Any DJ's in the house?
Discussion
Not of the mobile disco/pub kareoke type either. 
I mess around with Trance, Hard House and Hard Dance, and more and more frequently, Dubstep and Drum and Bass.
I dont own any equipment at the moment, but wanting to get a technics/pioneer vinyl cd combo at some point soon. Either that or just the numark NS7..
Anyway, who are you and what do you spin?
I mess around with Trance, Hard House and Hard Dance, and more and more frequently, Dubstep and Drum and Bass.
I dont own any equipment at the moment, but wanting to get a technics/pioneer vinyl cd combo at some point soon. Either that or just the numark NS7..
Anyway, who are you and what do you spin?
Interesting...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_GZIiqjsBo
although... after a while, I started thinking you could save a fortunate by buying one of these:
And I sometimes mix trance, funky house, drum and bass, jungle, old skool/hardcore.
-Dazzling Darren
PS Will the owner of the blue Sierra please move their car. It's blocking the white Escort in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_GZIiqjsBo
although... after a while, I started thinking you could save a fortunate by buying one of these:
And I sometimes mix trance, funky house, drum and bass, jungle, old skool/hardcore.
-Dazzling Darren
PS Will the owner of the blue Sierra please move their car. It's blocking the white Escort in.
House/ Prog (of all varieties including trance)/ Tech DJ here... I started out more into hard dance/ trance, but as lot of DJ mates of mine seem to concur... the older you get, the slower the groove you're into! 
If you're just starting out and don't have a significant vinyl collection, I'd look at getting the best CD decks you can afford TBH - I love spinning my old vinyl and couldn't part with my 1210s, but only for nostalgic reasons!
If you're just starting out and don't have a significant vinyl collection, I'd look at getting the best CD decks you can afford TBH - I love spinning my old vinyl and couldn't part with my 1210s, but only for nostalgic reasons!
Edited by Ultuous on Friday 31st July 10:24
Ultuous said:
House/ Prog (of all varieties including trance)/ Tech DJ here... I started out more into hard dance/ trance, but as lot of DJ mates of mine seem to concur... the older you get, the slower the groove you're into!
Damn. I need to grow up! 37 here and listening to this kind of thing:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzT8Xw6xu_o
ShadownINja said:
Ultuous said:
House/ Prog (of all varieties including trance)/ Tech DJ here... I started out more into hard dance/ trance, but as lot of DJ mates of mine seem to concur... the older you get, the slower the groove you're into!
Damn. I need to grow up! 37 here and listening to this kind of thing:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzT8Xw6xu_o
You'll know what i mean. 
Hiya, I spin House (from deep to tech via all things funky), UK Garage, Breaks and even some Drum'n'Bass.
Basically, I take the view that good music is good music, genre is unimportant.
www.djsakka.co.uk
Basically, I take the view that good music is good music, genre is unimportant.
www.djsakka.co.uk
The Riddler said:
ShadownINja said:
Ultuous said:
House/ Prog (of all varieties including trance)/ Tech DJ here... I started out more into hard dance/ trance, but as lot of DJ mates of mine seem to concur... the older you get, the slower the groove you're into!
Damn. I need to grow up! 37 here and listening to this kind of thing:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzT8Xw6xu_o
You'll know what i mean. ShadownINja said:
Ultuous said:
House/ Prog (of all varieties including trance)/ Tech DJ here... I started out more into hard dance/ trance, but as lot of DJ mates of mine seem to concur... the older you get, the slower the groove you're into!
Damn. I need to grow up! 37 here and listening to this kind of thing:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzT8Xw6xu_o
Have you tried listening to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY9LuBxHSVA or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ix8gYj3Wjk&fea...
Yeap, old/new age DnB still does it for me
Edited by Stallion Pants on Saturday 1st August 01:44
ShadownINja said:
The Riddler said:
ShadownINja said:
Ultuous said:
House/ Prog (of all varieties including trance)/ Tech DJ here... I started out more into hard dance/ trance, but as lot of DJ mates of mine seem to concur... the older you get, the slower the groove you're into!
Damn. I need to grow up! 37 here and listening to this kind of thing:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzT8Xw6xu_o
You'll know what i mean. Back to decks and djing, i cant really fault this guys technical ability, even if hardcore aint to your taste, its worth a watch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEiasys_Piw
Don1 here - website is http://www.djschrism-don1.com
I put up House and Trance for these good people, and occasionally play out (mainly do it for fun).
I put up House and Trance for these good people, and occasionally play out (mainly do it for fun).
Bomber Denton said:
Real DJs do it with vinyl.
