Ableton Forum

I was under the impression that Steinberg owned Reason...
-therefore they would never allow vst/audio recording in Reason...
-would want you to buy Cubase instead... not compete with it...

I'm speechless...

Build a song on fly... [er that would be a muscian then]
yep build a song on the fly... [er a jam, with no preparation, a musican then]
Let the crowd launch material... [er right safe]
DJ's that play other peoples music... [oh]
DJ's that play their own music [er musicans then ...

it seems what once was, has been forgotten... or never understood...
you people worry me... bye..

I'll never understand why anyone cheers at someone playing a record of somebody else's music. IMO, it's mindless lemming hero worship. Or perhaps they're cheering the music, and not the person playing the records.

a: they could/would be cheering the DJ's craft with the turntables [CD's, etc]
b ...

DJing ain't exactly rocket science. It's all about playing somebody else's music.

Put on a decent track, wave your hands in the air, and the music does the rest.

IMO, lack of beatmatching is basically irrelevant to everyone except the other DJs in the crowd.

That is so wrong, as beatmatching ...

yeah I just get annoyed by the coverage he gets...?
He has a chance to bring new/old talent forward...?

This weekend I saw FatBoySlim DJ'ing on the TV for the fourth or fifth time... I've never experienced him live or ever wanted to after seeing him on the TV the first time...

BUT
-I have never seen him beatmatch
-I've heard him trainwreck blendable tracks/intro's
-Seems to just snap the next track ...

Vestax easily...

Me and mate had used Technics 1200's for 10+ years but were astonished at how much better the vestax decks were.. Rock solid with zero tempo drift, they are a delight to mix with...

a lot of the MIDI Box guys trawl through ebay and second hand shops looking for quality knobs, fader caps etc...

best so far...?

I think it's single buttons laid out next to each other [very close] on a PCB board....?

yeah pocket electronics seems easy, but as I remember the cost went stratospheric with the amount of buttons/faders/etc on my designs...

£80 for 16 pots x4 = £320
thats even before anything else....

@Living_Fiction
As I remember it [long time ago] if you carve up a current audio mixer the faders are [usually] Log where MIDI needs Linear....? :(

I was mis-guided in hoping that push buttons with a clear plastic top [so you can put your own label inside] would be cheap. I think quality ones were ...

yeah, I even ordered all the electronics needed for the MIDI box project...
I wanted to build my own, but the biggest problem [weird] was finding quality push buttons [at a good price]...

best option so far, buy a dj mixer and carve up a x-sessions....?

painfull it is...
above all things...
truthfull to yourself and others you must be...
in everything you do...

YODA...
[don't think he got much though]

Been there, still there, got the travel card, feeling for ya mate, good luck...