Ableton Forum

Yeah thanks for that advice... its become more clear now what I need to do.

You got right to the point of what I was thinking tho, so cheers!

Yeah i'm definately a more read the crowd and play the right songs dj... rather than play a horn sample over every transition..ha!

My question now would be... is there a software program that would let me record a 'bedroom mix' at home aswell as take it out to clubs and dj live? Or is Traktor used ...

Im not really an old school dj, i dont use vinyl, but I do have that kind of simplistic mindframe at the moment...

Now its back to the decision of Traktor or Serato?... A lot of DJs I see seem to be using serato...

Choices choices!

Hmm interesting.. Haven't really looked into traktor. It was just because I already had ableton, I wanted to use it to make and record 'bedroom mixes' instead of having to use my decks and record from my mixer to my laptop which isnt very convenient. I also wanted to see whether I could use ableton ...

Ha... OK fair enough... as long as I am not wasting my time, and I can actually achieve the simple djing that I want to do (which your response seems to confirm) then I will do a bit of reading first before coming on here with my questions.

Thanks for the feedback

To clarify - I know ableton is about making compositions, and being able to use multiple layers to create a piece quickly and easily, but can it not just be used for simple standard djing in the normal way? I've heard people using it to dj so I assume it can be used for this aswell as music ...

Not the kind of reply I was looking for really... can you correct me on anything / everything? Do you even understand the problem I'm having?

yeah... this is the thing... i dont think its really tailored towards physical mixing at all? just seems overly complicated... BUT I KNOW IT MUST BE EASIER THAN I THINK?!?!!!!

For any djs out there, I want to know how good Ableton is for djing compared to using decks. I obviously know the standard pros and cons for using software against hardware. My sets usually cover a range of bpms, say from 125 - 130 for example, I speed some tracks up and I slow others down to fit ...