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HollisBrown posted:My sister in-law is getting married in October and I was asked to DJ the reception among other responsibilities. Is there a free program that can manage a playlist and crossfades between songs? If it matters all this will be running off of my mac book pro through the headphone jack straight into a PA. Yes, you can do this with iTunes.
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I did kinda know you could set that up in itunes but I kind of want the ability to manually control the crossfade speed.
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Mar 19, 2012 17:18
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I haven't tried it myself (I use Traktor), but Mixxx looks worth a look.
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Mar 19, 2012 17:36
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HollisBrown posted:I did kinda know you could set that up in itunes but I kind of want the ability to manually control the crossfade speed. On a per-song basis or would the built in manual control work? 
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Mar 19, 2012 17:50
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Allen Wren posted:Can you pick out a couple other songs to look for? My girlfriend's got a whole stack of MGs records (I'm just starting to get into them seriously), but I don't think I've/she's heard that one. Getting this from a few pages back--he also uses a thing like it on "Blues in Dallas" from All Hail West Texas. The one I posted before was from Hot Garden Stomp I think.
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Mar 22, 2012 23:56
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HollisBrown posted:My sister in-law is getting married in October and I was asked to DJ the reception among other responsibilities. Is there a free program that can manage a playlist and crossfades between songs? If it matters all this will be running off of my mac book pro through the headphone jack straight into a PA. Virtual DJ has the ability to do this, and offers a free version. This would let you control crossfade times per-fade, though it's been a while since I've used it and it may be more program than you need. Also, I no longer have any clue if the free version is crippled or how. May be worth checking out. MockingQuantum fucked around with this message at 04:32 on Mar 23, 2012 |
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Mar 23, 2012 04:29
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I was playing an outside gig yesterday with my classical going through a Fishman Mini Loudbox acoustic amp. I started playing and noticed barely anything coming through the amp (of course these things happen now and not at home the day earlier when I tested everything). I had to max the gain and almost max the master just to get the desired volume, though it sounded a bit muffled. 45 minutes through and I can finally hear the guitar coming through like normal. I readjusted the gain and master to what they should have been and the rest of the gig went fine. Yes, the guitar's pickup volume was up all the way the whole time. Any ideas as to what caused this?
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Mar 23, 2012 18:27
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Dodgy cable? Did the sound come back pretty abruptly?
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Mar 23, 2012 18:34
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burritonegro posted:I was playing an outside gig yesterday with my classical going through a Fishman Mini Loudbox acoustic amp. I started playing and noticed barely anything coming through the amp (of course these things happen now and not at home the day earlier when I tested everything). I had to max the gain and almost max the master just to get the desired volume, though it sounded a bit muffled. 45 minutes through and I can finally hear the guitar coming through like normal. I readjusted the gain and master to what they should have been and the rest of the gig went fine. Yes, the guitar's pickup volume was up all the way the whole time. Any ideas as to what caused this? It could be a dodgy cable, it could be a cold solder joint on the speaker itself. Usually if you have incredibly low volume, but still some signal, its because you have a bad connection somewhere in the chain. If it is still balanced normally (i.e., you don't have an unusual amount of high- or low-frequencies in the tone) it's most likely a cable issue. If the sound is no longer balanced right, it could be a problem with continuity somewhere between the preamp and the speaker itself, or within the preamp. But yeah, cables are always the first place to check. Failing that, it's a good idea to beg, borrow, or steal a backup amp for live gigs. Amps of all kinds are finicky creatures, and redundancy is the name of the game in live audio.
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Mar 24, 2012 06:08
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e: Nevermind, got it. 
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Mar 24, 2012 14:27
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I'm an amateur producer who's interested in producing shoegaze influenced electronic post-punk music. Unfortunately I'm stuck at the whole "wall of sound" thing. I don't play guitar and I'm really no good with synthesis on my own, and so I'm looking for a software solution for this. I tried layering different effects: distortion with reverb and delay, and basically just throwing everything I can at it, but nothing stuck. So if anybody could walk this baby through to getting the desired sound, I would greatly appreciate it!  Here are a few examples of what I'm talking about : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujcpFzXulgI and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XUsyVfqMs8
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Mar 24, 2012 20:30
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I was having a discussion today and wanted to get the opinion of people more seasoned than myself. Why do widely known EDM artists tend to produce (or at least release) primarily one sub-genre of EDM? I can't shake this line of thinking that when it's one person and a computer that there's something of a conscious choice there. Is it a branding thing? What got me thinking about it was how immensely different the song I'm working on right now is from anything I've ever done before and what that might mean for anyone who likes this thing when they listen to anything else of mine and vice versa. That led me to think about Spor/Feed Me, most of deadmau5's work compared to the Get Scraped album and how if I listen to a new Daft Punk song I can assume it probably won't be IDM.
