What does PvD use his laptop for?

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Posted by Tygon on Aug-09-2003 16:54:

And it feels just like you're spinning regular vinyl? I'd think there would be a difference going from real to FS...

This is a fantastic idea, especially for new producers that can't afford to get their own tunes pressed.

Posted by kr00t0n on Aug-09-2003 16:57:

Here I was thinking he had a little VB applet that stored all the tracks he has's bpm and tells him at what percentage he must put the pitch to

Also, when do you think was the last time PvD actually had to pay for a track? Getting played by him makes a track uber-popular with the PvD worshipping masses, so ppl prolly pay him to take them in the first place

Posted by JohnSmith on Aug-09-2003 17:45:

quote:
Originally posted by Flash Bastard
kinda cool .. but what if you come to a big party as a dj with your laptop you have to plugin al the wire's first etc or ?

it's very easy to set up. while the DJ before is spinning, you just boot up your computer, plug the both the final scratch line out cables into the line ins on the mixer (under the phono ones)

When he drops his last track, you take the phono cables on the other table, plug them into the scratch amp, flip the switch over to line, and you are good to mix in. Then when you've mixed in your first track, you take the other phono cables, switch em out and plug them into the scratch amp, and yoru good to mix into another track.

then if you want to, you just plug the phono out cables from the scratch amp back into the phono ins on the mixer, and you can switch easily between FS and vinyl. voila, no interruptions!

Posted by nick_energy on Aug-10-2003 16:13:

quote:
Originally posted by whitesmoke
He used it at space34 last time he was in miami....

he seems like rip some mp3 on soulseaker while he played at some party lol

Posted by IntegraR0064 on Aug-10-2003 18:43:

quote:
Originally posted by DaveSaenz
Could it really improve your mixing? Is it "cheating" in a sense?

Or you'd still need your DJing skills built up from years of practice to still pull off a perfect mix?

heh...i was joking. Someone said that he was using traktor...which then i guess would be cheating.

But he's using final scratch..which just looks like traktor (since it uses traktor's engine), final scratch isn't cheating at all..it's just like having two records. You can see the waveform and such...so it makes it a little nicer, but yes you still need djing skills built up from years of practice.

Posted by _-MIl0 on Aug-10-2003 18:55:

crap another thing im gonna have to end up buying,

Posted by xKaoSx on Aug-11-2003 04:36:

craphole

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Mil0
crap another thing im gonna have to end up buying,

No shit-
Im highly interested in this now.

(hey Eric- BONGSQUAD! LOL)

Posted by Dieselstyles on Aug-11-2003 21:20:

I asked about it in my local forum and this is what I got in response about Final Scratch....

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yup.... and it stinks.

here's why we aren't carrying it at Axe (anymore, we did have a couple copies)

reason #1 lag (if you're a scratch DJ you will notice it)
reason #2 linux (you need a dedicated comp with Linux...we tried running a PC with Linux, a partition and Windows, and it was really unstable...lots of crashes)
reason #3 cheap ass hardware (the 'scratch amp' is poorly manufactured)
reason #4 you can't play regular vinyl (while the rig is hooked up)
reason #5 poor support (supposedly there was full time guys on FS.com dedicated to making sure everybody's rig worked. we had crazy fluctuations in playback volume and were supposed to get a 'fix' from their support network which never came)

This is still a great concept for a software/playback interface, but notice their is no Windows system (they would not be able to get the lag down to an acceptable rate) and the Mac version has just been released and they needed help from Native Instruments in order to get the platform ready and supported.

check out Traktor... no vinyl interface, but the playback controls are really user friendly....plus it's cheap.

Posted by IntegraR0064 on Aug-11-2003 22:15:

quote:
Originally posted by Dieselstyles

reason #2 linux (you need a dedicated comp with Linux...we tried running a PC with Linux, a partition and Windows, and it was really unstable...lots of crashes)

I run linux (mandrake 9) and windows xp on separate partitions...it's insanely stable i think they messed something up.

Linux is ridiculously stable compared to windows. That's one of the main advantages...i've never seen linux crash in my life. VERY RARELY a program can crash, but you just kill it and open it again...not like windows where it causes memory leaks all over the place and you have to restart the comp.

Maybe they got a bad installation, or their drives were messed up, or something..

