the beginning DJ

[fire_in_cairo]

Alright, what all am I going to need to get started? This has been my interest for the last 4 years and any input is greatly appreciated.

[goodgrl]

Cds or vinyl?

[Wheres the beef?]

There are like 5 threads on this already.

[psychic friend]

first, apply at radio stations. they are always looking for quality djs

[suprefan]

Why are you asking us? why not find a Dj centric(is that a word?) messageboard and ask them?

[full on idle]

Study tapes of Casey Kasem, get the timing/phrasing down. Learn to adjust your tone between the different types of intros. You're gonna want to be peppier for the congratulatory dedications and more low-key for the long-distance ones.

[jackstraw94086]

And make sure your producers know fucking better than to give you a dedication to a kid's fucking dead dog when coming out of a fucking uptempo track goddammit! Fucking ponderous!

[full on idle]

And make sure your producers know fucking better than to give you a dedication to a kid's fucking dead dog when coming out of a fucking uptempo track goddammit! Fucking ponderous!

<3.

[Ill_Eagle]

Do you want to use CD's or Vinyl? Whats your Budget? Have you done any research on mixing or DJ equipment for the past 4 years?

Give us a clue, captain.

[xbnmx]

I would recommend steering clear of vinyl, cds, or any medium for that matter. Laptop, mixer, and headphones should be all you need.

[fire_in_cairo]

I would recommend steering clear of vinyl, cds, or any medium for that matter. Laptop, mixer, and headphones should be all you need.

Thanks man! I have 2 of those being the mac powerbook, and headphones.

Now I need to do some online hunts for a mixer. Someone told me Musican's Friend was quite helpful.

[wmgaretjax]

ableton live 6 + MP3s.

[fire_in_cairo]

Thanks a million!!

[superfiction]

ableton live 6 + MP3s.

some of us have moved on to 7

[wmgaretjax]

some of us have moved on to 7

whoops...

[sddoctor]

Me, I'm still a believer in starting out with fingers on the vinyl, but computers are probably the way to go.

[superfiction]

whoops...

no worries, just putting it out there

[wmgaretjax]

no worries, just putting it out there

nah. I only know the basics. I'm not really into the generic DJ thing. I have however, set up beat matching playlists on my laptop for personal parties. Ableton was my friend those few times. It was on my roommate's computer though, don't know why I thought it was 6 (just checked with him and it's 7). That shit is easy to use, although I'm sure I only touched the surface.

[superfiction]

yeah im still getting the hang of it myself. its super cool though, for sure

[lowfront]

I'm trying to learn ableton live 7 right now.

Having a blast to say the least

[jackstraw94086]

They improved the nudge feature on 7 making it shitloads easier to DJ with.

[orbit]

Ableton 7 has great updates. Some of the inbuilt plugins have different algorithms than the previous version, and the auto filter is pretty nice too.

[orbit]

And this is a pretty good tutorial for Ableton

[fire_in_cairo]

Yes yes yes!! Woo hoo