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Mar 25, 2012 04:51
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The cynical view would be to say they stick to the sub genre because it's something they are familiar with and it sells well, but it probably is a conscious decision at some point. It might not be to the degree of "I am deciding now to only ever make Happy-House-Trancecore-Step, no exceptions" but everyone has their own tastes in music and that will ultimately be expressed when it comes to music creation. For me it's alternative rock/punk; it's what I listen to mostly, it gets me motivated and energetic I hear it, and ultimately whenever I make a song it fits neatly into that genre bracket. I'm never going to sit down to write a blues or jazz song because I simply don't like most of what I have heard in that field, it doesn't let me express myself musically and I would feel like a total poser because it's simply not me.
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Mar 25, 2012 05:36
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What software do I need to produce sounds from my Rock Band 3 midi keyboard? I can't believe I have to ask this question because I am familiar with MIDI, e-drums, VST's (I use Addictive Drums), but can't figure this out. Do I need a sequencer? What is a good software package to produce the sounds? I want typical synthesizer/keyboard sounds for pop song covers (think Katy Perry / Kesha type stuff).
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Mar 25, 2012 20:48
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I don't have a lot of time so I'll make this short: I've been visiting a hand rehabilitation therapist to deal w/ my hosed up picking arm and hand. At the time of my last appointment, I had started using the Shawn Lane/Tosin Abasi/George Benson(?) 'backwards' pick grip, and had grown accustomed to it. It allows me tons more control over my dynamics, gives a more pleasant sound and is less harsh on my wrist. When I showed her what it looked like, she advised against using it, calling it a 'primitive grip' and saying it would hurt my thumb joint over the long term. Any thoughts on this? It's something that's made my playing more pain free and I don't just want to give it up.
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Mar 25, 2012 22:32
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Boz0r posted:See this lick: I dont think that lick requires any real pinky use especially with the slide parts and the tapping. Plus its fairly slow tempo. Try to find a few licks that force you to use your pinky. This guys lessons are killer for forcing you to utilize good technique. http://www.thewizardofshred.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc7O0Aaxr7g&list=UUtPjrZCPEmYQBjn7juSCl2A
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I don't know how I didn't notice this but I've been running my pedal chain off of a 1 Spot adapter for a year and I just realized that my Deluxe Electric Mistress is supposed to require more than a 9volt power supply. I think it's supposed to be a 24volt power supply but my pedal works as is with the 1 Spot? I always thought it was kind of a noisy pedal, could this be why? Kind of weird question but why is it working and should I do anything about this power situation?
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Mar 27, 2012 16:53
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Epi Lepi posted:I don't know how I didn't notice this but I've been running my pedal chain off of a 1 Spot adapter for a year and I just realized that my Deluxe Electric Mistress is supposed to require more than a 9volt power supply. I think it's supposed to be a 24volt power supply but my pedal works as is with the 1 Spot? I always thought it was kind of a noisy pedal, could this be why? Kind of weird question but why is it working and should I do anything about this power situation? If you have the original wall wart for the pedal, plug that in and see if the noise goes away. 24v is a weird thing to be requiring. My uniformed opinion would suggest that something like this is going on: The pedal uses opamps, which are generally run with a bipolar power supply (so, like, eurorack standard, +12v -12v and a 0v ground) The 24v suggested power supply is then either a three terminal deal (which gives you 24v rail to rail, -12, 0, +12) Or the circuitry in the pedal gives it a virtual ground (0v, 12v, 24v, with the 12v being the 0v in the above example) In the last case it's working because the circuit is still doing the same thing as above, it's just voltage starved (0v, 4.5v, 9v) If it's supposed to be a three terminal supply it's still working because most opamps are cool with a single supply and the negative voltage in going to ground, they'll work, but they won't work right. Ummm.... it's still working because the circuit is forgiving, but yes, you should definitely remove it from the adapter and run it from its own supply. You should, maybe, also check if any of the other pedals are really not meant to be plugged into a 9v source. edit: 24 volts -ac- (and not the more standard dc) would actually make a fair amount of sense. If the pedal's expecting an ac input then you definitely don't want to be running it off a 9v dc supply. Sizone fucked around with this message at 15:54 on Mar 28, 2012 |
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Mar 28, 2012 13:38
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Sizone posted:If you have the original wall wart for the pedal, plug that in and see if the noise goes away. 24v is a weird thing to be requiring. My uniformed opinion would suggest that something like this is going on: I did check, the rest of my pedals are 9v. Old EHX pedals just like to use weird voltages. I doubt its AC, I've been running my pedal board like this for over a year and nothing blown up or burnt out or anything. The pedal just must be voltage starved. I'll have to see if I have a separate power adapter for the DEM, which is lame, I liked running everything off a single power outlet.
