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Posted by beats and beeps on Dec-25-2004 00:41:

CDs4eva.

Posted by goonerjack on Dec-25-2004 01:06:

quote:
Originally posted by D-res
i have lost all respect for anyone who uses a piece of fucking software to mix music... wow.... such talent

exactly, i mean in a few days i've learnt how to mix tracks in traktor - not exactly difficult to be honest... and some of the mixes don't sound that far behind some of the professional DJs. For me it just wouldn't be the same going to see someone mix on a computer - I wanna see the DJ look thru his vinyls, spin them about etc ...

weird comparison but it's kinda like adding video replays for offsides in football (soccer) - yeah it would make the game more fair, accurate and possibly even better, but it would take some of the 'romance' outta the game if every single decision was right!

Posted by InTranzd on Dec-25-2004 02:06:

Like many here, I'm saddened by increasing competition posed by digital audio technology to good ole analogue (turntables)... but think about it... without technology, there could be no edm. Nothing will be the same as workin on a set of good decks, feelin' that viynl....ooo yaa

Posted by Psionic on Dec-25-2004 02:25:

He can still be a DJ...a digital jockey

Posted by verndogs on Dec-25-2004 02:31:

Posted by infinity HiGH on Dec-25-2004 02:48:

quote:
Originally posted by Vero
old news, he uses ableton live. alot of DJs are goin to computers, BT, Junkie XL, Gabriel and Dresden...

I love how you say DJ's and then use BT & Junkie XL as examples.

Posted by Absolut_Vodka on Dec-25-2004 04:43:

quote:
Originally posted by Alexan
Actually seeing as BT and him are good friends he might have gotten the idea from Brian.

He did. Bt said so himself in a tv interview

Posted by DJ Mikey Mike on Dec-25-2004 04:48:

Re: sasha is not a DJ anymore

quote:
Originally posted by stren
linky
Since he uses his laptop now..

wow youtre on the fucjing ball mate. pleb.

Posted by trunks1022 on Dec-25-2004 04:53:

he started using his laptop here in nyc in october extensively. for the start of his residency, they had a totally new set up for sasha, in which he did live remixing on the spot. i wasn't able to recognize much remixing except maybe smashing pumpkins - 1979, but my friend who was there with me said that sasha did a lot of extensive remixing on the spot. it was quite flawless... i guess the laptop can only enhance the experience, especially if sasha does it live.

Posted by Alexan on Dec-25-2004 04:54:

quote:
Originally posted by DarkAngel
That'd be hella cool. He comes to FL every now and again but not often enough.

Not to mention, the times he did stop by here, I was unemployed.

Check back on that post I made where I said I'd send it to you.I edited it to have the links to the info. Hope you enjoy!

quote:
Originally posted by Absolut_Vodka
He did. Bt said so himself in a tv interview

Oh ok well there you go then!

And as for the BT DJ thing. He doesn't exactly classify as a DJ what he does is more like remixing live and he calls it a laptop symphony. He loads ableton, reason and some oda programs onto his laptop. Then he plays a track in ableton live and then beat matches a break or bassline or whatever to that track and starts playing that and then he add's more stuff. At the same time he has a keyboard (think it's either a radium or oxygen8) connected via USB to his powerbook and uses it to trigger things in the program or use vsti's and add's whatever he wants on the keyboard and all this is done in real time so it's kind of like remixing live.

I think he's stopped doing live shows for a little while now. Right now he's mostly doing laptop symphonies, most of the time for God's Kitchen.

Posted by vhx1 on Dec-25-2004 06:09:

wow alot of ignorant posts here. if u guys actually had the chance to fire up ableton u would understand that whut he's doing is step up. while using a computer is not the most interactive thing ever... its certainly a step towards the future.

NOTE: Traktor is NOTHING like Ableton for those you use trying to make the analogy

Posted by infinity HiGH on Dec-25-2004 06:21:

Re: Re: sasha is not a DJ anymore

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike
wow youtre on the fucjing ball mate. pleb.

haha godo jbo wit hthe spalling tehre m8!!!!

Posted by TranceSpeeder on Dec-25-2004 07:06:

alright, the only difference is he wont change the records, so what? is he not changing the damn tune?

Posted by TranceSpeeder on Dec-25-2004 07:09:

btw.. ive used programs such as traktor and virtual dj, its just the same mixing.

Posted by Alexan on Dec-25-2004 07:12:

I think as long as your tracks are good and unique, your mixing is excellent and you get the crowd going and you know what you're doing it doesn't matter if you're using VDJ, Traktor, Ableton or turntables and a mixer.

Posted by TranceSpeeder on Dec-25-2004 07:16:

so this makes tiesto the only one ever not using programs? im pretty sure armin, ferry all have once.

Posted by Alexan on Dec-25-2004 07:20:

I guess so. Tiesto is kinda old school when it comes to equip :P

Always spinning vinyl and his main synth is a moog (Which isn't bad at all don't get me wrong. I love my minimoog! )

Posted by TranceSpeeder on Dec-25-2004 07:49:

and there is a reason why djs stay #1

Posted by stren on Dec-25-2004 09:45:

quote:
Originally posted by D-res
exactly

i dont want to go to a venue and see the DJ putting less effort into his sets than i do in my room

less effort ? I don't think so; just because he doesn't have to beat match doesn't mean he puts less effort into it. He does so many things now, he didn't have time to do before, because he had to beatmatch. Practicly remixing the track on the spot is > than playing vinyl/cd's. I mean c'mon man, don't be an amish boy

Posted by D-res on Dec-25-2004 09:58:

quote:
Originally posted by stren
less effort ? I don't think so; just because he doesn't have to beat match doesn't mean he puts less effort into it. He does so many things now, he didn't have time to do before, because he had to beatmatch. Practicly remixing the track on the spot is > than playing vinyl/cd's. I mean c'mon man, don't be an amish boy

its not like that....

you gotta expect arrogance like this from me. im a vinyl head and im all about DJing is Disc Jockey...ing..... hell.. using CDs is pushin it for me, but if i had the money i'd prolly buy a cdj or two, even though i need a mixer way worse.

Posted by Outsider on Dec-25-2004 11:14:

the only thing that we must realize, that we have XXI century, technology is going forward, we are going forward and sasha is going forward...
it`s good to looking for something new, sasha did ant 'reskept' for that!

Posted by ryanmac on Dec-25-2004 12:06:

From a clubbers point of view, you like to see the dj queing a record, speeding it up or slowing it down, with cumputers you don't get any of that, however it's all about the music but I don't think vinyl or CD's will be pushed to one side for cumputer mixing.

Posted by A.J. on Dec-25-2004 12:14:

I guess you could say this is just semantics over the term "Disc Jockey"....but i doubt that is what the thread-poster means

If you want to take the literal meaning of the term, a disc jockey spins and manipulates "discs" (ie vinyl). Technically, if Sasha is not using "discs", and only using a computer, than he is no longer a disc jockey, but instead a performer or a musician.

hmmmm, maybe i'm just talking shit cos i've been drinking all day

Merry Christmas maties!!!!!!!

Posted by donegalredneck on Dec-25-2004 15:51:

We're all agreeing then, he's not a DJ.

Posted by DarkAngel on Dec-25-2004 15:59:

quote:
Originally posted by Alexan
Laptop Symphony Info

Live Show Info

Thx!

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