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  • April 24, 2015 at 11:14 pm in reply to: Purchase advice #2183921
    Martin Farmer
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    Hi

    I don’t think TRAKTOR scratch was mentioned… Which would be perfect for a dj that loves vinyl… Learning curve is minimal as you already have skill set, plus maybe a Kontrol X1 ( original, much better controller and cheaper )

    All is £300 with money to spare to buy the essentials… Tracks

    Happy mixing

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    April 10, 2015 at 4:46 am in reply to: DAW Selection! HELP! #2173861
    Martin Farmer
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    Hi

    You don’t mention what level are you at…have you wrote a few tunes or just went throu a course? Big money mean jack shit if you don’t know what your doing… Logic Pro tools and cubase are steep learning curves… Specialty cubase. These programs in my opinion you need to do a course on how to use… They have so much depth. I would recommend if you starting out with a program thats easy and fun to use like reason fruit loops… Reason for me you can get ideas out easily and it’s fun so you keep messing around. If you get a program like cubase…. Without guidance your in a world of hurt…. Yes it’s an amazing program but you need to know exactly what you want before you fire it up.

    My personal journey was reason cubase… Which I did a 8month course on… Then I moved to ableton cau it’s alittle like reason… fun to use but a good few steps up in power from reason. The thing you will find is every program you write in your sound is slightly different as the process is different and the audio driver and converts etc have a certain sound. I haven’t used logic or pro tools but cubase has such a clean sound.

    In summary get reason and get some tunes going and see if you like making music first then move up when you have a feel for putting tunes together. Everyone is different and you may just be a natural…. Some people are gifted in that way… I’m just giving advice from my experience

    Good luck

    April 10, 2015 at 4:29 am in reply to: What to add to mix tapes in ableton to stop theft. #2173851
    Martin Farmer
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    dj vintage takes people down to earth. Very necessary.

    March 31, 2015 at 6:53 am in reply to: Pre-Party Nerves #2166341
    Martin Farmer
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    It all depends on gig… If it’s a bar then honestly as long as there is no double beats and vocal clashes people don’t care… And if it’s a house party a track can run out and play another track….lol I was the same until I got a few gigs.
    Now if your playing a proper club night were people are paying then you got to be prepared.. Never practicae a set cau things can change… My own personal idea is have a lot of mini mixes that you work on with the tunes you like… Then if people are into a certian sound play more of that etc.
    The more you practice the better you know your tunes and the more tunes you know so your prepared for any situation.

    Enjoy yourself ano happy mixing

    March 31, 2015 at 6:45 am in reply to: Fellow DJ wants to play my mix?!? #2166281
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    If your getting a lot of gigs then why bother… But if your not getting any then any promotion is good promotion. In my opinion he not going to Nick your mix… Cau if he’s asked to do another mix like it and can’t then he is going to look like a clown and if he does do another mix. Don’t have that attitude that that mix is the holy grail… Next mix you do will be better and in a month there old tunes anyways.

    March 30, 2015 at 6:44 am in reply to: Thanks Digital DJ Tips! First mini-mix ever! #2165301
    Martin Farmer
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    Hi

    Cool first mix… Why do you mix so fast thou?

    March 30, 2015 at 6:35 am in reply to: Producing… different ball game to DJ'ing #2165291
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    Hi

    Listened to your remix… Personal I like it.. Good elements and vocal is clear. Constructive feedback… The song should start or at least build up to the groove you have at 1.32. Good tracks are about groove and the section after 1.32 has groove… I would use that as intro then take in vocals… Personal you take them in to fast with no real groove at start. The vocal edit around 1.20 mark is cool and I would use. I think it has a lot of potential and I don’t write this much if I didn’t like the ideas you have… Just little restructuring will make it sound awesome.

    March 30, 2015 at 5:54 am in reply to: Transfer #2165241
    Martin Farmer
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    Check you djtechtools youtube, got some videos on this… Here one

    http://djtechtools.com/2013/04/14/mixing-techniques-for-djs-5-tempo-changing-techniques/

    Happy mixing

    March 30, 2015 at 5:27 am in reply to: keys #2165231
    Martin Farmer
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    Hi

    In the tudorail of mixed in key it tells you what keys can mix with what… Just follow the rules… But just remember its only a guide rules are made to be broken. Key is important but what they don’t say is… Groove is just as important.. If you have two tracks that work in harmony but the grooves are different then it may work in harmony but the energy will be lost.

    In summary mixed in key is sold as some magic wand in a sense. It’s important yes but it’s simply the icing on the cake.

    Practice Practice Practice is the first and only rule

    March 30, 2015 at 5:17 am in reply to: Tracks per hour? #2165201
    Martin Farmer
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    Track per hours

    Please do not even do this… Djing is about feeling the music… Knowing your tracks and most importantly loving every single track you play. If you don’t like drum and bass don’t mix it. DJs nowadays would sell there souls to get gigs. If you know your tunes and have a genuine love for what you are doing you will get to a level were you get gigs.

    February 25, 2015 at 12:15 am in reply to: Hello I need help #2146761
    Martin Farmer
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    if you need help djing this is nornal… knowing ure tracks inside out is the first step

    February 25, 2015 at 12:10 am in reply to: Hello I need help #2146751
    Martin Farmer
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    need help?

    February 24, 2015 at 11:54 pm in reply to: I've gone further down the rabbit hole… #2146711
    Martin Farmer
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    Traktor is what I had been using, it got to where it was insufficient for my needs…. what exaltly does traktor lack that ure new program has…. i mean well done to you if you can program but are you not losing sight of the fact that your trying to dj??? its so easy to get destacted from dj but you take it to another world… if you want to timestrectch audio do that in a daw then use it in a mixing proram. Not to go of my point…stop distracting ureself from djing

    February 18, 2015 at 12:25 am in reply to: I've gone further down the rabbit hole… #2142321
    Martin Farmer
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    Traktor pro is ure answer… You can mix and use remix decks for loops etc. Also look into Dubspot on YouTube.. They are based in New York. There are ways you can link traktor to ableton and have a mountain of possibles. Design ure own…lol

    February 17, 2015 at 11:26 pm in reply to: Keying music on iPad #2142301
    Martin Farmer
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    Thanks for reply will check out.

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