Software Mixing

[dfx]

Originally Posted by t4e

there is no denying that hardware takes a lot more skill to get it right...

i wouldn't even say that it takes more skill, i'd rather say it requires a different skill. i know DJs who have ever only played with vinyl, and hence don't know how to work a CDJ at all and thus also wouldn't know how to use VDJ or Ableton or anything like that. it's just a different thing.

other than that i agree - anyone can use software to make a set, but it will still sound crap if you don't know what you're doing.

[dfx]

Originally Posted by 90degrees

technically no (that's how I voted) ...

why's there 0 NO votes then?

[90degrees]

Originally Posted by dfx

why's there 0 NO votes then?

site didn't do posting and ticking the vote box at once...forgot there were different boxes to tick
*can't decide on pratical and appropiate but non-offensive smiley from the new AH-Autumn-Smiley- Collection"

[Roysie]

When the term "dj" was created, im sure cd's weren't invented...
So that might imply that using even cd's would probably not constitute to u being named a "dj"
But nowadays you're classed as a dj when u use cdj's.

u dont have to beatmatch to mix. (unless of course there's a beat in both tunes)

Did the dj's of by-gone years have trance ? techno ?

Shoot, they prolly didnt have many tunes that even had beats in them.

They blended one way or another, in a way which was acceptable to the audience.

I think wikipedia's explanation of a dj is good enough for me.
(wether it be trance, techno, country and western, rock, etc)

QUOTE
A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience
UNQUOTE

but i would add

"by any platform"

[90degrees]

Compact Disc, you browse, have physical contact and more or less same modus operandi as with vinyl (for me kinda more sensual though) but dependent on quality of your decks with added trickery.
However, you can still recreate the vinyl work flow with Serato etc. (turntables needed) in digital and also some CD decks like certain Denons were and are shipped with vinyls for the platters. I wouldn't really separate the two, one just evolved from the other.

Edit:
ever heard of Eastbam, he used to "spin" tapes at a time when his native Latvia was still part of the USSR

[dfx]

Originally Posted by 90degrees

ever heard of Eastbam, he used to "spin" tapes at a time when his native Latvia was still part of the USSR

goa gil does that too

[Altered-Mind]

Dont particularly care - trance is trance whichever medium it is created in

nuff said


PS: good thing DJ lithium doesnt visit the AH forums regarding this topic

[SentriX]

Originally Posted by Altered-Mind

Dont particularly care - trance is trance whichever medium it is created in

nuff said


PS: good thing DJ lithium doesnt visit the AH forums regarding this topic

the trance god has spoken lolz

[nykon]

I use a Numark TotalControl MIDI controller to mix with... along with Numark Cue software. Works just fine for almost anything... and is a lot more portable. Using software alone would just be terrible though... just not enough control, ie: you can't do more than one thing at once.

I'd fully agree that DJ'ing is the art of creating a party and getting the crowd going... facilitating a music experience. As long as you can do that, it doesn't matter how you do it. I get sick of hearing vinyl purists bitching and moaning about CDJ's and software.

[Abominus]

For what I have been seeing so far, a lot of Djs have been switching to Serato because you only need a laptop, a few cds and you are pretty much set.

A Dj that I photograph often uses a pair of DVJ-1000s, a Macbook (it's a few years old and I forget the model) and that's it. Well, he has two turntables (Technics SL1200) so he can use the Serato control records if he needs to. He also uses video switching gear for the videos and it delivers the goods.

The only thing that I notice with Serato is that the bass can be a bit tinny.

With Serato, is all about convenience. No longer you have to carry crates and bags of records and cds. They are all in your laptop's hard drive.

BUT, as a person that grew up on cassette tapes and vinyl I can say that I will always have a fondness for them.

As long as the music sounds great and the end product is too then, I do not have much to copmplain about

Abominus

[Wailo]

Well, as listener, I don't care what the DJ use to mix, but I will vote YES, because software mixing is one step forward toward DJing development.

[Exortius]

I would love to get my hands on some CDJs to mix with, and yes the control is sooo much better then software. But right now i'm glad there is software I can use that will allow me to do some mixing. Otherwise i wouldn't be able to dj until i could afford cdjs.

[Hallucinogen]

Teh BEST SETS I heard were SoFTWARE Mixed, Software MixeD SetZ are alwayz linked to a BeTTER and WiSeR Selection AND Mixing, ALL the Trance Ch00n Production constitutes SOFTWARE Mixing in its CORE, so Who the in the World would be silly enough as to say that the CONTINUATION of this process into the SETS wont results in a higher quality of production and joy?

SOFTWARE MIXING FTW!11

Originally Posted by Hallucinogen

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if you want to be taken seriously, 1) get rid of the color, 2) spell properly, and 3) bring some actual arguments. otherwise you're making a joke out of yourself.

[Hexfire]

Of course no.
If it was like that, we'd have ended up having every third person being a dj, which of course is sheer bull. To be a DJ does require something more relevant than setting up a pirate software, applying horrible mixing with a bunch of random pirate tracks and exporting an mp3.