Kodiak

First things I like.... Can keep listening to song and explore others. Soundcloud use to stop playing what you were listening to when you followed another link. Also comments show under the waveform so is easy to click through a song. Cannot seem to turn comments off though like before. But this was the main reason I turned them off so for me not an issue.

Opened up Soundcloud today and got an invite over to the Next Soundcloud private beta.... Anyone else checking this out? First impressions are it looks nice. Will have a play and see what interesting new features there are. (click for full size)

edit: never mind me... Thinking of the wrong thing.

I agree... That is what I said too back in my first post here.

turn off BPM counter and phase meter. use your ears. Why? How does making something arbitrarily harder help anything? Ohh... For the reason that in the olden days people didn't have this ability so nobody should use it now that it is available and becoming more common and will soon be the norm. Anyway... Not the time and place for this debate. because it makes it much easier (possible) to DJ on different set-ups when perhaps you won't have traktor if you know how to use your ears rather than your eyes. makes sense no? Absolutely. But in my case the chance of playing on anything different is next to zero. And I have no aspirations of actually playing at a club etc. But yeah, if this is where you are headed it is a required skill (for now).

turn off BPM counter and phase meter. use your ears. Why? How does making something arbitrarily harder help anything? Ohh... For the reason that in the olden days people didn't have this ability so nobody should use it now that it is available and becoming more common and will soon be the norm. Anyway... Not the time and place for this debate.

Beatmatching on S4/Traktor is so simple you may as well just use the sync button. Seriously... Adjust tempo to match other song, move to beat marker, count in and hit play. I so far have only come across a couple tunes where it has got the beat grid wrong, and you simply just move the grid until it is right.

That's hell cool!

I've only ever used the S4 and would find it difficult to walk straight into CDJ's. Basics are still the same, but the S4 and software make the process considerably easier. On top of that my tunes would not be organised for CDJ use.

I like... My type of tunes/mix.

Smoking too much crack?

I got M-Audio 8" and they sound great. My research indicates the KRK's have a bassier sound, hence why more popular with DJ's than producers. I wish had the ability to audition some prior to purchasing. The downside of being regional is I have to research and trust the opinion of others. In hindsight I would have liked to have gone a 5" & sub combo. If nothing, but to get more desk real estate back. These 8" suckers are huge.

musical ability creative talent a spark of genius ...then some software and some buttons to work it with get involved Kris ahh... The most important elements.

Any think NI will have a CDJ alternative out soon? Seems like they are making inroads into this market.

I have been thinking about this comment and appreciate this feedback and something I will definitely take on board. Thinking on my mixes I tend to let nearly every song play through, when in some cases this is probably not the best thing to do. I guess when trying to build energy letting a song drop is possibly not the best idea?

Is your desk bending?

Personally I am not a fan of the schizophrenic mixing where songs are changed every minute or so (besides the technical ability to do so). Good songs have an ebb and flow to them and take you on a little journey. I guess the real cheesy electro tunes can get mixed out quickly, and there were a few of those in the middle. But they are not my normal style that I play.

I'm old... Give me a break.

The really ugly bits are either side of the "Too Much Love" song. Which was the emergency "just put something on" song that I did.

True, but easier if we only got to go down a few levels or next door to bed, not a cab ride away.

Should we at least all try and stay at the same joint? Would make things so much better. Even if not in same level of rooms at least we will all be together.... He says as if he knows if he is going yet.... At the very least neighbouring places so it makes transport etc easier.

I must've done better in some parts then I thought? I am going through using Soundhound to work out my mystery songs. Just running it at sections I am not 100% on and I have got one more song I didn't even realise cause when I listened through I wasn't sure if they were part of the another song cause it seemed pretty seamless. Anyway... Timestamps are updated. From about 25:00 onwards it is actually pretty good (in my opinion). I musta been getting used to what I was doing as I was going.... Fast learner? Feedback please?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gbzd8to2f4t4op6/Live%20Electro%20Practise.mp3 Went through and timestampd the songs and realised there are 3 songs that I cant remember what they were. The section from Sundial > Calling > Unknown > I Rave You is actually pretty good.

From the whinge thread... Here is my mix, warts n all. Some nasty moments (Get Stoopid to whatever the song is I played next) and some not too bad. Overall a good learning experience. And filled my evening when I really had more important things to be doing. I didn't intend to end it when I did. Again I got stuck looking for a song and thought that what I had would do. Didn't bother with time-stamping this. But I listed the tracks I can actually remember. The unknown one might actually be 2 unknown ones, I am not even sure of that much.

Holy Crap! That was awesome. Sometimes I wonder what 2 people are doing up there. But that was definitely a a 2 person operation.