If you say so.
OP came in here with a legitimate question, and everyone jumped all over him straight away. If I were you guys, I’d be the ones who were embarrassed tbh.
Why don’t you PM him them - sounds like you deserve each other.
Considering this is DJTechTools, whose core business revolves around digital DJing, and most of their products include FX-heavy mappings, you might want to look around for an alternative forum if you dislike FX so much.
Mdc, I’m gonna have a listen to your latest mix, do you use lots of efx in it? I’m yet to see anyone other than Ean use loads of them effectively. I’m intrigued.
At 29.79 tracks per hour, does that make you lazy too?
I never and I mean NEVER use FX… I mess with my eqs more… only fx I use is reverse grain for censoring out curse words when needed… other then that hell to tha NAH
I do mess around with them when I practice just for fun but never use fx for a gig
I am lucky to get 12 tracks in an hour. But that’s me, track selection first.
Try dropping an effects to an isolated frequency band 
The answer to your question is a responding NO! I’ve downloaded and listened and this fancy new way of DJing is just mixing tunes in VERY early. I’m not saying its bad. But it’s certainly not the DJing revolution he makes out. It’s simple A → B mixing only you start mixing after about a minute of the tune.
A-B mixing is the first step to be a decent DJ outside song selection…next I would say EQ’s, transitions, then the “spice” of creativity. It could be FX, It could be scratching… just make sure you don’t just play the radio song without some type of flava
I just want to clarify that I am in no way knocking MDC’s mix tape.
Oh mate you are looking at an ‘A->B’ mixer right here. I’m in total agreement!
DJTECHTools, not DJFXTools. just because the tools are there, you dont need to use them all (or at all if it doesn’t suit your style/genre or occasion).
My car will do the best part of 180mph, but I don’t drive at that speed everywhere as it would make me a complete tool. The analogy stands.
I tried the remix decks with minimal techno samples, it was fun to add different efx combos to them, but alas much more practice would be needed to even consider doing a live set. Even Hawtin abd dubfire don’t use loads of efx.
Effects can be a really amazing addition when used sparingly and tastefully. Don’t ever egg the pudding and don’t over salt the soup.
I like FX . Especially ones in Sci-Fi movies and stuff like Stars Trek and that one with the man in the black breathy helmet.
…and when things explode, like in that one movie… with the man and theres some cars.
Agreed; that’s exactly what I was trying to do with that particular mix, as it’s my demo for “normal” DJ gigs. I barely touched effects for that mix, aside from a bit of echo freeze. If I’m booked to do a performance set, I use FAR more effects. Last Wednesday I did a 3 hour set with another guy; he handled transitions and song selection while I handled the effects for 3-4 tracks, then we swapped, back and forth throughout the night. Was probably the most fun I’ve had in a LONG while.
Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not talking about cutting up and ruining vocals with beatmasher, delays and flangers, etc; instead, typically one track that’s playing will have more of a “focus” to it - melody, vocals, a build up, etc. In that case, the effects usually get applied to the OTHER deck, just for the purposes of filling in the background and thickening out the mix.
For example, I do a live remix of Apollo and Get Lucky; when I first started doing that particular mix, I began as just layering a 4 bar loop of the kick of Apollo underneath Get Lucky to give it a more “housey” feel, then the next time I played out I added cuepoint jumps to introduce the melody from Apollo, then the build up/breaks, and now I add beatmashers and gaters to the drums… Get Lucky, on the other hand, doesn’t get touched aside from a little filter tweaking and EQing.
tl;dr: the key to using effects properly is to apply them to background track, not the “featured” one.
The what and the who? ;_;
Ok, looks like a pretty bloody battlefield right now, so I’ll not throw my 2 penneth in on FX.
However, what does everybody think of filters?
Me, I love 'em… Although restraint and restriction are key I believe.
Over to you.
I can’t tell if you are trolling or not. What purpose do you serve as a DJ playing 12 tracks. Thats one CD of fully played songs. Im with MDC on this one. Proper cue point usage, and mixing technique, you can provide the full energy and essence, plus build up and drops if you want within 2 to 3 minutes, using the other part of the song to seamlessly transition.
There is no way Id ask you to come play at my club again if thats what you provided my patrons for an hour. Of course the UK and US are different. Its hard enough to not find an open format bottle service club now a days anyways.