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| quote: | Originally posted by DaveT
From what I can initially tell, even the next CDJs can bet setup to auto-beatmatch (think you just have to set your markets in the software for it before hand).
If someone gets up there and just mixes a pre-planned set from one track to the next and uses beat-matching, that's one thing. If they are up there choosing tracks on the fly as they playing using the softwares features to let them work on other things, such as adding elements to make the track unique, effects, etc...then they are adding something and able to focus on that part more if they and that's fine.
When you say two tables, do you mean turn tables or CDJs? If you use Scratch and all that on your laptop, you can still use your CDJs to lineup the beats and all. I think J00F was going to move over to Ableton, but in a blog of his awhile back -- I think -- he mentioned how he was going to Scratch so he had to line the tracks up manually when mixing...(could be wrong how he explained it or if it was him. It was a DJ who has been talking about moving over to a Ableton for some time and then decided to change for that reason.)
Anyhow, if they are using a 100% pre-recorded set off a laptop then be angry. If you are upset over the simply use of a laptop to do a style of DJing that you are used to...well, get over it becuase it's the future.
Maybe one day we'll get to a point where the new CDJs are commonly used, but I expect to see them basically rented only for the big DJs who require them as a part of their contracts.
For now, I would just get over your qualms and work on embracing it. We all have/had to. (Supposing it isn't a completely pre-recorded set) |
I agree. As long as the set isn't completely pre-recorded or pre-planned, the girls are happy, you aren't playing the same tracks from 3 years ago, you don't kill the vibe of the entire party and you don't make people feel as if they've been ripped off, it doesn't matter what you use. Sometimes that just doesn't happen though. I understand DizkokidD's frustration. DJs used to have to put in hours and hours combing through the local record shops in their city to find those gems that would make club nights and rave nights legendary. There was something about collecting vinyl and playing vinyl that was magical, mysterious, and had a charm to it that has been lost in the digital era. The sheer motion of the platter on the Technics 1200s with all the heat and electricity being generated from the needle digging into the grooves on the record is still enough to drive any analog audiophile of today wild! DJs were passionate about what they did and they took pride in pushing a producer's work and making that producer become a household name in the EDM community. The DJs today still make or break producers as they are primarily the artists pushing the producers work and purchasing their work from sites like Beatport, Audio Jelly, and DjDownload.com. Now you can download any song within a matter of seconds and you have producers proclaiming they don't need DJs to make or break their music and they can fxck off because they are going to use Ableton Live to bring their music to the world. They want to sue a DJ if they put a few of their tracks on a promo CD where the tracks haven't been officially been released in the US yet, yet you can find them on various UK download site shops. Sometimes they just want the DJ to just take the tracks off their mix and will request them to redo the mix. This has actually happened to me before. They won't even thank the DJs for their support of their music. Some producers want DJs to start paying fees to use their tracks at club gigs. This is what the digital era has spawned with ego-driven, maniacal producer/wannabe DJs who can't mix to save their lives and that have no idea how much money and sacrifice DJs of the past have spent on their record collections, how DJs actually help them become famous and contribute to the expansion of their income, and how DJs actually know what they are doing up there when they play sets. These are the DJs that were playing vinyl back in the early 90s, running from cops, moving locations from warehouse to warehouse, and some of the last to switch over to digital formats.
I completely agree, you are going to have to get used to seeing a Mac and two tables up there. First, Macs rock. Second, it is easier for the DJ to organize their tracks and have rapid fire access to any track within a matter of seconds. Third, it is has become the industry standard next to DJs that use CDs on the CDJ1000s.
A Mac and two tables are going to be here to stay for a long time.
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