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Posted by nsamadi on Sep-03-2008 21:51:

John Digweed's Going Digital

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As a performing DJ, John Digweed is known for having stayed with tried-and-tested vinyl and CDs when playing live � in stark contrast to his long-time collaborative partner Sasha, who was an early champion of custom DJ controllers and laptop-based DJ sets. But after years of waiting for the technology to be sufficiently mature, Digweed says he�s now ready to make the plunge into a laptop-based setup. �I�m probably going to be switching to Native Instruments� Traktor Scratch,� he confides. �I�ve got the guys from NI coming down next week to run me through it and make sure I�ve got it right.� Asked about his decision to go with Traktor over the many competing software packages, Digweed reveals he�s done his homework. �I looked around, and I asked around, got the feel from everyone I could, and there were a lot of people using Traktor - Carl Cox, Nic Fanciulli, Deep Dish, even Richie Hawtin � that told me how much they enjoy using it. These are colleagues I�ve known for many years, and they were all recommending it.�

http://www.area709.com/newsroom/articles/johndigweed/

Don't know how it's going to turn out, but should be interesting!

Posted by idoru on Sep-03-2008 21:54:

I really don't understand why he says he has to bring people from Native Instruments down to explain the setup to him.

Posted by shonguiz on Sep-03-2008 21:57:

Switching isn't a surprise but i thought he would go with ableton.

Posted by Paradox Lost on Sep-03-2008 21:57:

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Originally posted by idoru
I really don't understand why he says he has to bring people from Native Instruments down to explain the setup to him.

Probably because he can. Why bother looking through the tutorials or going through trial and error when the people themselves are willing to walk you through it?

Anyway, so I suppose Transitions v. 4 was just his trial test with digital mixing?

Posted by bas on Sep-03-2008 21:57:

quote:
Originally posted by idoru
I really don't understand why he says he has to bring people from Native Instruments down to explain the setup to him.

Maybe he's just afraid of laptops

Posted by keithos27 on Sep-03-2008 21:59:

don't blame him... we'll see if he sticks to traktor. i would have thought ableton or something along those lines as well.

Posted by Watts on Sep-03-2008 21:59:

I guess he's just going to ditch his book of CDs for a laptop and CDJs.

Posted by idoru on Sep-03-2008 22:00:

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Originally posted by Paradox Lost
Probably because he can. Why bother looking through the tutorials or going through trial and error when the people themselves are willing to help you?

It's incredibly simple to setup stuff like Serato or Traktor. Incredibly. Hell, its website touts "'Instant Connect' plug and play usability."

Posted by keithos27 on Sep-03-2008 22:04:

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Originally posted by idoru
It's incredibly simple to setup stuff like Serato or Traktor. Incredibly. Hell, its website touts "'Instant Connect' plug and play usability."

Yeah but he may be using additional/exclusive hardware. Don't be so quick to presume...

Posted by bas on Sep-03-2008 22:06:

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Originally posted by idoru
It's incredibly simple to setup stuff like Serato or Traktor. Incredibly. Hell, its website touts "'Instant Connect' plug and play usability."

There's little quirks to Traktor that would be great to have someone explain rather than read. And again, I'm sure there are people at Native that WANT to go and help him out.

Posted by idoru on Sep-03-2008 22:08:

Meh.

Posted by bas on Sep-03-2008 22:15:

That Digweed...first he copies my music/charts and how he's copying my format. What a biter!

Posted by Paradox Lost on Sep-03-2008 22:35:

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Originally posted by bas
That Digweed...first he copies my music/charts and how he's copying my format. What a biter!

You should add him to your enemies list.

Posted by IpLaYWiTLiGhTs on Sep-03-2008 22:39:

Really don't care what he (or any DJ) uses to play his music as long as he keeps bringing it.

And I doubt he'll be using Ableton to play out. He's said in interviews that he likes doing all the beatmatching and such manually.

Welcome to the 21st century Diggers...

Posted by Faj27 on Sep-03-2008 22:50:

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Originally posted by bas
That Digweed...first he copies my music/charts and how he's copying my format. What a biter!

If I remember correctly, YOU busted my chops for buying Traktor

Posted by thechronic on Sep-03-2008 23:14:

Very interesting vid .Richie explains.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6...tor-setup_music

Posted by infiniteJEST on Sep-04-2008 00:18:

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Originally posted by thechronic
Very interesting vid .Richie explains.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6...tor-setup_music

Cool video man!

I'll be seeing Richie perform next Saturday - can't wait!!!

Posted by Floorfiller on Sep-04-2008 00:39:

working on finally pulling together the cash for a setup and i'll probably definitely be going the either serato or traktor scratch route as well. i mean why not? you can play vinyl and mp3s...best of both worlds.

Posted by Clovis on Sep-04-2008 00:44:

Wow big fucking deal.

Posted by iammesol on Sep-04-2008 00:47:

'bout time he saves some of his own time

Posted by Guest on Sep-04-2008 00:48:

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Originally posted by couch-potato
Cool video man!

I'll be seeing Richie perform next Saturday - can't wait!!!

minitek?

Posted by Clovis on Sep-04-2008 00:49:

Re: John Digweed's Going Digital

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Originally posted by nsamadi
but should be interesting!

Do you honestly think that?

It's going to make no difference in what he plays.

Posted by iammesol on Sep-04-2008 00:55:

Any different thought process could cause different results.

Posted by Guest on Sep-04-2008 01:02:

loved the hawtin video

Posted by Clovis on Sep-04-2008 01:04:

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Originally posted by iammesol
Any different thought process could cause different results.

Not when you basically play the same tracks in a different order at every gig.

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