Usefulness of effects

**DJ_Animus** · 06-28-2009, 02:47 PM

I think that effects are an amazing thing. I spin lots of hard dance stuff like hardstyle, hard house, EBM, I think the effects add alot of flavor to your set.

**Midi Kids** · 06-29-2009, 06:29 PM

I love using the effects in Traktor they can help create that crazy live remix and people go crazy over them! They also help sooo much when it comes to transitioning into a song which may not be possible to remix in without effects.

**Monika.mhz** · 06-29-2009, 06:52 PM

Yeah, I'm inclined to agree with Bento here. It's not the motion in the ocean, it's how you use it.

meaning, You can have the coolest most badass arsenal of VST effects, and all you'd do is have a neat way to transition between songs unless you truely understand the FX and how to use them.

Inside ableton I have designed something I call the "breakdown" button. It probably lays down 4-6 distinct FX, plus limiters, multiband compression, resonators, and more. All just there to give me an 8 measure transition into a breakdown where I might be able to bring in the acapella again or maybe the bassline, etc.

I especially love using FX on vocals. You're often inclided to hear me tossing reverb and delays on my basslines and leads, and i've DEFINATELY used the "echo out" plenty of times.

FX are about timing, design, and more and knowing how to use them strategically can make or break your set, and are what can help bring you from being just another hack who plays records, into an artist and a performer.

**Kaon** · 06-29-2009, 07:13 PM

Originally Posted by nicolas

So far the Beatmasher, and all filters in traktor are my best friends.

me and the beatmasher used to be friends, until it went all percentage-based on me. it used to be fractional, which made a lot of sense being that EDM in general is strictly fractional. changing it to percentage was fail. thats not to say it isnt still useful, but...wtf??

Originally Posted by Monika.mhz

Inside ableton I have designed something I call the "breakdown" button. It probably lays down 4-6 distinct FX, plus limiters, multiband compression, resonators, and more. All just there to give me an 8 measure transition into a breakdown where I might be able to bring in the acapella again or maybe the bassline, etc.

i wish there was something like this for traktor. also itd be cool to set up a similar 'thing' that could remix/adjust-the-beat-of any simple rythm.

Originally Posted by Monika.mhz

FX are about timing, design, and more and knowing how to use them strategically can make or break your set, and are what can help bring you from being just another hack who plays records, into an artist and a performer.

qft!
as a mostly dnb oriented DJ, i find that effects are especially useful in specific places and useless in others. for example, grabbing and looping a 4 beat vocal sample over a heavy drop of another track, sounds a lot more dynamic if you drop a gater over it. a fun tool for making an almost scratch effect when used right

btw welcome back monika havent seen you post in a while