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bigdavevw
04-05-2008, 22:47
anyone into dj`ing on here?
i play minimal techno, techno, tech house through cdj200`s, djx700 and a soundbite xl sampler.
dave:banana:
yeah I am... although I'm selling some of my equipment
http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?t=129922
I mostly play Freeform and Gabba but also play liquid DnB and the cheesier side of hardcore.
Do you play at a club??? If so, what is your name you use??? I will keep an eye out :thumb:
havent spun or bought a record for about 6 years now (pesky kids )
but still listen to tech house ,breakbeat and back room stuff :cool:
Not into dj'ing as such but I have been helping my mate out with some mad sampling.
You can check some of it out on YouTube - search for muzikman100 and you'll find his stuff. It's f'ing mad. Each track was made in only a few hours and limited to about 32 bars per track. The aim was to experiment with a new music package he found. Everything has been sampled off vinyl!
The muppet one went a bit insane. Must have been a late night...
How do i attach links from YouTube?
Not into dj'ing as such but I have been helping my mate out with some mad sampling.
You can check some of it out on YouTube - search for muzikman100 and you'll find his stuff. It's f'ing mad. Each track was made in only a few hours and limited to about 32 bars per track. The aim was to experiment with a new music package he found. Everything has been sampled off vinyl!
The muppet one went a bit insane. Must have been a late night...
The Jasper Carrot is my fav, but they are all pretty good. How do you do them? Do you record the individual samples then put them together in something like cubase or similar? Is it his own scratching and is any of it done live?
Sorry for all the questions :lol:
djaminhi
08-05-2008, 01:48
I am (Dj Amin Hi)......
Started off on SL1200's back in 1983. Now use Virtual Dj on a laptop. Once you get the hang you wont ever want to use CD's again.:thumb:
My 'Virtual Deck'
http://media.turbosport.co.uk/2008/5/2008050800443747559DSC00138 (Small).JPG
On the road for Carnival 2008
http://media.turbosport.co.uk/2008/5/2008050800443501282100_1602 (Small).jpg
I am (Dj Amin Hi)......
Started off on SL1200's back in 1983. Now use Virtual Dj on a laptop. Once you get the hang you wont ever want to use CD's again.:thumb:
My 'Virtual Deck'
http://media.turbosport.co.uk/2008/5/2008050800443747559DSC00138%20%28Small%29.JPG
I tried using virtual dj, but it wasn't for me. I got used to it, but it just didn't feel right. I'm also impressed that your running it on a dell Inspiron laptop! How well does it run as when I tried running it, it was very resource hungry?
I started on Numark 1650's - very good for the price
I then added 1 Numark Axis 9 cd player - which is quite handy
Then I bought some Technics 1210's - what overatted, over priced pieces of shit they are. Sold them shortly after
Then I bought a Stanton c.314 cd player, which is very good and has loads of cool features, but I don't get the same buzz I do from proper vinyl - cd decks make it too easy and dull for me.
So I am now looking for some Numark TTX1's ;)
dangerousdave
08-05-2008, 10:46
Started with some soundlab dlp3r's god they were rubbish :D then upgraded to some technics 1210's and love them to bits, do everything i need them to, and a gemini ps626 (i think) mixer. Havnt used them properly for a few years but got a nice collection of d&b, hardcore and garage for my bedroom dj sessions :D
[quote=dangerousdave;1458940 then upgraded to some technics 1210's and love them to bits[/quote]
I'm definately in the minority with 1210's. Everyone else seems to like them though. My main problem is the the pitch range is only +/- 8% and they cost about a million pounds.
dangerousdave
08-05-2008, 11:02
I got mine and the mixer for £300 i think a good 5 or so years back! and the pitch has never got to me that much but then again when i mix i stick with one genre and dont swap between various genres like the better dj's out there do :D
I got mine and the mixer for £300 i think a good 5 or so years back!
:clint: That's quite cheap!
