scottie(the)goonie

Have you guys actually replaced the fader caps with something else on the S9?

Take a look at how skateboarding has progressed and compare it to scratching. It makes sense that newer turntablists will get better, faster. 1. Higher Skill-Cap + Larger participant pool. When greater numbers of people can do a difficult technique, the less difficult/mysterious it becomes (at least mentally). Impossible tricks are now difficult. Difficult tricks become hard. Seeing is believing, and without YouTube some techniques would still be a mystery. Eliminating discouragement is key and gives you a reason to persist. I had to buy skate videos on VHS to learn tricks and it was a slow process. Today, you can google it. 2. Exposure. Scratching with other people helps you improve no doubt. How the hell did DJs find each other before the internet? 3. Inclusion. Helping out another and paying it forward is "cool" these days. Remember DJs were crabs in a bucket and everything was a secret? 4. The X-Factor / Outlier. Maybe you began scratching when you were young and didn't have bills to pay (I mean no disrespect to any in this group). Maybe you were born into a family of turntablists with access to a record shop. Maybe you have no bones in your record hand and a bionic fader hand. 5. Raw Talent. I never underestimate this. Some people just have a gift for something and only need a little direction to refine it. Once they discover where they can apply that raw talent, the rest is downhill from there. Of course there is always dogged hard work that is never seen, and perhaps the real skill is making it look easy?

House parties are the most intimate/fun. I earned my DJ legs by blowing out home theater systems by being too drunk to hear the damn music. It's where I learned to actually read a crowd. Chances of getting laid that night: 80% - Clubs were always stressful, programmed, and precise. I actually picked up mobile gigs from people at the club, so it was worth it. Chances of getting laid that night: 50% - I did a few weddings (one of them that was dry and no alcohol). Had to download the clean versions of every song. Never again. Chances of getting laid that night: 10%

I'm feeling the same sort of sentiment. These record pools are far more incomplete than I thought and they take forever to browse. I'll checkout Bandcamp. In the past I used Amazon when I needed songs for a wedding. It was expensive, but 90% of what I wanted was there. Mista Ed - I'm into a bit of everything these days, also into a lot of non Hip-Hop as well.

Finally getting back into mixing/digging but I'm a little behind on the times. I still have access to a FranchiseRecordPool account but they obviously don't have it all. Any notable record pools or other sources?

Had my cute/tatted DJ friend come over last night with her new Macbook Pro to test it out with my S9 (she has the same mixer). (No, I did not just buy the same mixer so I could get her to come deejay in my bedroom. Not entirely.) It ran flawlessly, so I'm keeping the mixer. I was having some freezing with my Windows 10 Laptop, but now I'm sure that it isn't the soundcard or mixer's fault. - My first mixer was the DJM-600, followed by the DJM-707 with a EFX-500 attached to it. Clown on me all you want but I've always had a soft spot for Pioneer's Layout. Thanks for the helps DV! NOTE: The newest firmware update reduces the standard cut in to 1mm. However, it still requires a SDJ connection to achieve 0.3mm. So it is not completely fixed imo.

I don't suppose this could be shipped to the US?

Got the S9 yesterday. Gripes: 1. You cannot adjust the CUT-IN to its absolute minimum unless you have a laptop plugged into it! This shit boggles me. They take the time to make a really nice fader and force you to use it with SDJ. 2. The cut sound is softer than Rane. Coming from the innofader it feels like my scratches are missing emphasis. 3. I hate to say it, but yes it does feel controller-cheap. I saw a post of a person who broke the CF stem off. I can see how a heavy handed person could easily do this.... scary stuff. Nice things: 1. The pads and effects pretty much eliminate the need for little midi controllers. Good economy of space. 2. The scrolling knobs are brilliant. I don't need to reach for the keyboard as often. 3. It's pretty and makes me look like a rich asshole.

Thanks guys. I ended up ordering the S9. If Rane had the FX panel and Pads of Pioneer, and Pioneer had the joysticks and EQ kills of Rane, that would probably be the perfect mixer.

No. Have you watched any scratch DJs using Serato in the last couple of years? To be honest, I don't really seek out DVS scratch videos. I have used Serato DJ on a variety of friends' controllers/laptops and have noticed that they seem to perform differently...

THREAD REVIVAL It's been a while since the question was first asked. I wanted to see if any of your opinions have changed over the course of 2 years. The #1 factor that has been holding me back from making any purchase is the software (latency). Q: Is the current version of Serato DJ still worse than SSL when it comes to record movement latency (all things being equal)? Let's say 16th note chirps on the incoming track at 100bpm ... Are you still having to dumb-down scratches to make up for the lag?

If you watch/listen to how IQ does his up-stabs (on a ratty 06 at that), getting it to sound good is mostly a function of the record hand. They sound good when done successively fast, which is also super difficult to do.

wtf did I just read?

Informative stuff

Thanks guys. Never ceases to amaze me the amount of knowledge here on DV.

Can anyone identify the beat he is using?

Crabs sound good when they are used infrequently and phased in an unexpected way ...

What you're describing is sort of like learning the rules to a language and then being dropped into country where everyone speaks it fluently without even thinking. This is what scratching is. Part of the anxiety comes from knowing what you "lack" (ie. technique). The bigger part of it comes from performance anxiety. This is something you learn to deal with through repetition. Scratch sessions should be fun and you should be vibing off of people, not challenging them. Most people in the room already know who has the most amount of experience, that person knows this as well and has nothing to prove. As soon as you start having fun, all of that fear disappears.

We picked up a Roku 4, which is actually pretty nice. It has it's own optical out, which we will be using with the converter. There is also a headphone jack in the remote that we are using temporarily (plugged into the mixer directly). Thanks again

Thank you!

At my workplace, we currently have this setup: Direct TV Satellite Receiver [Outputs Sound to Mixer RCA, Outputs Video to Matrix HDMI ] > WyreStorm Video Matrix >> 4 Samsung TV's Mackie 802VLZ4 Mixer >JBL JRX100 Sub (Powered) > Samson SX1200 (1200W Amp) >> JBL Speakers (Passive) We want to be able to use a HDMI Media center/stick (ie. Apple TV, Roku, etc.), and project the video through our Matrix to all 4 TV's, BUT we also want to be able to route the sound to our mixer (Has RCA, and 1/4" inputs). With only HDMI, we cannot do this. What is the best possible solution to split/route audio to our mixer? Do they make hardware specifically for this? Would I have to use a home-theater receiver to somehow slit the audio from the HDMI? Cost is not an issue, and we would rather spend more money on better hardware than to band-aid the problem with multiple pieces of hardware. I'd appreciate any help on the subject.

One of Prolifix's friends (his name is Mario but I can't remember what he goes by) is in a band that does some very strange meter (& time signature) switching. 4/4, 5/4, 3/4 in the same song. My opinion on this is that it sound better when it is with an ensemble and it is very hard to catch the beat as a listener. It is like complicated jazz drumming except on turntables.

^ Not bad looking at all considering how busy the s/b tends to look. Maybe some HAK 380 knobs for the final touch? =) Off-topic, but how do you like the line EQ's compared to the rotary on most mixers?

I completely forgot that it was also used in the Rodec Scratchbox ... slipped my mind. The perfect mixer to me would be the HAK360 Layout, Infinium Fader, with Innofaders Caps

There is nothing quite like the feel of the Eternal Fader. The only other Fader that comes close to it (for me) is the Mackie Infinium Fader. I currently use the Innofader, and to me this has the feel somewhere between the Vestax and Rane.