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Begin mixing with techno or trance?
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| Schizophrenia |
| hey guys, I know theres a similar thread just posted before me about to start out with but I do not want to hijack his thread hence posted a new one. Yes same situation though, been listening for a few years and love to listen techno n house mainly from james holden & whole of border community(extrawelt,tobar,fake etc), sasha, prydz, zabs, yunus, moshic, prog house stuff like pole folder, peter martin, derek howells etc and want to get down into djing side of things but I want to ask whether is it best if I start out learning to mix and beatmatch with tracks that are of a more simpler standard structure like trance where I can hear a distinctive intro/breakdown/outro instead of going into techno n house where they are more varied n complicated in terms of mixing where I can proceed on later. And also should I start learning djing with turntables (I could enrol in some djing basics course with turntable and learning beatmatching through the hard way and probably best way, before moving onto digital?) or should I start out on my own self-learning and experimenting with the digital way like traktor with a midi controller like vci-100 or smth which is what I think I could buy soon or at least afford. I think traktor is pretty fun, though with a keyboard is pretty hard to try and learn, thought maybe invest in a midi controller to go with it. Then perhaps later I could move on to ableton once I am more experienced or get better mixers like xone92? |
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| Beat Blog |
If you like Pryda, try mixing with some Pryda tracks first.
They are well-mastered with clear beats and are pretty simplistic and consistent structure wise, which means they will be easy to learn with. |
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| david.michael |
| Mix what you like to mix, dude. It's not gonna matter much. |
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| bastien |
| I would try learning with house... It took me like one week to beatmatch properly |
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| sleepydragon |
| just practice on whatever you are going to play you will have to get used to playing different types of tracks anyway. |
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| Schizophrenia |
| thanks..I guess I should go with what I like instead...but if I get a setup like traktor and a midi controller perhaps VCI-100 in mind, is it good to start off first? I know its portable, smaller, cheaper for me and yeah have almost an unlimited access to music but perhaps should I instead start off going through a DJing crash course with turntables to learn the basics and techniques on beatmatching with tables first to get a rough feel before deciding to purchase my equipment or before going straight to digital, hence also easier for me to start (know a few known contacts around in my area and would cost around $300+euros) Or I should save up to get cdjs and a good mixer instead of traktor and a controller? |
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| MERiDiAN5i2 |
Grab a copy of Traktor, hook up your PC to a decent external mixer and call it done. You'll keep yourself busy for a few months learning to pull of some decent transitions on real faders.
Then you can decide where you want to go next.. Add turntables? CD decks? throw away $300 for buttons to control traktor? Your call. |
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| Schizophrenia |
| I guess I will start getting perhaps the VCI-100 or maybe the Torq Xponent and play around with traktor first...other than that, anyone can recommend other good cheap mixer for a start? |
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| Teezdalien |
| I use Traktor with a BCD2000. These days you could go for the BCD3000 which is also a cheap and effective alternative to the VCI-100. I have also played vinyl for many years and think that although its the proper way imo, digital is so much more affordable and accessible. Its really up to you with what you want but learning both gives you more scope and options.;) |
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| MERiDiAN5i2 |
| So true. I tend to keep a larger digital collection, and as I play around with digital, find tracks I really like... Ones that work nicely into sets and are just plain fun to throw down. Those get bought on wax! |
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| elFreak |
| if you do not play music that you chose yourself and love, you will never learn much as a dj no matter how good technically you may become;) |
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| i got big pants |
| i always wanted to play dnb...but could never get the beatmatching. i ended up doing trance up until i got beatmatching down, then i moved to dnb. as long as you learn how to get the basics down...you'll be able to do it |
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