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haha, you're getting the grit now goof! i use backspin with echo when mixing dub, not dubstep, real dubwise reggae from the 80's. whatever suits the music really. i'll get a chance to listen to your mix later mate but i guess what fackedd said is the most important thing. Getting your head round basic beatmatching by synchronising the beginning intro beats of a song with the outro beats of another is the 1st step. Learn this or nothing else will ever work how you expect it. it's the walking you gotta learn b4 you can run.

^ yer the ns6 is def for more platter-conscious players. It's other main benefits over the pioneer is the steel body, xlr outs and the fact it works as a standalone mixer so if the shit hits the fan on your pc/mac you can stick an extra source into the NS6 and carry on. If the pc/mac that is running your ddjt crashes you lose everything. horses for courses as usual tho man.

^ haha, i knew they were gigging again these days but i didn't figure they were that big... but then i dont have my ear to the ground much. i used to rent a studio space in the same building as them, gigged a few times with them at youth events, parties etc. TBH tho we're so rock n roll that i see them most often at the local playground. Their kids are not much older than mine. My youngest is going to the same local nursery on their recommendation in september. They're salt of the earth man, proper DJs and nice guys, worth being a fan off, they wont let you down.

notes on the review above: the cue soesnt work exactly like i explained and there are a few more details so i'll probably edit the above review if i get a chance. in the meantime:

^cool, utah saints djs are local mates of mine who use bridge with ableton/serrato and rate it very highly... they work as a pair with one controlling ableton and one controlling the scratches and cuts on timecode vinyl. they do crossover roles too but that's their basic set up. works v well. sounds like you'll be able to go to the moon with all that tech mate!

cheers caps, i cant comment on pioneer units but numark has a lot going for it. gandy: "Work pretty much the same way too except the main cue point is set by pausing the track and playing again, not by pausing and pressing cue like on the cdj1000s" i dont think you're nitpicking, it's like changing car: windscreen wiper and light switched might be in a dif place, but you'll get used to it if you want to. also i found myself not really using the cue at all after a while as 5 hot cues were more than enough to always set hot cue 1 as main cue. "but no level indicators for each deck, you only get a level indicator for the master vol." this is a pain, but there are quite a lot of folk on itch forums asking for a software display of these as an update, fingers crossed. i'm waiting for a lift to go collect it all and get my car. no gig tonite and kids are still at grandmas so will try post a vid later. maybe after a few beers to dull the hangover tho.

mann this is great news caps. i would let justice do its work tho, no recrimination necessary now. unless of course the cock doesnt pay. i'm just thinking out loud but with all the money leftover after buying the songs you want again could you avoid the hassle of re-burning cds and printing t-lists and get a dvs instead? You say you were gonna resort your wallets: why not do without and make the change to a laptop library now?

dutch courage, pre match yoga, hashcakes, wear a mask, imagine the audience naked... there's a million ways to try and keep calm and carry on but yoda would tell you: "try not, do, or do not" at the end of the day it's the same job mate, just do your best, good luck.

