So it happened.. I finally used Traktor Scratch out at a gig.
Last night i got a call from my mate (head DJ) and asked me to gig. Money was good and was only for 3 hours so i thought yeah no problem as it's at my residency anyways. As i was flicking through my playlists organising the final songs to burn my MP3 CD's i thought, the club will have <100 people tonight. Perfect chance to try Traktor because if it crashes i won't really be bothered as it would be empty.
So i sorted out my playlists, copied them from my iMac onto my Macbook Pro and tested a few things on my home setup (same as the clubs but a DJM700 instead of a DJM600). Packed my bag and away i went.
Wow packing my bag, unpacking, setting up etc takes much longer than turning up with a handful of CD's and headphones! Note: I have always been a Vinyl/CD DJ.
So this was when it got a bit scary, powering up the laptop and praying that everything works.. Indeed it did! Everything worked a treat. I used it for the whole night and quite enjoyed it.
Negatives:
I found myself staring at my computer screen a bit too much and i was only looking at the time remaining part!
The cue function for me is still a massive problem as i usually just hit play and beatmatch from there, but with the delay etc it irritated me a bit.
Positives:
Having all my music visually to look at rather than text mode on a CDJ..
Quite enjoyed it.
Wow Photobucket really screws up picture quality
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