Comments on: Laptop DJ Tutorial: The Perfect Mix http://www.beatmixed.com/2006/07/06/laptop-dj-tutorial-the-perfect-mix/ Matt Hite, DJ / remixer Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:24:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Gui http://www.beatmixed.com/2006/07/06/laptop-dj-tutorial-the-perfect-mix/#comment-119348 Gui Sun, 18 May 2008 12:11:43 +0000 http://www.beatmixed.com/2006/07/06/laptop-dj-tutorial-the-perfect-mix/#comment-119348 Hi there... I am a beginner in laptop mixing. I´ve got virtual dj and i want to buy a mixer. In a shop, someone told me I don´t need a usb mixer, he said a non-usb mixer can be used with a laptop… but i have some doubts, i mean… do i need a sound card if I want to use a non-usb mixer with a laptop? or can i plug directly a mixer to my laptop? I think this is something about stereo and mono channels... can anybody explain to me please. …. many thanks … cheers Hi there… I am a beginner in laptop mixing. I´ve got virtual dj and i want to buy a mixer. In a shop, someone told me I don´t need a usb mixer, he said a non-usb mixer can be used with a laptop… but i have some doubts, i mean… do i need a sound card if I want to use a non-usb mixer with a laptop? or can i plug directly a mixer to my laptop? I think this is something about stereo and mono channels… can anybody explain to me please.
…. many thanks … cheers

]]> By: chi_guy http://www.beatmixed.com/2006/07/06/laptop-dj-tutorial-the-perfect-mix/#comment-118612 chi_guy Thu, 15 May 2008 19:06:31 +0000 http://www.beatmixed.com/2006/07/06/laptop-dj-tutorial-the-perfect-mix/#comment-118612 Great tutorial. Can you tell me where to find the next part? Thanks Great tutorial. Can you tell me where to find the next part?

Thanks

]]> By: Joseph Marumo http://www.beatmixed.com/2006/07/06/laptop-dj-tutorial-the-perfect-mix/#comment-114206 Joseph Marumo Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:39:08 +0000 http://www.beatmixed.com/2006/07/06/laptop-dj-tutorial-the-perfect-mix/#comment-114206 Im using Atomix because of its simplicity when it comes to BPM. I can crete my own mixes and convert them to MP3 so that i can play them on my cellphone. But sometimes when it comes to remixing Rnb BPM does not match. Im using Atomix because of its simplicity when it comes to BPM. I can crete my own mixes and convert them to MP3 so that i can play them on my cellphone. But sometimes when it comes to remixing Rnb BPM does not match.

]]> By: Future DJ http://www.beatmixed.com/2006/07/06/laptop-dj-tutorial-the-perfect-mix/#comment-111603 Future DJ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:51:15 +0000 http://www.beatmixed.com/2006/07/06/laptop-dj-tutorial-the-perfect-mix/#comment-111603 Awesome gouge for starting enthusiasts such as my self, I recently aquired a USB mixer and I'm using Traktor 3 (INCREDIBLE AND REALLY EASY TO USE!) to push out my own mixes on my laptop. Keep the good info coming, there are a lot of us who dream of being infront of a wild crowd being adored while mixing the best music, that has to be the best feeling in the world. Talk about job satisfaction! Awesome gouge for starting enthusiasts such as my self, I recently aquired a USB mixer and I’m using Traktor 3 (INCREDIBLE AND REALLY EASY TO USE!) to push out my own mixes on my laptop.
Keep the good info coming, there are a lot of us who dream of being infront of a wild crowd being adored while mixing the best music, that has to be the best feeling in the world. Talk about job satisfaction!

