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Mixed in key and other software has certainly made it easier to pick tunes in a hurry. I did like the way you can just going up or down a key can change the energy of a mix. Nowadays there’s so many tracks released on a weekly basis it must be hard to find the time to really get to know all the tracks you buy. It’s why I only buy albums these days as I don’t DJ anymore

Unbroken1 in Rekordbox switch to the Camelot settings (6A, 6B, 7A, as opposed to G minor, B-flat major, D Minor etc.), it’s a piece of piss. I can walk you through it if you like.

Fuck my old boots, that’s a doddle. Looks like I enjoy bringing a few tracks in a couple of keys higher

    Unbroken1 learning which go with which is specifically designed to be easy/memorable with Camelot though, MUCH less intuitive to know A flat minor > B major etc. unless you have some level of musical training.

    Sure, though the combinations go beyond the Camelot wheel and then it’s really just another set of coding like reading music. It’s easier to relate to letters and numbers for sure.

      Ditched Traktor, and just went with the XDJs with the sync off, and suddenly had 3 hours of fun last night on them. It seems using sync is a problem for me, I get bored. It’s funny because there is very little difference with using digital players, fucking up a mix on them is pretty hard even without sync.

        Dubman no. That’s what I meant about it being piss easy. I didn’t know you could do that? I’m not putting a piece of electrical tape on a touch screen. 😃

            Homegrove Forgive ignorance etc etc.

            So using your XDJs, you guarantee the two records are moving at the exact same speed, but as not using sync, you’re in control of releasing and aligning them before you start your transition?

            I ask, because like you, I get piss bored using the ‘full’ sync on Traktor…

                vinnyt77 yes. Well it’s not exactly the same speed, but with 0.02 pitch accuracy with the +/- 6 setting it’s almost as close as.

                  Homegrove
                  Have found using synch is boring as fuck.

                  Use it as a cheat every now and then if I can’t quite time it

                    Over the last 5 or 6 weeks I’ve started to record my mixes. It’s amazing the difference that practice makes to the process. I know that sounds like an obvious thing to say, but I had just never been bothered to do it before. I’ve just listened back to a 90 minute mix I did yesterday and it is so much better than the mix I did 6 weeks ago - nowhere near perfect or something I would want to publish, nor is it anywhere near the standards of the Hannu/Unbroken mixes that get posted.

                    It’s really kept me motivated to keep practicing - although saying that, there is the odd time where you listen back and think ‘could that have been any worse!’

                      gcw
                      Good man, great to hear.

                      @303abuser and @Dubman encouraged me to post one to get some feedback. Took me a while to get the balls to do but was well worth it.

                      Wise heads 👍

                        4 months later

                        After about 4 years I got a new residency in town, the bar/ lounge section of a new restaurant once a month playing electronica and indie. Should be a lot of fun, and I’ve badly needed a reason to start buying that kind of music again. I’ve just listened to it on Tidal. I used to do those gigs a lot up until 2018 or so.

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                          Homegrove good stuff Hannu. Its a proper buzz playing out isn’t it. I may have a gig lined up for early next year, my first actual non wedding/party gif for about 15 years lol. I may actually have to buy new music for it!

                            Christ, getting together a playlist for a six hour gig where you can’t just belt out your current prog favorites is a lot of work. Especially with my method for gigs where I take double the tunes I have time to play and do the night out of those.