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Originally posted by discobiscuit I am a newer Dj... only been spinning for like 4 months. I got some TT's for xmas and it was cool... you know ~ i was learning and messin up and getting frustrated. practically about to give it up!! 2 weeks ago i got serato scratch and let me tell you ~ it kicks serious ass! this program makes perfection possible and for a newer dj, it puts you years ahead of where you should be. I can mix flawlessly for hours and some of my mixes are like 5 min long ~ and they're perfect!!! well.. a couple vocal overlaps, but other than that they are perfect.. I already have like 100 sick ass tracks in my library and the cost was minimal. It just keeps getting better and better!!!! I havent been around long enough to give advice, but i must say ~ If you dont have serato scrath > GET IT!!! The best 500 bucks i ever spent... (be careful if you get one off of ebay ~ research the seller) bisco

what kind of laptop do you have and how much did it cost you?

i jus picked up serato a couple of days ago and it does kick ass ive been mixing with 1 turntable and it has worked flawless. im using with a dell 700m

lol i use a desktop PC... i went for the instant gratification of buying serato before buying a laptop... i'll get one soon, but what kind... i have no clue.

most laptops should be able to handle serato... it only needs 1g and uses 156mb of ram and thats standard on laptops. (500 bucks)

when i get a laptop, i'm gonna shoot for 2g and 300+ mb of ram so i can run more than 1 program. (800 bucks)

if i get ableton... i'll prob end up getting 3g and 500+ mb of ram and a expensive ass sound card (prob around 1500 for everything)

by everything, i mean the computer and soundcard... if i include ableton and a decent midi controller, it will cost me well over 2,000 bucks.

while im happy you're happy, im at a lost how you feel using SSL has improved your mixing vs mixin regular vinyl

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come again? i didnt understand a word you just said...

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Originally posted by discobiscuit come again? i didnt understand a word you just said...

you said:

this program makes perfection possible and for a newer dj, it puts you years ahead of where you should be. I can mix flawlessly for hours and some of my mixes are like 5 min long ~ and they're perfect!!!

beforehand you mentioned you were struggling to mix on a regular TT setup.

so i asked:

im at a lost how you feel using SSL has improved your mixing vs mixin regular vinyl.


pretty simple really lol

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Originally posted by Basstard you said: this program makes perfection possible and for a newer dj, it puts you years ahead of where you should be. I can mix flawlessly for hours and some of my mixes are like 5 min long ~ and they're perfect!!! beforehand you mentioned you were struggling to mix on a regular TT setup. so i asked: im at a lost how you feel using SSL has improved your mixing vs mixin regular vinyl. pretty simple really lol

are you serious? it's pretty obvious.. you can see what you're mixing. instead of using 1 sense (hearing), you use 2 senses (seeing and hearing) and it makes it a lot easier imo....

bisco

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Originally posted by discobiscuit are you serious? it's pretty obvious.. you can see what you're mixing. instead of using 1 sense (hearing), you use 2 senses (seeing and hearing) and it makes it a lot easier imo....

So instead of learning how to beatmatch, you're learning how to line up marks on a computer screen...

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Originally posted by las3rjock So instead of learning how to beatmatch, you're learning how to line up marks on a computer screen...

haha i know eh...

I can see how having the waveform in front of you would help with cuing and phase matching, but I'm not convinced that you can benefit from a waveform when it comes to beatmatching decently

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