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spw
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Date:
Thu, 04 Sep 2003 07:50:29 -0500
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Re: [idm] getting started with DJ:ing
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ah c'mon mixing records isn't that hard. Traktor looks like cool software trying this with Cubase 3 or 4 years ago was an utter nightmare something I'll look into when I get back into DJ mixing. One thing I did discover though is carefully controlled trainwrecks can sound good or slightly off sync mixing something that may be difficult to achieve unless your using vinyl also there's nothing like a good backspin.
quoted 8 lines especially because traktor can be used with a hardware dj mixer if you> especially because traktor can be used with a hardware dj mixer if you > choose, traktor will 'teach' you many aspects of djing. you'll learn > phrasing, programming, eq/efx/sample work, some tricks, etc.. but the one > thing that traktor will not teach you is the single greatest key to mixing > on turntables (also the single most difficult thing): beat matching. > traktor does this automatically whereas with real decks you have to figure > it out yourself, usually after many many frustrating trainwrecked hours of > sounding like utter crap.
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