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^ answer my question pls sol. I have options for you whatever answer you give mate.

lol, my vote doesn't matter anymore sol but well done it's all good, and +rep to cap for being cap. My thoughts on the mix: I agree with most the above: i'd say beat-matching is good and consistent over the course of the mix which has good tracks that work together. Phrasing and sound levels could use some practise and i'm wondering how you mix? Do you set a tune, beatmatch it, then bring it straight in the mix or ... do you set a tune, beatmatch it, then cue it, listen to the tune thats already playing again then wait for a good point to start the mix?

Mate, I had a quick listen but only got 6 minutes in, two transitions already ey! will vote after listening to all of it but for now well done for getting it done buddy +rep.

hmmm, thought so, sounds a bit like me slurring words when i'm drunk ya know "this one" = sish un. dope defintion tho

i wouldnt worry about that band unless they're australian, its not the same name really. chk this def: scission - definition of scission by the Free Online Dictionary ...The act of cutting or severing; division or fission. "the act of cutting" dope. is it pronounced: s k ishun or: sishun?

bit late to the party on this but yeah sol, sounds like you're doing everything right and learning as you go. lookin fwd to the final mix mate.

urrr, did this work? i thought the cards that saved cue points on cdjs werent actually SD cards? On My MKIIs the cards are cdj specific and wont hold any other data than cue points. maybe mk III are different? also if it did work did it actually mean you could use a cd in either deck and have cue points available as your original post asked?

i was getting so angry with this thread. then there was streetcleaner. praise you son. praise you.

lol. made that mistake so many times when i was playing the field lol again.

hey gandy. that thread with the playlist game is good for song ideas but here's the real gold: http://www.ausdjforums.com/modules.php? ... c&start=15 you'll be repping source b4 you know it

mate, that sux, from what i can tell the cafe guru is more of a restaurant that has tried to put on events... the recession is biting hard here and lots of businesses are failing but thats no excuse for the guy not to call you back. i've sent a few feelers out to see if anyone has any money... to be honest tho summer in U.K. is not good for events as most clubbers go to ibiza, cyprus or festivals...

sorry guys never updated this thread: The problem kept happening so i sent out some q's and got some info from the serato boys regarding itch... it was all about itch backing up it's crates and the file structure. They asked me to go into finder and rename my serato folder as serato_old and my serato backup folder as serato_backup_old. all works tickety boo now. So it was an itch specific issue not a mac issue. They are still ironing out bugs on the itch/NS6 release but they are good and clear with their help.

^ yer, i'm married and happy but admit this one bride was exactly my size, still cant believe no one noticed me watching her arse all night! even worse tho: her bloke was ok, good taste in music too... anyway every cloud has a silver lining: and when i get worked up watching some hotty I just save that energy to give it to the wife when i get home

all's well. mitch +1. foolish: 4 votes, rep 7.6.

i just tried to give mitch fudd +rep my internet played up a bit so I refreshed the page. I got this message: "There is no user id! Do not try to fool Reputation System. One more try and your reputation will be -500!" So i'm about to try and give mitch the rep he deserves... I my rep = -500 you all know why!

^hey man, which club in Leeds? Thats where I am so could scope out if the promoters have set up anything since closing. That atomic jukebox thing is on the isle of wight isnt it? You'd have a ferry to price in to any travel costs to the mainland if so.

nice one mitch. i think noob on here has one too, didnt know you were in the club. cheers for .tsi knowledge, will try it next time i set up. good post mate, +rep

ez, ^ wot skank and sol said: plus go out loads, meet everyone, especially be around when anyone says "all back to mine" ...lots of opportunities to dj in front of people, and meet them, at after parties.

yer sol, On any other software I'm sure you could midi map and set hotcues. The review is only on what came in the box. cheers for rep bro.

they are concerned, but there's no need to be. Prod sounds like prod, clinical, synthetic, like a tune. DJing sounds like DJing: analogue, full of energy, keeps you on the edge of your toes... If you all vote for a prod mix because it sounds "perfect" then perhaps you should admit to yourself that that is the sound you want to produce. Even if you still want to play on dex for fun. I love the human element, I love mistakes, I love live gigs over recorded albums. I will just vote for the best, the one that makes me feel good and shake my arse... not the one that is "perfect".

^Thats why i thought the whole idea of posting mixes without any mention of gear was ideal at first. We just use our ears and learn what we like without worrying about the baggage.

