ska invita
back on the other side
Good shout...£700 still about £500 too much for what it is IMO
Still that beats the £1,800 to much for what a Pioneer costs
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Still that beats the £1,800 to much for what a Pioneer costs
skyscraper101
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I think it's a monthly subscription at £12.99 - I tried it out on a month free trial when I did a gig and it was OK, but was quite dance music focused - so I wouldn't rely on it for anything other than that but it was useful on a couple of occasions to find something I didn't have.
souljacker
innit
Headphone cueing as in have an output to headphones that isn't the main output? Surely any DJ controller can do that?Correction. I have the DDJ200. Looks like the DDJ400 has headphone cueing. As does yours.
I bought the wrong one
skyscraper101
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There's no audio output on the DDJ-200. Just a USB link to the laptop and the laptop does all the audio out - and as laptops generally only have one headphone out, that's what you need to split L/R which is done with a splitter cable and a button on the software to enable 'cue mode' or something. IIRC.
souljacker
innit
Well that's shit.
skyscraper101
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Well that's shit.
It's what keeps the DDJ-200 inexpensive to be fair. If you want something with outputs on the controller, well then that's what you have to pony up more for.
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
I want a central place to search for a particular tune, that will then advise what platforms are selling that tune (and at what price).
That said, I've done no R&D of the likelihood of a tune being available on platform A and not platform B, but it's nice to give some comfort on stopping me doing 3+ searches (Google will swamp you in Youtube/Streaming (Soundcloud etc) results). It's more surprise than anything, almost everything has a aggregator but not MP3 / DJ music
ska invita
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interesting.... ive noticed that now digital tunes from one artist are scattered...some tunes appear on one site (i only buy from beatport for no good reason), some appear on artists onw bandcamp, others on a label bandcamp....some on a different retailer....and discogs is losing its discography function as many of them are not being listed at all if digital only releases... shit state of affairs
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beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Yeah. It’s just essentially a midi controller, with no audio interface as far as I can tell.
Can I politely ask, didn’t you used to do Web Design? It still says that elsewhere on Urban75.
Working for yourself can be difficult, and I wish you all the best. Urban75 is well designed, I think most would agree.
ska invita
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I've a question I wonder if anyone has had experience with...
One of the problems that arise with controllers is what if subsequent djs want to use the same controller from a USB stick.
Some controllers have two USB ports for exactly this reason.
If a controller has only one USB port, and presumable some kind of display from which to see what files are on it, can you plug in a multi USB adaptor and will it recognise it and the different directories
One of the problems that arise with controllers is what if subsequent djs want to use the same controller from a USB stick.
Some controllers have two USB ports for exactly this reason.
If a controller has only one USB port, and presumable some kind of display from which to see what files are on it, can you plug in a multi USB adaptor and will it recognise it and the different directories
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
I’d guess that’s very much down to how the manufacturer has implemented things.
Not a DJ but is there a non DJ application that can separate out tracks? No idea why I’ve never heard of this. Sounds like magic.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Cheers.
Mac only? 
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Yeah. They’re still the default for music production really, and likely always will be.Mac only?
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
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ska invita
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not really .... the amount of top tier producers who dont use macs is endless
and software that separates out the tracks is of course available on windows
They cornered that market decades ago. It’s not really as necessary anymore though.
Sort of depends. If you’re recording a 24 piece orchestra you don’t want the computer to suddenly decide to do a virus scan. That was always the benefit of Mac over Windows.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
No, there’s loads of software out there that’s just as good. But for pro users making a change is a pain in the arse, so most are firmly stuck in their ways.
Same as with film editing.
Actually it did change with 3D work when renderers could use GPU and how powerful the NVidia cards are now. People jumped. But now we’re way off topic.
I’ll see if there’s anything that’s Windows compatible. Interested to see how it deals with crossover frequencies.
I’ll see if there’s anything that’s Windows compatible. Interested to see how it deals with crossover frequencies.
You’d think then, that more expensive samplers such as Kontakt would already be able to do this…
danski
"vibey"
I know serato sample can and is apparently one of the best at it
Cheers I’ll check it out.
Looks good actually. 