ns6 review: ok so maybe i wont rule the world. but when i'm playing on it i sure feel like i'm on top of the world. Str8 out of the box it plugged and played like a dream. I set it up to show itunes library where i already have about a zillion playlists/subcategories etc. They all showed up real slick in the browser and i could find and load shit v quickly. Having used traktor b4 i was feeling hopeful that some of the cue and loop points i'd entered on traktor stripes may be transferred to itch but i do live in a dream world. Suffice to say i've had to redo cue points etc but they are very ez to add, delete and like traktor they stay with the track until you delete them without you having to save them or anything. cue + play buttons are solid, comfortably clicky and respond easily as well as the cue/play on cdj1000s. Work pretty much the same way too except the main cue point is set by pausing the track and playing again, not by pausing and pressing cue like on the cdj1000s. I know a lot of cd players do it this way but it's something i need to get used to. I keep pausing and pressing cue (thinking i'm gonna set the point) but instead it jumps back to the previous cue... teething problem only. 5 hot cues each deck very ez to set, very responsive to touch. very ez to del. manual loops also work just like cdj so you can set a loop then click in/out button and fine tune the position of the loop point by moving platter. The loop shows up in the wave form as lit green if looping or dark green if ready but not looping. Reloop button stutters well too. auto loops work but i have disabled all beatgridding so only use auto on EDM if in a rush. I prefer having to manage a lightly imperfect manual loop anyway, i think it adds excitiement to a mix. The auto loop functions include a "double size of loop" or "half size of loop" to get that crescendo sound rolling but these can also be applied to manual loops which is nice. the 4 dex work great. i use 1 and 2 as my main mixing dex, 3 as a space to leave a scratch sample, and 4 as somewhere to line up a tune if i want to get to it in rush. I was experimenting with other ideas using the 4 dex and I'm sure 4 deck mini mixes will be added to my repertoire soon. one button switches deck layers so you can alter from deck 1 to deck 3 on left hand side or deck 2 to deck 4 on right hand side. Real ez. the effects are ok for me. nice control and nice options. I always like a wet/dry on fx so nothing jumps in without being faded up smooth. The NS6 has this. there is a master tempo or keylock option for each deck (i.e. the second layer dex too). also each deck has an independent range setting for the pitch control and a choice of wether the whole platter is a jog wheel or wether you have the top activated for scratching. All these options are remembered by the unit when it is turned off and on so you dont need to keep doing "pre-flight checks" before you start a set. The platters dont have much indication of "clock technique" even tho there are lights on it. To know where i was on the track for basic juggling or scratching i had to watch the rotary indicators on my mac. This is something i'm not used to but fortunately i blagged the shop to give me a numark laptop stand so the mac is now positioned right in front of my face above the controller. watching this instead of the platters is something i'll get used to. the waveform displays take up quite a lot of screen space and show a lot of detail, i've reduced the amount of info to minimum but still find it too much. a little distracting but mainly just taking up space that could be filled with browser. The minimum is still a full waveform of the song showing where you are at that moment, but also a beats and highs kind of display for each deck which i guess is so noobs can use the visual clues to line up beats. waste of screen space for me. The browser also has a million ways of finding files from anywhere on your computer and it's own crates. as i use itunes none of this matters to me but i guess if you dont have an organised library for your music this would be handy. When i first put it away i actually clumsily bent the pitch fader stem by squashing it against the box... so i figured i'd gently bend it back, shitting myself that the stem would be brittle metal and would snap... but it didnt, all well. I dont recommend you get as clumsy as me but i think it is fair to say the materials used are quality, all the pots are nice and rubberised, faders are ok and the whole unit is steel, quite heavy but comfortably so. I expect this unit will survive gigging and stand up to some knocks. Headphones plug in the front, and there are crossfader assigns, pgm/mix pots etc on the front face which I can dig but i dont like. I'm one of those djs who likes to stand right up close to the dex and i'm always worried about snapping the headphones off if i get too close. The platters themselves are a bit heavier than cdjs, and a bit smaller. They are bigger than the platter on the new ddjt1 and ddjs1 controllers and totally crap on the platters on the S4. I learnt to mix and scratch on vinyl so have already made the transition to using cdj platters. i didnt see many probs tranferring my skills to these platters but admit I havent been able to achieve the standard of transforming, scribbling or cutting that I know i can yet. I think it is just a bit of getting used to. One issue is the crossfader lag tho: i've been on the itch forums and there appears to be a free scratch plate available to users who want to reduce the lag on the NS6 crossfader. I will update this thread if i get one of these. NB: i am not a turntablist and this product has not been aimed at true turntablists. I do basic juggles, cuts, and transforms only but these are part of my style and the reason that i have chosen the NS6 is because it does have the best platters on any midi controller for scratching IMO. I just have to get used to the weight and size of the platters and the lag on the cross fader. Mixing is real smooth, nudging is 100%intuitive using the platters, the edge and top have nudge/scratch functions just like cdjs. the pitch fader is solid and i couldnt notice any fluctuations in tempo like you get on old vinyl turntables (no surprises there as this is 100% digital) vol faders have own curve. sound quality is good, but no level indicators for each deck, you only get a level indicator for the master vol. there is auto gain and a limiter which are ok but i mix old recordings (pre digital era) and these often need a big boost in gain and poss a bit of eqing. I used to be able to set these using pfl level lights so could be confident to drop them in live but on the ns6 have to fade them up slow while attending to sound quality. I'm on at the devs already to ask for the inclusion of level indicators on the software somewhere. sound quality through headphones when scratching was real squeaky digital and worried me at first but the master output thru a p.a. rocked. I guess the headphone out isnt the same spec as the master out? tech: this is a numark ns6 running itch v1.8 i have an i5 macbook pro, 4gb ram, 250gb space left on a 320gb HDD. 13" screen. on itch software I have the latency set to minimum (1ms) screen updates set to maximum and the hifi resampling set to ON ( this claims it makes scratching etc sound less digital) I played for an hour or two on thurs at home in headphones. then an hour or two in club thru p.a. last night. Loop on deck 4, two tunes mixing on deck 1 and 2, scratching on deck 3 with fx and battering hotcues and altering loops... in other words i really tried to do everything at once to see what it could handle... no audio dropouts, no glitches, no issues at all. I got ruined in the excitement of it all and have left it at venue. To be honest if it was here i would be playing on it not writing this review. conclusion: there are a few teething troubles and things i need to practise and get used to on it but i love it, it isnt a pair of technics, it isnt a pair of cdj1000s, it is a very versatile, very intuitive, 4 deck system with everything i want in a very well built compact and lightweight package. I am no afficionada and I dont care for debates on which is the best way to dj i just know this unit totally suits my "jack of all trades" style of djing. With this I can do weddings/functions as easily as rocking up short notice at mates parties. I hope the above makes sense, i will add pics and some demo vids when i get round to it.

