Mix Club - The Remedial Class

Matt

Dan Agreed. Easier said than done these days though, there seems to be so many tunes and so little time.

Dan

Matt The digital world has it’s pitfalls as you’ve too many tunes.

Unbroken1

Matt …this is true.

Make a playlist of your tunes for that month and mix exclusively with those for a bit

vinnyt77

Unbroken1 100% this. ^^^^

I try and stick to a mix with whatever new tunes I’ve bought initially - and once I’ve got to know them better, start to incorporate older stuff…

Amps

Meant to say, for pure beat matching practice, go and get a couple of really minimal house tracks; mixing something that is almost just percussion will help with your accuracy. Some pad laden Guy J track with barely a kick drum and a 5 minute intro will be a ball ache when you are starting out. And on a similar note, minimal electro and techno tracks will have more ‘space’ in them, allowing you to be a bit more creative with your mixing. Think Chemical Bros - Brothers Gonna Work It Out mix.

Along_the_Wire

Do any of you mix in and out a lot with the filters?

Unbroken1

Along_the_Wire …yep, mixed exclusively with the HPF on the A&H V6 and on the Rane 2015, never touched the EQ when I had filters.

Being able to mix like this accounts for the mega popularity of the Xone 92 too I reckon.

Old-Dutch

My mate was a right nightmare for it and left the filter on every time. So many mixes in the afters where you think it’s coming in so perfectly only to take off the headphones and realise there’s nothing playing through through the speakers and you’ve got 30 seconds to sort it out. Bastard

Along_the_Wire

Old-Dutch LOL

Mad_Cyril

Taking this back down a level .

Just put up the furniture the boss has allowed me for my DDJ400. Great height and width but not deep enough for a controller and a laptop.

Looking at stands but think id need the controller to be sat on the base.

Difficult to tell online if the bases of the stands are ok with a controller sat on.

Anyone had one, know, recommemd any?

Sorry to take it back down to toytown!!

Matt

Mad_Cyril if the stand your controller is on is up against a wall, maybe you could attach a small shelf to the wall for the laptop to sit on?

Dubman

Mad_Cyril

Get yourself a DJ laptop stand off eBay for less than a score. I used mine for years with no problems.

Along_the_Wire

Lose the Lappy and struggle like fuck for a bit.

Mad_Cyril

Along_the_Wire
Impossible with the 400

Matt

Along_the_Wire I’m probably going to upgrade to the XZ at some point next year. What is it that you have found hard about making the switch from controller to all in one?

Along_the_Wire

Matt it was about mixing properly for me - Traktor/sync/controller was boring. The XZ is fantastic and just feels great when you’re mixing, shit or not, it’s fun. I’m shit, but I’m happy with that and just enjoying and getting marginally better.

Mad_Cyril

Thats what i intend to do Dubbers, i just want to know, dor sure that the controller wont be wobbling about on the feet of said stand.

Especially given i ha e a Gorilla DJ table thing in the garage that got the curly finger

Dubman

Mad_Cyril
Are you going to use the Gorilla DS1 stand

Mad_Cyril

No.

I have a brand spanker sat in the garage that the boss has vetoed.

Dubman

If you’ve just got some sought of table then just get a basic laptop stand.

Mad_Cyril

Im probably not describing too great.

Its not deep enough for a controller and laptop.

Or a controller and laptop stand, they all sem to have feet that come iut as far as a laptop.

To make it work, the controller would need to sit on the feet of the stand but i dont want the fucker wobbling all over the place

Dubman

Mad_Cyril
It doesn’t really need to be deep enough for both as the laptop stand’s feet go underneath the controller. The only thing I needed was some wedges just to alter the angle of the controller so I could see all the functions.

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