what do u suggest?!

lu-k · Post by **lu-k** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 9:59 am

hi guyz...
i posted here coz i need some tips from some of u out there!!!

i m trying to use live for djing...
now...i ve been djing for more than 10yrs and i ve always used just records...now for reasons that i m not going to write u here coz u might get bored...i decided to pass on ableton...how someone else would say...i decided to become a digital dj...

the problem... i know that i could use my sounds and mix those all togheter...but i dont think all my tracks r at that level, thats why i wanted to use other ppl tracks and play as dj... but just press play and mix...its too boring for me...i know someone could say that mixing with records is almost the same... but still with records u need to do something, with this great software...just press play...

so...what i m looking for r some tips or ideas or whatever else is in ur head to make this thing creative!!!
i tried to cut all the trcks in different parts and play those as loops, mixing those in different way...but i didnt really like it...probably my fault...eheh..

looking forward ur help guyz!!!!

thnks!

Lu-k

nbinder · Post by **nbinder** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 10:47 pm

Do reedits on the fly. Divide the track into pieces, rearrange them, mix new elements, add fx.... lots of things possible here.

Be creative. Bring unexpected elements, fit them to your style and create a whole new thing that completely sound like... YOU.

stonee · Post by **stonee** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:31 am

I'm trying to start this dj thing with live as well.

I too am scared of the push a button and cue up the next song.

a couple of things i've done:

added intruments to my sets. i have an effected microphone channel, bass channel, and a kaossilator. i don't use them much yet, but the potential is insane.

added some drum racks, and beefed up the orignal drums.

added a loop channel to add new drumloops to mix with songs, or loop part of a song to mix into other songs.

stopped using a crossfader.

use lots of effects. my favorite being hp/lp filters and beat repeat.

my set up lets me control loops in a way that i can mix out of a set into a pretty sweet live improvised jam, then back out, or, with some practice, i could probably pull off some decent remixes improvised live.

live is a completly different beast than other djing stuff i've seen, and should be used as an entirely new way to dj, as apposed to just another method of djing. the creative possibilities are endless.

Pitch Black · Post by **Pitch Black** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 4:35 am

Got a video here, showing how we use Live, live.

I wouldn't call it DJ'ing, tho.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1siG6_Pd-Mg

lu-k · Post by **lu-k** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:49 pm

HI guys!
Thanks for the replies and ideas...i started to cut all the trakcs i have and started to understand how to be creative with sounds...something that before i was ignoring...

as stonee said...live is incredible...i think it has infinite ways of doing stuff, the thinng is to understand how to do those!ehhee

PitchBlack... i watched ur video..really cool!!!
just one question...what is the name of those two controllers that u guys use as mixer...the one with just knobs??
anyway really cool!!!

Pitch Black · Post by **Pitch Black** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:31 pm

Cheers, those are two Doepfer Drehbanks. Sadly they don't make 'em any more.

a1studmuffin · Post by **a1studmuffin** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:47 am

I suggest more informative thread titles for a start...

lu-k · Post by **lu-k** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:07 am

Pitch Black=>ooh!!thats bad!!!coz those controllers r really cool~

a1studmuffin=>

i know...i just didnt know what to put as a title...next time i m gonna make a thread as "what do u suggest fo a title??"