Posted by b i n k u n on Aug-12-2003 01:25:

quote:
Originally posted by Dieselstyles
reason #4 you can't play regular vinyl (while the rig is hooked up)

think it's been stated before, but i'll reiterate.

FS tracks played through the FS vinyl is hooked up to the mixer LINE-IN. to play regular vinyl, flip your mixer to PHONO and remove the FS vinyl and put your own vinyl on. simple as that. honestly.

Posted by sektile on Aug-12-2003 10:11:

am i the only one in fear of rocking upto a gig with final scratch with your 900000 tracks on your 900gb hdd, then the hdd dies? :P

Posted by DJ Darchinova on Aug-16-2003 12:21:

It gets lonely in the DJ booths sometimes, so Paul entertains himself by watching a bit of video downloads from Kazaa. lol
joking!

Posted by Vert on Aug-17-2003 14:28:

quote:
Originally posted by sektile
am i the only one in fear of rocking upto a gig with final scratch with your 900000 tracks on your 900gb hdd, then the hdd dies? :P

Thats why you should still buy vinyl .
(As a "backup" of course.)

es

Posted by brian on Aug-18-2003 02:53:

quote:
Originally posted by sektile
am i the only one in fear of rocking upto a gig with final scratch with your 900000 tracks on your 900gb hdd, then the hdd dies? :P

I'll second that

Posted by ExOn on Aug-18-2003 12:08:

He said that he only uses the FS thing instead of bringing all his cdr's. And he has alot of them.

Posted by seldor on Aug-22-2003 00:21:

quote:
Originally posted by IntegraR0064
I run linux (mandrake 9) and windows xp on separate partitions...it's insanely stable i think they messed something up.

Linux is ridiculously stable compared to windows. That's one of the main advantages...i've never seen linux crash in my life. VERY RARELY a program can crash, but you just kill it and open it again...not like windows where it causes memory leaks all over the place and you have to restart the comp.

Maybe they got a bad installation, or their drives were messed up, or something..

you are right on that

Posted by Fandom on Aug-22-2003 10:21:

Hmm...is traktor 2 better than final scratch or not?

Posted by TheLime on Aug-22-2003 11:10:

Re: What does PvD use his laptop for?

quote:
Originally posted by TranceInMySoul
I'm curious... What does he use this for?

maybe he watch porn

Posted by VisionsofPVD on Aug-22-2003 15:52:

I dont blame him for replacing cdr's with FS...in some of his recent sets, he's had problems with cdr's skipping, which obviously kills the whole flow of the set. By relying on FS and a laptop, any chance of skipping or error is virtually eliminated....plus, doesn't it look cool to be dj'ing and having a laptop in between your decks!

Posted by hapamoto on Aug-23-2003 05:24:

Re: Re: What does PvD use his laptop for?

quote:
Originally posted by TheLime
maybe he watch porn

damn.. i was gonna say that!

Posted by TheTornado on Aug-24-2003 06:13:

quote:
Originally posted by JohnSmith
if dj craze says it's dope then it mizzle be da shizzle!

Dude if you have never heard DJ Craze (I'm not too good at detecting sarcasm on he internet), don't knock him. The man is a turntablist god.

Posted by rqpeyruxvg on Aug-27-2003 13:08:

quote:
Originally posted by TheTornado
Dude if you have never heard DJ Craze (I'm not too good at detecting sarcasm on he internet), don't knock him. The man is a turntablist god.

erm......i havent heard of him...

Posted by Nemesis44 on Aug-27-2003 15:51:

Hmmm...

FS sounds like a really great tool that will no doubt be fantastic as newer versions come out.
But as stated earlier the fear of HD failure has to be equivalent to the nightmare where you wake up in a packed football stadium with no clothes on, assuming that bothers you (If you were to rely on FS alone that is).

Must admit that I am a little disapointed to find out that it's all PVD uses his laptop for.
Push (Plastic Boy etc) on the other hand does live remixes of his tunes in his set (Not sure which software he uses though) and it sounds awesome.

PvD and DJ Craze can also afford top of the range laptops that have FS as their sole purpose which makes things run a little smoother not to mention the fact that they can also make pretty much any demands on the set up where they play. For us lesser mortals, we still have to put up with promoters/club managers going apeshit if we look at a monitor as if we would like to turn it to hear better.

This thread was interesting.

Cheers
Nem

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