Midi Mid Life Crisis!

[Dups]

IMO, nothing is worse that trying to find the right CD in a dark booth with time on the currently running track running out.

That and the cdj-1000's randomly freezing and displaying arcane error messages.

A midi DJ setup isnt perfect but a year into using it i still dont want to go back.

[R2D2]

This made me think midi only djs are like mobile djs lugging stuff around !

I think if its under a 3 hour set use cds if you doing the whole night take your midi rig !! then you got a chance to set up.


If you wana learn to beat match either grab some cheap second hand techs or cdjs


Thing is cdjs will not be dead anytime yet any club will need to keep plug and play devices in the booth it would be stupid not to.


All this midi stuff is cool but its abit geeky and you have to be very computer savvy to just mix

Alot of people just love the music NOT the gear!

The geeks seem to be taking over

Not yet

[BradCee]

All this midi stuff is cool but its abit geeky and you have to be very computer savvy to just mix

only if you want to remap, if not then use a default tsi. and most of them are so labour unintensive you can run on a budget vista laptop without any issues and still have 'fun' mixing.
trust me. when i first got traktor 3 and vci, used the default tks and had done nothing in terms of optimization and it ran, well... ok, kinda.

[YOP92]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8zE44mUBJU

[R2D2]

only if you want to remap, if not then use a default tsi. and most of them are so labour unintensive you can run on a budget vista laptop without any issues and still have 'fun' mixing.
trust me. when i first got traktor 3 and vci, used the default tks and had done nothing in terms of optimization and it ran, well... ok, kinda.

I here you I used a vci for a while got the firmware upgrade kit and overlay ect I had fun with the default / techtools tsi

You have a dual boot and most prob have done reg tweaks ect ect so you are extremely pc savvy

I used to have a triple boot of xp I fuck you not ! One for web ! One for production and one for Djing ( got that down to 12 processes tweaked to bones )

but having to do all the above messed my flow life was simpler in the 90s

Maybe Djs have been geeks all along I mean getting a boner about new vinyl and crate digging is abit that way :eek: just like getting a boner at a circuit board full of arcade buttons well maybe not lol

[photojojo]

Start your gig on CD's and have a couple of long songs so you can get your midi set up going without being in the way of the DJ before you. Being six months in means more than likely you'll be the opening act anyway and by the time you move up the ladder you'll be comfortable setting up.

[rt24]

Start your gig on CD's and have a couple of long songs so you can get your midi set up going without being in the way of the DJ before you. Being six months in means more than likely you'll be the opening act anyway and by the time you move up the ladder you'll be comfortable setting up.

Oh wow that's a REALLY good idea.

Seems to be knowing how to use both cdj along with my midi (of course) makes the situation non-awkward.

[rvltion909]

@ OP: I know what you mean on the midi setup vs the club setup. I've spun in a club *once* and I definitely wasnt in a state of mind to rock the fucking crowd...I was more focused on the cramping of the booth...the gear acting weird and not being comfortable with my "musical" setup. I even brought a mouse...................the only shot of me in the booth is of me fucking around with the mouse. (GO "DJ").

The other guy came in and rocked the shit with his case of scribbled on CDs. BTW....I've seen the way CDs are treated....anybody ever been to an event where the CD skips?

But hey...what am I doing now? Remapping and thinking of how to adapt. For me its no question and we need to embrace the new technology. WE determine the future of the music...NOT the clubs.

@PHOTO....dude you always have really simple/great ideas!

I used to have a triple boot of xp I fuck you not ! One for web ! One for production and one for Djing ( got that down to 12 processes tweaked to bones )

12 fucking processes?! OK....you have to show me how to do this with Win 7. I'd be forever thankful!

Which reminds me...we have a place to post maps here (a forum dedicated to it actually). We ought to have a place to post Windows profiles, dual-boot configs, etc.

Ean's video on setting up in a club was cool but I think we need a much more detailed updated one. I've googled and cant find much either.

Sidenote: Midi Midlife crisis always puts an image in my mind of some 50 year old who just ran out and spent like 5-10k on a Dual Otus system or shiny new S4 and Xone setup. vroooooooooooom-vrooooooooom!!!!

[sj03w4t]

Maybe Djs have been geeks all along I mean getting a boner about new vinyl and crate digging is abit that way :eek:

so happy i wasn't in that record store with you!

[BradCee]

Maybe Djs have been geeks all along I mean getting a boner about new vinyl and crate digging is abit that way :eek: just like getting a boner at a circuit board full of arcade buttons well maybe not lol

i wouldn't go that far... but yeah, even when it was the good ol' days of turntables & a mixer, and that was the only option really available (as cdjs were crap or way too expensive for something good) djs were a bit geeky.