Campaign For Real DJ's
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Grievous Angel
Beast of Burden
That's interesting. But I don't want to use vinyl to mix with ableton - well I might at some point, but what I really want is to have a control I can assign to a knob on my faderbox to spin back the current file. It can't be that hard to do.
Someone's going to tell me you can already do this, aren't they?
Tentative Andy
I'm in the Meal Deal
actually just the one deck on its own
put the record on at the beginning
play it through to the end
take it off
put the next one on
etc
that's my kind of dj
Crap to dance to though.
(Contestant name: Andy, specialist subject: the bleeding obvious.
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nomos
Administrator
paul, i think you can on a pc with something called reversinator or something. don't know how good it is. my method has been to keep a few rewind clips in their own track with no adjacent audio. hit the clip when you just want the sound. hit the scene when you want it to stop audio. in the end i don't bother when playing live though. or you can set up a midi track with a sampler on it and trigger that from the keyboard.
basically what live needs for this is a means of scrubbing a selected clip. the big controller knob on my NI box is begging for something like this. until then i'd rather find something inherent to the platform as a substitute - i.e. not going through hoops to sound like i'm playing a record.
basically what live needs for this is a means of scrubbing a selected clip. the big controller knob on my NI box is begging for something like this. until then i'd rather find something inherent to the platform as a substitute - i.e. not going through hoops to sound like i'm playing a record.
Grievous Angel
Beast of Burden
Yeah that's what I think i'll do, cheating though innit!
Yeah I can't believe they don't enable this!
subvert47
I don't fight, I run away
Chef Napalm
Lost in the Supermarket
You want to talk about shit sound: Serato! I don't know if it's the hardware or the software, but Serato makes even the warmest house sound sterile.
My feeling is that the DJ should always be busy, whether it be tweaking EQs, teasing with samples, extending with two copies, or what-have-you. If you're using Ableton because it makes it easier to mix two tunes, then you're doing it wrong. If you're using Ableton because it allows you to push your tracks into new territory or to take something someone else made and make it your own, then you're making the right moves.
In the end, I don't care HOW the DJ rocks the crowd, as long as he/she does.
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Chef Napalm
Lost in the Supermarket
What can I say? I'm a t'read killa.
john eden
male pale and stale
Rethinking this I remember that one of my best dj sets was at a house party using someone else's music and a basic hi fi. No headphones. Had to keep switching between cassettes and vinyl.
Everyone was well up for it so it didn't really matter all that much - in fact it probably added to the lunacy of the occasion.
Everyone was well up for it so it didn't really matter all that much - in fact it probably added to the lunacy of the occasion.
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droid
Guest
Not sure I agree as I havent had enough experience with it TBH. Havent noticed any huge issues with it when ive heard other Djs use it.
But anyway - I meant in terms of functionality.
hint
party record with a siren
They've just released a new box with higher specs (and higher price), so they do acknowledge that the sound quality of the original box has its flaws.
psherburne
Well-known member
actually just the one deck on its own
put the record on at the beginning
play it through to the end
take it off
put the next one on
etc
that's my kind of dj
I had to do this once at a gig, actually, when one of the needles broke, and the promoter ran home to get another one. (Ahem.) Flipping a record takes longer than you might think!
john eden
male pale and stale
It's when the patter means more than the platter.
"This one fresh in from JA - out to the guy in the slipknot t-shirt".
john eden
male pale and stale
Actually I'm just going to use this thread as an excuse to waffle on about dj-ing at parties because I think that's better than talking about serato.
Me and a mate got asked to play someone's birthday party in a fairly swanky club near piccadilly. Her younger brother was on before us playing deep house and it was ok but he was really putting everything into it. I think he was quite nervous because a load of his mates were there.
He was technically great and his tunes were alright, but nobody was dancing. He looked visibly crushed when we followed him, drunkenly throwing on badly mixed reggae, funk and 80s electropop. Which of course went down very well.
I could see a lightbulb going on above his head tho...
a story which would also sit comfortable in the "music for small bars" thread.
and what i proposed in that thread is MARRYING this deep house dood's mixing technique and dedication WITH eden's drunken charisma.
hahahaha
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