I got mine off ebay for £350 and they were in crap condition, with no leads or anything. Managed to sell them for £400 though :lmao::crazy:
djaminhi
08-05-2008, 12:54
1200's 1210's (only difference is the color) are dj standard stuff. I do love my 1200's and once swore never to give up vinyl. (By the way we use to open them up and adjust the controls to get more pitch and better brakes.
http://media.turbosport.co.uk/2008/5/2008050811224089051DSC00139 (Small).JPG
Now they are relics; dont get used anymore; but i will not part with them or my vinyl collection. YES i did enjoy scratch mixing.:dance: If i get an external controller for the Virtual Dj i could still scratch but im not into Dj'ing too much now so im not bothered. Then i bought a Denon DN-M2300R Minidisc player. It made sense cause i could treat an MD like a CD-RW; plus i could get 160 minutes out of it. Not to mention FIVE assignable cues and Text:dance: Anyway one month after (circa 1999) i built my first PC and so ended the Denon's service; yet another relic:D
I stuck with Virtual Dj 3.4 the newer versions do not allow multi effects at the same time or the use of certain skins etc.not even 5.7:noway: http://media.turbosport.co.uk/2008/5/2008050811449505921DSC00140 (Small) (2).JPG
But it runs good on my 2.1Ghz dual core Centrino. 2Gigs Ram.
I use a Western Digital Passport Drive to store my music (mp3) All 35,177 tracks to date and growing:D Try lugging around that much in Cd or worst yet vinyl format:stu:
djaminhi
08-05-2008, 13:06
I must say the technology has made it way way easy to mix and be creative (mixmeister comes to mind) but even me a vinyl junkie eventually conceded:giveup:
THINK ABOUT THIS......A program like Virtual Dj WILL OUT PERFORM the best CD Decks on the market. CD Decks are no way near flexible as Virtual Dj. Especially in conjunction with an external controller.:thinking: The creativity is endless.
Now if i do a gig i just walk with the laptop on my shoulder; plug into an Auxilary input on the mixer; and do my thing.
Who remembers lugging Crates of Vinyl?:D
I must say the technology has made it way way easy to mix and be creative (mixmeister comes to mind) but even me a vinyl junkie eventually conceded:giveup:
THINK ABOUT THIS......A program like Virtual Dj WILL OUT PERFORM the best CD Decks on the market. CD Decks are no way near flexible as Virtual Dj. Especially in conjunction with an external controller.:thinking: The creativity is endless.
Now if i do a gig i just walk with the laptop on my shoulder; plug into an Auxilary input on the mixer; and do my thing.
Who remembers lugging Crates of Vinyl?:D
Diversity and the ability to be creative is the key I guess if you play out and about, but I just play at local parties etc - all for fun.
I did consider getting one of those final scratch things as you can use "normal" turntables still, but decided against it in the end.
http://www.djdeals.com/stantonFINALSCRATCH2.htm
The Jasper Carrot is my fav, but they are all pretty good. How do you do them? Do you record the individual samples then put them together in something like cubase or similar? Is it his own scratching and is any of it done live?
Sorry for all the questions :lol:
hi. Everything is sampled and looped from vinyl including the drum pattern. I think the programme being used is Sony Acid which is miles better than Qbase. I hated that programme. Very tricky to use.
An effect like 'quantize' is being used to keep everything in time that's why the Julie Andrews vocals sounds skewed. I kind of like that effect. It beat matches the samples and forces them to fit.
The scratching is a bit of both. Some is sampled, some is live and parts have been manipulated - like the Kermit sample. There are also some reverse loops in there, too.
:thumb:
one of my only recorded mixes can be found here (http://choons.net/index.php?m=mixes&p=view&mix_id=936&page=1). It's a liquid dnb mix.
there's also another one on the same site called "frostbite" which is a hardcore mix. It's not my best work, but I love the choon selection :D
hi. Everything is sampled and looped from vinyl including the drum pattern. I think the programme being used is Sony Acid which is miles better than Qbase. I hated that programme. Very tricky to use.
An effect like 'quantize' is being used to keep everything in time that's why the Julie Andrews vocals sounds skewed. I kind of like that effect. It beat matches the samples and forces them to fit.
The scratching is a bit of both. Some is sampled, some is live and parts have been manipulated - like the Kermit sample. There are also some reverse loops in there, too.
:thumb:
I quite like cubase... probably because that's what I was taught at school when I done music technology... I also like to use Reason as plugin to cubase...
