How do YOU mix?

[Hi Im Shy]

I always just used a crappy webcam but If you have a decent phone I've found that there isn't really a need for any fancy cameras provided you light your scene well enough to avoid grain. I use the http://www.filmicpro.com app on a iPhone 5 and the quality is VERY good.

[William Gibson]

Good idea actually. My note 3 shoots in 4k...

[Kwal]

Good idea actually. My note 3 shoots in 4k...

Cool looks like we're going to start doing boiler room sets at your place

[William Gibson]

Cool looks like we're going to start doing boiler room sets at your place

House and electro soul would be dope. Ive never mixed house before so I would have to learn but it would be fun.

P.s. phone is limited to 5 minutes max recordings. Gopro is getting tempting...

[Hi Im Shy]

5 minutes? There isn't an app that can override that camera setting? Or is 4k video just taking up that much space (I imagine it would) might want to drop it down a tad! Jot me a link whenever you get it going!

[pacific808]

I meant to reply to this thread last week but I was on vacation at the time.

I have dabbled in ableton DJ'n for a while and I found the best way for me to do it is to have my songs listed out in the decks I want to play them in and I would trigger the songs on my APC40. I would have each of the decks setup to a channel on a DJM900nxs through USB.

If my songs are warped properly I have a much easier time doing all the EQ and FX work on the DJM. I also gotta say that live tempo automator is sick. I have used it a few times. I actually modified the original code a little bit. I made it so if I create a blank midi clip and rename it with a number(for example '128') if I launch that clip the automator will change the current master tempo to that number in however bars I have selected in the automator(usually 4 bars).

Also for the 5 minute recoding in 4k mode, it is because if the phone/tablet senses that the image sensor is getting too hot it will stop recording. My xperia z2 shoots in 4k but after about 5 minutes it gets really really hot and the phone stops recording before it has a chance to do permanent damage.

[Hi Im Shy]

I always wondered how Ableton + DJM900's worked. When you hook it up does it show up as a sound card in Ableton? How is the latency? Are you able to route each channel in Ableton to a channel on the DJM900 without an external sound card? That modification to the Tempo Automator sounds like it would be incredibly useful! I had a look inside the plugin and honestly it's way over my head at this point in time. So much to learn so little time!

[pacific808]

It is pretty much plug and play once you have the drivers installed. When setup properly Ableton will see it as a 8in/out sound device. All you need is one usb cable. I will try to do a short video demo sometime this week. I know the artist 3lau uses a djm900 in his sets.

[deevey]

P.s. phone is limited to 5 minutes max recordings. Gopro is getting tempting...

I'm getting an SJ4000 on Monday which is a cheap and cheerful alternative.

• Shoots almost, or as good as a GoPro
• Comes with ALL the brackets & waterproof case included
• Has a rear screen included.
• Yes it has Wifi too
• Can be used with any gopro replacement lens e.g. 5.4mm

Its about 1/5 the price of a Hero3+ Black !

Watch in 1080p - theres a ton of videos out there on youtube for it.

[pacific808]

well I was going to try and record a short demo today but I felt so sloppy. I haven't done an actual ableton set for several months.(need to get a new laptop) Anyways I got some screen shots of one of the setups I did.

In the first screenshot you can see ableton detects the DJM900 as an 8in/8out device. I had the default device set as the input so you can record your entire set using a rca to 3.5mm. That way I can get the filters and effects from the DJM recorded as well.
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In the second screenshot you can see how I setup my decks. In this one I had it setup to play Decks 1&2 playing through channel 2 on the DJM. Decks 3&4 are playing on channel 3. I then also have one shots playing on channel 4.
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