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Mar 28, 2012 16:27
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My DEM has an integrated power supply and plug. Do I just have an oddball/custom job, since I did get mine used, or did they change to disconnectable AC adapters at some point?
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Mar 28, 2012 19:36
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Allen Wren posted:My DEM has an integrated power supply and plug. Do I just have an oddball/custom job, since I did get mine used, or did they change to disconnectable AC adapters at some point? I was actually just reading about that yesterday, you have one of the older versions of the DEM. The regular Electric Mistress in the square enclosure came first back in the 70s or whenever, then when they made the first Deluxe Electric Mistress's they had an integrated power plug. The modern versions of the DEM have removable AC Adapters. EDIT: Quick Google tells me that the models with the integrated power source were produced from about 78 to the mid 80s. Epi Lepi fucked around with this message at 20:07 on Mar 28, 2012 |
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Mar 28, 2012 20:04
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Epi Lepi posted:I did check, the rest of my pedals are 9v. Old EHX pedals just like to use weird voltages. I doubt its AC, I've been running my pedal board like this for over a year and nothing blown up or burnt out or anything. The pedal just must be voltage starved. I'll have to see if I have a separate power adapter for the DEM, which is lame, I liked running everything off a single power outlet.
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Mar 29, 2012 11:03
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So uh, what the hell do you do if a hard drive with your work on it dies and you only have some of it backed up, but not all? Is there any way to recover this stuff without paying some rear end in a top hat $1000 to 'fix' a hard drive and possibly not get my work back anyway? Before you say 'back up your work', the external hard drive I used to back up stuff also died recently. I'm loving cursed. Over a year of stuff down the drain.
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Mar 29, 2012 11:12
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Try the obvious stuff like Checkdisk, or whatever the mac equivalent is. If it's a severe hardware error though you're boned. The pricey recovery things are pricey because they involve using a clean room and taking the data off the drive manually. They're really more meant for getting criminal evidence off of drives than cakewalk projects. Also the smug bastard running the service will probably rib you about not having backed your stuff up. Try posting this in computer hardware forum, you might get some better suggestions.
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Mar 29, 2012 12:05
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Well I was hoping someone might mention that some DAWs back up file automatically somewhere or something and my music is magically hiding somewhere (btw when I say the drive is dead, I mean it grinds horribly when it turns on and windows doesn't even know it's there) and I just have to track it down. I use REAPER and I hope it does something like that. I will probably check the hardware forum though because there might be some simple stuff I can do that might have a chance to recover some of my data.
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Mar 29, 2012 12:57
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cat doter posted:So uh, what the hell do you do if a hard drive with your work on it dies and you only have some of it backed up, but not all? Is there any way to recover this stuff without paying some rear end in a top hat $1000 to 'fix' a hard drive and possibly not get my work back anyway? Ouch. You may want to check out your power situation - it sounds like something's eating drives in your setup. Maybe massive swings from the wall source?
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Mar 29, 2012 14:27
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Sometimes (read:rarely) it's possible to get a little bit more life out of a grinding drive by sealing it in a bag with some silica sachets (the moisture absorbing ones) and putting it in a freezer for an hour or so, then quickly plugging it in and attempt to recover the data while it's still ice cold. The idea here is it to make the internals of the drive shrink by a minute amount so if it's just the head assembly catching on something then it might briefly provide enough clearance for the read head to do it's thing. This has helped me a couple of times, but also made no difference on several other attempts, though worth a shot if you don't want to pay big money for the specialists and you won't hurt the drive if you keep any condensation in check with the silica.
