After learning how to spin with vinyl/CD's, I decided to go digital, and have been using a digital system for just a little over a year now.
The problem i'm facing now is that I feel like if I spent every minute, of every day, focusing on everything related to my digital system, I would STILL only know about 10% of everything I need to know.
When I started using Torq/Xponent there was a lot of things I had to learn about digital DJ'ing, but everything was already mapped out, as Xponent was basically made for Torq. Not to mention, all the track info was saved in a different file called a .TQD file. After using it for about a year, I had a pretty good handle on it.
Now that I'm using Traktor, I've had to learn about ID3 tags, and how you can't play DRM protected files. I've also recently started using Rapid Evolution and I'm starting to discover a whole new set of problems. You have to have Quicktime installed, you need to have the right Java (still learning about what this is, and what it does) installed, and it still doesn't seem to work. On top of the fact that it keeps crashing for some strange reason...And then there's the compatibility issue with Traktor Pro.
Not to mention the on-going cross-compatibility issues between different iTunes and Traktor versions...Then there's the subject of midi mapping...
When I first got my VCI-100, I thought I could use other peoples' mappings...But then I realized a lot of them didn't have what I wanted...Ean's mapping works best with firmware 1.3 (which I don't have, and have also had to learn about)...So I figure at some point i'll have to figure out midi mapping as well, or get my firmware updated...Either way I guess I should learn about mapping though.
One of the really bad things is that I've been unemployed for about 6 months, and I haven't been looking for a job, because I stay up until the wee hours of the night learning as much as I can about my new system. Which means I wake up late, and groggy, and don't get much job hunting done...I think part of it is that job hunting often doesn't come with immediate gratification, whereas everytime I learn something new about my system, I feel like I accomplished something.
I feel like I'm about ready for a mental institution right now...And the thing that really kills me, is even though I get a good grasp of all the aforementioned things, there's still the compatibility issue that I'll have to encounter everytime a new version of iTunes, Rapid Evolution, or Traktor Pro comes out.
I'm so tightly wound right now, that this would be a good time for a joint...
I also just filled in the order form for my free windows 7 upgrade, at which point I assume I'll have to tackle some of the compatibility issues all over again.
Oy...
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