LabRat

thanks matey

this is the comp i got... keen to give it a listen today

I use xact. It's free and does the job perfectly

This is the new rig as of recent. Got the traktor all hooked up with the timecode vinyl (now all updated and working shmicko), and now dicers (courtesy of fiend) for all that looping and effect madness. I've got a decent map that works ok but it's not exactly set up the way I want it so I'll be getting my nerd on and re-mapping that sucker soon. It's a tedious task so once I find patience I'll get to it

The pharmacy stuff was awesome. I got one mixed by the organ donors. It's a bit mental

I haven't listened to hardstyle in yonks! I did enjoy the sounds of zany and zatox. It's been a while so can't really remember the labels I use to follow (that and I'm just waking up lol). Q-Dance was obviously one of them I have heard a track or two and I'm liking the electro influence some of the tracks have.

we'll have none of that here mate you'll probably need to update the OS to 10.8 to install Traktor, which may be slightly difficult now

I haven't noticed anything really. It doesn't always load all the posts for some reason but I'll keep an eye on that, and I get adds pop up which sucks ass because I paid for the damn app

January is here – which means companies are slowly rolling out their initial new products debuting at the currently underway Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, or the upcoming NAMM show in Anaheim later this month. The winner of “first new DJ product of 2015″ appears to be – surprisingly – Casio. The company had released a co-branded Spin controller with Vestax last year, and now is launching two wild-design controllers for DJs and producers that happen to both look like everyone’s favorite Kessel Run dominating starship. XW-DJ1: Portable Platter for Algoriddim djay2 The DJ-oriented controller packs a 7-inch platter (designed to emulate the feeling of a turntable), filter controls, and dual crossfaders. The controls appear to be vertically mirrored – all of the cue points and loop controls are rotated 180 degrees on the far side of the controller – meaning that it can be turned in either orientation. This will likely be a big win for left-handed users! The DJ1 can be used out of the box with Algoriddim’s djay2 app for iOS, with direct integration “for cue points, tempo sync, effects, looping and more providing users a tactile experience for mixing and performing music.” This Corellian Corvette controller is also battery-powered, with a built-in speaker for using it on the go. We’re not exactly sure what type of input/output is possible, but we’re betting on a USB port (with included USB to Lightning cable), and a headphone jack based on the control layout. The controller will be available in stores this month for MSRP of $299. XW-PD1 Groove Center The second product is less of a controller, instead it’s a standalone production box “equipped with the sound engine from Casio’s widely-popular XW series of synthesizers, which features preset patterns produced by professional beat makers that cover dance music genres like Trap and EDM. The XW-PD1 design includes 16 velocity-sensitive pads and 4 knobs for fast real-time music production.” The outer ring of sixteen buttons acts as a pattern selector, letting you record and play back phrases and rhythms. The PD1 also has built in DSP effects – roll, filter, bit crush, vinyl break, and pitch shift. Additionally it “is equipped with a synthesizer engine and a variety of effects, it can manipulate various sounds. Pad tap sequences can be recorded in real-time [and] sampled sounds from the mic or music player can easily be played on the pads.” Interestingly enough the AW-PD1 can be used alongside the DJ1, with the audio output of the DJ controller connected to the input of the PD1 for tandem use and live remix performances. The XW-PD1 will be available starting March 2015 for an MSRP of $399 - or you might be able to win one in the next card game you play with Lando Calrissian. Source: http://www.djtechtools.com

