Using high-tech to DJ low-tech

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Well on Saturday we had the 10 year anniversary party of my Frisbee club Klopstock. I was asked if I could maybe throw on a few songs, but it was clear that there would be an army of people with iPod's and iPhone's standing by to also get going and I wasn't in the mood to …

Planet Digital DJ

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This planet service is still in beta and might be moved elsewhere but I wanted to start collecting feedback, especially hearing what feeds people would like to see added. So what is this all about? The idea is that instead of having to manually maintain a list of feeds, you get a central service that does …

Traktor Pro 1.2 beta opens a world of fun

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I am quite thrilled about what NI has done in Traktor Pro 1.2. The introduction of logical controllers in the MIDI mapping opens a world of fun for MIDI mapping junkies. It also enables much better collaboration because mappings can be maintained in smaller logical units, so there is no need to maintain a single monolithic …

Getting setup nicely

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In the last I have been busy working all the way up to piano lesson 5 in GarageBand and playing around with Traktor Pro. Lesson 5 is quite a challenge. A lot going on with both hands and I still need to work on being able to shift the octave during the song. But its still …

My keyboard has arrived

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While looking at Video's of various DJ's and most importantly contollerists, I realized that I could really benefit from improving by DJ skills if I would know how to play the piano. Not only would this provide me with a better theoretical basis, it would help me get a better ear for key's, improve my sense …