]]> By: gamecat http://www.beatmixed.com/2006/07/06/laptop-dj-tutorial-the-perfect-mix/#comment-111004 gamecat Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:38:00 +0000 http://www.beatmixed.com/2006/07/06/laptop-dj-tutorial-the-perfect-mix/#comment-111004 Great article, and nice to read the comments/links going back a while. For people on the casual side of things, you may want to check and see if your computer/laptop and stereo system (i.e. surround receiver) have *digital* output/input in compatible formats. This may keep you from having to buy a separate audio interface. This is especially feasible if you have no interest in recording in your DAW--most motherboards these days have a digital audio out, and many surround receivers can accept the signal, including notebook motherboards/chipsets. I'd imagine there are fairly straightforward ways to get that signal into a mixer or PA preamp as well. Now, the receiver's amp itself may not sound that great but its DAC is still probably going to be better than the one on your motherboard, and won't suffer from EMI/RFI generated by other components in the computer. I'm not so sure about club scenarios, but many of the readers here are probably just looking to get started playing around at home or maybe at house parties. Great article, and nice to read the comments/links going back a while.

For people on the casual side of things, you may want to check and see if your computer/laptop and stereo system (i.e. surround receiver) have *digital* output/input in compatible formats. This may keep you from having to buy a separate audio interface.

This is especially feasible if you have no interest in recording in your DAW–most motherboards these days have a digital audio out, and many surround receivers can accept the signal, including notebook motherboards/chipsets. I’d imagine there are fairly straightforward ways to get that signal into a mixer or PA preamp as well.

Now, the receiver’s amp itself may not sound that great but its DAC is still probably going to be better than the one on your motherboard, and won’t suffer from EMI/RFI generated by other components in the computer.

I’m not so sure about club scenarios, but many of the readers here are probably just looking to get started playing around at home or maybe at house parties.

]]> By: rey cometa http://www.beatmixed.com/2006/07/06/laptop-dj-tutorial-the-perfect-mix/#comment-110325 rey cometa Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:30:12 +0000 http://www.beatmixed.com/2006/07/06/laptop-dj-tutorial-the-perfect-mix/#comment-110325 hi matt, nice tutorial and a good place for everyone who wants to start mixing tracks together on his laptop. when i changed my operating system on my 2.hand machine from windows to linux i began - nearly automatically - to listen to free netlabelmusic from the internet and discovered a nice open-source dj-programm to mix these tracks together: www.mixxx.org its easy to use, has a nice graphic user interface and it's free. works on windows and macs too :-) i was quite surprised ;-) that dj-ing is not that easy as it seems on the first glance and as i use the headphone-out to connect my stereo set and the build-in soundcard (one stereo channel only) the output from my speakers is not that good, but i have a lot of fun practising... ps. i found some helpful video-tutorials on: http://www.videojug.com/user/dj%20tutor/films (they are about dj-ing generally - mainly with turntables and cd-players) pps. and this a perfect introducion for the absolut beginner (like me...;-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5-nAAbMYwo&feature=user ppps. if you like to check out a nice netlabel-podcast i would recomend this one: http://machtdose.de/cat/mp3 pppps. it's worth to have a look to their link-page too... have fun mixxxing, rey cometa ppppps. this one is a good postcast too: http://netzklang.twoday.net/ hi matt,

nice tutorial and a good place for everyone who wants to start mixing tracks together on his laptop.

when i changed my operating system on my 2.hand machine from windows to linux i began - nearly automatically - to listen to free netlabelmusic from the internet and discovered a nice open-source dj-programm to mix these tracks together:

http://www.mixxx.org

its easy to use, has a nice graphic user interface and it’s free. works on windows and macs too :-)

i was quite surprised ;-) that dj-ing is not that easy as it seems on the first glance and as i use the headphone-out to connect my stereo set and the build-in soundcard (one stereo channel only) the output from my speakers is not that good, but i have a lot of fun practising…

ps. i found some helpful video-tutorials on:

http://www.videojug.com/user/dj%20tutor/films

(they are about dj-ing generally - mainly with turntables and cd-players)

pps. and this a perfect introducion for the absolut beginner (like me…;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5-nAAbMYwo&feature=user