^ ok so last night didnt go as planned, but def did go. had a run of good luck and the mother in law took the kids away for the whole weekend so me missus came with... short and tall of it: I was in such a rush to say yes to everything anyone was offering that by 2am i couldnt walk/focus/talk or do much else but mix. so the new kit is still at the venue which gives me a break to start my review of it which will appear hear when i'm done: headz fookin pounding this morning tho. http://www.ausdjforums.com/modules.php? ... pic&t=6280

i fuckin love you guys. now share the wealth crunddsss, those cookies look tasty

^haha eggs, bonita applebum: i'd kiss that too. ez tommy, you're amongst like-minded folk now

hey wazza, you on itch too then or serrato? if itch: what controller?

^no idea mate. anyway 1st thoughts on NS6: with this i will rule the world back to it now.

ahaha, loving this toy. hoddi. have you registered with http://whitelabel.net yet? its seratos own promotional side. to put it quickly: sign up as a registered user of itch and get access to loads of free music they are promoting. back to it now.

hey hoddi: just got my ns6 and itch and know how to make sure you see your itunes library. on main screen at top right corner there is a button called "setup" press this go to "library" then click on "show itunes library" then press "setup" again to go back to the main screen. If you cant still cant see your itunes library make sure none of the buttons on the top left called "files, browse, prepare, history" are lit up red. You should have just itunes library now? "files, browse, prepare and history" let you navigate files in other ways but so far I'm finding using the whole itunes library way the easiest as it's just playlists and songs shown. You do use itunes dont you? If this still hasnt worked maybe check how to consolidate your itunes library. i'm lovin it and will be busy now but remembered this issue so thought i'd try help.

Shop has just called to tell me the NS6 is finally there. I'm off to try it out... hopefully you lot wont here from me for a while coz i'll be so busy tweaking it and sorting playlists and MIXIXIXIXING. I'll write reviews etc once the initial buzz has worn off a bit... ...but if it's rubbish i'll post why tmrw.

how about pacman? only teasing, good work fella, capfive it is.

^ this

+rep Cap 5

mannn, there was me thinking you were stressing over a name... this is heavy shit man.... In case it isnt the lad you think it is... were you're cds originals? a few lads i know have had cd wallets stolen but when the theif has realised he cant sell copied cds he's thrown them on his runaway... they've found them nearby in bushes etc... of course if it is this other dj he will recognise the value wether copies or not. hard luck man, feeling dat bro.

hey, while we're speaking italian: nina left me this morning, she said it was because of my love of pasta... so now i'm feeling cannelloni. ...i'll go sit in the naughty corner now.

^ haha street cleaner, how about "ram-raid"

mate, i hope to have my head down for a while. will def write review of ns6, and post all the mixes i've been wanting to do and start viddin all tutorials i need to set up. but all will come eventually... when I get a new toy i need to spend some time with it...