DJ Mixes, Blogs, New tracks, videos, classics & more
Posts tagged mixing
Jazzmopper J. – Round My Way
Feb 3rd
Superb funky/jazzy vocal house from Jazzmopper J that I just bought on stompy.com:
Traktor Pro & Windows 7 – Not So Bad Now
Dec 30th
I previously reported about terrible distortion and clipping of sound with Traktor Pro but I seem to have sorted out the problem somewhat by changing the mapping for my Denon DNS1200 cd players.
Before, all the midi mappings for the decks were assigned by one setting in traktor, but after separating the mappings to each individual deck it seems like I have better quality and have no terrible distortion at 15ms.
So for anyone with similar distortion issues with Traktor, try adjusting your mappings and changing them so you have 2, each for your different deck (duplicate each and assign them to each cd deck!)
Traktor Pro & Windows = Frustration
Dec 24th
Having changed my setup to Traktor Pro with MIDI Denon cd players using my iMac, I then decided to buy a laptop to use with future gigs, as an iMac is far from easy to transport to and from gigs.
Traktor Pro worked like a dream on the Mac, shame I can’t say the same for Windows 7 though – stuttered playback (tracks keep on stop/starting) and distortion. It’s not as if the laptop is bad spec either, it’s an Intel i5 processor with 4GB RAM, more than enough to run Traktor Pro.
I’ve tried everything I’ve read on forums, changing the power plan, upgrading drivers, disabling others, anti-virus, wireless etc but I can’t get better than 20ms latency – which is far from good! Looks like for now I’ll have to live with bad latency.
Still no mixes since August so I really to get some done in the New Year!!!
New DJ Setup – Traktor Pro
Oct 10th
I’ve recently changed my DJ setup to using Traktor Pro with an Apple iMac plus a new Traktor Kontrol X1 controller together with my existing Denon DNS-1200 cd players and Pioneer DJM400 mixer, which you can see in the photo below.
I wish I had done it months earlier, the capabilities and extra things you can do is superb, looping, effects and editing/remixing the music live is great, as before it became rather boring just mixing intros into outros of tracks.
Finally it’s all set up and working with the software via MIDI/USB, so stay tuned for some new mix videos to be uploaded soon.
Tomcraft – Room 414 (Can’t Get Away)
Aug 12th
Superb Vocal House from Tomcraft, I’m loving this right now:
New Trance/House Video Mix
Jul 10th
A brand New 10-minute Video Mix, with a mix of Trance and House, starting with Stoneface & Terminal – Moment, before kicking into Tiesto’s remix of Tweak Your Nipple by Faithless, before finishing with one of the biggest House tracks of the Year – Swedish House Mafia – One.
I’ve recently bought an Imac, so I can finally record video and audio together, so there’ll be a lot more video mixes coming soon.
“Enjoy Music” Mix – May 2010
May 25th
It’s been a while since my last mix, so after a long wait I hope you enjoy my new “Enjoy Music” Mix, an hour of new peak time house ending with some Progressive House, ending with a re-work of a Trance classic.
Tracks and remixes from Riva Starr, Swedish House Mafia, Afrojack, Deadmau5, Olav Basoski, Kim Fai & more.
TRACKLIST:
1. Reboot
Enjoy Music (Riva Starr Remix)
2. Avicii & Sebastian Drums
My Feelings For You
3. James Talk And Ridney
Forever
4. Fatboy Slim
Weapon Of Choice 2010 (Lazy Rich Remix)
5. Libex, LRM
Liftered
6. Olav Basoski
Snapped (Brockman & Basti M Edit)
7. Emanuel Kosh
Make My Music
8. Squeeeze
Doop (Manuel De La Mare Remix)
9. Swedish House Mafia
One Sun Goes Down (Audiomash Bootleg)
10. Kim Fai
P.S
11. Afrojack & David Guetta
Louder Than Words
12. Deadmau5
Not Exactly 2010
13. Sol Noir
Superstring
Trance Mix – 30 mins – Feb 2010 – Part 2
Feb 26th
Part 2 of my latest 30 minute quick trance Mix, featuring tracks by John O’Callaghan, W&W and Ummet Ozcan.
Trance Mix – 30 mins – Feb 2010
Feb 25th
A quick 30 minute mix featuring some of my favourite recent releases. A quick one so the tracks don’t go brilliantly together at times, not in same key etc but these are some of my faves at the moment.
Tracks included in part 1 are Arnej – Ping Pong, Estiva – Friends and Enemies, John O’Callaghan – Striker.
Part 1 of 2 on youtube below (part 2 coming soon)