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Harold Tan

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  • November 13, 2013 at 2:24 am in reply to: Balancing djing with college? #1016488
    Harold Tan
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    I say go with dentistry course. Just get yourself a laptop and start practicing from there. You can try to get some college gigs in the weekends and get paid for it.  Colleges and universities always have some party somewhere.  You just need to get yourself introduced and get some paid gigs.

     

    Back in the day, on lean months, when school is out, our mobile DJ group gets about 2 or 3 gigs a month. On normal months, we’d get 8 to 10 gigs a month.  On peak months, usually on Decembers, we’d get 12 to 18 gigs a month.  I remember a certain week where we had six nights in a week.  I certainly had trouble waking up to attend classes and take exams.

    November 13, 2013 at 2:12 am in reply to: Does anybody else find this to be a little bit "cheating" in the world of DJing? #1016487
    Harold Tan
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    I say that’s not DJing.  It’s just plain playing music.  Anyone can load a track on a CD player or a laptop or iPod and press play.  All that guy did was blend in pre-recorded mixes.  Heck, he can do the Jesus pose, that is if the crowd continues dancing to the music.  But if the crowd doesn’t really feel the pre-recorded mixes, that guy, who is more of a spinner than a DJ, would be in trouble with empty floors, or worse, empty venues.

    November 13, 2013 at 1:50 am in reply to: "Dancing behind the DJ booth makes you a wack DJ" #1016486
    Harold Tan
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    If you’re dancing to the music you’re playing, it only means you truly enjoy your craft.  Don’t pay any attention to what other DJ’s say. I do that too since my vinyl days up to my laptop days.  Dancing is better than the Jesus pose. 😀

     

    I met a DJ about a decade ago. He used CDJ’s. I was in the booth with him and he does a funny dance swaying  sideways.  Aside from enjoying himself, I surmise that’s how he counts beats before he beatmatches.

     

    So, dance to your heart’s desire. If you enjoy it, nobody can dictate to you what to do. It’s not illegal and it’s your style.  Keep dancing, buddy.

    November 3, 2013 at 7:54 am in reply to: The Hitman's Mix #1015755
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    October 29, 2013 at 9:11 am in reply to: Mixxx 1.11 #1015446
    Harold Tan
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    By the way, try to look for the Mixxx manual in PDF format.  It comes with Mixxx when you downloaded and installed it.  If you still can’t find it, you can get a copy from the Mixxx website.

    October 29, 2013 at 9:09 am in reply to: Mixxx 1.11 #1015445
    Harold Tan
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    I use Mixxx 1.11 (although I am on Windows 7).

    It’s easy to use, it’s got almost everything a DJ would use.  My only rant is that the FX is limited only to flanger.  The flanger works well.

    It supports several hardware including Numark, Traktor, Serato, Behringer.  The nice thing about Mixxx is that it supports and sounds solidly great with ASIO.

    Samplers and loops, talk, recording (WAV), supports MP3, WAV, OGG and other music formats.   The EQ is 3 bands: low, mid and high, with options to cut any of the three.  Keyboard controls are available and can be customized.

    You can make playlists and crates. You can change skins and the Mixxx forums has some skins made by the Mixxx community you could download.  You can scratch.  There’s pitch lock that prevents chipmunks from taking over.

    October 28, 2013 at 11:47 am in reply to: The Hitman's Mix #1015398
    Harold Tan
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    More to come soon

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    October 24, 2013 at 4:26 pm in reply to: Help I have never used cdjs #1015197
    Harold Tan
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    If you have never used CDJ’s before, then don’t use them.  Bring your own laptop and controller.  Ask the technical people for help in connecting your gear to their PA / equipment.  You just gotta be there early. As in before it opens.

    Your gig is on Friday.  That’s tomorrow!  And if you’ve never used CDJ’s before, a live gig is not the place and time to start learning.

    Good luck and good vibes to ya

     

    October 24, 2013 at 7:55 am in reply to: Playlist for kids party? #1015166
    Harold Tan
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    Tracks from Crazy Frog

    October 24, 2013 at 5:25 am in reply to: What's everyone watching? #1015165
    Harold Tan
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    Anyone seen Hey DJ The Movie?

    The story is nothing great at all, but the music and the guest DJ’s are fantastic.

    I think I’ll see it again.  I have it on DVD somewhere in my video rack

    October 24, 2013 at 5:07 am in reply to: What vehicle do you use for gigs. #1015162
    Harold Tan
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    Back then, if the venue was small, we just drove an old Suzuki Super Carry Van.

    For medium-sized venues, an old Datsun pickup truck.

    For large venues, a Kia Ceres truck

    For larger venues, all three vehicles are used.

    October 23, 2013 at 10:19 am in reply to: Greetings from the Philippines #1015105
    Harold Tan
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    Hope to see more DJ’s beginners to pros from the Philippines here.  Of course the international community are welcome here too

    October 23, 2013 at 10:16 am in reply to: A small little Rant on Beats by dre headphones #1015103
    Harold Tan
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    Beats is not really a DJ headphone.  It’s more for a mobile music player and it is ridiculously priced.

    It’s an expensive fad.

    October 22, 2013 at 4:03 am in reply to: Laptop Djing. USB soundcard or splitter cable?? #1014988
    Harold Tan
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    That cheap little external sound card at the start of this thread?  It’s really cheap. It works.  However, that caused some latency on a real gig.  Fortunately, I only used that for headphones so the audience is not hearing any of the latency from it.  And it’s annoying having to pull out from and reinsert it on the USB port several times in a night.

    I suggest a Behringer U-Control UCA-200 or UCA 202 or UCA 222 (any one of the three will do).  It’s not as cheap as that little thing but it’s not expensive enough to break the bank and it’s worth the upgrade specially if you’re on a budget.

    And get yourself an ASIO4ALL.  It should solve most of your latency problems.

    October 22, 2013 at 3:49 am in reply to: DJ-laptop #1014986
    Harold Tan
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    I currently use an Acer Aspire Limited Olympic Edition.  It doesn’t crash on me.  I use Mixxx.

    Intel Core i5.  2.6 GHz

    4 GB RAM

    1 TB HDD

    Windows 7

    3.5″ Audio out

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    3.5″ Microphone in

    Realtek HD

    Three USB Ports

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