Posh Y0shi
Can anyone post up any links to audio or video of themselves mixing with multiple decks? Preferable 3 to 4 with VDJ7.
Also what are you opinions on mixing with more than 2 decks? I know there are those out there who are convinced that 2 is enough. I guess it depends a lot on the genre of music you play and your mixing style. I think all DJ's new and old should explore mutiple deck mixing though. It can really add a new level of depth to your mixes.
Also what are you opinions on mixing with more than 2 decks? I know there are those out there who are convinced that 2 is enough. I guess it depends a lot on the genre of music you play and your mixing style. I think all DJ's new and old should explore mutiple deck mixing though. It can really add a new level of depth to your mixes.
Posted Mon 26 Dec 11 @ 8:16 pm
the SOUND INSURGENT
Well I don't have any videos (probably could make a quick one) but for me I usually have my scratch record loaded up on deck 3 and when transitioning from one track to the next I can scratch or both tracks. Or ill use deck 4 for a drum loop and just apply what I said earlier this using using 4 decks. I never have mixed 4 tracks at once cause most new music is over done anyways so it'd probably sound like shit anyways, lol!!
Good luck
Huey
Good luck
Huey
Posted Tue 27 Dec 11 @ 9:11 am
tygaelement
Multideck mixing is not new .. It's just a recent feature on controllers & software..
Putting things in context..
you had dj teams eg.. scratch perverts, allies, executioners, invisible scratch pickles, C2C. There was the also the turntable orchestra, carl cox, coldcut....
The earliest regular multideck soloist user i'm aware of is grandmaster flash... He's using 3 unidentified decks in the 1983 wildstyle movie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qefZczEMmjI
Grandmaster flash also used 3 - 4 decks when he created the influential. Adventures of grandmaster flash on the wheels of steel...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXNzMVLqIHg
so we have now have multideck options without the additional cost, space & physical limitations of turntables....
This generation of multideck controllers is the dj equivalent of midi audio sequencing or digital audio workstations which emerged mid 90s... If djs & software programers really wish to promote & exploit the 99 deck theory then the software would behave more like a sequencer.
A 4 jog wheel controller would be useful & or daisy chaining of the many variations of controllers would be logical. Manufacturers would also possibly include motorized resettable recallable faders & multitrack audio mixdown & automation options. These innovations would be considered new to dj's but are common standard features in daw software & musical equipment. Demanded by musicians & producers......
I personally think the 99 deck theory cannot work for the dj majority. Its flawed because the majority of dj's play complete mastered recordings... The individual audio parts would need to be so simplistic as you are bordering on sequencing & may need to rely on auto sync & compression.
Putting things in context..
you had dj teams eg.. scratch perverts, allies, executioners, invisible scratch pickles, C2C. There was the also the turntable orchestra, carl cox, coldcut....
The earliest regular multideck soloist user i'm aware of is grandmaster flash... He's using 3 unidentified decks in the 1983 wildstyle movie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qefZczEMmjI
Grandmaster flash also used 3 - 4 decks when he created the influential. Adventures of grandmaster flash on the wheels of steel...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXNzMVLqIHg
so we have now have multideck options without the additional cost, space & physical limitations of turntables....
This generation of multideck controllers is the dj equivalent of midi audio sequencing or digital audio workstations which emerged mid 90s... If djs & software programers really wish to promote & exploit the 99 deck theory then the software would behave more like a sequencer.
A 4 jog wheel controller would be useful & or daisy chaining of the many variations of controllers would be logical. Manufacturers would also possibly include motorized resettable recallable faders & multitrack audio mixdown & automation options. These innovations would be considered new to dj's but are common standard features in daw software & musical equipment. Demanded by musicians & producers......
I personally think the 99 deck theory cannot work for the dj majority. Its flawed because the majority of dj's play complete mastered recordings... The individual audio parts would need to be so simplistic as you are bordering on sequencing & may need to rely on auto sync & compression.
Posted Tue 27 Dec 11 @ 11:57 am