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david smith
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Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:50:26 -0400
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Re: [idm] Promotion & Beat Matching - Tactile 12000
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http://www.beatport.com offers its members a free stripped down basic traktor for osx/win, i can run it on my g3 400mhz np. On Jun 15, 2005, at 7:21 AM, Brian.Power@cso.ie wrote:
quoted 122 lines A bit o/t, please bear with..> A bit o/t, please bear with.. > > > Being the cheapskate that I am, I went browsing online the other > night for > the most inexpensive software based dj mixing application that I could > find. > > I downloaded the freeware dj mix program Tactile 12000, which > appears to > have been around for a while now (late 90's or so). A neat little > piece of > freeware which enables one to beatmix mp3 and aiff/wav (pitch > adjust to +/- > 8, as on turntables) although it does have it's many limitations > (wishy > washy pisspoor scratching/limited creativity with crossfader) and I > will > have to split my G4's stereo output to enable "proper" headphone > monitoring, resulting in a shoddy mono mix with which to impress any > innocent bystanders ("Don't worry Gran, it's only Merzbow")..... > Keyboard > shortcuts to all the controls APART from the headphone monitoring > buttons > (what the kcuf were they thinking???) round out this functional, if > limited, little toy. > > Getting my mits on Ableton or Traktor is something to aspire to in > the long > run, although for now, what with saving for a decent laptop my > priority, > the best possible cheapo alternative will suffice for my needs. > > I'm sure that this has been discussed at length by the board > previously, > but seeing as folk are discussing Ableton Live, could people ever > be so > generous as to offer their recommendations/experiences of using any > of the > shareware/freeware DJ mix tools available online, particularly for > a Mac > running OSX Panther ? > > Keep it country, > bp > > > > > n3wjack > <n3wjack@gmail.co To: > idm@hyperreal.org > m> cc: > Subject: Re: [idm] > Promotion & Beat Matching > 15/06/05 11:11 > Please respond to > n3wjack > > > > > > > On 6/15/05, wallace winfrey <wally@booyaka.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Z Moser wrote: >> >> >>> >>> > http://www.ableton.com/index.php?main=live5tour&sub=whats-new-remix- > features > > >>> >>> Zach: >>> >>> How will this help me? Or are you showing by doing? >>> >> >> Ableton Live 5 will beatmatch for you. Some people use Ableton >> Live to >> > DJ. > >> You set warp markers and Live's granular timestretching does the rest >> (more or less). Live 5 apparently improves this facility by an >> order of >> magnitude, and throws in MP3 support (something it's never had) as >> well. >> > > I've heard DJ sets from peeps using Ableton 4 or earlier (I think), > but after giving the demo version a try I wonder how they really do > this. > Do they sample & cut all the tracks to WAV to be able to play them in > Ableton? > > That's the only way I saw it possible... > > > -- > "progress doesn't come from early risers > progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things" > > http://n3wjack.blogspot.com > http://www.jungletrain.net - 24/7 dnb radio station > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >
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