ppps. if you like to check out a nice netlabel-podcast i would recomend this one:

http://machtdose.de/cat/mp3

pppps. it’s worth to have a look to their link-page too…

have fun mixxxing,

rey cometa

ppppps. this one is a good postcast too:

http://netzklang.twoday.net/

]]> By: Matt Hite http://www.beatmixed.com/2006/07/06/laptop-dj-tutorial-the-perfect-mix/#comment-110165 Matt Hite Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:31:25 +0000 http://www.beatmixed.com/2006/07/06/laptop-dj-tutorial-the-perfect-mix/#comment-110165 Random-K, Looks like a sweet card. You should be able to monitor your cue track in its own stereo channel just fine. Let us know how it works out for you! Lyrix, I unfortunately don't know much about the equipment you mention. You might try asking on the Numark forum: http://forums.numark.com/ Good luck! Random-K,

Looks like a sweet card. You should be able to monitor your cue track in its own stereo channel just fine. Let us know how it works out for you!

Lyrix,

I unfortunately don’t know much about the equipment you mention. You might try asking on the Numark forum:

http://forums.numark.com/

Good luck!

]]> By: Random-K http://www.beatmixed.com/2006/07/06/laptop-dj-tutorial-the-perfect-mix/#comment-109641 Random-K Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:25:58 +0000 http://www.beatmixed.com/2006/07/06/laptop-dj-tutorial-the-perfect-mix/#comment-109641 Hey, great site :) This is probably a stupid question, but if I was to buy a USB sound card like the Maya44, will that be all I need to be able to monitor and beatmatch before I play a track out, or would I need any more gear to split the outputs? Sorry, I've probably written that in a lot more complicated way than it could be put...cheers! Hey, great site :)

This is probably a stupid question, but if I was to buy a USB sound card like the Maya44, will that be all I need to be able to monitor and beatmatch before I play a track out, or would I need any more gear to split the outputs?

Sorry, I’ve probably written that in a lot more complicated way than it could be put…cheers!

]]> By: Lyrix http://www.beatmixed.com/2006/07/06/laptop-dj-tutorial-the-perfect-mix/#comment-109370 Lyrix Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:50:38 +0000 http://www.beatmixed.com/2006/07/06/laptop-dj-tutorial-the-perfect-mix/#comment-109370 Hi Matt, Just fell upon your site!! ACE! I am looking at getting a BCD3000, I am running on Newmark Cue software, are these compatable? Also I see that someone had issues running it on a celeron processor. Do you or anyone know if this will be compatable with my centino duo processor. Thx Hi Matt,

Just fell upon your site!! ACE!
I am looking at getting a BCD3000, I am running on Newmark Cue software, are these compatable? Also I see that someone had issues running it on a celeron processor. Do you or anyone know if this will be compatable with my centino duo processor.

Thx

]]> By: Matt Hite http://www.beatmixed.com/2006/07/06/laptop-dj-tutorial-the-perfect-mix/#comment-109202 Matt Hite Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:29:33 +0000 http://www.beatmixed.com/2006/07/06/laptop-dj-tutorial-the-perfect-mix/#comment-109202 Howdy, Shannon, PopNFre$h -- thanks for stopping by! For those of you asking about different controllers and audio cards for laptops DJs, I highly suggest you check out this article: http://www.djtechtools.com/2008/02/15/4-dj-sound-cards-under-200/ Lots of good information on finding an affordable audio interface for laptop DJing. You will also find a ton of information of controller surfaces and stuff over there. Hope this helps, -M Howdy, Shannon, PopNFre$h — thanks for stopping by!

For those of you asking about different controllers and audio cards for laptops DJs, I highly suggest you check out this article:

http://www.djtechtools.com/2008/02/15/4-dj-sound-cards-under-200/

Lots of good information on finding an affordable audio interface for laptop DJing. You will also find a ton of information of controller surfaces and stuff over there.

Hope this helps,

-M

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