Turning of light when mixing home???? :-)

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Posted by DJ Ezzian on Oct-23-2002 18:54:

Turning of light when mixing home???? :-)

Anyone else turning of the light sometimes when mixing??
I like to do it because it gives me a feeling of playing out and it`s just feel good.

I recomend people who don`t have tried it to give it ago.

Espesially if you play picotto style, but it also works with Trance.

Posted by Dj Fred Lamar on Oct-23-2002 19:14:

I do, I like to see all the lights on the equipment......

Posted by ExcelonGT on Oct-23-2002 19:14:

When I have friends over...the lights are off, the strobe and blacklights are on. Now all I need are some three thousand dollar lazer scanners. :-)

Posted by mantisnl on Oct-23-2002 20:25:

yeah i spin with my lights off all the time!

i think its also practice for if ur gonna spin in a club, coz its usually dark there.. and its c00l 2 c all the lights and the shiny vinyl in the dark yeah

Posted by HyPeRSoNiC on Oct-23-2002 20:34:

I do it sometimes.
I have a light for my mixer... it provides me all the light I need to see what I'm doing in the dark......

Posted by groove department on Oct-23-2002 20:35:

of course i do. sometimes i turn on a few blue lights. then the rooms seems to be very big. and sometimes i turn on candles. i love this yellow light when mixing..

Posted by Tony Morello on Oct-23-2002 20:55:

i would, except i don't have target lights on my tables
so there isn't really any light
just teh stobe indicator and my mixer lights

Posted by webbie on Oct-23-2002 21:00:

I also do that, i turn everything off except for three normal "cosy lights"
it gives more of a trancy feeling.

Posted by MERiDiAN5i2 on Oct-23-2002 22:14:

i'm not a big fan of lights... so i play in the dark.

the main advantage to this is you get very well used to doing it... and when you play at a gig, chances are you are not gonna have much if any ambient light. maybe a quick whisk or a technobeam and the turntable light... so it's handy to be used to it.

one of the local DJs here once prooved light wasnt required to spin -- or eyes for that matter -- by spinning an hour set *blindfolded* .. yea, he had a helper to hand him the records, but he did everything else ! he did make a few fouls, but it was still a good set...

i'd be annoyed if I couldnt watch the people dancing to my set though :P

Posted by Martin McG on Oct-23-2002 22:17:

i do this but not really for any other reason than to chill out and listen to some quality tunes! the little popup lights look quality in the dark

*little_dave worries and quickly flicks the lights back on

Posted by Dj Flesch on Oct-23-2002 22:51:

I usually only spin with a couple of lava lamps on in the background. I am going to get blue rope lights around xmas time when they are in stock etc. I'll hang it behind all of my furniture etc so that I can't see the ropes and just get the ambient effect going.

Sometimes I like to spin in total darkness other than the lights on my eq and not be able to see what track I'm spinning next etc. just so I can try to improve my skills.

Posted by DjJade on Oct-24-2002 00:10:

kinda funny.. i was back at home for fall break and i hooked my set up to my dads mcintosh amps and tannoy monitors... and also to my laptop putting geiss winamp visualizaiton [if anyone hasnt seen geiss...its definitely the best] to the tv... it was great turend off the lights and a friend came over with glowsticks so i ended up teaching him how to mix and also some new poi movies : )it was pretty fun...especially having my mom in there dancing while i mix heh!

Posted by DJ LIQUID on Oct-24-2002 01:02:

Re: Turning of light when mixing home???? :-)

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Ezzian
Anyone else turning of the light sometimes when mixing??
I like to do it because it gives me a feeling of playing out and it`s just feel good.

I recomend people who don`t have tried it to give it ago.

Espesially if you play picotto style, but it also works with Trance.

Posted by Kid Lax on Oct-24-2002 01:09:

i bring a small flashlight with me when i spin out just incase there isn't a lot of light

Posted by EldamRy on Oct-24-2002 03:03:

the light are always close im my room

Posted by Phu on Oct-24-2002 06:57:

I dunno??

I wheel because I love to. Doesn't matter light or dark, day or night.

It don't care if there's 10 people at my house or 2000 people in front of me. I could care less of my surroundings when I have KILLER Volume and am getting in "a better mood" hehehe I sht kick the place.

Get rid of the poser attitude. Go by feelings and emotions not by atmosphere and looks.
PattP

Posted by Luke Terry on Oct-24-2002 20:24:

I spin loads so sometimes when I start its light and when I finished it's dark lol

Posted by Spad on Nov-02-2002 13:46:

No, but I can't mix without my glasses on

(some say I can't mix with them on either, but they're dead now.

Posted by DJ Ezzian on Nov-02-2002 18:06:

LOL