Ade Sands
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March 6, 2017 at 4:24 pm in reply to: What's the best ID3 tag editor to use for a large collection? #2538411
Ade Sands
ParticipantI personally find that tags are much easier to do when the tracks are all named correctly. Most tracks I buy are all named, tagged, metadata is good. But for those that have incorrect genre, or numbers in em, I use Bulk rename utility to keep everything uniform, then remove the tag, and then retag with mp3tag based on the filename.
ParticipantMixed in key. Great program, absolutely, I quickly learned that due to the type of music I play, and the type of gigs I do, really don’t require the key to be matched. So I kinda wasted the money although if I’m mixing house/dance tunes, I do keep an eye on key, but it’s not very often. It’s good If you plan mixes ahead and club/dance music is what you spend most of your time playing.
It’s more accurate than Traktor’s Key detection, if you insist on having key in your tracks, it’s pretty essential, otherwise, I would think about it’s necessity in my setup.December 20, 2016 at 6:53 pm in reply to: Using two seperate soundcard for djing. is it possible? #2482781ParticipantAsio4all 100% allows it. I use a similar system on a secondary laptop on my setup. Primary is a Denon MC6000mk2
ParticipantYep, some live acts tend to really not care about anything other than ‘their’ show. Seen it time and time and time again. Don’t ever expect em to share their precious setlists, they just don’t do it, they would see the DJ as a threat, because they may only know upwards to 100 songs. The DJ has potentially thousands. I generally don’t get involved in their setups either. I do enjoy conversation with bands and members, and we do have to liaise with stage space and takeover times, so it’s nice to be nice on that front. A pro DJ should never ever worry about what a band/act does or doesn’t do on stage. Turn up, do your thing, go home happy.
ParticipantDon’t matter how much musical planning you put into a gig, it’ll likely wing in a curveball and your plan’s out the window. Have a basic idea about what genres will work, , but if experience has shown me anything, is to expect the unexpected. Experience has me now doing zero planning unless I’m equipped with a specified playlist, and even then, it’s subject to edit or change.
This falls under what I consider to be THE most important aspect to DJ’ing, which is selection.ParticipantThink I’ve seen this elsewhere, but here is the solution incase others have similar issues.
Windows:Make sure you got the latest Denon DJ ASIO drivers. Restart.
Traktor:Go to controller settings, audio setup, make sure you have the ASIO / Denon device selected. Go to output settings, change mixing mode to Internal, then change the output routing. (master output and monitor) Audio channels 3&4 for master out, and audio 1&2 for cue. (Switch these round if the sound ain’t on the right channels). This is entirely from memory, so if it’s not 100% correct, shout, and I’ll check when I next have the lappy on.
ParticipantI’m in a different part of the world, but the concepts and the experiences of DJ’s really encompasses the global DJ family. I don’t play at all in the town I live, I travel, pretty much to all my events, distance ranges from 15-50 miles, if you want to keep going, expand your footprint.
The music you like, vs the music you play is going to be an issue for every mobile DJ the world over. There’s no way that you will love all the music you play, really, the buzz comes from the audience enjoying themselves. I’m an all rounder, but after a gig, nothing like a bit of techno to get me home. I enjoy music, I enjoy a lot of what I play, not all. That’s the payoff for having a happy audience that want to be entertained.
Keep your toe in, I don’t take as much as I used to, but I still keep up to date with things, I love MIDI and currently helping friends and other DJ’s with their setups when it comes to the computer/technology side of things. Currently setting up an ADJ DMX lighting system creating scenes and stuff. Just because you are quitting (albeit temporarily) stay in the loop, if the interest is genuine, you will find a way to stay in it one way or the other.
Audience Idiots by the way are an occupational hazard.. they’ll always be there.ParticipantYea, for older music 2nd hand cd’s/compilations are brilliant, especially for older stuff. This is pretty much how I started. I was selective about modern music, you don’t ‘need everything’ when you start and to be honest, a lot of modern stuff you won’t use. I found my sound and capitalized on it, got gigs, got paid, bought more, and more music, filling out the collection. You will need to invest in order to have music, so what money you get from your first gigs, put all the earnings back in or replace the money you used. Some music pools have excellent compilations for example, Mastermix in UK have entire 70’s, 80’s 90’s compilations that will cover most requests, also professional compilations, and Grandmaster compilations, excellent stuff. Look into this sort of thing, well worth it.
I’m 21 years in now, and like Vintage said, curveball requests do come in, but modern tech has it covered, I can go to online stores, buy the tune, bluetooth it to the lappy, add to Traktor, then go. So, updating on the fly is also good.ParticipantSounds like your client wants a lot..
If the music is the same in 3 locations then it’s not a massive deal, you’ll nead to hire extra gear, and run cables to each zone, but if they want different music over 3 zones, then they’ll need other DJ’s/options. Up to you, but there is NO way I’d have a video man hooking into my mixer, if their equipment causes any issues, or any hardware fault develops there’s gonna be a problem. Record the music yourself and provide a copy afterwards to video man if they really want good sound on the vid.ParticipantI have used Touch OSC as a remote solution, Traktor on Win 8. It will work on Mac too.
See vid.
ParticipantUsing CDJ’s is not an upgrade, as mentioned. However, I would personally suggest getting your hands on a pair of DJ cd players, there’s still a lot of learning to be had in using older technology.
The more you know about DJ’ing the better, and it really does extend into the knowledge of the equipment too. There are loads of folks coming on board, and where I live, for example, people have got into the unfortunate habit of buying cheap controllers, using their existing home laptop, and advertising for work with no experience, knowing nothing about the gear they use, and can’t troubleshoot. The other thing is, CDJ’s are still in venues, if you are competent on a set of cd players, you can pretty much play anywhere.ParticipantCheers DJ Vintage, I generally like to share experience, and pick up ideas.
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