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Digital DJ Software Help?
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V3NOM
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Posted : Aug 4, 2011 01:19:42
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Ok so I'm keen to go digital. One of my main reasons for the upgrade is that I want to do things CDJ100s aren't that great fro like mixing up broken beat/glitch/IDM/DnB etc. and scratch and all that wonderful stuff I can do on vinyl but will be cheaper buying digital files.
I used Traktor years ago when it first came out, but have not touched anything since.
I want to know what is the difference between Serato & Traktor?
I had my heart and dollars set on http://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/dj/traktor-kontrol-s4/ but have seen http://numarkns6.com/ and was wondering what people think is the most versatile & value?
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mudpeople
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Posted : Aug 4, 2011 14:08
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honestly I dont know, they both always looked the same to me; like emulations of hardware mixing setups. Which is cool if youre into that, personally I chose Ableton, it doesnt come with cool controllers or control vinyls, but that was kinda why i chose Live. It mixes, well, is open ended (I can load isntruments, loops, etc, have as many channels as i like...), and lets me focus on the music and creativity rather than, as I always thought of it, the engineering aspect of syncing tracks. I would always look at the dancefloor and wish i could be there too, hearing the tracks i love from the big speakers, Ableton doesntQUITE do that, but it at least lets me enjoy the music, when I mix hardware I often find myself hrs later realizing hrs have passed, without my notice, cuz my head was buried in syncing tracks...
But also I was using Live for other stuff too, so it was kinda an obvious and available choice, but Ive come to really love it
there are a few open source freeware mixing programs, Mixxx is one for Windows, as far as i know its quite similar, you might like to try your hand at it before commiting to a commercial program
http://www.mixxx.org/
But Ive never used it, only downloaded and looked it over, and found that I prefer to let Ableton handle the sync. It seems solid though, adn its free, so why not?
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Posted : Aug 4, 2011 17:28
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Also check out this one, doesnt use laptop and you can use up to 4 or 6 USB storage devices:
I like traktor but I hate bringing laptops to parties
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Basilisk
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Posted : Aug 6, 2011 03:57
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Traktor and a Korg Nanokontrol works for me. Try to start with a more compact controller before working up to something that requires a hefty investment. Chances are you'll need to cart your own gear around wherever you go and it's much nicer if everything fits into a knapsack IMO. No need to blow your inheritance on an insane laptop either; I've been going strong with a hand-me-down laptop for some time now.
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mudpeople
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Posted : Aug 6, 2011 07:36
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Ive been eyeing Akai's version of the nanokontrol to augment my microK, I want something liek that to control Renoise rewired into my live setup, as it is Im juggling scenes more than i prefer. The Akai is even cheaper than the nanoK, afaik it has either as many controls as the Korg, or at least plenty enough for mapping transports, EQ, nudge and whatnot
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