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Posted by Rukes on Feb-12-2009 12:01:

Photos: Dubfire @ Ivar - 2/11/09

http://photo.rukes.com/ivar4/ivar4.html

Posted by Miss Julia on Feb-12-2009 16:04:

Wow, it looked like a good turn out, especially for a Wed night. Looked fun!

Posted by 72hrpartyanimal on Feb-12-2009 16:29:

they have a funktion 1 in there now?

Posted by Brian Scott on Feb-12-2009 16:37:

quote:
Originally posted by 72hrpartyanimal
they have a funktion 1 in there now?

Compression brings Funktion 1 wherever they play now. I'm sure it sounded great.

Posted by optionvdo on Feb-12-2009 17:37:

ya I thought it sounded very crisp.

Seemed like they were having some issues with Dubfire's Traktor at one point though and he switched over to CDJ's. It seemed to cut out from time to time and you could tell he was getting frustrated. Other than that, sick night IMO.

Posted by MelBeat on Feb-12-2009 22:59:

I don't know if this is the Funktion 1 but the sound was coming from the silver speakers to the left and right of the DJ and was indeed very crisp. I didn't hear any sound coming from the black speakers over the DJ.

Very good turnout for a Wednesday. Outside area got full early and inside before midnight. M/W ratio was so so.

Posted by 72hrpartyanimal on Feb-12-2009 23:02:

quote:
Originally posted by optionvdo
ya I thought it sounded very crisp.

Seemed like they were having some issues with Dubfire's Traktor at one point though and he switched over to CDJ's. It seemed to cut out from time to time and you could tell he was getting frustrated. Other than that, sick night IMO.

all you laptop djs take note... bring cd's as back up

Posted by gerard6975 on Feb-12-2009 23:06:

i saw this girl reaching over the decks, then suddenly, SILENCE.

that was a very long pause. what a buzzkill! so i just left.

Posted by LAvision on Feb-13-2009 00:42:

Fun night, those skips with the laptop were getting annoying.

Posted by Brian Scott on Feb-13-2009 00:44:

quote:
Originally posted by MelBeat
I don't know if this is the Funktion 1 but the sound was coming from the silver speakers to the left and right of the DJ and was indeed very crisp. I didn't hear any sound coming from the black speakers over the DJ.

Yes, those silver booth monitors are Funktion 1

Posted by pointer on Feb-13-2009 05:07:

thanks to all who came out. It was a great night IMO for a wednesday dealio.

See you tomorrow night at King King for Compression!

rob.

Posted by dynomite8 on Feb-13-2009 05:36:

traktor skips and fidgets ALL THE TIME, it is an amazing program but i have never switched over from serato for exactly that reason. native instruments is notorious for making great sounding programs that are relatively unstable.

serato never crashes or fidgets like that, though it doesn't sound as good and is definitely a less cool program.

i think when you are headlining dj, crowds trust you enough to blame the laptop, but you don't always have that luxury as a local dj.

Posted by optionvdo on Feb-13-2009 18:26:

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traktor skips and fidgets ALL THE TIME, it is an amazing program but i have never switched over from serato for exactly that reason. native instruments is notorious for making great sounding programs that are relatively unstable. serato never crashes or fidgets like that, though it doesn't sound as good and is definitely a less cool program. i think when you are headlining dj, crowds trust you enough to blame the laptop, but you don't always have that luxury as a local dj.

I recently switched to Traktor, having not used another program before, but rather from CD's and I have to agree with what you are saying. Though Traktor has never crashed live for me, it has made me frustrated at home when I'm messing around. Little random pops from time to time and I have learned what items can make it crash. For example searching for a track through an external HD can make it go bye bye. At least for me it does that.

I do really like it though. It does simplify and consolidate the time to burn and label cd's, but where I really think the benefits come into play are the things that you can do on the fly and being (or attempting rather) creative with effects, cue points, loops and other things that I feel expand on the possibilities of just general programming and mixing. It has made DJing much more fun for me personally

Posted by bas on Feb-13-2009 19:27:

As long as your laptop has at least 2gb of ram (that's a bit much I know) you shouldn't have any issues. Also, I know that Traktor + Tiger OS causes issues.

Posted by Bryan Hustle on Feb-13-2009 22:23:

quote:
Originally posted by 72hrpartyanimal
all you laptop djs take note... bring cd's as back up

Or just play cd's....

Posted by gerard6975 on Feb-13-2009 22:32:

quote:
Originally posted by bas
As long as your laptop has at least 2gb of ram (that's a bit much I know) you shouldn't have any issues. Also, I know that Traktor + Tiger OS causes issues.

i have 4GB on mine just to be sure. :P well, i use it for other stuff, too.

Posted by R!CH on Feb-13-2009 22:46:

the music skipped very obviously at least once last night while he was playing at harlot. other than that it was a great party. dubfire went to play at some loft party afterwards, but i was done for the night.

quote:
Originally posted by Bryan Hustle
Or just play cd's....

some laptop djs don't know how to beat match cd/vinyl

Posted by 72hrpartyanimal on Feb-13-2009 23:04:

quote:
Originally posted by R!CH
the music skipped very obviously at least once last night while he was playing at harlot. other than that it was a great party. dubfire went to play at some loft party afterwards, but i was done for the night.

some laptop djs don't know how to beat match cd/vinyl

DJ Loli.

Posted by R!CH on Feb-13-2009 23:25:

ya but she can probably suck-start a leaf blower, which counts for something in my book

Posted by Clovis on Feb-13-2009 23:32:

quote:
Originally posted by R!CH
ya but she can probably suck-start a leaf blower, which counts for something in my book

Posted by Rukes on Feb-13-2009 23:45:

quote:
Originally posted by gerard6975
i saw this girl reaching over the decks, then suddenly, SILENCE.

that was a very long pause. what a buzzkill! so i just left.

Yeah, that girl bet me $2 that she could get you to leave the club.

Posted by Brian Scott on Feb-14-2009 00:18:

quote:
Originally posted by Rukes
Yeah, that girl bet me $2 that she could get you to leave the club. Success! Value meal, here I come!

Don't you owe her $2 then? Better hold off on that value meal.

Posted by Rukes on Feb-14-2009 00:56:

quote:
Originally posted by Brian Scott
Don't you owe her $2 then? Better hold off on that value meal.

Doh, edited :P

Posted by Bryan Hustle on Feb-14-2009 02:43:

Posted by Nerologic on Feb-14-2009 03:05:

quote:
Originally posted by Bryan Hustle
Or just play cd's....

Agreed.