Laptop DJ

[wub]

not talking down on it, but most dubstep dj's would not survive a real dj battle.

[Sexual_Chocolate]

I was challenged to a DJ battle against a Laptop DJ (I spin Vinyl and CDs) and I saw him play last week, it was so weak. quote]

how do you dj battle?

lol i feel like dubstep dj's arent really into turntablism
they can beatmatch and double drop etc, but thats not much of a flex of skill because all (MOST) of the songs are exactly the same bpm anyways

not talking down on it, but most dubstep dj's would not survive a real dj battle.
scratching and beatjuggling etc.

turntablism & mixing are TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS.....

[uphigh]

^^^understood, Nevalo
when mixing, youre playing the role of the selector, setting vibes, driving the energy
i just dont see how that can be converted into a battle setting
----but from an outside perspective, you have to admit that mixing 140 into 140 into 140 is not quite impressive.
yes the songs can be amazing, but its the track thats doing the talking, not so much the mastery of the machinery

how do dubstep djs battle? i didnt even know such was possible
is it a matter of:
my transitions sound better than yours?
look how long i can get these two songs to ride each other?
is it in anyway different than watching someone spin at a club/party/bar etc?

not tryin to pick a confrontation, lookin to be enlightened here

[jazzamataz]

I haz DJ on mi iFone.

[capo ultra]

turntablism is not djing

[Eplo]

Maybe dubstep DJs don't battle... And thats probably a good thing.

[PinUp]

^^^understood, Nevalo
when mixing, youre playing the role of the selector, setting vibes, driving the energy
i just dont see how that can be converted into a battle setting
----but from an outside perspective, you have to admit that mixing 140 into 140 into 140 is not quite impressive.
yes the songs can be amazing, but its the track thats doing the talking, not so much the mastery of the machinery

how do dubstep djs battle? i didnt even know such was possible
is it a matter of:
my transitions sound better than yours?
look how long i can get these two songs to ride each other?
is it in anyway different than watching someone spin at a club/party/bar etc?

not tryin to pick a confrontation, lookin to be enlightened here

I guess it's more of a "my song selection is beter than yours" kinda thing as well as mixing ability.

That's what was happenening at the Swamp v Hessle soundclash at outlook anyway

[NilsFG]

I'm a laptop dj and I'm not even mad

[Sexual_Chocolate]

^^^understood, Nevalo
when mixing, youre playing the role of the selector, setting vibes, driving the energy
i just dont see how that can be converted into a battle setting
----but from an outside perspective, you have to admit that mixing 140 into 140 into 140 is not quite impressive.
yes the songs can be amazing, but its the track thats doing the talking, not so much the mastery of the machinery

how do dubstep djs battle? i didnt even know such was possible
is it a matter of:
my transitions sound better than yours?
look how long i can get these two songs to ride each other?
is it in anyway different than watching someone spin at a club/party/bar etc?

not tryin to pick a confrontation, lookin to be enlightened here

your assuming that all dj's who play 'dubstep' only play tracks that are 140...

PLUS we dont battle, we clash..... its a soundsystem ting

[pikeymobile]

yeah the loefah remix of i is like 136bpm guyz its well difficult to mix you have to pitch it to like +3.5, only professional djs should even attempt it

[Pistonsbeneath]

Music isn't a competition

[pikeymobile]

fuck off m8 u dont kno what youre talking about

[abs]

he needs to make anti-format-war dub

who gives a shite how the tunes make it to the speaker? as long as they're good tunes i'm happy

and yeah, music isn't a competition

[MikeE]

I just get drunk and play other peoples music

[BASED]

the whole concept of DJ with your eyes and not your ears is insane

[JTMMusicuk]

Im a laptop DJ currently, want to get CDJ's when i can afford them but im making do for now
I dont see why people hate on it so much at the end of the day if you can mix between tracks well and it sounds good then surely that was the aim in the first place. Obviously its alot easier to do than CDJs and Vinyl/dubplate but the only people that seem to care about that are DJ's.

[NilsFG]

Im a laptop DJ currently, want to get CDJ's when i can afford them but im making do for now
I dont see why people hate on it so much at the end of the day if you can mix between tracks well and it sounds good then surely that was the aim in the first place. Obviously its alot easier to do than CDJs and Vinyl/dubplate but the only people that seem to care about that are DJ's.

Just my 2cents but the only big difference between mixing with your laptop and mixing with cds or records is that you don't need to beatmatch and that it's easier to find tunes.

Beatmatching is easy. When I got my turntables I learned to beatmatch in a few days. There's also no "gradation" in beatmatching; either you can beatmatch, or you can't. Simple.
If a dj's spinning records and he can't beatmatch you'll hear it, if he can beatmatch you'll rather listen to his track selection and the mixing itself.
I've never heard someone at a party say: "oh my god the dj's beatmatching is on point!". That would be absurd.

There is no one true medium, it's all very subjective. I prefer dj'ing with my laptop because it gives more possibilities to manipulate audio live, where as someone else may prefer vinyl simply because of the fact that it is vinyl.
But please save us the whole "laptop dj's have no talent"-debate or whatever because it makes you look like a fucking preschooler. I've heard people do awful sets with their laptops, but believe me, I've heard an equal amount of people do awful sets with cd's and vinyl too.

Also I admit I use sync in traktor to beatmatch. Why would I do it manually if I have the option to let Traktor do it? Gives me more time to focus on track selection and the mix itself.

[apmje]

I play vinyl just because I like too.

I think it takes more practice and effort than Laptop DJing.

My 2 pence.

[JTMMusicuk]

I play vinyl just because I like too.

I think it takes more practice and effort than Laptop DJing.

My 2 pence.

of course, didnt say any different

[cityzen]

Is there any free software with which I can mix? I have never jockeyed any discs and just want to mess around.