Pre-mixing?

[MYE]

Yup, like a lot of other people here I started on on two turntables and a mixer and had to teach myself how to mix and work through it.

Take the hint

Same i was on my laptop for 6 months before my brother gave me his old usb mixer then i didn't even have cdjs, turntables or midi controllers

[Iridium]

Yeah, I'm curious as well.

Sorry. I just wasn't sure if I was getting hell for mis-spelling and stating that im new. Its both kinda... Its a software but NI makes hardware especially for it. You can even add plug ins and use it as one. Looks really cool and I can use the controllers i have now with the software. Its only 80$ right now and you can find tuns of manufacture promos for discounts and $30 eVouchers. *Link to homepage below.*

http://www.native-instruments.com/#/...?category=1303

[MYE]

Sorry. I just wasn't sure if I was getting hell for mis-spelling and stating that im new. Its both kinda... Its a software but NI makes hardware especially for it. You can even add plug ins and use it as one. Looks really cool and I can use the controllers i have now with the software. Its only 80$ right now and you can find tuns of manufacture promos for discounts and $30 eVouchers. *Link to homepage below.*

http://www.native-instruments.com/#/...?category=1303

I know what traktor is i have been using it for nearly 4 years and i use the hardware that is made specifically for it as well. Pretty much every other dj knows what it is as well

[Iridium]

SO Y DID YOU ASK!? know what... never mind -_-

[padi_04]

All you need is practice.

[MYE]

SO Y DID YOU ASK!? know what... never mind -_-

Because you said you just ordered tracker and i didn't know what tracker was SO THATS WHY I ASKED

[rdale]

I like Traktor, I get by with a cheap two channel controller, mapped to four channels and a midi-fighter and feel real comfortable. Lots of room to cue point juggle, apply effects, and most importantly mix between the channels. I would say 80% of what I do is mixing and blending with the eq, line faders and cross fader, the rest is cue point juggling, looping to remix or maintain energy, and applying effects. I come from a more traditional two decks and a mixer background, but the added two decks of which I really only use one at a time is nice.

Traktor does a lot, comes bundled with a lot of controllers, and is pretty customizable to your work flow.

I've only made one "remix" to play in a set, and normally try to pull it off in real time, the results vary even on my "solid" routines. I would rather have the fun of doing it than canning it, and the way it develops over time is nice too, when you get small differences and build a routine even tighter or make mistakes, it is more "fun" for me.

The ableton route of preparing everything kind of loses the feel of decks and a mixer in my mind where traditional dj software kind of hits the mark. I could be wrong as I don't really experiment with it, but ableton seems more geared to when I decide I'm just playing my tracks, and attempting to do it mostly "live".

[crakbot]

Yeah, Ableton is better if you want to do your stuff in a set "routine". I started with Ableton and just now learning Traktor.

Ableton is great, but after a while it feels like you are just triggering things instead of actually playing, even though you can do more.

With Ableton, the skill is all in the preparation, and the execution is pretty easy. With Traktor most of the skill is in the performance. Of course this excludes controllerism routines in Ableton which require both prep and execution.

Depends on what you want to do. But the reason you may want to "pre-mix" is because you are just learning. Once you start learning, you will want to do it live. There is a thrill in performing live, part of it is the risk, and part of it is the satisfaction when it goes right or the excitement when you surpass your own limits.

However, if you want to invent a style where you do some prep work and work off of that, go ahead. But don't do it as a way to fake out an audience or anything.

[Nicky H]

Jesus some of the people on here recently, normally I just laugh and click back but I feel sorry for you young guys now.
And it's muppets like this who will get the gigs, you can guarantee it.

Thank God I did my proper Dj'ing in the 90's.

DON'T PREMIX LIVE - EVER!
What's the point?
Just put a CD in and go dance with the girls in your stupid hat/mask/underpant combo, you'll have much more fun.

[mygaff]

Because you said you just ordered tracker and i didn't know what tracker was SO THATS WHY I ASKED

Don't be a Dick MYE, you knew what the chap was talking about... Your coming across the bigger idoit.