Digital DJing and stepping it up

[WDPK837]

Been experimenting with triple and quad drops with some success. Getting things in key is what really seals the deal.

The last mix I recorded, Antivirus, was big on this for me. I wasn't trying to get all three tracks to fully break/drop at once, but I did use a lot of cue jumping to keep things rolling. I ended up with this shifting energy that really made it so you don't really know what's going on, which was perfect since the mix was about being sick. A big fan of that.

The biggest thing for me is restructuring songs with the cue points, which was completely new when I jumped to Traktor, as I'd come off of just using vinyl. I think that that's the biggest possibility, the "live remix." I'd only heard a few very talented people doing that with CDJs live, and Traktor's beatgrids and seamless loops make it a LOT easier, therefore freeing up the rest of the brain to be creative.

[wrong chris]

the loop and cue point features are probably the most important advantages to me. The cue points are invaluable as they can be used for different types of "reminders", and the loop is important because it allows me to alter the timing and length of a song to create more dynamic/cohesive mixes.

my other favourite feature is the browser which saves lot's of time to focus on mixing.

[mpetersen3]

Wow double drops sounds very cool, my favorite features are looping and making my mix as tight as possible, adv. delay to frz -> next track is high on my list, and the beatmasher is due for a comeback in my sets, 3 deck mixing is tons of fun. Lately I have been watching dancetrippin.tv and learning lots of new ideas from there.

[illstep]

i'm confused with the double drop thing. can you give me an example?

what i meant was using beatjumps and cue points to have 2 records build up at the same time and have their breaks lined up. what i do all the time is having the first build up of a track lined up with the last build up of another track to create a very unique and interesting transition.

[Peter Willis]

I use the advantages of digital in 2 ways:

- Track selection: I have very detailled playlist with everysub genre, which enables me to really find the perfect track to drive the mix where I want it to go

- Tools like beatjump: Really great to have your musical phases in sync, so musical events in the tracks always happen when you want them too. By the way I also love having the filters on each channel (traktor is stil cheaper than a DJM-800 !)