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THAT drat DOG posted:Anyone have experience on the audio side of DJing? I'm looking for a pair of powered speakers, and I'm stuck between JBL EON G2, Mackie Thump TH15A, and American Audio XSP. None are GREAT, but the Eon's smoke the others by a ton. The cooling system is genius, and they just don't die. Loud as hell, and won't let you down. The Tapco's are kind of garbage, and the American Audio's use pretty cheap chip amps that will give out way before the JBL's.
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# ? Feb 15, 2011 08:39 |
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just save up for a sub (18" should do) and two 15's. it's definitely worth it. edit: missed your edit. but seriously get your own it's crucial
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# ? Feb 15, 2011 08:43 |
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Yeah, we also have JBL EON gen. 2's at the 'office'. That 18" sub really has some good punch to it, and what I love about the EON's is that they are light weight, for a mobile system that's a huge plus. We occasionally rent the PA from our local illegal soundsystem (think what you want about ravers, but they always have a real good system), and their amprack alone already weighs in at 250 lbs, let alone for the subwoofers. Not something you want to drag around too often.
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# ? Feb 15, 2011 09:11 |
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Sjoewe posted:Twiin posted:melee beats posted:Professorbx posted:Thanks for the advice guys, since I'll be using only Traktor I won't get the 7200 RPM hard drive but I'll get the hiress screen.
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oredun posted:I really really like the b52 matrix systems. Have a look at those. I also have a B52 Matrix system. I couldn't be more satisfied.
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# ? Feb 15, 2011 14:36 |
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OG KUSH BLUNTS posted:The rule of thumb is that it's usually a watt per person, and 2 watts per person if its outside. you sho about that? Are you sure its not some multiple of that? a 1000w b52 certainly isnt enough for 1000 people, hell, i use a 3000w system for about 300 people all the time and id like it to be a little more. and i use a ~7000w system all the time and its never enough for a decent sized room. I think maybe you mean 10w=1person.
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# ? Feb 15, 2011 19:37 |
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(Yamaha DSR118W) i can honestly say this is one of the hardest hitting portable subs I have ever witnessed. for a decent sized room, this will completely obliterate your crowd. if you have a truck (and oodles of money), then get two for the larger venues.
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# ? Feb 15, 2011 21:08 |
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^^I went to a Designer Drugs party that had two of those, pretty sure because I remember them using Yamaha subs. That was the show where I got tinnitus, haha.Sjoewe posted:Yeah, we also have JBL EON gen. 2's at the 'office'. That 18" sub really has some good punch to it, and what I love about the EON's is that they are light weight, for a mobile system that's a huge plus. You are right about that. One of the crews in our city regularly rented out the local raver crew's sound system and jesus christ you could feel the bass all the way in the parking lot. melee beats posted:B52 Matrix systems, as stated, are really nice. loving huge sub, though. I have an EON system and I love it, but I got mine secondhand for like $150 each. It was a steal. oredun posted:I really really like the b52 matrix systems. Have a look at those. I looked at a b52 system that has two 15s with stands and a sub for ~1,000 looks like I will be getting that, thank you! THAT DAMN DOG fucked around with this message at 01:07 on Feb 16, 2011 |
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oredun posted:you sho about that? I really depends on the kind of system you are using. We always rent a horn-loaded system, which clocks in at about 2500-3000W and we never had to push it beyond 50%. Hell at that level you could hear it two blocks down the road. Problem officer?
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# ? Feb 16, 2011 01:08 |
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Anyone know what's being upgraded with the new Traktor 2 that's being released on April 1? I currently am using an audio 4 DJ with the current Traktor Pro software. If I use my existing hardware and I only upgrade the software will I be losing any of the new functionality? Also, what is being improved with the new sound cards? If I'm going to upgrade I would be purchasing the Audio 10 (the new Audio 8 DJ). NI is offering a pretty decent discount if you are upgrade within the first 3 months of release so I would like to know if the sound card is actually an improvement or if I am just throwing cash away.
