I mean seriously, you can probably just set the whole playlist setup at home plug it in the PA and go for a shit while it plays everything for you....your just there to make sure the computer works...am I missing something?

You should at least have a MIDI Controller of sometype. I mean pointing and clicking is fine, but a part of DJing is having a hands on feel, not just pointing on a screen with a mouse. You don't need a DJ style mixer, but like I said, at least some type of external audio controller. Don't use Ableton but i've read about it and seen demonstrations of it and DJs use it, and it just seems to be make more sense to use a MIDI controller.

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Originally posted by blinky13 I mean seriously, you can probably just set the whole playlist setup at home plug it in the PA and go for a shit while it plays everything for you....your just there to make sure the computer works...am I missing something?

LOL

1) Ableton does one thing for you, match the kick drums. (AKA Beatmatching)

2) It Does not phrase for you.

3) It does not EQ for you.

4) It does not fade tracks in for you.

5) It does not fade tracks out for you.

6) It does not mix for you.

7) You need either a MIDI controller or 3, or a conventional DJ mixer + a Soundcard to control Ableton.

8) You are missing EVERYTHING.

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Originally posted by Alex Wow, tranceaddict in training, probably an alt

It all comes with time man. Plenty of time.

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Originally posted by Alex Wow, tranceaddict in training, probably an alt

What is an alt?


Mike

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Alternate account, people make them and then post stupid questions like the one in this thread to piss people off.

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Originally posted by Alex Alternate account, people make them and then post stupid questions like the one in this thread to piss people off.

Oh, I see. Thanks. I have always been wondering what the hell that meant.

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You can use vinyl, record a mix and then let it play.

You can burn a pre-recorded set from you CDJs onto one CD, then let it play on one CDJ.

A live band can play their studio engineered album to the audience while they smoke some weed and do coccaine backstage.

What's your point?

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Originally posted by Alex 2) It Does not phrase for you.

not so true as you might think

if you set the global quantization to 4 bars, it can kinda "phrase" for you...

at least it'll be easier to phrase correctly...I sometimes do that when I play from a laptop that has high latency...

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From the sounds of it this guy wouldn't know what quantization means

Besides if you're using a half decent machine just phrase the old fashioned way, works perfectly every time if you know your stuff!

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Originally posted by blinky13 I mean seriously, you can probably just set the whole playlist setup at home plug it in the PA and go for a shit while it plays everything for you....your just there to make sure the computer works...am I missing something?

YES

YOU SUMMED UP EVERY QUESTION I EVER HAD ABOUT ABLETON INTO ONE RUN ON SENTENCE!!!