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PvD at Dance Valley (confused about setup)
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| Laszlo |
I just watched this video of Paul van Dyk's closing set at main stage from Dance Valley. It's no secret that he uses Final Scratch of some similar hardware with a laptop - but one thing confuses me. Don't you have to have turntables to be able to play music from FS? (Or whatever he uses?). This video is 90 minutes long and not once can I spot him even touching a turntable or a CD disc - he's frequently messing around with his laptop and all I see is him playing around with is the CDJ-1000's (but I don't see any CD's)...how is that?
I don't play buying FS - I'm just curious. Does it work with CDJ's as well? And how?
I do appologize if this topic has been discussed before... |
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| Vlad |
Those laptops are plugged directly into the mixer and the songs are played from the laptops. He was probably using FS and Ableton.
As far as him screwing around with the CDJ's, he was probably using a combination of Ableton samples with a CD. |
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| b i n k u n |
according to others (noted in TA, as well as Rane forums, etc) PvD switched to Rane Serato Scratch Live...which is basically the same concept as Final Scratch.
Anyways, Serato allows you to control music files on the laptop with specially encoded CDs (similar to the time-coded vinyl). That's why he never took the CDs out of the CDJs...
I didn't see the video, but I'm assuming this is probably it. If it was Ableton, he probably didn't even need to touch the CDJs, unless he was playing a CD. |
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| Laszlo |
| quote: | Originally posted by b i n k u n
according to others (noted in TA, as well as Rane forums, etc) PvD switched to Rane Serato Scratch Live...which is basically the same concept as Final Scratch.
Anyways, Serato allows you to control music files on the laptop with specially encoded CDs (similar to the time-coded vinyl). That's why he never took the CDs out of the CDJs... |
Oh, that about sums it up. Thanks for the clarification. |
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| Vero |
| quote: | Originally posted by b i n k u n
according to others (noted in TA, as well as Rane forums, etc) PvD switched to Rane Serato Scratch Live...which is basically the same concept as Final Scratch.
Anyways, Serato allows you to control music files on the laptop with specially encoded CDs (similar to the time-coded vinyl). That's why he never took the CDs out of the CDJs...
I didn't see the video, but I'm assuming this is probably it. If it was Ableton, he probably didn't even need to touch the CDJs, unless he was playing a CD. |
+1. i havent heard of him using ableton in his sets, but i know he is now using serato with CDJs instead of vinyl. i caught him at space a few weeks ago and never saw him touch a turntable. |
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| DarkFall01 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vero
+1. i havent heard of him using ableton in his sets, but i know he is now using serato with CDJs instead of vinyl. i caught him at space a few weeks ago and never saw him touch a turntable. |
I've heard of him using Ableton recently. I think he was using it at his Central Park show in NY.
Where can I get that video? |
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| simonb |
| He was using Ableton Live at Passion, Coalville earlier this month.. Point, click, automatic mix, and blend.... :) Storming night by the way... |
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| krew |
| he is not using live guys! he is using a new rane soft which works similar... auto pitch and so on |
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| Laszlo |
| I dunno about autopitch because at least once in this set one of his usually tight mixes slips out of match for a split second... :) Also, he's adjusting the mixes with the jog wheel... |
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| krew |
| quote: | Originally posted by Laszlo
I dunno about autopitch because at least once in this set one of his usually tight mixes slips out of match for a split second... :) Also, he's adjusting the mixes with the jog wheel... |
I saw him in Brazil two weeks ago and a friend of mine talked with his manager |
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| b i n k u n |
| quote: | Originally posted by krew
he is not using live guys! he is using a new rane soft which works similar... auto pitch and so on |
Looks like Ableton to me...I guess he uses both Scratch Live and Ableton Live, but probably not together? no clue... :)
thread on the passion event here:
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=279480
start from about page 8 for reviews. |
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