DJ Chris Bush
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I pretty much moved from Soundcloud to https://hearthis.at
It offers downloads and unlimited uploads. Never had any copyright issues there.DJ Chris BushParticipantGermany, bigger city, bar. NYE for 300€? No way. Not under 500€.
DJ Chris BushParticipantIf your equipment fails it’s your fault. If provided equipment fails, it’s the booker’s fault.
Very important difference when it comes to money.The “drinks too close to equipment” situation happens to me all the time. A good practice is to agree with the venue in advance that they will pay for any damages to your stuff by guests.
DJ Chris BushParticipantThis shows once again that music is more important than equipment.
October 6, 2015 at 7:02 am in reply to: Re-digitizing entire Library, help and suggestions please? #2267251DJ Chris BushParticipant… and about Platinum Notes. It’s expensive snake oil. If you want to normalize your tracks use ReplayGain. It’s a non-destructive tag-based way of equalizing volume levels that doesn’t require re-encoding the entire track. You can do that while ripping the CD with the mentioned software.
October 6, 2015 at 6:11 am in reply to: Re-digitizing entire Library, help and suggestions please? #2267231DJ Chris BushParticipantThese are the gold standard tools that will grant you a 100% FLAC rip for a CD:
Exact Audio Copy (EAC)
A secure ripper for Windows.
Download here: http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/en/index.php/resources/download/X Lossless Decoder (XLD)
A secure ripper for OSX.
Download here: http://tmkk.undo.jp/xld/index_e.htmlNTFS drives on a Mac:
http://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-ntfs-for-mac/- This reply was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by DJ Chris Bush.
September 30, 2015 at 1:40 am in reply to: Matching keys, the Camelot wheel and how to alter keys using software? #2262841DJ Chris BushParticipantYour MacBook is powerful enough, it’s the algorithm. It’s not dramatic but it’s audible. I thought about comparing the keylock quality of different software once, but as I said, I don’t use it.
As for backups. You are going to lose your files if they are only stored on one HD. Activate Time Machine and do backups to an external.- This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by DJ Chris Bush.
September 29, 2015 at 1:54 pm in reply to: Matching keys, the Camelot wheel and how to alter keys using software? #2262531DJ Chris BushParticipantI’d be careful with keylock (the blue note) in DJay Pro. It does change the sound quality. Take a good pair of headphones and compare. I never use it.
Here’s another good article on harmonic mixing: http://www.mixshare.com/wiki/doku.php?id=harmonic_mixingDJ Chris BushParticipantVery satisfied with the Reloop Beatpad. The Beatpad 2 should be available soon.
DJ Chris BushParticipantNever transcode from a lossy master – never. Converting mp3 to aif does not change sound quality and uses 10x more disk space. I hope you still have the original mp3 files. Delete all the aif files and use the mp3s. If you transcode back to mp3 using the lossy aif files you degrade sound quality because you’re simply re-encoding mp3 files. You can definitely hear and see the worse quality.
If you want the best sound quality you have to buy lossless tracks. Then you have a master that can be converted to any format you like. WAV and AIFF are a waste of disk space. Use FLAC or ALAC. Same quality but smaller file size.
Personally I convert all my FLACs to ALAC because they play in iTunes and are supported by my DJ software.
Lossless —> Lossless OK, no change in sound quality
Lossless —> Lossy OK, changes in sound quality are not audible if the right codec settings are used.
Lossy —> Lossy NO, worse audible sound quality
Lossy —> Lossless NO, same quality but unecessary big file size.P.S. Do not trust your purchases to be lossless. Publishers have been caught selling transcodes from a lossy master as lossless files many times. You pay more than for mp3s. Always run the files through a spectrum analyser to make sure you get what you pay for.
September 7, 2015 at 8:56 am in reply to: Transition : Bar + Club DJ to Weddings + Private Events #2250091DJ Chris BushParticipantThe hardest thing about weddings is to pretend you like the dreck you have to play and have a good time.
DJ Chris BushParticipantSeems a little expensive.
DJ Chris BushParticipantVery satisfied with my UDG backpack. Not cheap but worth the money.
DJ Chris BushParticipantI have this bag and carry it as a backpack. You don’t need any additional deck saver with this. It will carry anything you need including a laptop stand.
DJ Chris BushParticipantI simply use iTunes to organize my tracks. Everything I do there is synced in my DJ software (Djay Pro).
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