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# ? Feb 16, 2011 02:25 |
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Dubplate Fire posted:Anyone know what's being upgraded with the new Traktor 2 that's being released on April 1? http://www.djtechtools.com/2011/02/10/traktor-pro-2-now-released/ That should answer most of your questions. Maybe someone else can provide more insight into whether an upgrade in your soundcard would be worth it or not.
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# ? Feb 16, 2011 02:34 |
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For what it's worth I'm planning to do the software upgrade but I'm going to stick with my Audio8
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# ? Feb 16, 2011 02:48 |
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Anyone played around with Torq 2.0 yet? I have the Connectiv but I got Serato recently and don't see myself going back.
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# ? Feb 16, 2011 03:41 |
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I guess I will wait it out for a while before upgrading to Traktor Scratch Pro 2. The transfer from the old Scratch to Scratch Pro wasn't very smooth, there were a lot of bugs and minor issues. My current version is stable as a rock, so I'm not trading it in for and unproved version. And I will be keeping my audio 8 as well, I just keep to two decks anyway, and I already own a hardware loopmachine. So to all you upgraders: please report back
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# ? Feb 16, 2011 09:10 |
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Thanks for the information guys. It seems like if you have audio 8 its not worth the hardware upgrade. Since I have an audio 4, I will look into it, but I am leaning towards just upgrading the software.
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FYI, there's a great interview with the (new) CEO Matt Adell of Beatport up on RA that's worth a read. He talks about major label content, charts, territory restrictions, lossless formats, and other stuff http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=13612 vanilla slimfast fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Feb 16, 2011 |
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quote:you sho about that? I have 2 Mackie SRM450v2, they get pretty drat loud and the sound is amazingly clear. I would recommend them. I previously had JBL EON G2s and they were beasts. You can definitely hear them from a block away. OG KUSH BLUNTS fucked around with this message at 02:23 on Feb 17, 2011 |
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# ? Feb 17, 2011 02:21 |
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The only thing that I really hate about the Eons is that they have rounded edges. You have to lay them on their front in your car otherwise they roll around too much. The Eon 515XT's are supposed to be pretty good from what I hear, though I haven't sampled them yet. I used to regularly use my friend's Eon G2s and they never let me down. They're loud enough for small rooms and if you use a sub with them, they'll do larger rooms as well. When I was doing my speaker shopping, I looked at JBL's PRX line as well as the QSC K-Series but since my friend had neither in stock (and I'm impatient), I ended up going with Turbosound M15's. Best decision I ever made.
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# ? Feb 17, 2011 04:34 |
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I got another DJ to switch from Serato to Ableton. Once he got his head around warping he realized how much it rocks.
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Vector 7 posted:I got another DJ to switch from Serato to Ableton. Once he got his head around warping he realized how much it rocks. Why have one when you can use both? That's why I like The Bridge. VVVV Game Set Match OG KUSH BLUNTS fucked around with this message at 07:56 on Feb 17, 2011 |
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# ? Feb 17, 2011 06:07 |
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Vector 7 posted:I got another DJ to switch from Serato to Ableton. Once he got his head around warping he realized how much it rocks. How is scratching working out for him? Oh yeah
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# ? Feb 17, 2011 06:56 |
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Cowboy. posted:Anyone played around with Torq 2.0 yet? I have the Connectiv but I got Serato recently and don't see myself going back. If you want something done with Torq, Traktor can do it better and without crashing. Sorry, AVID. melee beats posted:How is scratching working out for him?
