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question for the dj's (pg. 2)
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| macky4546 |
| quote: | Originally posted by bigperf
"they want a baseline of track 1 but the highs and mids of track 2"
if thats it, then thats what i was looking for.
just like if a kid asked me why is the sky blue?
the molecules(id explain that) in the air scatter blue light from the sun more than they scatter the red light or other colors. |
haha whattt?? |
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| 72hrpartyanimal |
| quote: | Originally posted by Brian Scott
...Says the man who can't tell the difference between house and trance music.
By the way, how are your Warriors looking this year? |
LOL!!!
They're 'n great!!! kiss my ass laker boy!
(brian scott is a trance dj) |
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| jonas |
| I do it just to look cool. I especially go for the "grunting face, turning hips, look like it takes much strength knob turn" for the full effect. |
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| Brian Scott |
| quote: | Originally posted by bigperf
There is this one DJ at a local club who seems to be possessed by the knobs, i have to get a video of him, because its just bizarre as to how he looks when he does that, arms and shoulders going every which way, SVGMTHD knows who i'm talking about.
thanks Lynsday and everyone else for the education.
it must be nice not having to carry vinyl or worry about it melting. Maybe one day my profession will be revolutionize and there will be a white board that writes what I say. And I wont have to worry about carpal tunnel or straining my rotator cuff :gsmile: |
Automatic dictation is not that far off! It's already in place for computers, albeit not in perfect form.
And yes, I enjoy walking into a club with only a CD book and my headphones, which is all the gear I need to potentially spin for hours on end. |
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| Brian Scott |
| quote: | Originally posted by 72hrpartyanimal
They're 'n great!!! kiss my ass laker boy!
(brian scott is a trance dj) |
Case in point |
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| 72hrpartyanimal |
| quote: | Originally posted by Brian Scott
Case in point |
and he loves Armin |
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| bigperf |
| quote: | Originally posted by jonas
I do it just to look cool. I especially go for the "grunting face, turning hips, look like it takes much strength knob turn" for the full effect. |
Im sorry for putting you on blast E.L. you need to calm that stuff down, i thought you were having a seizure the first time I saw that! it has to be you, there is no way someone else has your moves as well. |
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| bas |
| bigperf, let me clarify here...when you were djing you never eq'd your tracks? :wtf: |
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| DjWoody |
The knobs are just an EQ - Hi, Mid, Low. That's all.
On some older mixers, turning the bass and the mids knobs quickly at the same time on opposite directions you used to get a really cool SWOOSH effect. That was before mixers used to cost $1500. That effect is now gone on most mixers as their EQ's have become more redefined. I know for a fact that it's definitely gone on the DJM 800.
One way I use the knobs is to emphasize on the bass of the incoming song. If that song has a more driving bass, I will quickly turn off the bass on the previous song and leave the bass of the incoming one. You get a really cool driving effect.
Here's a sample I took off one of my mixes. Both songs are always on at the same time. But if you notice at 7 seconds in, the beat changes. That's the effect I'm talking about.
http://www.djwoody.com/open/sample
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| DJ RANN |
Shameless self promotion woody :D
Past a certain point, I actually think the more a DJ plays with the knobs, they less they know what they are doing and the quality suffers.
Peter Hook is the ultimate example, and sometimes a lot of Dj's just play (or pretend to play) with the knobs because they think they can't just look like they're waiting for their next cue point (which is really what they are doing).
Less is more in a lot of cases.
Also, in turntablism, EQ's (at least in the old days) were far less used (as a lot of mixers either didn't even have them or just very limited ones like HI and LOW), and nearly never used in the mix....er...well,...becuase often there isn't much of a mix in the EDM sense, and with all the paying of the Xfader and manipulation of the deck there isn't a huge amount of time to worry about the EQ's. |
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| bigperf |
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
bigperf, let me clarify here...when you were djing you never eq'd your tracks? :wtf: |
im not a dj. :-) i was curious.
thanks for the sample woody and thanks DJ rann for stating "the more a DJ plays with the knobs, they less they know what they are doing and the quality suffers."
peter hook video that was posted a few months back was hilarious. |
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| DJ IDeaL |
there's definitely an art form to the knobs and all that they can do if used appropriately.
mixing the knob turning and level cuts to 'remix' two songs by taking the highs and mids from one and lows from another is also an art form, and something that many try to do but few accomplish properly.
add the 'mixing' some true effects usage (not just echoes and flanges) and combine them with the level cuts and knob turning and when done effectively it will bring the sound/track/mix to another level and if done right should not even be noticeable and should sound like part of the track.
playing with the knobs does make for some cool pix tho :) |
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