1st gig in 6 years tonight......

Well lads and lasses, it has finally arrived!!!

First gig as Traktor DJ, playing 4 til 6 at a club down the road closing for one of my mates.

Thanks to all who have helped me here back into this business!! I can't wait but may wee a small bit in my pants before going on.

I have checked all my gear, got back up CD's, wires, already set up most of it down there but will be taking the Mac when i go. Not going til about 2, bit of dutch courage so mental system is optimised.

Will let you know how it goes tomorrow. Peace and love!!! :D

cool, have fun man!

Rock Out With Ya Cock Out Bro..:D

Pics and full review expected.

GL.

Gonna record it?

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Originally Posted by Karlos Santos

Rock Out With Ya Cock Out Bro..:D

Pics and full review expected.

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You know me too well, just hope I don't get kicked out for it!!!

I'm going to record it through traktor, this won't cause me any unnecessary issues will it?

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Originally Posted by Fyoog

I'm going to record it through traktor, this won't cause me any unnecessary issues will it?

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Sorry for the bump but paranoid.

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You know me too well, just hope I don't get kicked out for it!!!

I'm going to record it through traktor, this won't cause me any unnecessary issues will it?

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nah i dont see any probrlem with recording your set.

Have fun and remember, its like riding a bike...you never forget how to dj

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Originally Posted by JesC

nah i dont see any probrlem with recording your set.

Have fun and remember, its like riding a bike...you never forget how to dj

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Nice one Jes, you're a star!!!

I'll be fine, DJ 100's of times from 16 to 22 but having such a break it's like poppin the cherry again!!!

fyi .. if you are recording your set .. set the mb limit higher or else it will cut off after 1 hour.

have mucho fun ... thumbs up***

Good luck and loads of fun!

ROCK OUT!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice one!


Pics....or it didn't happen!

This thread needs a hollywood ending...

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aaaand i'm spent.

THE END

Seriously where da photos iz?

Hes probably still in bed recovering.
Im expecting him to get back to use either very late tonite or tomorrow afternoon.

Right I survived but Friday night continued until very early this morning. Had to move house today which wasn't good. I will update, with pics, tomorrow when I can peel my eye lids apart.

Needless to say thought it was pretty awesome!! Watch this space!!! :D

Nicely done!

:)

cherry popin' is the best part!!... just make sure you take some liquid courage before ur set!

Congrats man! I'm waiting for the pics!

22hrs and no update

Hey peeps, sorry for the delay. Been mad having moved house and I haven't seen my mate with the camera to get the pics, will upload tomorrow but anyway here goes:

Got there about 2am and it's rammed, my mate has been playing since 11.30 and is tired so it got to 3 and he kicked me on. I had already set up which meant not too many troubles and luckily all worked without a hitch, he didn't want me to kill the tunes so I had to to beat match with the VCI against his CDJ's on the other channel which I have to admit is something I hadn't tried very much and there were a few wobbles but I pulled it off and no one really noticed, the levels were slightly different and I had to tweak the outputs from Traktor to suit. For some reason the bass was really low compared to the CDJ output? Had to give it a boost.
My mate plays quite alternative housy tracks with some garage type breaks (see Joy Orbison tunes as example) but by that point the music was start to kick on and people were up for the dance so after starting fairly low with some bouncy house I kicked up a gear into some faster electro and played one of my little sets that I had worked on which helped as the crowd really got with the flow. All went fairly smooth until about 4.30 but then my mate came back and wanted to get some back to back going which is where I suffered a bit. The beat matching didn't work out great for me, I set the pitch range lower to try and compensate but it still felt not as great as I remember decks being so after about 20 mins of trying I had to hand back over and he closed til 5.30 but was happy to do so I'm ok with that. Tip for myself to work on for the future is to practice the beat matching against another channel through my old mixer. It will help as my mate does want me to do it again!!!
I got a lot of compliments at the end though and was so buzzin off playing again that I didn't really care about the small problems.
We then went on to a house party after where I set up again and we continued until Sunday mornin!! Lol
I have an hour of the set recorded and once I get the internet set up in my new gaff (i'm at a mates at the mo) I'll load pics and set up!!!
Any other questions, let me know, it's still a bit of a blur to be honest!!
Peace out peeps (i need sleep still, still felt rough this morning) :(

I tried to setup with CDJs and traktor playing back to back with a regular mixer... It's really strange, we need to always be adjusting the levels and the bass output on traktor... I dunno why!

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I tried to setup with CDJs and traktor playing back to back with a regular mixer... It's really strange, we need to always be adjusting the levels and the bass output on traktor... I dunno why!

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Maybe this is common problem, does anyone else have experience of it?

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I tried to setup with CDJs and traktor playing back to back with a regular mixer... It's really strange, we need to always be adjusting the levels and the bass output on traktor... I dunno why!

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Have never really had a bass problem.. just a problem w/ levels in general.. the Pioneer CDJ's have a really hot output, but I've found that as long as my Traktor gain is set correctly and my sound card (A8DJ) is too, then there isn't a real difference... maybe your playing lower quality audio files???

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Have never really had a bass problem.. just a problem w/ levels in general.. the Pioneer CDJ's have a really hot output, but I've found that as long as my Traktor gain is set correctly and my sound card (A8DJ) is too, then there isn't a real difference... maybe your playing lower quality audio files???

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I think that is my problem, my library isn't for playing live, as I'm still a bedroom DJ, I will buy high quality versions of all the tunes that I will play for an audience, but for now, I'm practicing with lower quality ones (96kbps or 128kbps mostly).

Thank you for pointing that :D

Edit: I'm using the Numark DJIO interface with internal stereo mixing

96/128kbps = ouch

I have come-on to large rigs....with Traktor and Audio 4....no issues.

Pioneer mixer....A&H.....

if you have a 4 channel mixer and an audio 8, use 2 channels for timecode, 2 for regular cds, and it works without a hitch :)

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Originally Posted by Karlos Santos

Rock Out With Ya Cock Out Bro..:D

Pics and full review expected.

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indeed ! congrats... but please..... for the love of god... if your gonna rock out with your cock out please take the pics above the waist line !

Hi Peeps,

I know they're late but finally I have seen my mate with the pics, had to survive 3 weeks with no internet after moving, only had it at work but no uploads there.

It was a hard night when the a couple of my mates joined me behind the decks!!! Perrrrr-dowwww!!!

One is a pro shot from the club photographer who shot me behind the decks but the other two were taken in the crowd by my mate while I was playin'!!

Told you i would deliver, I also do lamb chicken and fish.

right on man, looks like it was a good time.

wait till like your 4rth track and you'll know you got it. Thats what always happens to me. I get so nervous then I press play and it all goes away.

nice work chap! i havent gigged out in 3+ years now due to some long term travel, and just switched to the digital world after combinations of vinyl, cdj, serato... gonna be interesting to get back on the horse for sure...

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Rock Out With Ya Cock Out Bro..:D

Pics and full review expected.

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Once again, these forums are not for trading naked pictures of each other. Please take this discussion to the Native Instruments support list.

Nobody else noticed that this thread was necro-posted after 13 months of being buried?

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Once again, these forums are not for trading naked pictures of each other. Please take this discussion to the Native Instruments support list.

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Ben you win for that comment.

Hahahah I was just about to make another crack about the photo with the two hot blondes looking on and the fire extinguisher strategically placed at crotch level when I realized how old this thread was....

Yeah, it might be some kinda fashion statement, but the one on the left looks like she just got attacked....lol. Not a bad necro-bump for a laugh though.