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Prefered choice of DJ software.
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| Lunar Phase 7 |
| Currently experimenting with Traktor using my omnicontrol (not impressed with either tbh) what are your experiences? |
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| orTofønChiLd |
| r u in the right forum? |
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| clay |
| i raise that with winamp 2.61 |
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| kitphillips |
| I've used ableton and serato. If you like a tactile feel then serato is great, ableton lets you get a lot more creative because you don't have to concentrate on beatmatching. |
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| Stu Cox |
| quote: | Originally posted by clay
i raise that with winamp 2.61 |
+ Pitchfork plugin
Enable multiple instances
BOOM. |
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| Stu Cox |
But seriously, I use Traktor at home. Nothing comes close to it for functionality and ease of mapping MIDI controllers.
If I was very serious about DVS I'd go with Serato, but I'm not... I see it as a bit of a hack. The only benefit is you get to use the installed CD/vinyl decks when you play out, but I'd rather leave the laptop at home.
Ableton isn't really appropriate for 'straight' DJing - you HAVE to warp all of your tracks in advance which is just a massive waste of time and it's really not designed to map typical deck controls to make a CD/vinyl-like experience. But if you want to get really creative and make more of an 'arrangement of loops' than a normal DJ set, or a semi-live set, then it's incredibly powerful.
Deckadance lacks a few basic features you might expect to see, but it's not very expensive and extremely lean with your computer's resources.
Torq was a let down.
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I guess it depends how you want to work.
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| Lunar Phase 7 |
Yeah wrong forum, I wanted a producers angle on stuff though. Especially with regards to stuff like ableton.
Why can you not warp tunes on the fly? |
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| Andy28 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lunar Phase 7
Why can you not warp tunes on the fly? |
You can, its not like it takes ages to do..
Then again, the few dj's I've seen that use live to play gigs with, have them already set up in arrangement mode, they just turn laptop on and load up the live set and they're good to go.
I guess its just easier to be prepared! |
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| Nick Cenik |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lunar Phase 7
Yeah wrong forum, I wanted a producers angle on stuff though. Especially with regards to stuff like ableton.
Why can you not warp tunes on the fly? |
It takes too long and too much concentration when you're trying to perform.
For what it's worth, I recommend playing on CDJs (no laptop). |
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| kitphillips |
| quote: | Originally posted by Stu Cox
Ableton isn't really appropriate for 'straight' DJing - you HAVE to warp all of your tracks in advance which is just a massive waste of time and it's really not designed to map typical deck controls to make a CD/vinyl-like experience. But if you want to get really creative and make more of an 'arrangement of loops' than a normal DJ set, or a semi-live set, then it's incredibly powerful. |
Just completely incorrect. Warping is quicker than beatmatching is once you're used to both, and once its done you've done it forever. I can basically warp on the fly while I'm playing live easily.
You can easily rig up a typical mixer type setup to it as well with MIDI, albeit you can't really set it up to beatmatch using a controller easily. MIDI in ableton is really incredibly simple. |
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