OMG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDTsC...ature=g-user-u
damn son, i gotta step my game up
OMG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDTsC...ature=g-user-u
damn son, i gotta step my game up
jebus
These people stay up 3 days in a row without sleeping and put 200% dedication into what they do. It's literally all they do. You will need a lot of self motivation to get this good. Spend every waking minute in front of the turntables. It really comes down to how bad do you want success. I think we all could use some motivation like this. Awesome video!
watching this for 10th time...
Holy baby Jesus! Thats impressive
Watch the video:
http://youtu.be/UDTsCTLkZzc
Doesn't it look like Shiftee is launching Remix Deck clips with his Maschine MK2?
There's going to be a flood of people thinking the Maschine has remix deck control now. I've just watched it once, but I think it's just the first slot of remix deck control which is midi mappable.
I'm not 100% sure it's just mapped to the first remix deck slots. It looks like he is doing more with the routine than just the four decks. Specifically the end point where he begins to spazz out. NI did a good job in the editing to make it very difficult to discern.
After watching it a third time I'm more interested in how he got Flux Mode to work with DVS!
My favorite part was when he was slapping the record. Was he actually skipping a beat in time when he was doing that? Or did it just sound that way?
Technically impressive, but it sounded like a right bleedin' racket to me.
is it just me or does anyone else think the actual music coming out of the performance isnt that good?
i mean yeah, its impressive and ill probably never reach his skill in scratching and controllerism but isnt the music what actually counts when being a dj/live performer? i mean im all for turntable/controller routines as long as they sound good, but this somehow just doesnt... wouldn't listen to it if it was on my ipod...
however, still mad skills and big respect.
So there is a genre of music someone doesn't like and thinks sounds like noise. Shocker. Stop the presses. HEADLINE: Old people don't like the "kids" music. :p!Quote:
Originally Posted by DJSigma
I kid. I don't mean to poke fun at you directly. But seriously, those comments really don't improve forum conversations they just detract from them.
You should not even try to become a dj then, just be a listener.Quote:
Originally Posted by Volpe
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Originally Posted by spencer4hire
He voiced his opinion in a way that wasn't insulting. I have no problem with that.Quote:
Originally Posted by hola amigos
His taste in music isn't the same as yours, and your opinion on taste isn't the same as his. Everyone looses the internet.
However, Shiftee is rad to the max! Its experimental, and magical if you ask me. But I expect no less from him.
Going back to the video. There are two things of note concerning potential updates: A) MK2 Remix Decks and B) Flux Mode with DVS.
The art of scratching is one of a kind. Mad props to the old school feel he throws out.
That other guy is right though.Quote:
Originally Posted by hola amigos
It's got nothing to do with it being a dubstep battle routine. They can be technical and still sound listenable, for example: -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksb5uMiTvQU
And I think this is awesome, even thought it's dubstep and someone as ancient as me should be waving my old man stick and shouting "turn that bloody rubbish down and put some Cliff Richard on": -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTo2mzCsCRA
I've been into battle routines since DJ Cheese won the DMC in 1986. I listened to that on the Robbie Vincent show actually in 1986 and have followed the DMC, NMS, ITF, IDA etc. ever since. I've been running a forum aimed at battle/scratch DJs for getting on for 8 years. And I don't like this cos I'm "old" according to spencer4hire? GTFO of here. It's just an opinion, but at least it's an informed one. No disrespect to Shiftee as a DJ, cos he's great and miles better than I will ever be, but this particular routine - I ain't feeling it one bit.
If you're wondering where the source song came from, https://soundcloud.com/salva/mercy-rl-grime-salva-rmx
<---- Merged it.
Well i am a dj because i love music and like to show that passion to other people with my mixes. Just because i dont do live scratching routines (because i have bearly heard any that really sounded great) doesnt mean i'm not a dj. Djing is a form of art and can be done however one likes it, if you like these routines, go for it, ill stick to my style.Quote:
Originally Posted by hola amigos
yeah from what i can tell it looks like he just using the mapped first 4 slots. and possibley the drum kit he has on deck D first 4 slots and mapped as well...
Then looks like z2 is mapped to same aswell and cue points.
i could only hope its unlocked for remix decks but from watching it twice didnt look like it...
if you watch it on the youtube channel int he description IT QUITE CLEARLY STATES remix decks. So either the Z2, or of course FAR more likely is the Maschine is controlling remix decks. I'm pretty sure i remember reading something from an insider interview promising that the v2 software for Maschine (1.8 being the latest) was going to be something very special. Perhaps remix deck control is that 'specialness'.
if so im deff selling my F1 for the mk2.
