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
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