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    What're the chances of six-decks becoming a standard for DJing software? I'm surprised I haven't seen it before. Is there a reason for that? I think it makes sense to have. For instance, if you're working Traktor, you could have two remix decks, as well as 4 normal decks.

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    Chances of this becoming standard? 0%

    IMHO.

    A single remix deck provide 64 different slots for mixing whatever you want. Why in the world do you need TWO remix decks AND 4 standard decks? It would be so messy. What style of music are you mixing?

    Just capture what you want from a track into a remix deck and trigger it as needed (no need to have a dedicated deck for that).

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    Yeah that's an awful idea

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    i'm trying to find some positives to say in support of this. but i'm coming up blank.

    i can see how things evolved to 4 decks - double ups/layering acapellas over tracks which would need a 3rd (or 4th deck) to mix out to a new track. but, yeah, if you getting to the point where you need six, it's time to start playing with the remix decks a bit more.

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    Depends. There's a difference between DJ'ing, and live performance/composing.

    Look at acts like Tom Cosm, Moldover and iLL Gates. All using Ableton Live, and all using a minimum of 6 decks/channels.

    So - where do you draw the line? When does it stop being DJ'ing, and start being performing?
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    VDJ let's you open up 99 iirc

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    With Traktor Remix decks you have can 4 decks x 4 channels each so that's 16.

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    I definitely get what the OP is saying. Many times I have had 4 decks running on traktor, and thought, 'hmmm, if only there was another 1 or 2 decks, i could just do this, or that'.

    I agree w/ @jdownesbaird - that it could become messy.

    and w/ @Patch - that it'd cross the line of DJing and performing live, as you really would be creating your own stuff and looping like mad. I have never got into the Remix Decks, and this is something I would like to do. I just need to get an Kontrol F1. I'm a REAL fan of loops, loops and loads more loops.
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    I want traktor update like this - "just" make the loop recorder switch function to track deck, perfect. I'm pretty sure that would open some new mixing techniques and expand the possibilities of creative mappings.

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    With the loop recorder, does that actually enable us to record a loop from a track playing in a deck, and then if needed, put that recorded loop into a remix deck?
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