Hi everyone
I'm wondering what suggestions people have for two DJ's performing together. We're playing college/house parties and work together to bounce ideas off each other, find new music, ect and are trying to figure out the best way to have both of us active in the mix at the same time rather than sort of swopping back and forth while one of us cues up a mini-set.
Some of the biggest electronica acts are duos, but the tech setup aside, we've had a hard time finding suggestions for performing as a group. We've played around with one of us playing and mixing the bassline with the other doing an acapella overlay, ect but are looking for more ideas and input. We play pretty eclectic stuff- house, electro, some hip-hop, some pop, ect depending on the scene and what we're feeling like.
We're both running laptops with Ableton, although I might start running Traktor for some of our more house-y shows, and we're connected via 2 channel mixer.
To make things more complicated, we also just acquired some turntables and are debating the best way to work these in. Because we'll still be playing off the computers as well, we're considering plugging them into the 2 channel mixer, and then running that output into a 3 channel mixer with the computers in the other channels. This would be helpful in terms of layout, because we can put the 2 channel mixer right in between the turntables to bang around but still allow the "master" mixer to be located somewhere else. This way one of us can fade from the turntables into a computer mix while the other is working the turntables.
The other option is a 4 channel mixer to handle these duties in one package, which would cut down on equipment. I also don't know if running one mixer into another would deteriorate the sound quality in any noticeable way.
So there it is- any suggestions are greatly appreciated, and hopefully some of you will even have experience playing and setting up a group set.
Thanks!
Bookmarks