General
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Tutorial on advanced effects in Traktor
how to do chains and more interesting things with FX inside NI Traktor
129 votes
Admineangolden
(Admin, Dj Tech Tools) responded
Next up is Mixing with Reverbs. Then creating fills with the beat masher.
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Beatjuggling Mixing Techniques
I really like how you deal with beatjuggling. I would like to know from characterizing the song to techniques to perform it. Thanks!
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Midipipe Tutorial
I watched the video on Super Knobs and the read the new post on Instantly loading effects. Thanks for the great info but I can't figure out how to configure all the controls in MIDIPIPE. I am using the AKAI MPK49 with Traktor 3.3.
65 votes
Admineangolden
(Admin, Dj Tech Tools) responded
Boom- I am on it this week. Great suggestion!
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DJ TechTools Wikipedia
A wiki with information about the various aspects of digital DJing/
Information about effects, cue points, warping, eq, harmonious mixing... together with practical information about how to do it in various programs such as Traktor, Ableton etc.54 votes
Admineangolden
(Admin, Dj Tech Tools) responded
The Question I have about this is what kind of WIKI. Public, where everyone can contribute? Or just a big long list with all the info in one place?
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Intro's and Outro's
This might be a basic question but what is the length of time you generally mix an outro and intro of a new song before fading over to the new song? What is the best practice, 64, 32, 16, 8?
Also different technics using the same song to overlay into the new song, i.e. keeping the highs or the mids or both from the previous song
I know this is very general but looking for some advice.
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External Mixer Mode (Traktor)
For all us old school vinyl junkies. How to get the most out of my 1200's along with my midi controllers in Traktor 3.3/ Traktor Scratch. There are certain bugs and limitations with this mode. (I believe you mentioned one bug previously, track tempo reverts when you cue/ jump to another cue).
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Ableton Live Tutorial
I love all your Tutorials about mixing and Traktor - but i'm curious how you do things in Ableton Live.
I would love to see a Tutorial about it - the best would be if it would range from Basic Mixing to Professional Stuff with all Effects etc...
Ultimately you could combine it with a small part about integrating Traktor into Live (i know there's already a post about that, but maybe you could do a quick glance at that).
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Show how to do 4-deck mixing by example
Take some Creative Commons tracks and let us know the do's and don't when mixing with 4 decks.
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how long to play songs in a set / ways to mix to next song
im just wondering how long to play songs, and which parts (breakdown, intro, outro) etc... or is it just a matter of doing it for a while???
thanks a lot, love the site!29 votes -
Novation Nocturn & Traktor
many people on NI's traktor forums are dying for some help with integrating the Novation Nocturn into their sets. it's a fantastic controller and looks just perfect for Traktor by the layout and premise, but nobody seems to have gotten it working quite perfectly yet. would be great if you did a tutorial on this.
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Build a midi controller
Build a midi controller (together with a company Vestax or Allen & Heath).
- No integrated soundcard
- Full control for 4 decks and effects
- Allen & Heath build quality
- Led and/or Led Display feedback on the mixer
- Preferably < 1000$Agreed the vci-100 and especially the Ean Golden edition is a really nice piece of hardware but it doesn't compare against a Xone 3D. The Xone 3D isn't affordable for most people though, and there is nothing on the market that's worth it under that price imo.
This idea sounds crazy but I would probably buy… more
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Interviews with various DJ's - their setup and why chose it
Interviews with successful DJ's on why they use certain controllers etc – might be a good help to users like us.
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xone reviews
I think your site is missing some of the greatest and most profesional dj tech tools, the Allen&Heath xone series. I agree, they are not really cheap and easy to carry around... But hell the xone:92 combined with two 1Ds look like the perfect setup to me. Their unmatched quality and robustness allows to go really wild mixing without being afraid of breaking the equipment; their complete, clean and generic layout allows you to fully customize the setup to your needs and last but not least it's a very modular approach allowing you to upgrade or exchange parts instead of… more
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Fundraising for Grassroots Grid Controller Music Festival
So my name is Myles Borins, when I perform I'm known as "TheAlphaNerd"
I have been planning a grassroots music festival with a buddy of mine named Francis Watson, who resides in Santa Fe. The two of us are currently fundraising to send 13 artists from around North America to Santa Fe for the weekend and provide accommodations. The fundraising will also raise the money needed to make the event happen. The whole event has been planned using a variety of cloud based tools such as Google Docs, Wordpress, Skype, and Kickstarter. Most of the artists have never met before,… more
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Admineangolden
(Admin, Dj Tech Tools) responded
can you be more specific? Which aspect of building a set?
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How to use multiple beatgrids for difficult tracks?
Hi Ean. We already have a tutorial about how to setup a perfect beatgrid. I would like to see how it works in difficult tracks where you need to put in more than one beatgrid. Thanks.
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Tutorial on setting up MIDI in Xone2d/Traktor
How to use 2D MIDI Stup and using this to control Traktor
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Article on Sounds Quality: 128/320kbs mp3 v Wav v Vinyl
There are always heated debates on forums over the difference in quality between Vinyl, Wav’s, 320kbs Mp3’s and lower quality mp3’s and whether is makes a difference on a big club system etc. I like to hear a professional industry opinion.
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Using Livid Ohm
http://www.lividinstruments.com/hardware_ohm.php
Controller Looks Cool. How about a review?9 votes