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ParticipantWell that’s sort of my whole point here. Unless you plan to become some sort of parody DJ that deliberately ticks all the stereotypical gay cliche boxes, your sexual preference is rather irrelevant to your DJing 🙂
ParticipantI think your handle would be better without the DJ-prefix. Just “Queen Vic”, plain and simple.
However…it’s worth asking yourself the following: is your sexual preference really such an integral part of your DJing, that you want it to be the first thing to describe yourself?
If you plan to tour gay clubs and play ‘YMCA’ and ‘It’s Raining Men’, then sure – it’s relevant. If not, then it seems a bit pointless.
I mean…DJ Boobielover or DJ Likesbacon and pretty silly DJ names 🙂
October 28, 2016 at 8:44 am in reply to: Traktor 2.11 + El Capitan + Thunderbolt Dock + Denon DN-X1600 = BUST #2458791Participant“And El Capitan is the one-but-last version of OSX. That is like saying not to upgrade to Windows 8 while 10 is already out.”
That’s just it. OS X updates used to be solid, reliable and safe. These days every new version introduces a new set of problem and it takes half a dozen point-releases to fix them. By the time most (but not all) bugs are fixed, Apple releases a new OS X version that introduces yet another set of problems. These days the safest bet is to stay couple OS X releases behind to avoid all the pain.
Apple has an annoying habit fixing some of the bugs for the latest OS X version and bothering to patch the previous version. For example, I own Xone K2s which are suffering from an USB bug in El Capitan. According to Allen & Heath support, that bug is fixed in Sierra. Alas, I can’t upgrade to Sierra because my Denon DN-X1600 does not support Sierra. According to Denon, it’s doubtful that it ever will, because Denon no longer uses the subcontractor who manufactured the DN-X1600.
Argh, I just go back to spinning wax on my SL-1200s 😀
“What is stopping you from hooking up your controller using one of those (if needed with a powered USB hub)?”
Nothing, but I would rather hook all my gear to my MBP with just one Thunderbolt cable. That’s, you know, kinda the point why I bought that rather expensive dock in the first place 😉
“You say you use your MBP for other purposes too. This is also something that you should avoid if you can.”
You’re somewhat stating the obvious here, but realistically speaking how many people can justify that kind of expense? Especially if they are not professional DJs.
I actually do own two MBPs. The other one is used for my day job as a software developer so it allows to keep my personal/DJ MBP mostly clear of unnecessary stuff. The softwares in question were Evernote and 1Password, which are quite essential in my DJ computer as well.
It’s very difficult to justify having 3 MBPs 🙂
ParticipantHow to edit information in a .wav file?
Short answer – you don’t. Not really, anyway. WAV format does not support meta-data of any kind. If you want to add meta-data tags to your file, you need to convert it into a format that supports it, such as MP3, FLAC or ALAC.
Besides, you’ll probably want to share your mix, so uncompressed WAV file is unnecessarily large for that.
ParticipantI would agree that for gigging 320Kbps MP3s are in most cases more than fine. However, when you’re recording a mix it makes sense to use lossless files.
For example, let’s say you record your 320Kbps MP3 tracks in to a WAV mix, which you then compress to a 320Kbps MP3, which you then upload to Mixcloud that compresses it to 192Kbps.
That’s three layers of compressing and recompressing, which will have audible repercussions.
August 28, 2015 at 11:41 am in reply to: Moving my whole library to External HD, itunes and Serato #2246061ParticipantSorry for slightly off-topic, but here’s another storage expansion option to consider, if you don’t like an external hard drive dangling on your Mac.
My MacBook Pro’s 256GB SSD ran out of space, so I bought Nifty MiniDrive with a 64GB memory card. Highly recommended.
ParticipantI also have dual K2 setup and Mac, which works fine.
Don’t worry about the way OS X labels the audio interface outputs as “Front left” etc. That’s the standard way OS X labels things with every audio interface, it’s perfectly normal.
If you are using the audio interfaces in your K2s and combine them together via aggregate device, they both need to be connected via USB. As the manual states, X-link only relays only MIDI-data.
ParticipantYup, Rob Ticho is right. The word “podcast” is grossly misused, just like the word “cloud” in computing.
Anything that is not using RSS-feed format is not a podcast, since the whole point of podcasting is to have a standardized format that can be subscribed and delivered automatically independent of device, operating system or client software.
ParticipantThanks for the feedback, Patrick. Glad to hear you liked the mix 🙂
ParticipantThanks, nice to hear you liked it 🙂
ParticipantAllen & Heath Xone:23C
ParticipantHere’s a detailed guide with pictures how I constructed my own custom studio desk out of IKEA components.
ParticipantI think Sean’s story is a good lesson for anyone planning to enter mix contests.
Sure, we all know that the standard M.O. of these contests is “spam to win” but that’s more of a practical requirement because the judges can’t possible listen every entry.
However, if you’re required to promote anything other than your own particular mix, that’s a red flag. Being required to sell tickets to br eligible is about as huge red flag I can imagine.
ParticipantTerry has a point there. Obviously the main point of these contests is promoting a brand, event or what not. However, what makes this particular case interesting is that apparently the 2nd runner up got his gig.
So the question is…assuming that the whole contest wasn’t a hoax, why didn’t Sean get his winner gig while the 2nd runner-up did? As I said before, I’d be very interested to know what contest was it?
ParticipantWithout knowing all the details, I’m commenting based only what you’re telling us…but that sounds weird to say the least.
Juridically speaking, I think it would be in your rights to disclose which contest was in question. The people organizing the contest should definitely be called out for such behavior. Not only is that a totally dick move on their part, it’s very likely it’s also a breach of contract (or contest rules, more like).
Have you tried contacting the organizers and ask for an explanation?
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