hello all looking for guidence

[thugpoet]

hey people

I am a hip hop producer (sample based if thats a difference)

some of my beats:

http://www.divshare.com/download/8563412-172

http://www.divshare.com/download/8227362-b5c

http://www.divshare.com/download/8494192-164

I just got ableton live 8 I am looking to make the switch to dj/producer and I was wondering where should I start

I have ableton 8

I just bought an M audio trigger finger

is the trigger finger a good controller to use for djing and also generally were in the hell were do I start lol I am willing to learn so teach me lol


ps I know alot of you guys are into electric techno type music I am more then willing give advice on whats hot in hip hop clubs as thats pretty much all I know about lol

tp

[MisterMoleyMole]

Check out Tom Cosm's website. He has made some pretty wikid vids which walk you through the complete writing of a track in ableton. Its ion 6 parts and each is 1hr long. You have to pay $10 per month to be a member but they are downloadable to watch whenever you want. There are some free vids on there to.

[thugpoet]

thanks for the link

how did you learn to dj?

[BentoSan]

Doing traditional turn table style hip hop techniques in Ableton Live is impossible at this stage, if you wanted to get some turntablism techniques you will need rather Traktor Pro/Serato Itch or some other digital vinyl system.

If you just want to do mixes without any fancy turntable techniques Ableton Live is pretty decent, it will allow you to perform your own productions live.

All really depends where you want to take it.

Though there is always the option of doing both at the same time (by piping your audio from Traktor into Ableton) but that should be a long term goal - master rather playing live, or djing first, then try to combine the two.

[thugpoet]

ooo but since I only have a T-F, I wasn't planing on being the old school mturn table type, I wanted the more controller type pf thing going on would I still need tractor for that?

[charo]

ableton should cover your needs on that....just dive in and start learning it.