DJAdumbration Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 G'Day, I'm a DJ noob from the Central Coast of NSW (just north of Sydney). I've had a love of music since I was a kid and dance music in particular since about 1999. It took me until about 2008 until I got my first set of decks. Admittedly it was just the incredibly cheap set from JB Hifi with 2 CD decks and mixer all in one. They did the job though, I'll have to say for $400 you really can't go wrong with them. However after just fooling around for a couple of years I had my 30th birthday this year and decided to upgrade and put on a proper performance.I now have a pair of Denon decks - a S1200 and HS5500. The HS5500 does not have the CDROM or HDD caddy options, I just use the USB port to connect up USB media. With the S1200, I mostly use the USB port for media but do use the CD drive from time to time.I'm now on the lookout for a 3-4 channel mixer (the HS5500 can be used as two decks in one - rather handy but there are some limitations). For my party I had the pleasure of using a Pioneer 4 channel mixer. Absolute joy to use but well and truly out of my price range. For the moment, I just use the mixer on the old set from JB hooked up to a home theatre.Anyway, I mostly mix house and trance primarily as they seem to come easily to me. I love listening to breaks and hip-hop but trying to mix these causes me grief every time I try. But I'm not giving up yet!CiaoAdumbration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupe Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 heya man welcome to ADJF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggssell Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 hey mate welcome yeah man i too would love to mixxx hip hop and booty tech/ bmore like the way say craze or z-trip do but keep train wrecking and revert back to disco and house. but im sticking to it!!good thing is a lot of new 2step and booty tech tracks end all jacking or wonky so can jump into jacking house or fidget track then try to make my way back (well thats what ive been doing to avoid crapping out). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Welcome dude good to see your upgrading, not an expert on mixers so I'll leave it to the others for thatkeep it up man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulsebeat Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 welcome mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Raptor Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Welcome!!! great to see some more 'mature age' people in here hehe im 28 Post a mix! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck_Choi Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevChelios Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Welcome holmes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJAdumbration Posted September 23, 2010 Author Share Posted September 23, 2010 Thanks for the welcome. I'll post a mix at some point in the near future although the only digital recording method I can use is the Line In on my laptop which produces incredibly tinny recordings. It'll probably be the set from my 30th birthday - or at least a short version of it. Goes for over an hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 just use the line in on your laptop and record threw "Audacity" i recently did and it turned out like a normal song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeatLeSS Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Yup, Audacity with the mic input on my laptop here and everything comes out beautifully. Give it a shot before your set dude just to double check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJAdumbration Posted September 26, 2010 Author Share Posted September 26, 2010 Hmm, I'll have to give Audacity go. So far, I've been using GoldWave. I might wait till I get my new mixer before I record the set list from my party.I've started to suspect my current mixer doesn't have enough oomph to run both speakers and recording output at the same time (I actually have to turn the stereo RIGHT up when I'm recording a set). Still, can't complain for the price I paid for it!Actually, something I quite liked about lerning on this set of decks - no BPM counter. I had to learn to do it all by learning to count beats and actively listen to the music. And another little "quirk" of the decks - they appear to store about 10-25 seconds of the track in memory when paused and once this is used up, continue direct from the cd (I suspect...). Problem is, on rare occasions there is a tiny half-beat difference when switching. So you'd have the first part of the track all lined up perfectly then, you'd find you're half a beat off half way through fading into the track. Bit of a pain but it did teach me to fix up mistakes very rapidly! Once again, thanks for the tips and welcome!CheersAdumbration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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