There is a lot of computer science that goes into making flash drives work but DJ’s only need to understand a few key concepts when looking for the right one to hold your music for a gig. Flash drives are the natural successors to floppy discs and CDs that allow for storage into the gigabytes (GB) compared to megabytes (MB). All of Pioneer’s recent CDJ models such as the CDJ 2000 Nexus and CDJ 900 Nexus have the ability load media from flash drives alongside disk media. The latest model, the XDJ-1000 (check out DJTT review), solely uses USB flash drives. They come in all shapes and sizes but run in different capacities due to their file systems and USB type. File Systems First of all, all CDJs use specific file systems when reading your tracks to be played. CDJs (and most media players for that matter) only read FAT16, FAT32 or HFS+ file systems from flash drives because they are great for indexing files (such as different tracks) and recalling the information quickly. Most flash drives are FAT systems, but some rare cases such as NTFS, will have compatibility issues. Speed – USB 2.0 or 3.0? Secondly, when looking for USB flash drives, you need to pay attention to whether a drive is USB 2.0 or USB 3.0. The distinction between 2.0 and 3.0 is how fast a device can transfer data, with 3.0 being the fastest. While many laptops on the market today have USB 3.0 capabilities, Pioneer CDJ’s do not. Avoid buying a USB 3.0 flash drive in hopes of faster track analyzing because it will only read it at USB 2.0 speeds. However, you will notice the increased speed with USB 3.0 when transferring music between a computer and the flash drive. To take advantage of USB 3.0 your computer must have USB 3.0 ports. Flash drives that use USB 3.0 are backwards compatible with USB 2.0 ports but will run at USB 2.0 speeds. Not all USB drives are created equal in terms of speed. Just because two USB drives are USB 2.0/3.0 doesn’t mean the transfer rates will be the exact same. As you’ll see later in our USB drive comparison, the transfer speeds vary, even from the advertised speeds. Although both USB 2.0 and 3.0 have a max transfer speed (2.0 = 480Mbps, 3.0 = 4.8Gbps) most drives won’t reach these speeds. So you’ll need to dig a little deeper for the real transfer rate when you’re shopping for the fastest DJ USB drive. Storage – How much space/music do you need? The next thing to carefully consider when selecting a USB flash drive is storage size. Flash drives come in various sizes ranging from 1 GB all the way up to a whopping 512 GB, but the most common sizes will be in the 16 – 64 GB range. How many songs can we fit per GB? The file size of a 320kbps MP3 (Find out why we recommend 320kbps) ranges from 8 MB – 15MB, sometimes even larger depending on the length of the track. To keep the math simple we’ll assume all of our songs are 10 MB. There is 1024 MB in 1 GB, therefore each GB gives us 100 songs. So a 16 GB flash drive should hold 1600 songs. The size required really depends on the DJ. If you play genre specific sets then you can probably get by with 16 GB. However if you’re a mobile/wedding DJ that needs to have a wide variety of music then you may need 64 GB. SD Cards Another form of flash media is the SD card. Unlike USB drives which are on most current Pioneer CDJ’s, SD cards are only on the CDJ 2000 and CDJ 2000 Nexus. These are just as portable as USB drives, but don’t protrude from the top. SD cards also have their own file systems you have to pay attention to because CDJs and most media players only accept SD and SDHC cards. SD stands for Secure Digital and SDHC stands for Secure Digital Higher Capacity. They both perform in the same ways while the major difference being that SDHC cards hold more storage (4-32GB) than SD cards. An important factor on all cards is to consider the class of the card. This is the rated speed of the card and the maximum speed (MB/s) it can write/read. This is important to a DJ because the faster the track can be read, the faster it can be loaded and played. Choosing Your Digital Storage Crate Now that we know more about how storage systems work, choosing a flash drive comes down to a few important characteristics: Speed Storage Size Durability Below is a list of flash drives that we found to work best with Pioneer CDJ’s. This list is based on the criteria above and affordability. Best USB Flash Drives for Pioneer CDJ’s Corsair Flash Survivor Stealth (Most Durable) Advertised Speed: USB 3.0, Read = 85 MB/s, Write = 70 MB/s Real Speed: Average Read = 55 MB/s, Average Write = 26.3 MB/s* Storage: 64 GB (other sizes available) Size: 7.5 x 1.8 x 5.4 inches Enclosure: Hard-anodized, aircraft-grade aluminum housing Price: $54.99 (Available on Amazon) SanDisk Extreme CZ80 (Fastest) Advertised Speed: USB 3.0, Read = 245 MB/s, Write = 190 MB/s Real Speed: Average Read = 156 MB/s, Average Write = 107 MB/s* Storage: 64 GB (other sizes available) Size: 0.4 x 0.8 x 2.8 inches Enclosure: Plastic, retractable USB Price: $47.99 (Available on Amazon) SanDisk Ultra Fit CZ43 (Great Value) Advertised Speed: USB 3.0, up to 130MB/s read speed Real Speed: Average Read = 86.5 MB/s, Average Write = 24.7 MB/s* Storage: 64 GB (other sizes available) Size: 0.8 x 0.6 x 0.4 inches Enclosure: Plastic cover Price: $32.99 (Available on Amazon) SanDisk Cruzer Force CZ71 Speed: USB 2.0, Average Read = 19.9 MB/s, Average Write = 3.98 MB/s* Storage: 32 GB (other sizes available) Size: 1.4 x 0.3 x 0.5 inches Enclosure: Durable metal casing Price: $19.89 (Available on Amazon) Kingston Data Traveller SE9 Speed: USB 2.0, Average Read = 18.8 MB/s, Average Write = 6.83 MB/s* Storage: 32 GB (other sizes available) Size: 1.5 x 0.2 x 0.4 inches Enclosure: Durable, sleek metal casing Price: $14.66 (Available on Amazon) *Real Speed data came from USB Userbenchmark The Wrap There are no shortage of USB flash drives on the market, both good and bad. We did our best to narrow it down to some solid choices. As a final note, be sure to avoid freebie or generic USB flash drives. These use low quality components and the transfer speeds are usually very poor. We hope this list makes it easier for you decide on a high quality USB flash drive to pick up for your next CDJ set. Source: http://www.djtechtools.com

