Help for a newbie DJ
So I have Traktor Pro and I have an Ipod Touch with ITM DJ(Crossfader,Volume,Bass,Gain,Filter,Play,Sync) and I use it as a midi.
So I play mostly house music but I don’t know any transitions.Can you tell me step by step (or make a video to help others to) some easy transitions?
Thank You!
Young padawan. You have come to the wrong part of the right place. Read EACH & EVERY DJTT article, and only when you have done that, you may return. Be gone with you.
youtube, google, and DJTT articles. use em brah…
i take it you havnt seen anything Ean Golden has done? pop that into youtube and prepare to have your face melted
I’ve seen what Ean Golden has done.I’ve seen also the Transition video but I cannot do them with iTM DJ
Everything the other two have said are true. Follow their directions, it will lead only to your enlightenment.
sounds like youre in one of my favorite dillemmas… time to go by moar gear!
(its only a dillemma for my checking account
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I’m going to buy a set but I don’t know when and so I wanna start with iTM DJ first xP
so…your mixing with an ipod… im not judging or anything. but its making your life harder…
No it’s not making my life harder but that’s what i’ve got, and I wanted only what iTM DJ had so it’s ok
you dont want to go out and buy like 10k worth of equipment that youre gonna be over your head with but at the same time using a midi ipod app is really gonna hold you back. what are you using? Mac? PC? cause when i first started i went out and bought a Vestax spin for 200 from the apple store just to play with and eventually bought Traktor pro and got the mapping from oldfashioned and have been adding gear every so often when i can afford it/when i get to the point that im very proficcient with the hardware… to my collection.
it seems as though youve hit that wall with using your ipod to try and mix as you cant do the transitions and such you want = time to upgrade gear.
have you tried mixing internally in traktor pro with just your mouse and what not? do you know how to phrase/phase match songs? cause then you could just do a basic intro/outro trasition in the computer by moving the bass from one track to another (look up dj ravine - he uses VDJ in teh vid but its the same priciple)
Ok I will suggest something that I probably will get bashed for in this forum - get a second hand digital mixer / cheap usb midi controller and download a cracked version of traktor pro somewhere. If you like it, buy better gear and buy the software. If you don’t - delete the software and resell/give your hardware to someone who is interested. I know it’s against rules and laws, but I’m quite low on cash, as anybody who has a crappy office job/is still a student, so you can neither afford the 1.5$/track nor the 200$ just for the software. IMO it’s unfair to make money on the backs of people who spend money - meaning it’s unfair to get paid for djing with cracked software and downloaded music. But charging you for try-outs at home, with the possibility of dropping the whole thing after 4-6 hours - no thanks.
im ok with it if youre using it as a ‘trial’ version, but for a short period.
most people still wont like it i guess.
most intro level usb controllers come with traktor LE, if you like it you upgrade.