Steve (k-rex) Richman

Greetings, and welcome! FWIW, Santi is he most common nickname for Santiago, so I think it would be fine. For me, though, the full name Santiago (without the DJ) is cool. Or you could break it down – Santiago = Saint Jacob, drop the saint and you could use Iago, Tiago, or Diego, all Spanish variants of Jacob. I kinda like Tiago.

Greetings, and welcome to the forums! Actually, never heard of club pro dj until your post, but did some research. First, it’s now called VJ6 so if you have an older version this may not apply. Second, the documentation is not good – less than a page on controllers and controller mapping. Here’s what I found relevant:

The Control Mapper allows you to map the controls on your Keyboard as well as the Visiosonic DAC-2, Numark DMC-1, Hercules DJ Console, Hercules MK2, Hercules DJ Control MP3, Vestax VCI-100, Denon DN-HC4500, Behringer BCD-2000, Behringer BCD-3000, Numark OMNI CONTROL, Hercules DJ Console Remix, Hercules DJ Control Steel, Kontrol DJ KDJ-500

Also:
[FONT=arial]MIDI controllers supported by VJ6are defined in the file pluginsMidiDevices.xml. [/FONT]
[FONT=arial]Default control mapp ings are in the PluginsMidiDefaults.xml. Do not edit [/FONT]
[FONT=arial]these files because they are updated in each new version of VJ6, and you would lose your changes. [/FONT]
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This is unusual in that most dj software comes with etrensive documentation on how to integrate hardware controllers. Also be aware that after plugging the controller it still must be configured in the software setup before it will be seen.

Just a personal opinion – if you need to purchase an upgrade, I’d suggest you look at a more widely used and supported solution, such as Traktor, Serato, Virtual DJ, etc.

You could do this with Audacity, a free and easy to use audio editor that runs on pcs (and mac)

Greetz, L-Jam. Basically, iTunes and Traktor integration just isn’t very good, we all wonder when it will be fixed but it just hasn’t happened. There is a program (Trainspotter) that helps, and here’s a link to Phil’s review:
http://www.digitaldjtips.com/tag/trainspotter-2/

Here’s a good guide to getting going with filters and effects (what a coincidence, it’s also by Phil on this site :-))
http://www.digitaldjtips.com/2011/03/beginners-guide-to-dj-effects/

Reverb and flanger are good to buildup to drops, but there are many on this forum that are far more knowledgeable than me on the use of effects.

Chuck van Eekelen, post: 43228, member: 2756 wrote: The MAIN difference between the two, in my humble opinion, is that E-Flyers are pull-based and regular flyers are push.

What I mean by that is that only people that know your, follow you, have you on facebook or in any other way visit places you “put up E-flyers” will read it. With regular flyers you can go out the afternoon of a gig to the local mall for example and hand them out to new people that look like they are in your target group.

If there are any colleges or Universities around, be sure to find a way to post something there too. Students are usually looking for new entertainment. They might not be the biggest spenders ever (most are on a very tight budget) but they do like to party and would fill up a room nicely.

Greetinx,
C.

Hey, Chuck, good to see you back in da house 🙂 Agree completely with your assessment, good practical advice as always. You should come visit Boston though – for every student who is broke, there’s another from outside the states that’s thinking “hmm, this music’s not bad – think I’ll buy the club” 😎

Wow, this is a large question, raiden. Understand your wife’s reluctance, even the hardware you;re talking about is somewhat of a challenge. You’ve got an old version of SL, and when you say decks I assume you mean cdj’s – or even turntable, same applies. This gear was designed for djs making the transition from vinyl to digital, and would probably be the most difficult setup on which to learn (since it is designed for experienced pros). I’d suggest starting with something much easier, like Virtual DJ Home, until you learn the fundamentals of mixing and beatmatching. Follow djrizki’s link above, much good info, read the prep tips on this site, think about your music library. Start by mixing the same song on two decks, as mentioned in the previous posts. Once you are somewhat comfortable with this, then roll out that scary vinyl stuff. Or not – lots of us are happy with our controllers 🙂

C. on the PA – “Greetings, and welcome to the monthly meeting of the Mustache Club!” 😀