DJs - unfairly prejudiced towards a single medium of storing music - do it with vinyl.DJing is about music. It doesn't matter whether the music is stored on a big black circle, a small silver circle, or as a magnetic shadow on an even smaller circle (hard drive!). It all sounds the same when it comes out of the speakers, with equal ability to get the crowd on their feet and dancing.
FWIW, I do still DJ mainly with vinyl... timecode vinyl on the Traktor Scratch system. It gives me the 'feel' I want (yep, gotta admit, love mixing manually old skool style), with the convenience of having my records in a rapidly searchable format on the laptop, plus effects / loops and such if I want them.
Before the "vinyl sounds better" argument is rolled out in favour of this format... vinyl does sound 'different' but 'better' is subjective. Certainly the sound is more bass heavy and 'warm' than digital formats but whether this is better than the crisper, cleaner sound of digital is a matter of taste. Its like having an argument about whether diesel or petrol is better... oh.... hang on.... forgot this is Pistonheads...
DJ_AS said:
Bomber Denton said:
Real DJs do it with vinyl.
DJs - unfairly prejudiced towards a single medium of storing music - do it with vinyl.DJing is about music. It doesn't matter whether the music is stored on a big black circle, a small silver circle, or as a magnetic shadow on an even smaller circle (hard drive!). It all sounds the same when it comes out of the speakers, with equal ability to get the crowd on their feet and dancing.
FWIW, I do still DJ mainly with vinyl... timecode vinyl on the Traktor Scratch system. It gives me the 'feel' I want (yep, gotta admit, love mixing manually old skool style), with the convenience of having my records in a rapidly searchable format on the laptop, plus effects / loops and such if I want them.
Before the "vinyl sounds better" argument is rolled out in favour of this format... vinyl does sound 'different' but 'better' is subjective. Certainly the sound is more bass heavy and 'warm' than digital formats but whether this is better than the crisper, cleaner sound of digital is a matter of taste. Its like having an argument about whether diesel or petrol is better... oh.... hang on.... forgot this is Pistonheads...
Oh, and vinyl does sound better imo. But with digital decks or cd's you can have alot more control over how you play. I still have around 400 vinyls, and i would never get rid of them, and as such i will buy buying another set of 'decks' before buying cd decks. A little USB numark might be making an appearence in my collection sometime soon though.
Anyone care to share pics of their collections and set-ups?
Unfairly prejudiced? No but I will quantify my statement.
For some people the digital age is a welcome helping hand or expansive aid in mixing, I do not doubt it but for me it's different.
I have a realy affinity with the physical mix of vinyl, it's pure, just you and those two bits of plastic, no tricks, gimmicks, enhancements. Whatever comes out of the speakers you have produced in the mix with music you physically own. You have trawled through wads of records in shops to get it, there is no chance you have just downloaded someone's record collection in five minutes.
Funnily enough I did a wedding reception last weekend for a friend of mine and a guy asked 'Just decks?' refering to the vinyl (previous to me starting before it sounds like I'm bigging myself up) To which I replied yes, the response I got was 'Quality' with a nod of approval.
I don't dismiss the digital age, I just keep it real.
Here's a guy taking it a stage further again, couple of crap old skool turntables and some ruff 45s.
Epic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw1hsGaEEDo
For some people the digital age is a welcome helping hand or expansive aid in mixing, I do not doubt it but for me it's different.
I have a realy affinity with the physical mix of vinyl, it's pure, just you and those two bits of plastic, no tricks, gimmicks, enhancements. Whatever comes out of the speakers you have produced in the mix with music you physically own. You have trawled through wads of records in shops to get it, there is no chance you have just downloaded someone's record collection in five minutes.
Funnily enough I did a wedding reception last weekend for a friend of mine and a guy asked 'Just decks?' refering to the vinyl (previous to me starting before it sounds like I'm bigging myself up) To which I replied yes, the response I got was 'Quality' with a nod of approval.
I don't dismiss the digital age, I just keep it real.
Here's a guy taking it a stage further again, couple of crap old skool turntables and some ruff 45s.
Epic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw1hsGaEEDo
It's cos you're all has-beens dreaming of a by-gone era. (Actually, I'm up cos I'm meeting a friend for lunch. I had to forgo AVB's show last night. 
)
Eventually you'll be replaced by computers who'll mix perfectly and creatively via AI subroutines.
Besides, the original DJs did it with a small white baton not scratched bits of plastic. That's where real control is/was.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8ImirGQ0bY
(Actually, I'm up cos I'm meeting a friend for lunch. I had to forgo AVB's show last night. )Eventually you'll be replaced by computers who'll mix perfectly and creatively via AI subroutines.
Besides, the original DJs did it with a small white baton not scratched bits of plastic. That's where real control is/was.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8ImirGQ0bY
Edited by ShadownINja on Sunday 2nd August 09:50
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