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Originally posted by adi_hanson obviously not? ive have ever only seen yoji with a laptop and that was for his intro , and im honestly shocked, so the art of dj'ing with vinyl and cds is under threat from laptops? and to the other poster , ive never seen ableton so i would had to look into it

you poor sheltered man.

Re: what do you need for your first gig?

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Originally posted by movingincircles What else do I need?

To buy my decks in the for sale forum.

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Originally posted by adi_hanson im going to go away and study loads and loads like in the movies and read about production, dj'ing and replying to a multiple meaning tranceaddict post and have a soundtrack overplaying and then i will come back and beat the bad guys in true hollywood style

We gonna get r4ped!

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Originally posted by DuBam We gonna get r4ped!

didn't know they made movies like that in hollywood

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Originally posted by skip didn't know they made movies like that in hollywood

I tried to tell you that on msn a few days ago, you never answered

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Originally posted by DuBam I tried to tell you that on msn a few days ago, you never answered

i wasn't around then. and you're never around usually so replying is kinda hard.

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Originally posted by skip i wasn't around then. and you're never around usually so replying is kinda hard.

excuses!

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Talent.

Nah, more often than not you probably don't need talent to play out - it's just nice when people actually do

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Originally posted by RJT Nah, more often than not you probably don't need talent to play out - it's just nice when people actually do

Well, I was assuming that the OP wanted to be a good DJ, not just any old idiot who tosses on a few records in a club.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Well, I was assuming that the OP wanted to be a good DJ, not just any old idiot who tosses on a few records in a club.

Indeed. Unfortunately, these days I almost always assume the opposite.

For many folks (and I'm not saying this is movingincircles at all) I don't think the appeal of DJ'ing goes all that far beyond being "the idiot tossing on a few records in a club", only they phrase it in terms of "I'm going to be the king of the castle and rock the shit out of this place with my 50 Cent/Darude mashup! Thank god I practiced my Jesus pose, the bitches are going to eat that shit up!"

I think that a lot of people who go to clubs don't really care much about the skill level of the DJ, unless maybe he just plays trainwreck after trainwreck or something. I've seen some DJs who either couldn't play or didn't care get crowds going simply with their attitude.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles I think that a lot of people who go to clubs don't really care much about the skill level of the DJ...

It's probably closer to "most."

The truth is that the percentage of people who care about the music they're going to hear out at a club (beyond bachelorette's wanting to do karaoke) pales in comparison to the number of people who go out to clubs in general.

Let's face it - the EDM scene is inherently founded in the shallow end of the pool. Does that mean some folks can't escape it? Absolutely not. But at the same time I don't think people should be surprised that the epic, jesus-posing, finger twinkling, lyp-syncing cheese is what generally packs clubs.

The lowest common denominator pays the bills.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles I think that a lot of people who go to clubs don't really care much about the skill level of the DJ, unless maybe he just plays trainwreck after trainwreck or something. I've seen some DJs who either couldn't play or didn't care get crowds going simply with their attitude.

depends on location.

even so, there are a ton of people with no clue

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Originally posted by RJT "I'm going to be the king of the castle and rock the shit out of this place with my Soulja boy/Darude mashup! Thank god I practiced my Jesus pose, the bitches are going to eat that shit up!"

Fixed.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Talent.

You really are ignorant and have no idea. Very sorry for you.

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Originally posted by hooknife You really are ignorant and have no idea. Very sorry for you.

What are you talking about?

Re: what do you need for your first gig?

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Originally posted by movingincircles M-Audio Fast Track Pro Will the m-audio fast track pro be enough to hook up my system to the big speakers? What else do I need?

I've got this thing but never used it, whats the best way to connect this to a macbook

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Originally posted by Clovis And that would be great...somehow I don't think that is the case...

Actually I meant my laptop, which is still a PC when you compare a Dell notebook to a Macbook.



I'm just wondering if the fast track pro is enough to hook up the big speakers, I don't know what connections they use. I don't have to buy a mixer do i?

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Originally posted by TranceArmstrong I've got this thing but never used it, whats the best way to connect this to a macbook

USB?

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Originally posted by movingincircles I'm just wondering if the fast track pro is enough to hook up the big speakers, I don't know what connections they use. I don't have to buy a mixer do i?

No offense m8, but if you're asking questions like this you are probably not ready to be playing out.

You've got a fair bit of homework to do with regard not only to how you're going to hook yourself up, but just in general about how to minimize these kinds of issues when you're playing out. You should already know what mixer you'll be using, but should also in general have a pretty good idea as to exactly how you're going to hook yourself up into any system (broadly).

These are really things any bedroom DJ whose been doing this a few months should know already.

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Originally posted by RJT No offense m8, but if you're asking questions like this you are probably not ready to be playing out. You've got a fair bit of homework to do with regard not only to how you're going to hook yourself up, but just in general about how to minimize these kinds of issues when you're playing out. You should already know what mixer you'll be using, but should also in general have a pretty good idea as to exactly how you're going to hook yourself up into any system (broadly). These are really things any bedroom DJ whose been doing this a few months should know already.

But I don't know what connectors are usually used in the clubs, XLR? RCA?

I can mix fine without a mixer ATM, I'm saving up for a hybrid mixer (something with MIDI signals + analog signals) like the XONE3D. My axiom pretty much acts like a mixer in terms of EQing/crossfading.

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