OxyKon

you have joined the traktor side now young padawan, let the controls flow through you

i think i will have to come over sometime and play with it

TTs are the wrong way

Nice 1 dude, you've worked very hard to get this out, much deserved

all the more reason to make sure you win

there they do look really awesome, but im very comfortable with my technics at the moment, if i was going to get a pair of these, i'd be getting rid of my CDJ's and then have 4 vinyl decks

nice beat juggling, needs some vocals in there though, and i feel it needs to be quicker, i know 2 minutes is much time but the crowd needs to be slapped in the face with your talent, need to get real cutty

how will you mix without sera to? edit: just saw your DMC thread

yeah they do a lot of live stuff, i've been their before, it's quite small, personally i would've preferred the Rosemount, sound is really good there, but ill still be able to make it, it's walking distance for me, spitfire you might wanna meet up with me near the Hyde park hotel, save on paying for parking I'm more than likely gonna find a lift in but I can meet ya there and we can go into northies from there ahk, yeah i was just gonna walk from my gf's place which is right there, it's only a 15min walk

yeah they do a lot of live stuff, i've been their before, it's quite small, personally i would've preferred the Rosemount, sound is really good there, but ill still be able to make it, it's walking distance for me, spitfire you might wanna meet up with me near the Hyde park hotel, save on paying for parking

Still at work with a phone data plan

Let’s face the music, folks: DJs love being the center of attention. Throughout the course of the night they are always looking for ways to remind people: “Hey, I’m not an over-paid iPod!” Mainly though, we love any kind of positive reaction from the crowd – the ultimate form of DJ crack. Many of these techniques are tired, overdone, and simply put, “easy pops”. Here are five of the worst offenders, and their more creative alternatives. PLAYING THE BIGGEST HIT The easiest pop of all – just play the big one song everyone knows or is expecting to hear. It’s a sure-fire way to get a crowd on the floor quickly and reliably. Unfortunately, you just performed the musical equivalent to eating dessert first – nothing really tastes quite as good after that. The Creative Alternative: Pick a recognizable (but not overt) loop from the most popular tune and mix it in under a lesser-known track with the same key. You will get that “this DJ is amazing!” response your under-appreciated ego craves without completely giving it all away. DROP THE BASS You all know the drill: count it out with me: 1. Drop out the bass 2. Raise up your hands 3. Drop the bass back in! Wow, now go take a siesta – because you just pulled off one of the most musically difficult feats known to man. In fact – take the rest of the night off, you earned it. The Creative Alternative: Use a filter and reverb sweep to gradually carve out the bass and drop a beatmasher in for a subtle fill. It’s harder, less generic, and generally works better anyway. OVER-HYPING ON THE MIC Is it just me, or do some DJs seem have authoritarian complexes, ordering the crowd to do strange things every 10 minutes? “Everyone go to the bar and buy 4 drinks, then come back and dance harder! ” In all seriousness, there is nothing more cringeworthy than the typical crowd rousing rally calls: The Creative Alternative: If you want to confound and confuse, try telling everyone “don’t put your hands up!” and then watch blissfully as their left and right brains collide under the sheer weight of your confounding demand. If you really must say something to the crowd, drop a creative sample over the mix to send an original message. CUTTING THE MUSIC OUT SO PEOPLE CAN SIGN THE CHORUS Ok, I admit it, this one is pretty fun. Matter of fact, if you are playing sing-along music then none of these rules really apply anyway. Throw those cakes, spray the champagne and fulfill every DJ cliche ever invented. Extra points if you manage to include all 127. DRUM ROLLLLL Looping the downbeat, the one, the kick, the bass, the thump, the bump – or whatever you want to call it and then speeding it up so it get’s f f f f f f f fffffaster is the newest oldest trick in the book. Although technically more difficult to pull off perfectly, it’s still an easy pop and fairly tired at this point. The Creative Alternative: Most people build up the kick drum, turning the entire song into a stuttering mess. Perhaps loop a sample OVER the main song (an acapella works great) and shorten that loop to create the same build but slightly less reminiscent of Swedish House Mafia. Source: djtechtools.com

im down, ill even take the monday off work as well, celebrate proper hard, ill have to get back to you on ideas of tunes though, only 1 i can think of and it's probably been used to death but the instrumental version of DJ Kool "let me clear my throat"

You can have mine if you want, don't really have the money for a few weeks to buy any tunes

Nah not really, I'm sure people won't mind

2nd hand bin is where it's at, like when we went digging in melb at the wax museum

It was from beatport, and they're based in Germany, I think

We want all styles of dj sets/mixes , and yeah he's talk about 128 bit rate, it's needs to be good quality but not taking much too much space on the server

Thanks to Germany winning the World Cup, beatport has given all its members a 20% off voucher, check your emails

Most dnb artists will write the main body of the track 1st, then build everything else around that like what's already been mentioned, 1 thing ill do is listen to mixes of the genre I'm looking to produce for inspiration and find parts that I like and try recreate something similar, not exact but something along the same lines

Fuck that is a big list of people that have the stick up too far

voted, good luck

nice and cosy, looks cool dude

https://soundcloud.com/oxykon/oxykon-sacp-february-22nd-2014 just found this 1, pretty dope house deep tech beats

sweet cause i need a hoodie that i can wear to work under my hi viz gear, gets to like 2deg sometimes