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SO im new to this whole dubstep techno world but not to the giging world or the music world im in band witch doesnt really matter but i want to know what is needed to play live gigs i dont need turntables because i would just be playing beats ive already made. but ive seen Skrillexs and deadmau5s setups and they have a lot of stuff i already have a laptop and Ramsa speaksers so what else would i need. im only 14 so dont have any money lol so cheap is best.
THanks!
- Sektor

clubs normally already have equipment but to practise get some cdj's or if you can't afford them get a dj controller or something or if you want vinyl get vinyl but in the modern world most clubs have cdj's

Skrillex's live setup is his laptop and an M-Audio Trigger Finger.
I'm pretty sure everything else you see in videos of him playing a club is just stuff they provided for him .

If you're using the phrase "dubstep techno", you ain't at a point where you should even be considering playing live.

Heartless wrote:If you're using the phrase "dubstep techno", you ain't at a point where you should even be considering playing live.

Yeah this lol

Frisco wrote:SO im new to this whole dubstep techno world but not to the giging world or the music world im in band witch doesnt really matter but i want to know what is needed to play live gigs i dont need turntables because i would just be playing beats ive already made. but ive seen Skrillexs and deadmau5s setups and they have a lot of stuff i already have a laptop and Ramsa speaksers so what else would i need. im only 14 so dont have any money lol so cheap is best.
THanks!
- Sektor

Heartless wrote:If you're using the phrase "dubstep techno", you ain't at a point where you should even be considering playing live.

i ment like dubstep / techno i make both. i just thought mabe you could figure it out yourself but i guess not

Frisco wrote:

Heartless wrote:If you're using the phrase "dubstep techno", you ain't at a point where you should even be considering playing live.

i ment like dubstep / techno i make both. i just thought mabe you could figure it out yourself but i guess not

either way they shouldnt be used in the same sentence

first get at least 10 songs made that sound good and have recieved psositive feedback, learn mixing, gain structure, and learn your DAW in and out (which you could also dj with if you get to know it good enough), then worry about playing live shows.

He means stuff like scuba, and basic channel.




Peace.

3za wrote:He means stuff like scuba, and basic channel.




Peace.

you wanna go live? learn reaktor, write your own setup, combine with midi controllers, ???, TIM EXILE!


or if you're lazy: grab ableton live, write tons of loops, buy launchpad/apc40, assign fx to knobs/faders, perform in a way that makes you sound like everyone else. lego music.

What makes that lazy?

Frisco wrote:

Heartless wrote:If you're using the phrase "dubstep techno", you ain't at a point where you should even be considering playing live.

i ment like dubstep / techno i make both. i just thought mabe you could figure it out yourself but i guess not

Deadmau5 is not techno. You've never heard techno, let alone produced it.

You're trying to be a purveyor of a culture you know nothing about.

never realised how quick people are to rip on 14 year old kids who're new to the game
makes you wonder

We talking shit like sandstorm and cocaine here?
Yakooza - Cocaine


Darude - Sandstorm


That's what I think of when I think of techno, if your 14 I'm suprised your even aware of this genre

If you mean Deadmau5 I wouldn't even try just put him in one genre least of all techno I'd just say a particular track/remix of his if I was trying to describe his style

nftfhx wrote:never realised how quick people are to rip on 14 year old kids who're new to the game
makes you wonder

Yeah generally people are assholes. But hey, if you love it enough, you'll find your way eventually.

Heartless wrote:

Frisco wrote:

Heartless wrote:If you're using the phrase "dubstep techno", you ain't at a point where you should even be considering playing live.

i ment like dubstep / techno i make both. i just thought mabe you could figure it out yourself but i guess not

Deadmau5 is not techno. You've never heard techno, let alone produced it.

You're trying to be a purveyor of a culture you know nothing about.

first when did i say that deadmau5 was techno? i would LOVE for you to quote me on that.

nftfhx wrote:never realised how quick people are to rip on 14 year old kids who're new to the game
makes you wonder

yes thank you i just asked one freakin question and of course one preson has to come along and start ripping on me just because two gernes arnt the same.

I think what people are trying to say is that seem as though you are completely unknown in the dubstep scene you aren't going to get any gigs for a while and if you do they will be very small scale so to be honest you could turn up with a laptop and a copy of virtual dj and no-one would care..

^^^ thAt

We aren't assholes, that's just what were sayin

I think it's fair to say most dubstep producers don't actually play live? Most of them just DJ with some of their own tunes if they do anything. So yeah, basic DJ setup is what you want.