Digital Jock Tip #1

To start i really love Native Instruments "Traktor", and i know alot of people will contest this, stating Ableton Live is far superior in regards to DJing, but i dont care. I also love Ableton- personally the program is superior, the ability to properly splice, looping and whatnot. Anyways back to Traktor. I am continuously drawn to the software because of the traditional DJing approach to the program- there is a mystique to the traditional DJ using vinyl to throb a crowd, and because of that the draw to Trackor, as a digital dj, is of the same. 4 decks, effects and the ability to throw in a loop, thats all folks- of course you can get creative how you use these combinations, which is what I am interested in.

Tip #1- Controllers


Get a UC-33e, trust me you will use it, the whole thing- And chances are you will use it will use it will ableton and whatever DAW you are using currently. You can replace this device with much as it is a sea of knobs and sliders, if you need buttons it has a few, but you best picking up something cheap like the new korg nanopads which are cheap and will expand you control surface without adding anything to big that will take up alot of space.

Combined this is an interesting setup, and cheaper too compared to those larger mixer setups, while they are definitely very powerful and open the game to a scratch setup (see Korg Zero series). If you can master and find your own sound and way of mixing with the simplest of tools, nothing can stop you- remember everything compounds.


Cheers,

Azzo