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| quote: | Originally posted by davedresden
the art of djing is being able to have musical taste that will excite the dj's audience and also when to play a certain record or how to hold the eq back to maximize the payoff. these are things that dumb monkeys can't and prob will never be able to perfect. you all sound like drummers complaining when the drum machine was introduced. where would any of us be without a drum machine?
- dave |
a point I think dave is trying to make is that programs such as ableton live allow us as DJs to move outside the realm of the traditional DJ set - instead of mixing track A into track B (maybe while laying an accapella from Track C over the mix) as a normal DJ set would follow - now we can take the breakdown from Track A, the vocal chorus from Track B, the bassline from Track C, the guitar loop from Track D, a drum sample, some sound effects and concoct a unique track that no one else has ever made right there in front of the crowd - no longer is the focus just on beat mixing and EQ use since the software makes these both a moot point.
I for one think that software such as Ableton Live is awesome - it is another amazing tool you can use to rock the crowd and should be embraced just like the CDJ.
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