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# ? Feb 17, 2011 09:31 |
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i'm curious to see how other ableton dj's organize their sets. i've spent so much time color coding my set and making custom effects that if for some reason the .als file gets corrupted, i would probably go insane
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LouietheCuban posted:i'm curious to see how other ableton dj's organize their sets. i've spent so much time color coding my set and making custom effects that if for some reason the .als file gets corrupted, i would probably go insane duplicate .als sets
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# ? Feb 17, 2011 19:38 |
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OG KUSH BLUNTS posted:I have 2 Mackie SRM450v2, they get pretty drat loud and the sound is amazingly clear. I would recommend them. I previously had JBL EON G2s and they were beasts. yeah, thats 800 watts, not nearly enough for 800 people. not even close to enough. they would be suited more like 80-100 w/o sub at most, and like 200 with sub at most. LouietheCuban posted:i'm curious to see how other ableton dj's organize their sets. i've spent so much time color coding my set and making custom effects that if for some reason the .als file gets corrupted, i would probably go insane do save as, then save it as the name of the set then the date. keep them all in the same folder, ordered by date. so if you corrupt one, bam, just use the second newest one. i personally hate using live to DJ. i think its severely limited in what you can do live(ie, you cant warp live) and if someone has some request i dont have, its just throw in serato and beatmatch to the last song. the other thing about live is even if i have 200 songs i know ill play, it takes ~5 mins per song to warp, and it just takes to long. then i get to the gig, and realize i need different music. serato ftw. although the bridge is nice, it just pisses me off there isnt like a 10 second audio buffer that i can scratch, so its almost worthless to me because of the lack of scratching. i do want to get sl3 or 4 so i can have 3 decks, 2 for songs and 1 for live. that would be tight. and really expensive. oredun fucked around with this message at 21:09 on Feb 17, 2011 |
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oredun posted:yeah, thats 800 watts, not nearly enough for 800 people. not even close to enough. they would be suited more like 80-100 w/o sub at most, and like 200 with sub at most. If your goal is to be as deafeningly loud as possible I guess.
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# ? Feb 18, 2011 05:25 |
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oredun posted:i personally hate using live to DJ. i think its severely limited in what you can do live(ie, you cant warp live) and if someone has some request i dont have, its just throw in serato and beatmatch to the last song. you can warp on the fly you just gotta be good
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So something with my Serato boned me pretty bad in front of about 600 people last night. First, I lost tracking on a live record randomly (cleaned stylus, checked connections and everything) so I had to switch to INT. Then it happened again. I switched needles (from Ortofons to M44s) and it happened again later, even with a strong signal. My left deck kept jumping in Serato (no, not the needle) when I was trying to drop records. This isn't the first time this has happened to me either, and it's annoying as gently caress, especially because I played four hours with an NS7 previously and had 0 problems. Anyone have any suggestions when this happens? It really only happens when I play out, and I make sure everything is calibrated.
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# ? Feb 20, 2011 20:37 |
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melee beats posted:So something with my Serato boned me pretty bad in front of about 600 people last night. First, I lost tracking on a live record randomly (cleaned stylus, checked connections and everything) so I had to switch to INT. Then it happened again. I switched needles (from Ortofons to M44s) and it happened again later, even with a strong signal. My left deck kept jumping in Serato (no, not the needle) when I was trying to drop records. This isn't the first time this has happened to me either, and it's annoying as gently caress, especially because I played four hours with an NS7 previously and had 0 problems. Anyone have any suggestions when this happens? It really only happens when I play out, and I make sure everything is calibrated. If the signal bar was clean (white, instead of red) then it sounds like it's a problem with your laptop. Did you have a chance to take a look at your signal waveforms?
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# ? Feb 20, 2011 22:38 |
melee beats posted:So something with my Serato boned me pretty bad in front of about 600 people last night. First, I lost tracking on a live record randomly (cleaned stylus, checked connections and everything) so I had to switch to INT. Then it happened again. I switched needles (from Ortofons to M44s) and it happened again later, even with a strong signal. My left deck kept jumping in Serato (no, not the needle) when I was trying to drop records. This isn't the first time this has happened to me either, and it's annoying as gently caress, especially because I played four hours with an NS7 previously and had 0 problems. Anyone have any suggestions when this happens? It really only happens when I play out, and I make sure everything is calibrated. How loud was the music? I've had problems where the booth was lovely made so the vibrations from the speaker system just poo poo all over the calibration. When calibrating did you turn the music up to the normal volume you would be playing at and then hit the [EST] so the threshold would be properly calibrated?
