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rfb, post: 32651, member: 2662 wrote: Check the job description again because no matter how technically well executed your set was when people just didn’t dig the music you failed in terms of what you were hired to do. Simple as that.

I have to disagree with this line of thinking a little bit. I see it and hear it from all over the place. The way I see it is the promoter needs to take some responsibility for the entertainment. Look at it like this, if you’re hired to minimal techno by the promoter then you’re going to show up and play minimal techno. You’re job is to judge the time of night, energy level of the venue, etc. in order to pick the correct minimal techno tracks for that particular place and time. But, if a promoter hires you to play minimal techno and then draws a crowd that wants to hear top 40, you’re not going to be prepared for that and nor should you be. The promoter didn’t do his job in matching the entertainment to the audience. Think about it terms of bands if you prefer. A country bar wouldn’t book a metal band and if they were dumb enough to do that, would you expect the metal band to then play country music? In summary, I feel we all have a unique style of music and mixing that promoters need to evaluate based on their individual events instead of thinking, “let’s get a dj for Thursday night. Which dj should we get? Who cares they’re all the same, they just play other people’s records.” Incoherent rant over, hope you followed that.:)

I use VDJ so I didn’t sign up for the beta. Do they have any psytrance?

I think since you already accepted the gig it’s a little late to up your price. You’re kinda of stuck with this one but remember what Menno said for future gigs of this nature. If you would like you could speak to them about your feelings about the music. In the end, you should probably just play what they suggest and make the best of it. Don’t take it personal.

Terry_42, post: 32501, member: 1843 wrote: Guys be nice and stay on topic, it is obviously urgent to him.

Just messing with him Terry. Besides, I think this thread would be a lot more interesting if we discussed what we remember as being urgent when we were 15.;)

Anyway, this website has an awesome guide to controllers. Just like the site on facebook. It’s explained in this blog entry.

Don’t take any of it personally. I enjoyed the mix and I was genuinely impressed. I recently switched to digital and at first thought that auto gain would be awesome. I’ve now decided it’s a piece of crap and I’m never using it again.

I’ve got a mix up if you want to have a listen. There’s actually 4 on my mixcloud. The Lights Went Out is my newest and I’ve received good feedback from other sites on Faded Memories Parts 1 and 2, particularly 2. All tags are where the mix begins. Anyway, here’s the link to my thread if you’re interested, if not, no hard feelings.

http://www.digitaldjtips.com/forum/threads/hamburg-style-prog-mix.7026/

This is considered urgent???

I’ll go with Tool-“Third Eye” but that’s really an impossible question to answer

I thought you could run a turntable through the x1 but I don’t own one so I’m not sure. I’ve a Numark N4 so that I can hook up 2 turntables while also having 2 decks for digital. It works seemlessly and I can switch back and forth on the fly and always have 4 decks available if I want them. I’m sure there are several other controllers that do some version of the same thing. Someone else will have to confirm or deny the x1’s capabilities though.