yeah he's getting a lot of work out of this, so gotta give him my vote

ox

^^ second to uploading to soundcloud. it'll be a much easier option than compressing the file to a limit that compromises quality

dump it into itunes then convert it to a 320 mp3 or itunes aac format. there won't be a massive difference in audio quality at those sample rates

Hopefully I get it soon so I can practice lol but I most definitely will

nice man, have fun

i had to put this here. so summery https://soundcloud.com/renko_official/firefiles-remix-owl-city-click-buy-for-free-download

I don't usually listen to long mixes much anymore. I definitely don't record them unless I have to. I reckon 20mins / half an hour is pretty good. That's my personal preference

Nah following the artist I'm usually fine with. There's a lot of tracks I haven't downloaded or artists I've followed for that reason. I appreciate free music and getting support because I give out free music also. I may have veered off topic here a little. Comparing Facebook with soundcloud/toneden/clickdj I'd rather follow the artist on Facebook than going through all the blogs, following them and unfollowing them

i think it's more the force feeling to follow them. i support the artists i want to support but when i have to go through all these different sites and follow 5 people before downloading a track from 1 person it becomes a bit stupid. recently, i was redirected to toneden and before downloading the track there were 4 different pages i needed to follow on soundcloud before the link became active. i don't know those other 3 pages and after investigation they were just blogs. some people are cool with that but my soundcloud is flooded with spam as it is. people have been reposting the same track for about 6 weeks and i see it 6 or 7 times on my feed

i've done some stuff in mono but not a lot. basically what i do is get all my EQing and stuff all done and then hear those parts n mono. if there's something clashing i'll revert to stereo and have another fiddle until it all fits in. it's not really something i do a lot of which is why i'm assuming i'm not that helpful at the moment but that's what i get from it. it seems easier to hear if things are out of phase

i use Facebook (i don't like it) and i have implemented the "like to download" feature. i don't like it and i think it sucks. i only grabbed it to try get a few extra followers through my tracks (there's only 2) but people like, download, then unlike my page and it's so shit. there's a lot of people jumping on this clickdj thing and toneden where you need to like them on soundcloud, Facebook and twitter to get the track, as well as other pages. i think it's bullshit but there's an argument out there where people say liking their pages is the least we can do for them giving out their tracks for fee - which is fair enough i guess... Facebook started to crack down on the "like to download" but only the version where a number of people needed to like the page before the download was unlocked (example: 10 page likes unlocks a free download). i don't agree with that at all, but it's an online world we seem to live in now, where all people seem to care about it how many likes, or hearts, or followers they have. it sucks hole but i don't think there's a great deal we can do about it.

Check out the YouTube channel "TheSoundYouNeed". Real summery vibes

Nah just for the launch pad really. I've been getting the hang of it but I'm gonna use logic still

So I've spent some money on a few things lately and this is the latest in the collection of junk (I'm using this as my quarter-life crisis lol). I should have this in my hands in a week or so