Numark Mixtrack Pro: Review Straight out of the box the first thing to strike me is how incredibly light this unit is. It feels a little plastic and cheap at first but the rotary pots etc feel sturdy enough. This is the first entry level controller I’ve tested so I am only comparing it with my knowledge of pro kit. I’ll try not to let that taint this review. This ships with traktor LE so this review will also cover any points worth mentioning on that too. I am already a Native Instruments user so could log in to the service centre to register the software very easily. If this were your first NI product you’d have to register with service center then register your product. PC users would also have to install a driver from the installation disc and chk online for driver updates. Mac users do not need a driver. So (remembering I’m on a mac) it’s a straightforward plug n play that leads me to the traktor setup wizard. I didn’t do anything clever here, just followed the steps as instructed…. And it didn’t work… Not sure why but I went into the traktor preferences and noticed that when choosing an audio output source the mixtrack was listed as “core audio” but the actual routing of outputs was odd.. It only lists front and back outputs (a pair of each) but these do not correspond to the front and back of the unit. Odd indeed. So a quick look in the manual and it tells me which is headphones out and which is master out. Sorted. The layout on screen doesn’t give much opportunity for modification. Eg I cannot choose to hide the cover art, preview player, fx units etc like I can on traktor scratch pro. It does offer layouts to pick through one of which has no cover art shown but still not as easy to personalise as I like… But this is just an LE version so no worries. On the mixtrack the browse library rotary pot seems to work backwards. i.e. I turn it to the left to go down a list and to the right to go up a list. To me that is backwards. There is a useful “back button” which essentially switches whether the browser pot is browsing folders or songs. I have set the software to import my itunes folder at startup so I am essentially browsing playlists I have pre-prepared. One issue with this: I cannot move tracks between playlists unless I set up a new playlist in traktor itself. This makes sense as it will maintain the itunes library integrity. There are no Hot Cues on the mixtrack. There are eq kill switches and fx controls which you would have thought you could midimap with a modifier to set as hot cues. But not on traktor LE! So I’m left trying to hot cue using the keyboard. There is the usual loop in/out and reloop or auto loops if you prefer that sort of thing. The auto loops seem to set to 1 bar of loop length but you then have the option of doubling or halving the size of the loop with dedicated controller buttons. With “scratch” button turned ON the platters have a go at scratching in real time. They are not going to please vinyl or cdj scratchers and the results do sound a little digital but they are better than many I have heard in this price range. With “scratch” ON the platters no longer act as nudging platters. This is a real pain to me. I like to scratch in a 1st beat than manipulate the platter for fine-tuning of my beat match. The only way you can do that on the mixtrack is if you press the scratch button in-between releasing your scratch and starting to nudge. There are pitch bend buttons if you like that sort of thing. With “scratch” turned OFF the platters act as nudging platters and are reasonable. The effects are Delay, Flanger and Reverb. The controls available on the unit are “select” “wet dry” and “amount”. The “select” pot has a push function to select whichever effect you want. The effects sound reasonable for this price level. There is a useful “view” button which toggles between viewing the decks on screen and viewing your playlist. There is also a “tick” button which plays a metronome tick thru your cue channel. I guess this would be very useful to any one learning how to beatmatch? There is also a “sync” button but I wouldn’t know about that. Main transport buttons are “cue” to set a cue (if in pause) or go to the cue point and wait (if playing). Then there is “play/pause” and “stutter”. If you don’t know what “play/pause” does sell it now. “Stutter” is the same as “cue/play” on some units. Basically it jumps to the last set cue point and plays whenever you press it. Like a hot cue on pioneer cdjs but it is automatically set to the same place as your last cue point. It also has “cue/pgm” selector if you like headphones mixing. As mentioned at top it does feel light but all the controls are actually nice and sturdy and feel fine in use. Everything on screen follows the movements on the unit well and buttons on the unit which have a function that toggles light up to let you see what they are currently doing. The pitch fader is a little short and you cannot alter its range but that may be a Traktor LE issue again. SO… I may have seemed to pick out bad points but it is honestly not bad as a unit at this price. Plenty of buttons and reasonable build for an entry level unit. The thing that is letting it down IMO is the constraints put on it by only having traktor LE. If you could midi map the buttons you won’t use to do more interesting functions this would be a good unit instead of just a “not bad unit.” For example I would definitely add a modifier so that the eq kills could double up as hotcues. One of the best things about this for beginners is that audio is included so there is not messing with external soundcards. USB to laptop, audio to speakers, headphones in the front: you're off. For beginners this is a very affordable very suitable and very cheap unit to learn all the basics on. For anyone who just mixes and has traktor or another DVS already I would guess this is an option for a lightweight set-up where you didn’t want to take real decks. Let’s say you were branching out into doing mobile DJing for some spare cash: this unit would do the job using your playlists and DVS software on your existing laptop but without you carting and setting up decks and mixer etc. You wouldn’t be able to do all the tricks you like but then it’s just a mobile gig right? This would not be suitable for anyone who considers themselves a turntablist but for a beginner who wants to play at scratching while learning mixing it will be fine. If my kids asked for one of these for Christmas I wouldn’t hesitate. If they asked for playstations DJ Hero I would give them coal. If one of my students wanted a budget set up to start playing at home I would happily recommend this. TECH: This is a Numark Mixtrack Pro running Traktor LE on a macbook (2.4GHz intel core duo, 2gb ram, OSX 10.5. I have set the latency on the traktor software to be 2.5ms and haven’t noticed any major issues while running 2 loops both with fx. When switching from “scratch” mode on the platters to be able to nudge I did hear a little digital squeak but nothing went out of time. It’s not my kit BTW, I have been lent it by local council to prepare for a project in a primary school with children age 8/9 who want a better understanding of musical arrangements, dynamic, tempo, pitch etc. After a meeting with the teachers we decided this route of beat-matching and mixing would be a fun way to get all that info across. sales blurb, tech spec and other info to be found here: http://www.numark.com/mixtrackpro

ok here's an idea: we all post with no kit listed and no handicap. vote and see who wins. then post kit lists and apply handicap to same votes and see if results are any different?

good luck fella.

^ haha, dont get him started, trust me. you know i love you tho gandy!