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to limit. you cannot use mp3s to DJ out. mp3 is a form of compression that works by taking the full waveform of a song and then cuts the inaudible/ultra high/ultra low frequencies out but i should stress - you will lose something that wasnt meant to be lost when you squash a file into a fifth of its actual size (and thats about 320kbps). significantly below that (192kbps) and below you can hear quite clearly the difference if you play them side by side on a home stereo at low volume. how much is cut out depends on the compression ratio. the waveform afterwards is considerably smaller than before. now its hard to explain but you can feel inaudible frequencies. when a dog whistle goes off near you, you cant hear anything but your ear twitches and you do notice something. same in music. worst offenders are 1) sub frequencies arent complete even in 320kbps mp3 and this absolutely kills sub heavy tracks. or the sub cuts off for the whole song. what a way to ruin a stomper. 2) the ultra highs disappear so stuff like hats loses their top end and alot of percussion beginds to feel tinny. you can notice it if you put a cd on and an mp3 copy of it side by side. its even more noticeable at club level volumes.
although i do agree that it pays peanuts. i dont expect to make any significant amount of money from my DJing or production. i just do it cuz i love it.
to the thread starter. a DJ is a person who has 2 turntables and a mixer + speakers and mixes commercially available music. a producer is a person who writes dance music (broadly speaking. a producer assembles the record and creates the instruments and can do so either for themselves or for other people. in dance music the producer usually always writes their own music too). a producer would use things like synthesizers, samplers, grooveboxes (quite often a turntable too). theres a big difference. if you want to write trance music you should get yourself a copy of fl studio or some such application and screw around with it for a few months. if you like it, get yourself some instruments (VSTi or hardware. some VSTi instruments: reFX vanguard, G-Media impOSCar, linplug albino etc. some hardware synths to look into: access virus classic (rack mount is cheaper), clavia nord lead 2x (rackmount is cheaper), korg ms2000).
if you want to DJ you might want to invest in those technics 1200s. they are expensive decks but if you choose to persue DJing seriously you will end up with these in the end either way. almost every club that has decks on the premises has 1200s so if you can spin records on them you can spin records anywhere. if you choose not to persue it seriously 1200s generally have good resell values provided you look after them.
Last edited by Derivative on Oct-09-2004 at 17:50
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But still, I would like to hear some of your solutions to the things mentioned in my post.
I haven't spinned in any of our clubs yet (except for a contest) so I don't know anything about that, maybe you do. I don't think it's an issue though, if you spin with CD or vinyl, the organisation will rent/get whatever you need/ask for.
