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BAH!
..Ignorance....he has not tried remixing on the fly...or is not a fan of it.
Shame....leave him to his Vinyls....(If he has CDJ's...fuck him...he is a liar...he too uses SYNC!....its PISS to beatmatch on CDJ's...) and old mixer.
He is clearly too cool to be with the times....
As soon as I hear this ....i think ignorance.
The poor dude is prob annoyed because he spent thousands on 1200s a mixer and vinyl and carried that shit from gig to gig for years and now a 12 year old with dads laptop, keyboard mapping cracked traktor and ripped music can pull off the old dudes set much cleaner and hassle free ;)
Actually he's right in a sense. Some people do think that playing with a LOT of Fx is the way to go, but then most of the time it isn't really (without saying it's always applied with good taste or with the right timing). More isn't better.
Hopefully being a good dj doesn't mean you have especially technically skilled as it's more about selection, mix phrasing, crowd control, etc... If you can do that AND have technical skills, great of course.Quote:
There are plenty of big DJ's out there who only beat match songs and then stand or dance around behind the decks.
Best balanced commentary so far.Quote:
Whether it be letting the music speak for itself, or taking your favorite tracks and turning it into a blended, glitchy, complicated performance, it's all personal preference. There is no right or wrong choice.
That's not to say there aren't people who are just terrible at it, though. lol
yeah agreed!Quote:
Originally Posted by Yul
But he is got blinkers on.
he is only seeing the sync cheaters....
Send him a link for DJ Inferno...or Richie Hawtin....
THATS what sync allows you to do....DOOOOFUS!
;)
I can understand him, it must be a frustrating feeling.Quote:
Originally Posted by dj stifffy
I was very recently introduced to the world of DJing, and have so far only been practicing beatmatching using Mixxx on my computer (controller takes ages to arrive in stock at the store). When I first started asking about DJing on various sites, the responses I got was almost exclusively in the vein of "Learn to beatmatch or die".
Then I found this place (thanks to a friend who loves all things MIDI). Here, the opinion seems to be the opposite. "Beatmatching is only a means to an end, focus on making your mix sound good instead" is a sentiment I've often seen repeated around these forums.
This leaves me in a somewhat conflicted position. One one hand, I feel that beatmatching isn't the only thing a DJ should be doing, that beatmatching is "a means to an end". On the other hand, I cannot help but feel that having the computer sync your songs for you is "cheating" to a certain extent. Now, I'm not here to hate on people using syncing, all the power to you, you're in all likelihood better DJs than me anyhow, but personally, even though I'm using a controller & computer, I will try to learn beatmatching.
(Also, yay first post! \o/ )
Yes, that's actually a thing which annoys me a bit about the DJTT blog (and also this forum sometimes). I mean all those super-fancy FX transitions might(!) sound nice once, but are very easy to overuse (twice in a set is probably too much already). And more often than not FX and stuff will probably not improve the track that you're playing. So, I don't really see the point in a Midi Fighter (and am therefore confused that it's suggested in virtually every one of the myriads of "what controller should I buy?"-threads).Quote:
Originally Posted by Yul
To me all that hocus-pocus about "more creative mixing" and stuff is mostly nonsense. It's about playing good music which fits well together. If you want to add more "creativity" (btw, is it actually creative replicating fancy transitions from a DJTT tutorial vid? *justsayin*) because there's more free time due to using sync, then do it, but don't let that have an impact on the important things and/or ruin the tracks you're playing (and chances are, you will).
My 2 cents...
Well..these FX tricks are to be part of your arsenal of weapons.
Not to be used constantly.
The same for a DJ who scratches. He can not scratch all set long....would sound shit!
You gotta know when to do it with STYLE!
THATS the difference between the 2.
Noobs and cheaters of sync will go banana's....inexperienced....
Old DJ's...that have been at it a while...will know the above fact....and use it like that.
I mean...flare!....do it!
But keep it tight.....showing off too much will fuck the flow of the set.
It is better to master one effect and no to use it well then to try tomuse all effects and make a train wreck.... Delay freeze ftw but i use mine purely like a loop :o
Sure, but it's a point not nearly stressed enough, especially when figuring in that DJTT does attract lots of people just starting out. And the results of this can be observed in many threads in this forum ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by sarasin