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Transistor Rhythm posted:Ouch. You may want to check out your power situation - it sounds like something's eating drives in your setup. Maybe massive swings from the wall source? Don't worry, the 2 aren't related. One was dropped (not by me) and the other was just a completely random death that I guess just happens sometimes. RandomCheese posted:Sometimes (read:rarely) it's possible to get a little bit more life out of a grinding drive by sealing it in a bag with some silica sachets (the moisture absorbing ones) and putting it in a freezer for an hour or so, then quickly plugging it in and attempt to recover the data while it's still ice cold. The idea here is it to make the internals of the drive shrink by a minute amount so if it's just the head assembly catching on something then it might briefly provide enough clearance for the read head to do it's thing. This has helped me a couple of times, but also made no difference on several other attempts, though worth a shot if you don't want to pay big money for the specialists and you won't hurt the drive if you keep any condensation in check with the silica. If I can't find the silica stuff, would trying to make sure the drive was completely airtight and sealed before going into the freezer work? I have heard of this method with certain electronics so I am inclined to give it a go.
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You can find the silica stuff. It's packaged with everything from shoes to beef jerky. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiccant Those little packets that say "Do Not Eat" on them.
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Mar 29, 2012 15:22
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Yeah you'll stumble upon some somewhere, check any shoe boxes/electronics packets/vitamin bottles to see if you can find any, if not then maybe just go to the nearest shoe store and ask nicely. I haven't tried it sans-silica but making the bag as airless and airtight as possible will minimize any in-freezer condensation, the real risk for it is when you take it out of the freezer and into the open air, it's best to keep the drive still mostly in the bag with just the connectors showing. Realistically though if it gathers any water it'll just be a fine sheen on the cold metal housing, I don't think the circuit-board material will be able to chill and keep it's cool well enough to get meaningfully damp, and the contacts on the board are hopefully small enough to not be an issue, but it's still better to avoid this if possible.
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The freezer method is meant to be a last-ditch thing as far as I know (as in, you'll kill it in the process), so make sure you've no other decent options. Also get that hard drive out of the computer! The more it's used the more damage will be done - and however you try and rescue data off it, don't boot from the drive. Get into Windows or whatever from another drive, use your dead one as a secondary, and get in and out as quick as possible - find your stuff, copy it over, that drive's a timebomb EDIT: someone moved the old site http://data.steveshouse.org/ baka kaba fucked around with this message at 17:42 on Mar 29, 2012 |
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Mar 29, 2012 17:40
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Well the drive isn't being used, I'm not that silly. I'll test this method on another one of my dead drives without super important stuff on it and see how that goes, just to learn it and get comfortable not wetting the drive. I can probably double snap bag it and then put it in some sort of sealed plastic container, I have plenty of those lying around.
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Mar 29, 2012 18:21
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Lovechop posted:You could look into a different power supply. Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2 would do it just fine, I have the same issue with my Deluxe Memory Man (it sounds too good to use anything else) I'll think about it but that's kind of an expensive solution.
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Well I put the dropped 1TB hard drive in the freezer and it's been in there for about an hour. Y'all wish me luck.
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I play at some variety shows at my university, and we have a pianist who plays guitar on a few songs. How can I rig up his amp to act as a stereo channel for me when he's not playing? I use a Zoom g9.2tt for delays and stuff, so I figure it's something like putting it in the effects loop of my amp and having the right channel go to his effects return or something. But how can I do this so it's easy to switch off when he needs to play?
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Mar 30, 2012 14:53
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I've got a Fender Jazz Bass with the active electronics. It's a got a pretty wicked hiss. Googling tells me that it's most likely the opamp. Is there anything I can do to fix this other than replacing it?
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Mar 30, 2012 16:37
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It doesn't look like the non-stompbox Turbo Tuner will ever be re-released. What are some other tuners of similar quality in that price range (~$120)?
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Mar 30, 2012 19:34
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NI Massive as standalone version seems to poo poo the bed relatively quickly. While it doesn't crash, it starts hitting the pagefile hard. Anyone has the same issue?
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Mar 31, 2012 00:35
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Yeah, I never run anything by NI in standalone mode for that reason. There's probably a way to figure it out, but I haven't bothered since it only takes an extra 10 seconds to open the DAW
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Yeah, I guess. Still curious why that happens. The standalone version would theoretically just be the VST with a MIDI in and an audio out. Not sure why it goes loving bonkers. I'm playing with Reaktor now. Tried it yesterday, I find it easier to get to the simpler synths I want, even by building from scratch with built-in components. I guess I don't understand Massive.
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