What % of Ableton DJ's mime?

[DJ Millenium Falcon]

I wish people would stop looking at the DJ and just dance, but unfortunately this has been going on for years and apart from clubs having the DJ booth hidden from prying eyes this is unlikely to change anytime soon. The music wasn't to my taste but the crowd liked it, most weren't looking at the DJ so the fake EQing thing was totally unnecessary.

[Patch]

Don't forget - Ableton DJ's can have a LOT of shit going on. I have templates that require A LOT of knob turning BEFORE you can even hear anything happening in the mix.

In Ableton, the CHAIN SELECTOR rules all. MACRO's are also AWESOME. Knobs assigned to either of these may not have an effect on the audio - but may be setting up for some fuckingawesomejiggerypokerymagic...

[deevey]

Don't forget - Ableton DJ's can have a LOT of shit going on. I have templates that require A LOT of knob turning BEFORE you can even hear anything happening in the mix.

+1 I have a ton of knob twiddling to do and shit going on in my headphones before I finally launch a clip/track/effect.

[typeomega]

[antifmradio]

I go to clubs to look at the girls, not the DJ.

what if the dj is the girl?

[deevey]

what if the dj is the girl?

But they aren't "real" girls, they are more like guys .... with breasts and pretty faces

**tounge firmly in cheek and waiting for the avalanche on this one

[tothecloudd]

the general crowd does not really care what DJ's do as they are too busy having fun/getting drunk etc. they do not know what he's doing, how he is doing it and why because they do not know what a DJ actually does unless a good majority of them understand how DJ's work and how to operate DJ equipment then they will care what he is doing. think of it this way if the DJTT community was the audience i'm sure miming DJ's will not be something that would be tolerated, but for the general non-DJ public im sure they dont give a rats ass what you do as a DJ as long as you get them pumping. im not contradicting professional DJ's who actually do their shit or DJ's who mime just voicing out my opinion

[antifmradio]

But they aren't "real" girls, they are more like guys .... with breasts and pretty faces

**tongue firmly in cheek and waiting for the avalanche on this one

but you still drink enough that when you look at them, you want to twist their knobs and push their ableton buttons


ok im done now lol

[djoh]

First of all, Ableton is not a DJ software, so the definition word of "Ableton DJ" should not even exist.
I would understand if they remap the APC for DJ softwares such as Traktor or Serato to control all those functions then it should work just fine like mapping midi fighters to control DJ softwares. otherwise, loading all those TOP40 or hiphop or edm tracks in Ableton is a joke.

I do not think you can import tracks while playing in Ableton Live, also not able to change tempo bend for next cueing song while mixing right? which means most of ableton players make the whole set at home and bring it to the club. and just play it around by doing EQ/Effects on APC and fist pumping.

If he brought alot of fans and crowds, that means people just came to see him and he makes the most profit of the night, then, should leave him alone.
if not, please leave your APC at home for production use or play it in front of your own fans and crowds who knows your music already.
people usually don't come to the club to try strangers music production, and you don't even know what type of music would work for the night and what type of people going to be filled on the dance floor.

Thought you chose Ableton to become a producer, not a DJ.

Here is the good article from Ean Golden.
http://www.djtechtools.com/2012/03/1...-set-cheating/

[Patch]

First of all, Ableton is not a DJ software, so the definition word of "Ableton DJ" should not even exist.
I would understand if they remap the APC for DJ softwares such as Traktor or Serato to control all those functions then it should work just fine like mapping midi fighters to control DJ softwares. otherwise, loading all those TOP40 or hiphop or edm tracks in Ableton is a joke.

I do not think you can import tracks while playing in Ableton Live, also not able to change tempo bend for next cueing song while mixing right? which means most of ableton players make the whole set at home and bring it to the club. and just play it around by doing EQ/Effects on APC and fist pumping.

My God - there is so much fail in that post I don't know where to start.

Headphone - Beats Pro White Headphone

Ah OK. That explains it...

I'm only playing, mate. Don't take it to heart!