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Having a bit of a slump at the moment. Have given up after an hour of home DJeing these past two or three Fridays, and yesterday tried to make a “studio” mix with Traktor, and could not make it work even a bit. And I was so happy with my new Traktor set up too. Xone PX:5 for audio, XDJ 700s for decks, Xone K2 for Traktor efx and other stuff I can’t do on the XDJs. Figuring out how to add different controllers at the same time was surprisingly easy.

I’ve had this before, and I usually get out of it by ignoring the decks for a weeks. The hunger then comes back.

So no 8 hour live in the livingroom in the near horizon folks.

    It’s the beginning of the end mate! Lol

    Still buying and loving new tunes. So that’s good.

    I’m finding myself mixing less and less these days. Getting to the point where I’m starting to question whether it’s time to hang up the headphones for good and get rid of all my gear.

    I do enjoy mixing when I do, but just can feel a bit of slog.

      Homegrove
      Balls to all that gear HG, way too much pissing around

      There may be Radius2 becoming available at a good price 😉

          Mad_Cyril like Erik I am content with the PX:5. Just need to sort the recording output in order, the right channel is fucked. So I’ve been recording out of the master RCA in the meanwhile. Which is fine, but you can’t change the volume.

            Haven’t DJed in ages either. Looking to buy a guitar. Leather jacket and Harley also on the list. I’m not having a midlife crisis.

            gcw did you get this fixed in the end? I was gonna suggest that it might be out of phase audio.

            • gcw replied to this.

                Just a general pointer here, but getting tracks in key with each other can absolutely save a mix. Have just listened back to something I did earlier, knew something was not quite right; shifty shifty pitchy pitchy, and it now sounds sweet as a nut.

                • gcw replied to this.

                  mono-stereo not really , I think I am just picking the wrong tunes to be honest

                  Although I’ve had a bit of better luck by just practicing more. Remembering what goes well together and also recording my set and listening back….does make a difference

                    gcw
                    I always thought that if two tunes go well together then they are in Key.

                      Old-Dutch
                      I’m the same. Thought many times of getting rid of all my vinyl & decks. I think I’m just bored of it all to be honest.

                      • Echo replied to this.

                          gcw I have no idea what the key is, but I know when tracks flow. And I’m a musical muppet.

                              Dubman
                              Grant has duct tape over everything except the flashing rings.

                              Purist

                              All about the rings 👊

                                Dubman I’ve only ever noticed it in Rekordbox on my laptop prepping tracks, but I’ve got no idea what any of the keys mean f sharp into c minor?

                                    Oh yeah. The coloured rings. The thing about vinyl is when you pitch it up or down it changes the Key. Whereas with digital you can use Key lock.