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Just today told a story of when I was doing a 4 hour set here in Turku at an afterparty sometime in 2003, all vinyl. I didnā€™t yet live in the city, and spent the night at my sisterā€™s couch, then woke up at 4 AM and started hauling two big bags of records three kilometres to the city center for my 5 AM start time. Half way point was the Aura river and I nearly chugged the bags there and went back to the couch. All because I was too cheap to get a taxi. Eventually got to the venue with five minutes to spare, played the gig, it was OK, and suddenly found funds to get a cab back.

Vinyl, never again outside of home.

      Homegrove Hahaha I have the exact reverse story. Was supposed to play at 11, go get hammered at 7 with my record bag (Iā€™ll say it was at least 30 lbs, I have no idea, it was just heavy), show up at 1045 and the doors to the club are locked. Go around back and the kitchen guy is smoking by the stairs, said the cops showed up and shut it down. So we smoke a joint with him, then proceed to walk for an hour and a half, carrying my records. I couldnā€™t lift my right arm for 3 days and had marks on my shoulder for a week. šŸ¤£

      I love that you actually played after, I couldnā€™t have done it.

        Any recommendations regarding DJ software for putting together mixes quickly? Ive never got on with Ableton so looking for something I can lay out 25 or so tracks in sequence with beat matching/fade in/out etc. and maybe effect overlay for segments of the track.

        Be nice to work on a mix like a project, grabbing 30 min to work on it on the train to work / on the throne etc. Multi tasking likeā€¦..

          IndustryStandard
          Only ever used Traktor Pro 2 and found it really easy to use once youā€™ve set it up.

            I use that too for ā€œliveā€ mixes, but wanted a program I can map out mixes rather than actually play live and record.
            Want to grab 20min here and there to build a mix over a period of time.

              IndustryStandard ā€¦sounds as if youā€™ve already decided its not for you, but Live sounds exactly what you are looking for, and Iā€™d say using it for recorded dj mixes is pretty much the simplest interpretation of itā€™s use (no FX/plug-ins/racks etc.).

                  Unbroken1 What version do you use? Maybe the new GUI is more tio my liking. I had a ā€œLiteā€ version I tried to get along with a few years back

                  The whole importing tracks and warping thing, moving beat markers etc was a right PITA on the version I used, plus massively complicated for what was essentially a pretty easy task ( on paper )

                      IndustryStandard use that too for ā€œliveā€ mixes, but wanted a program I can map out mixes rather than actually play live and record.
                      Want to grab 20min here and there to build a mix over a period of time.

                      This is exactly what Iā€™ve been wanting, canā€™t seem to find.

                      Bought something from the mixed in key crew but itā€™s shite.

                      Be able to,
                      Listen
                      See bpm & key
                      Arrange tracks in sequence

                      A digital whiteboard for planning mixes

                        Im amazed at how many people spend time building mixes on software.

                        Not in the sense that Iā€™m looking down on it. I just thought I was the odd one out planning streams to free up time for any technical issues / chatting to people.

                        So many people seem to have the opinion that you shouldnā€™t plan (and, apart from at the beginning, I havenā€™t planned the sequence with live club performances) - but it often makes for a much more thought through set and Iā€™m pretty happy with most of mine so I can see why more do it.

                          NasserAlazzawi ā€¦purely a time issue for me. Time messing about on the decks is intermittent and tends to be more experimental, sorting out what goes with what, where you want to start and to end up.

                          At a party with a few people listening, or even DJā€™ing b2b with people, I could play for as long as you want me to (love a long set or a graveyard slot!), but on my own I struggle to be inspired to play for extended periods these days.

                          Have a template set-up purely for DJ mixes on the computer and am pretty quick at assembling them nowā€¦. love the fact that I can revisit a set over 3 or 4 days, listen back, tweak it or whatever. Working this way has inspired most of my ideas for edits/mashups/productions too.

                            IndustryStandard ā€¦10 Suite, will move to 11 at some point, but the basic app should do you just fine.

                            Understand how daunting warping can be at first, but honestly, esp with dance tracks, itā€™s a piece of piss.

                              I have Live 11 Lite looking at my Ableton account. Is that bobbins? Will that do the trick?

                              Motivation an issue for me too, just stuck behind my decks for 2/3hrs at a time doing a mix or doing a radio show, If I crank up my light show, projector and all that mumbo jumbo its a bit more of a show but dry its a bit dull.

                              Being able to pull tracks in, move them about, see what works etc in a template for when I have a spare 30min works be great.

                                NasserAlazzawi
                                Time Nass, Iā€™m still nowhere near a 2 hour set I need to do. Whilst Iliad prefer to just knock it out thatā€™s not realistic over an extended period > 1 hour.

                                Without a decent planning system itā€™s difficult to plan with just the odd Ā½ hour on the decks.

                                Every time is like back to square one.

                                Might just be Iā€™m a disorganised lazy fucker though šŸ¤”

                                    Mad_Cyril sometimes there isnā€™t enough good new music. Donā€™t be worried about throwing a classic or 5 in there šŸ˜…. Weā€™re not all drowning in promos (I certainly ainā€™t). More often than not I find the classics in a set more interesting than the 5/10 promo, especially when theyā€™re well placed. But just my thoughts..