I am convinced that is style involves him sounding a lil sloppy. either that or hes sounds sloppy in all vids ive seen of him.
Throw up a comparable video of your latest routine mate. So many armchair critics on this site.Quote:
Originally Posted by enorjy
I'm very interested in this possible maschine remix deck control.
i think its like that with any form of music/art. i recently fell in love with deep house, but a few years ago if you showed me a deep house track, I would dismiss it as a boring collection of clicks and pops. it really just comes down to what your into. because of that i can see where the nay sayers are coming from, even though i really enjoyed the routine. that being said for a site dedicated to creative djing we are awfully unsupportive of it :pQuote:
Originally Posted by oliosky
My guess is that he was likely just using the maschine software, although if anyone has access to controlling remix decks with the maschine it would shiftee.
Impressive: OH YES
Pleasurable on the ear: OH NO
If I could buy stock on future Dj's all my money would be on this young lady:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1pihaYfw_Q&feature=plcp
I wasnt criticing, I was responding an earlier post... I am the one that started the threadQuote:
Originally Posted by oliosky
lol that shiftee video was not dubstep, it was hip hop..Quote:
Originally Posted by DJSigma
don't mind the old fart he's out of date.
I don't know if its 'hip hop' that was alot of styles haha....one could contest 8bit lol.
I tend to agree with alot of the ppl here...it was alot of sounds, shiftee probably get bored with simple routines and wants to push himself just like all of us....the only problem is that there only so much frequency to put sounds so sometimes it gets cluttered. I prefer this routine by shiftee but its not nearly as complex. He probably feels that he has to use alot of features since NI is paying him, all those features just result in more sounds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlQuh-fsWE0
I'm not normally one for being this blunt but I actually agree with you here. It's one thing to give your opinion on this style of performance or genre of music. I'm firmly in the 'HATE this' category. Actually if I was in a club and someone started doing this it would make me want to repeatedly puch myself in the ears!! However, if you want to question someone's skills (and let's admit this dudes got skills) then you better bring something to the table that shows you are qualified enough to question!Quote:
Originally Posted by oliosky
I think Maschine control of Remix decks is a logical (and very savvy business wise) progression. The F1 is launched. Done and Dusted. The majority of those that existed in the market (pre to it existing) will have bought one already. Obviously it will still sell, but now only as more folk with an interest in DJing come onto the scene. Also with several software hacks around already for remix deck control AND NIs original promise of within time opening it up to other hardware this just makes sense, considering Maschine is also their hardware. This will have the double benefit of not only encouraging a few more onto the Traktor platform (or maintaining their patronage) in the face of Seratos new release and the accompanying hardware (pad) support, the pioneer SSX, et al, but it will also be a shot in the arm to Maschine MkII sales, encouraging new buyers to get a Maschine "hey kids! Not only does it do all the cool stuff it did before BUT NOW also controls REMIX DECKS! WOOHOO!", and on top of that if they limit remix deck control to the MKIIs and hold it back from the MKIs, others with a MKI may well upgrade to a MKII. Bearing all this in mind NI would be bat shit f***ing crazy NOT to incorporate Remix Deck control into the Maschine. Just my 2 cents. :D
I spoke to NI reps (and shiftee) at BPM and they said they "would love to" implement remix deck control on the maschine. That's not a guarantee, but it's nice to know it's on their radar.
On the subject of the performance, people seem to be totally misunderstanding the idea. No, you wouldn't want to go to a club and see that kind of thing for 3 hours, but that's not the point. It's a video purely aimed at DJs to show off what the NI software and hardware can do in the right hands. Low latency, lots going on, remix decks, effects running on multiple decks, timecode and all that. It's a showcase. I've seen shiftee and other scratch DJs doing sets of an hour or longer and of course they don't just button mash and beat juggle for an hour. They play songs and use those techniques for transitions. It wouldn't work for deep house but it's not supposed to!
Finally, someone on here "gets" it!Quote:
Originally Posted by fullenglishpint
You people need to chill out. Someone doesn't like the way it sounds, who cares!! And just because someone can't do something similar doesn't mean they don't have a right to be critical about it. If it wasn't for armchair critics the internet would have died in 1995.
And if it weren't for people calling out armchair critics it'd be nothing but!
Oh yeah? I would like to see you post a critique of someone being critical of something as if it were critical to the existence of the human race in a critical way.Quote:
Originally Posted by fullenglishpint