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Two Turntables and a Microphone (The DJ Thread)
Fishboy:
Just out of idle curiosity, what camera are you looking to buy?
David_Dovey:
--- Quote from: Johnny C on 26 Feb 2009, 18:55 ---also probably the best setup is to not pick turntable or laptop but use both
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Thisssss. I use Serato Scratch Live. the feel and ease of vinyl with the not-lugging-around crates-of-12-inchers of software DJing. When I started out I thought I was kind of cheating because it is incredibly easy to beatmatch on Serato but honestly if it is good enough for A-Trak, Diplo and Mix Master Mike then it is good enough for me.
Brian Majestic:
I guess a really important question to ask is what sorta DJing you plan on doing; do you want to just dj for friends or make the big jump to paid club gigs?
Further, do you plan on djing with scratching, beatmixing and all them fun things, or do you plan on djing in a more traditional "playing a whole buncha songs" manner? I am guessing more the latter given the genres you've listed, but...
Johnny C:
--- Quote from: jeph on 27 Feb 2009, 00:20 ---what I really need to do is learn to use Ableton Live properly, if I want to get into electronic music again. The trouble there, of course, is that the software is almost literally unlimited in capability and every time I try to do something I end up spending 4 hours EQing a kick drum instead of, you know, writing a song.
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Crack open Ableton and just have it play preprogrammed tracks while you check your Gmail
Ballard:
--- Quote from: StaedlerMars on 26 Feb 2009, 04:24 ---Join your local student or beginner radio station.
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I've been given this advice before; the only conceivable problem is that I live in New York, where it's much harder to come by grassroots multimedia. Even communty programs are impossible to break into because of population/competition/lack of city funding for the arts.
--- Quote from: Fishboy on 27 Feb 2009, 01:39 ---Just out of idle curiosity, what camera are you looking to buy?
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Canon EOS Rebel XSI
--- Quote from: David_Dovey on 27 Feb 2009, 04:24 ---
--- Quote from: Johnny C on 26 Feb 2009, 18:55 ---also probably the best setup is to not pick turntable or laptop but use both
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Thisssss. I use Serato Scratch Live. the feel and ease of vinyl with the not-lugging-around crates-of-12-inchers of software DJing. When I started out I thought I was kind of cheating because it is incredibly easy to beatmatch on Serato but honestly if it is good enough for A-Trak, Diplo and Mix Master Mike then it is good enough for me.
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I downloaded Virtual DJ on Emilio's advice and initially had the same reaction. It practically does everything for you, short of automatically, instantly beatmatching tracks that you load into it (and it has options to do that too). But I mean, you could use the technology to your advantage and focus on the artistry, or you could use it when lazy and learn to beatmatch by ear if you ever make the transition to vinyl.
--- Quote from: Brian Majestic on 27 Feb 2009, 06:43 ---I guess a really important question to ask is what sorta DJing you plan on doing; do you want to just dj for friends or make the big jump to paid club gigs?
Further, do you plan on djing with scratching, beatmixing and all them fun things, or do you plan on djing in a more traditional "playing a whole buncha songs" manner? I am guessing more the latter given the genres you've listed, but...
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The former at first, though I would certainly love the latter if it turned out that I had any talent.
Both, though assumedly I'll have to learn how to select, cue up and transition between songs before I do anything fancy.
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