is there a computer prog where you can mix music, pretty much the same way you do on mormal decks?
any help would be greatly appreciated
-lockie

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traktor or atomix virtual DJ, and ableton if you want to do more than just mix

the problem with all these programs is you gotta be super quick on a mouse, as its your only controller, it gets hard keepng track jumping from one side of the screen to the other, whereas with "real" DJ-ing, both hands are free and you can be much more efficient, whereas the progs are like DJing one handed





or you could just try to remember the 100+ preset keys on the keyboard

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Originally posted by MikeyN the problem with all these programs is you gotta be super quick on a mouse, as its your only controller, it gets hard keepng track jumping from one side of the screen to the other, whereas with "real" DJ-ing, both hands are free and you can be much more efficient, whereas the progs are like DJing one handed or you could just try to remember the 100+ preset keys on the keyboard

So true. One of the main reasons I was fed up and finally just bought my gear was I was tired of only really being able to mess with one eq at the same time on virtual dj.

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Originally posted by MikeyN the problem with all these programs is you gotta be super quick on a mouse, as its your only controller, it gets hard keepng track jumping from one side of the screen to the other, whereas with "real" DJ-ing, both hands are free and you can be much more efficient, whereas the progs are like DJing one handed or you could just try to remember the 100+ preset keys on the keyboard

Yeah, and the solution is called MIDI-controllers. Hercules's is cheap and very well worth it, as far as I'm told.

Pretty much f*cked up your critique didn't I? ;P

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Originally posted by MikeyN the problem with all these programs is you gotta be super quick on a mouse, as its your only controller

w? a huge variety of MIDI controllers! from Hercules to plain faders or rotary knobs

I'm using Traktor 2.5 with a Behringer BCF2000 controller. Not exactly ideal, but it gets the job done... for now

I use Traktor 2.53 with an M-Audio X-Session midi controller. The X-Session has 16 knobs, a cross-fader, 10 button switches and can be configured like a 2 channel mixer with 3 band EQ, kill switches on each band, and bandpass filters.

I still use a mouse but I'm much less dependent on it since I have those EQ knobs on the midi box "mixer". Overall it's very similar to conventional DJing with 2 CD decks and a mixer.

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Originally posted by tvmann I use Traktor 2.53 with an M-Audio X-Session midi controller. The X-Session has 16 knobs, a cross-fader, 10 button switches and can be configured like a 2 channel mixer with 3 band EQ, kill switches on each band, and bandpass filters. I still use a mouse but I'm much less dependent on it since I have those EQ knobs on the midi box "mixer". Overall it's very similar to conventional DJing with 2 CD decks and a mixer.

awesome... how much was the x-session? *lazy*

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They're now $107 US at Florida Music. Come down in price since I got mine there. Only weighs about 2 or 3 lb and fits in the notebook bag. That store has lots of other Midi boxes, or "control surfaces" in their index.

Not as sturdy built as a mixer but good enough and I like the small size & weight. Cover is heavy-ish plastic, bottom and connector panel is metal.

http://www.floridamusicco.com/prodd...od~xsession.htm

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Originally posted by PutBoy Yeah, and the solution is called MIDI-controllers. Hercules's is cheap and very well worth it, as far as I'm told. Pretty much f*cked up your critique didn't I? ;P

thats true too, i have to admit, MIDI Controllers slipped my mind at the time i posted that, after all ive seen some amazing breaks sets done with DJ Programs, some with, and others without Midi controllers...

but it was for this reason that i bought my gear as well, instead of just MIDI controllers, its just more "authentic" i suppose, i guess thats the best word to use

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