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I'm getting involved in a music program at the Unitarian Universalist fellowship in my town, to teach various music topics and skills to young people. We will be covering various musical subjects ranging from instrument instruction and folk music to electronic music, (which I will be teaching). I've truly enjoyed ableton live in producing my own music, I love it's flexibility and power. Many young people in our community are into DJ'ing. Several shows have been put on along that vein, so I'm anticipating the question, "What is good software for DJ'ing?" I'm a composer, so I don't have a lot of experience with this. Traktion comes to mind, but lately, NI seems to be having such probs with bugs in their software that I question recommending it. Is Live good for DJ'ing? Can I recommend it for that purpose, and if so, can anyone here recommend a site to me where I could learn about the subject in general, and learn Live's use for it in particular? Are their any DJ's here who use Live extensively for this, and if so, what has been your experience? Any help would be appreciated!

Hi mate,

I use Live heavily both for production + DJing, and having used both Traktor + Live, Live is definitely the best option. Although it does take time + practice to warp tracks.

Its probably not the most 'traditional' program out there, however, once you grasp the basics I guarantee your students will be hooked!

This forum is an awesome community, full of people willing to help others out. I also reccommend this site:

http://www.abletonlivedj.com

All the best.

Thankyou very much!

It will be good to be able to recommend Live, because I'm not a stranger to it.

Hey no worries man. What is this forum for?

peace

Z. deScathach wrote:I'm getting involved in a music program at the Unitarian Universalist fellowship in my town, to teach various music topics and skills to young people. We will be covering various musical subjects ranging from instrument instruction and folk music to electronic music, (which I will be teaching). I've truly enjoyed ableton live in producing my own music, I love it's flexibility and power. Many young people in our community are into DJ'ing. Several shows have been put on along that vein, so I'm anticipating the question, "What is good software for DJ'ing?" I'm a composer, so I don't have a lot of experience with this. Traktion comes to mind, but lately, NI seems to be having such probs with bugs in their software that I question recommending it. Is Live good for DJ'ing? Can I recommend it for that purpose, and if so, can anyone here recommend a site to me where I could learn about the subject in general, and learn Live's use for it in particular? Are their any DJ's here who use Live extensively for this, and if so, what has been your experience? Any help would be appreciated!

I would cover the advantages and disadvantages of both from your experience and research. I also would highly recommend to students who want to dj, to learn the basics. Fisrst try it the old fashioned way on two turntables(technic) and a two channel mixer with 3 band eq of course.
Then once they get the basics of djing down, then they should delve into live. This way they get a well rounded, comprehensive picture of djing and electronic music. They should learn to
beatmatch, then learn to program set to keep the crowd going, then, once they get into ableton, it'll be like , ah i get it, i understand the point of it all

Z. deScathach if you need a structure for teaching DJ usage

look here www.djkaizen.com/kaizen-beginners-guide.pdf

which is my collation of knowledge gained from sources over the past 18 months.

If you do want to use it though let me know please.