I also get annoyed when people say "i bought a mac because I do music". No offence to mac owners but you can do everything you can do on a mac on a windows pc... the only difference is doing it on a mac will cost you a lot more...:thumb:
djaminhi
11-05-2008, 21:19
I also get annoyed when people say "i bought a mac because I do music". No offence to mac owners but you can do everything you can do on a mac on a windows pc... the only difference is doing it on a mac will cost you a lot more...:thumb:
I concur Matt; i use Adobe Audition 3 to remix stuff on my PC; very user friendly IMHO. I really dont think im missing out on anything by not MACing out.....:D
I started out with good old cool edit 96; remember that?:D
I don't even know what a 'Mac' is
Qbase is good until you've used the more modern stuff then it just seems archaic
I don't even know what a 'Mac' is
Qbase is good until you've used the more modern stuff then it just seems archaic
i wouldn't reallly call cubase old... cubase 4.1 was released last year and I doubt technology has moved on that much since October... i suppose everyone has their preference though :thumb:
"Ahh, I see", said the blind man. I was using my mates dodgy version of Cubase at the beginning of last year and didn't think was much cop. Like i said i've been helping a mate who has Sony Acid and he is completing tracks in an hour or two! Ok so they are only demo quality but everything is EQ'd and mixed down. Not bad
"Ahh, I see", said the blind man. I was using my mates dodgy version of Cubase at the beginning of last year and didn't think was much cop. Like i said i've been helping a mate who has Sony Acid and he is completing tracks in an hour or two! Ok so they are only demo quality but everything is EQ'd and mixed down. Not bad
i probably should listen to your advice about sony acid... i may even give it a proper try :lol:
bigdavevw
22-05-2008, 15:22
alrighto guys, not djing in any clubs, just my bedroom, better than any club :jester:
not really dj,d off anything other than tractor, but found it went out of beat FAST and u had to re-adjust it every two seconds or somethin. will have to get the latest version
i record my sets using sony acid, its pretty good, cubase and reason are well tricky :confused:
minimal is the future :cool:
Sony Acid isn't much different to Cubase but it just seems a lot easier. Weird
I bought some decks once just so that i could play all my old Acid House stuff. I have a lot of super rare bits and pieces like a picture disc of The Beloved's 'Sun Rising' and Ce Ce Rogers 'Someday' (the old Sweet Harmony piano riff). One of my favourites is Two Bad Mice 'Bombscare', i have that on blue vinyl with a few other mixes. I love all that old shit. Reminds me of being 16 again. Still have loads of the old rave mix tapes from around 91/92 as well. Heh!
Sony Acid isn't much different to Cubase but it just seems a lot easier. Weird
I bought some decks once just so that i could play all my old Acid House stuff. I have a lot of super rare bits and pieces like a picture disc of The Beloved's 'Sun Rising' and Ce Ce Rogers 'Someday' (the old Sweet Harmony piano riff). One of my favourites is Two Bad Mice 'Bombscare', i have that on blue vinyl with a few other mixes. I love all that old shit. Reminds me of being 16 again. Still have loads of the old rave mix tapes from around 91/92 as well. Heh!
:cool:
have to say I do love the old mix tapes I have aquired over the years... unfortunately in 91 I would've been 5 so a bit young to go to a rave :lol:
they would have let you in anyway so long as you coffed up the entry fee ..
Sony Acid isn't much different to Cubase but it just seems a lot easier. Weird
I bought some decks once just so that i could play all my old Acid House stuff. I have a lot of super rare bits and pieces like a picture disc of The Beloved's 'Sun Rising' and Ce Ce Rogers 'Someday' (the old Sweet Harmony piano riff). One of my favourites is Two Bad Mice 'Bombscare', i have that on blue vinyl with a few other mixes. I love all that old shit. Reminds me of being 16 again. Still have loads of the old rave mix tapes from around 91/92 as well. Heh!
:thumb: , you ever travel across the border to the orbit in morley ?
Is that Leeds? If so, yeah I went there in 95 .. which is umm .. about a million years ago. I only went the once and it was fuckin awesome. I think you need to have had a few cups of tea for those places though:thumb:
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