Quicknight

13th November..at my school fest Zephyrus 2014 to a crowd of over a hundred.. It was an unforgettable experience. Definitely something I would want to do again soon.

What kind of music do you DJ with?

If you are mixing in a “less than perfect” environment… I recommend taking a few tracks that have been mixed similarly to what you’re after and run them through a spectrum analyser plugin. Voxengo SPAN is a good free one. You can see the levels of the spectrum and try to match them with yours.

All the best and do share your track in the music and mixes section once it is finished 🙂
-Quicknight

I’ll be going for a basic degree in engineering while working on my music. I’m more of a producer than a DJ. Hopefully I’ll already be earning from my music by the time I get the degree.

Till now, I’ve played over 10 gigs and I have an upcoming remix release on a label this month.

What about you? Tell me more about yourself.

I meant which city are you from? I’m from Bihar…currently staying in Bamgalore, just finished class 10 🙂

To be frank, no I don’t think you need any kind of course for music production. Once you start making music, you’ll only get better at it as time passes. The institutions will definitely speed you up. But I think that money would be better used to buy more gear and learn for yourself.

You’ll already have a computer, and pair of decent speakers/headphones. If you’re thinking about production as a career, I’m guessing you’ve already tried a hand at a DAW. Now all you need is some inspiration and some creativity and you’re on your way to making chart-topping tracks 🙂

I get what you’re asking Baltazar,

But you’ve got it wrong, the individual keys do not radiate a specific vibe or feeling. The only “feeling” that can be related to key’s is that Major keys are Happy, Bright, Positive and Grand while Minor keys are Dark, Moody, Gloomy and more Emotional.

For example, C minor can sound romantic and whimsical, while D major can sound triumphant, and D minor can sound gloomy

Actually, that doesn’t depend on the key at all. That is mostly affected by the way the track has been composed…You say C minor sounds romantic…take a listen to this track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv0y0On8ZGQ

In no way that sounds romantic, does it?

If you are going after a certain feeling, first choose between a Major and Minor and then get your brains on writing a powerful melody than bothering much about the “key” that you should use.

I understand. You guys do one hell of an amazing job already 🙂

Chuck is right. If you are going for Traktor, nothing will work except Native Instruments’ own stuff. I’m not sure why you would want to use the MTP2 with Traktor, it’s one of the controllers with a barely usable integration. The .tsi has been made quite half-heartedly if you ask me.

I would say you are better off opting for another software, and for the MTP2 nothing better to start than Serato DJ Intro. I’ve used the MTP2 with loads of software including Serato DJ (Flawless Performance), Virtual DJ (Close Second), Cross DJ (Decent Integration), Deckadance (On par with Cross), Mixxx (Works fine), Ableton Live (No Jogwheels, but the pads work great) and Traktor is the worst.