but not bangers, get people in the mood. That’s your job as an opener. Be flexible and prepare a playlist, but don’t lock down an entire set, you want to be able to go places musically, and adjust to the crowd.

Also, I’m not trying to dis your gear, but eventually you might want to look at replacing that mixtrack with better gear in the future. It’s hard for old school guys to knock on a Traktor NS4, because so many established acts use them, or Denon gear or what not, but the Mixtrack does look somewhat toy-ish.

Practice your heart out these next two weeks. It’s like cramming for an exam. Crunch time man, get on it.

Living Legend Colm G, post: 274 wrote: Only getting one! I know I said “them”, but I always say that about decks 😉

They are in stock on 30th June so should have them in a couple of weeks. What software are you using? As I mentioned above, my trainee had Virtual DJ which I was ok with, but I know in Europe they are shipping with Traktor which I have limited knowledge of.

Cheers for the help

Virtual DJ is quite rubbish, in my opinion, and has stability issues with the MC6000. Go to Denondjforums.com, they are the actual Denon support site where you can find the firmware updates and troubleshooting support.

I use traktor pro (the first one, not pro 2, haven’t upgraded yet). It works perfect with traktor pro, and pro 2. There was a bug with sketchy pitch control, but has since been fixed with a firmware update.

I’d say go with traktor pro or pro 2. The effects are great and the MC was built really for use with Traktor. Every feature is mapped perfectly and latency is really really low. It won’t take long to learn, I pretty much got the hang of it within a week of using it.

Not to blow my own whistle, but if you want a peek of what this unit can do by itself with just traktor, check out some of my mixes on mixcloud: http://www.mixcloud.com/arionfrost

I’m a total newb to the DJ’ing game (2 months or so), but this kit has really given me confidence to learn. Within two weeks, I stopped using sync, and now mainly use beatgridding with the pitch sliders. After a few months with the MC6000, I might just move over to CDJ’s as well.