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chrix posted:If the signal bar was clean (white, instead of red) then it sounds like it's a problem with your laptop. Did you have a chance to take a look at your signal waveforms? The signal bar would be fine, and then all of a sudden get totally out of whack. It was really weird. Waveforms looked good throughout the night, I was too busy putting out the fire when it got messed up to see the waveforms. OG KUSH BLUNTS posted:How loud was the music? I've had problems where the booth was lovely made so the vibrations from the speaker system just poo poo all over the calibration. The booth was lovely and some dude jumped on it and it caused the needle to jump, so yeah that was a problem as well, but in soundcheck at full volume was when I calibrated. Does the play marker get jumpy when it's not calibrated correctly?
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# ? Feb 21, 2011 00:36 |
melee beats posted:The booth was lovely and some dude jumped on it and it caused the needle to jump, so yeah that was a problem as well, but in soundcheck at full volume was when I calibrated. Does the play marker get jumpy when it's not calibrated correctly? Yeah, because it doesn't know where to set the threshold to compensate for typical needle movement in your environment. Were all the songs analyzed and what's the buffer size set at? Did you have Hi-Fi re-sampler on? I've had this happen to me as well numerous times, and it's always due to the fact that they had someone design a booth that's absolute poo poo. Unfortunately the the vast majority of booths are designed this way, which is why once they design a better NS7 I will be jumping ship to midi controllers and keeping my turntables at home.
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# ? Feb 21, 2011 02:22 |
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I'm selling my VCI-300 controller with a Decksaver cover in SA-Mart right now: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3391313 $450+shipping to you. PM or email: joshiejosh gmail.com k0konutz fucked around with this message at 18:51 on Feb 21, 2011 |
# ? Feb 21, 2011 17:52 |
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Yesterday ordered 2 CDJ 900s, and one Allen & Heath xone:22 to use with my laptop and Traktor Scratch. I'm pretty excited.
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# ? Feb 21, 2011 18:36 |
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OG KUSH BLUNTS posted:once they design a better NS7 What's wrong with it now? I love everything except the fact that there's 7" platters and not 12", which makes for weird scratching (for me at least).
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# ? Feb 21, 2011 18:56 |
melee beats posted:What's wrong with it now? I love everything except the fact that there's 7" platters and not 12", which makes for weird scratching (for me at least). Well mostly for the reason you mentioned, the lack of VSL/Bridge for ITCH, and buying a separate EFX unit is kinda wonky. I like the NS6 a lot, and it shows me by next NAMM they will have taken the best of the NS6/NS7 and the NS8 will be mindbogglingly awesome. The problem with MIDI controllers is that they're pegged to hardware and Serato/Traktor come up with new features every two years that date them considerably. Considering ITCH has been changing a lot, I would rather sit and wait. I was about to go out and buy the Pioneer MIDI controller until they mentioned that it didn't have 4 turntables and it cost as much as a CDJ-2000... and at that price I would rather have a CDJ 2000.
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# ? Feb 22, 2011 00:13 |
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I got a cheapo pair of skullcandy headphones the other day from a friend and MAN! Is mixing songs so much easier now. Granted, I was never great, but at least I can drop songs in and out with out sounding TOO bad.
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ShortyMR.CAT posted:I got a cheapo pair of skullcandy headphones the other day from a friend and MAN! Is mixing songs so much easier now. Granted, I was never great, but at least I can drop songs in and out with out sounding TOO bad. You know, I had some Skullcandy's for a bit-they were not great, or even that good, but I love the idea that you can go to Target now and buy a set of DJ headphones that would be actually usable if you are in an emergency pre-gig situation for not much money. Kids don't know how good they have it.
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# ? Feb 23, 2011 03:14 |
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So the new Macbook Pro are on the Apple store, I guess this is more than enough to use Traktor and a S4? Any use to get the 7400 rt/min hard drive or is that just overkill? Mac Store posted:2.0GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7
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I would prefer to get the 7200 rpm drive in there, but if you have the kind of money to get a laptop like that I'd throw in a SSD.
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