Howitzer

D-Jam, post: 6286 wrote: Back in the day there was some sense of community. Rave culture was and always is a very communal thinking. Modern club culture though has become narcissistic and all about “me me me me me”.

Sorry you had that experience Howitzer.

I think you hit the nail on the head there mate. While I enjoy modern clubbing, I am yerning for a sense of community.

You have nothing to be sorry for man, its merely my own experience.

I had this the other night. My first big gig out at prime time in a year.
I was super psyched, pretty stressed and full of adrenaline. Loads of people congratulated me on my set, one guy wouldnt stop congratulating me, started getting a bit wierd.

After I’d finished though I felt totally underwhelmed with my performance and depressed, even though everyone said I tore it up! I dont understand the way the human brain works. Especially my own.

If anyones got any tips, I need to follow them, I want that feeling of elation.

The big compilation CD’s about more than likely aquire the rights from the individual publishers, I do not know for certain though.

They do have a lot of leway with this because these complations are published on well known labels with a massive demographic and a large distribution network. I’m assuming you dont have that, so you dont have the industry clout or the financial incentive to get these guys to play ball.

Give it a try though, whats the worst that can happen? They say no?
Good luck!

Aye man, ill be heading down. Hopefully I’ll catch a phil lurking about this year too. Totally missed him last time.
I want more freebies from NI this time round too god damn it! Their booth last time was ok, not really much presence though. Serato pwned with freebies and DJ’s, allsorts!

Guys, he’s a dnb producer/dj. Its kinda to be expected to be honest.

dnb is, to my eyes at least, the last bastion of hope for vinyl. Pretty much every dnb DJ I see still uses vinyl, also, pretty much every dnb dj I see doesnt have the foggiest what digital stuff does, let alone how to use it.

I do think friction is a top dj & producer in his field, I’ve seen him mix, and he’s a legend. I can see how he and many other old school dnb heads can get offended by especially ableton producers who dont need to beatmatch, but as a digital dj you still need to choose the songs! Is he trying to say he’s never practiced a blend to death to nail it down? Everything is fly by the seat of your pants, pick a random vinyl and go, and he still nails it? I dont think so.

As a counter argument you could say that the dnb Friction makes isnt real music because its made using quantised midi notes in a sterile environment in a DAW. Its not real music unless you play it live with instruments.

Anyway, this argument has been beaten to death. But now the dnb scene is starting to wake up to the idea of digital you’re ( & especially me) about to see this being beaten to death again.

djsubculture, post: 4666 wrote: “Stable BPM” is that for tracks that were not BPM’d prior to being added to TP?
(Look’s like I’m going to need the new Traktor Bible)

Nope, it takes the actual BPM that fluctuates loads in the deck view and averages it out so its more readable. You’ll still get a +/- 0.4 BPM fluctuation on any turntable though, that is the nature of the beast.

Sorry mate, ive got no idea if it made it into the demo.
The way you specify it is in the settings panel where you setup what you want shown on the track deck.
I dont have Tpro infront of me at the mo but it looks like a big grid of drop down boxes, probably in deck preferences. Just drop down the BPM list and select stable BPM.

djsubculture, post: 4506 wrote: Nice!
So I take it that in four deck mode, a second Kontrol X1 will control decks C & D them same as decks A & B?

Yup 🙂
Its not quite plug and play, you’ll need to set the second X1 to control C & D in the preferences, but its dead easy.