Digital DJ's?

forensix (mcr) · Post by **forensix (mcr)** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:56 am

or a cd deck and some cd-r's get me

municiple · Post by **municiple** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:18 pm

Im all about Traktor.

thump rat · Post by **thump rat** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:29 pm

municiple wrote:Im all about Traktor.

I've got traktor and never really got to learn it due to my impatience and the fact that i have turntables 3 inches to the right of my computer which is always more inticing for mixing. I have learnt how to use the bpm but what i don't like is having to click the play button on time, im guessing you can set cuepoints for each track but and they go automatically but haven't figured it out yet

My mates brother has connected it to a midi controller thing, is there any other way of controlling it, is final scratch a vinyl emulator to control mp3's?

Keep vinyl alive!

ramadanman · Post by **ramadanman** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:43 am

i think im going to get serato scratch so i can play out on the radio etc using my own and other people's tunes without cutting to dub

however, i have spoken to various people, and they say that the problem with serato scratch is that a lot of the mp3s you will play will be unmastered, and the sound quality will be inferior. i think i agree with this.

forensix (mcr) · Post by **forensix (mcr)** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:14 am

ramadanman wrote:the problem with serato scratch is that a lot of the mp3s you will play will be unmastered, and the sound quality will be inferior. i think i agree with this.

if you're willing to do a bit of mastering and limiting yourself then you can overcome this, obviously its not ideal but then if you want to play the freshest stuff around then it needs to be done

ramadanman · Post by **ramadanman** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:55 am

yeh i mean for radio i dont think it matters at all, but in a club - i think the difference will be noticable.

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:07 am

forensix (mcr) wrote:
ramadanman wrote:the problem with serato scratch is that a lot of the mp3s you will play will be unmastered, and the sound quality will be inferior. i think i agree with this.
if you're willing to do a bit of mastering and limiting yourself then you can overcome this, obviously its not ideal but then if you want to play the freshest stuff around then it needs to be done

Bit off a dark art though, isn't it. If you just want to push the level up it's piss, but to do it propelly takes time and talant.

Squash that fucker raw.

forensix (mcr) · Post by **forensix (mcr)** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:09 am

yeah its a bit of a dark art you could just limit the fucker and sometimes a bit of eqing can help

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:05 pm

+L1 Ultramaximizer

forensix (mcr) · Post by **forensix (mcr)** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:36 pm

thats the one

boylah · Post by **boylah** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 3:27 pm

I'm into Denon DN-S3500!
http://www.denondj.com/prodview_item.asp?pid=56&cid=1

Spining platter with direct drive motor, effects, sampler...
Many people find it better than CDJ-1000 and it has very affordable price.

kozee · Post by **kozee** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:15 am

I love djing with cdjs! your friends can send u tunes that day and u can play em out that night!

robotic · Post by **robotic** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 4:15 pm

ramadanman wrote:however, i have spoken to various people, and they say that the problem with serato scratch is that a lot of the mp3s you will play will be unmastered, and the sound quality will be inferior. i think i agree with this.

how is this a problem wif serato? if the mixdown is done properly, then additional limiting/compression should not be necessary, and eq adjustments can be made on-the-fly wif your mixer - that's what it's for!

i've used cdjs of all sorts, final scratch, and serato... and serato beats em all if ur a seasoned vinyl dj wanting to play digital. if ur new to djing, might as well get cdjs (pioneer - forget anything less than the 800s, and the technics cdj imo feels wonky and responds oddly compared to hi-end pioneer and denon). of course, u'll still need a turntable to rip those vinyl-only brandnew dubstep releases.

kion · Post by **kion** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:29 pm

Bought a pair of CDJ-800's recently and they are the mutts. Definitely recommended.

kozee · Post by **kozee** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:43 pm

KION wrote:Bought a pair of CDJ-800's recently and they are the mutts. Definitely recommended.

hella.

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