LabRat

I'd say it would have maps for all their products, which would be awesome. I hope the keys aren't shit. Lately, all the new synths and controllers have shitty keys

It could be anything tbh. Not too sure about the stickiness of it though. My computer keyboard looks pretty messed up too, worse than my button on the turnies but they're not sticky. Give the IPA a go. I'm probably gonna get some myself actually

I got the email about this and it wouldn't surprise me. Not sure if that image is real or not but I kinda expected them to do something big for the release of K10

Nah I think the dirt is just sweat from the fingers settling on there after use. I've got the Stanton dust covers that came with them and they actually work ok. IPA (isopropyl alcohol) will clean that off. You can get small spray bottles of it at hardware stores.

Here's mine… this is purely for shits and giggles PS: I'm not in battle style, I'm not a fan lol

Welcome aboard buddy

This guy is awesome. Always worth reading DON'T BUILD YOUR TRACK UPSIDE DOWN Dance Music, designed for night clubs to be loud and make people move. If your a modern music producer, chances are you are either a DJ or want to be a DJ at some point in your career. Awesome, now what is the single most important aspect of a club tune? It has to hit, period. When you are starting out there is a HUGE gap between pro tunes and your tunes, this gap seems impossible to breach. What can you do to make your track hit harder right now? Simple, BUILD IT LIKE A HOUSE. This is my theory. When your new to the production game you focus on the higher elements. Why? Because these are the elements the human ear picks up on first. You aren't thinking about the bass ( or maybe you are, but in the wrong way ) . You are worried about designing these nifty sounds in the high range, the stuff people hear. This is what I did for years... It wasn't until one day while standing in the middle of the dance floor like a dumbass did I realize that I was focusing on the wrong shit, I should be worried first and foremost about the low end grooving. For whatever reason, I tended to ignore the importance of the bottom end. Lets face it when you start out you are most likely using random speakers , ear buds or some headphones that your friend loaned you. With these devices, you mainly hear... The Mids/ Highs, so that's what you focus on. Now I could say, get some sweet monitors ,rock a sub and your problem is solved. But that's money and if you live in a apartment, have fun when the cops show up. This brings me back to start, build it like a house. STEP 1. THE FOUNDATION. You don't build a house with the roof first, you build a solid foundation for it to sit on. You need to do this with your track. This is the single most important thing I ever did in helping me learn to mix, I ALWAYS Mix in this order... Kick Drum- Sub- Bass - Snare- High Bass/ Mid Section- Vocals/ Lead- Top Line Fluff - Hats ETC Of course, not every track will have all of these elements, some will be lacking a sub line some won't have a true bass line. The important part is that you build the foundation around the drum/sub/bass. Now you may be saying, duh that's what everyone does ! Maybe, but I know I didn't. I'd make a melody, then try to throw a bass under that and finally add some drums to the mix. Of course, the drums didn't have room in the mix, since I mixed the melody huge. I was then scared to make the melody smaller . Hello land of mud and over compression. STEP 2 MAKING THE HOUSE A HOME ( uber lame I know , had to ) Ok, so the best way I've found to add these layers is to envision them like you are stacking bricks. I get the bass elements solid, then I layer the mid/lead/vocal whatever just on top of the bass. I have it loud ( high ) enough in the mix so it stands out, but not too high that there is a large gap between the bass and the lead. I feel a major benefit to this layer drums first method is that you ALWAYS know where to put the next element in the mix. For example, Your drum is hitting hard, your sub is deep, bass line grooving. Then , just place the next highest element. This will involve some mental images in your head, but I truly think this is one of the keys to a clean mix. If you build roof first, then you have to try to fit elements under the highs. Doing this makes it harder to hear whats going on down below. tl;dr Learn where a kick drum should sit. Listen to your favorite artists track 500 times. It doesn't matter what you are listening to it on, just learn WHAT YOU HAVE. Once you learn where the kick drum should sit in your track, you can then build all the elements around it. In placing the elements around the kick drum/sub bass you then can be sure you'll have a strong foundation to build the rest of your track on. Source

Perth is a pretty good example of what he's saying. People here don't like to stray from what's common, hence the mainstream clubs all playing the same shit

Not sure what 3rd place was doing…

"edm" or not, it doesn't really matter. effects are useful for any avenue of music. there's no such thing where 1 particular effect is better for electro or hip hop

Does it have a "midi learn" option? If you click that then move a know it'll detect it and assign it to that knob. It's a bit of a pain in ass but it works lol Hopefully that's what you're talking about

Traktor is probably the tits for effects on a dvs. The serato looping is pretty good and there should be effects built in too? There's a tonne of external effect units on the market, that pioneer is just one of them. I've used a kaoss pad over the years but they're a bit complicated to use. I would suggest to look into the pioneer one or head on down to your local music store and see if they have any you can play around with. I use traktor at home and use the built in effects, at the club I use the effects in the mixer

I think dubstep/bro step (skrilldog) played a massive part in the evolution of electro, breaks, glitch hop and moombahton. Even though there's a massive decline in dubstep sales, the elements are still very much alive. Like I was saying to ox yesterday, the decline of dubstep sales could be a good thing and it'll return to what it use to be before the bro step takeover

i still don't get why people go to see her. surely it has nothing to do with her and everything to do with the venue?

SubBassBoom is a sick plugin! do recommend

I agree with Tomy. Zeta2 by Cakewalk is a beasty synth once you figure it out. I liked it but it's too involved and you can't really just jump into it and use it like Massive and Sylenth.

i couldn't imagine the pressure getting up there scratching and juggling like that. mix comps are one thing but skill definitely plays a big part in this. fiend did well and next year he'll be back in for sure!

I've heard Spire is the new hype at the moment

are we good for this to happen next Saturday or something?

here's mine https://soundcloud.com/whoislabrat/ready-for-the-party-lab-rat-short-mashup

random act of liveness!.... just coz i'm on adjf radio

The different colours just put the different tracks aside. I've chopped things, added and subtracted parts and added some effects. The tracks I haven't really touched EQ wise, just a little bit so they fit and that's about it. I put a limiter in the master channel so it doesn't clip and then I just play with the levels so it all sounds nice. Nothing to it man

So this will be ready very soon! I might go live at some point today and play it before I upload it

Mashups are way more creative these days then they were maybe 5 years ago. Same rules apply though. Same key > similar chord progressions > match tempo > arrange People are mashing up 4-5 tracks now days and they're really cool. I made a mashup a while ago with fedde le grand's put your hands up for Detroit and pump it up by danzel. I just put the pump it up acapella over that top and called it a day lol

Funny this. I was listening to the mashups I did when I first started djing. Terrible lol however this could be a good excuse to mash some stuff