The DJ Podcast

Episode 016 – Split Tracks in Ableton Live with Follow Actions

Ableton Live has a lot of great features for DJs. Unfortunately, one feature it doesn’t have is the ability to add and play from cue points. In this video tutorial I’ll show you how to split your tracks into multiple clips and use follow actions. This will allow you to trigger the different parts of [...]

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Episode 004 – Serato Scratch Live: Library Management

Organization is key when dealing with a hard drive full of music files. A DJ should be able to quickly find any song with ease. Scratch Live makes it easy to import and manage your tracks. In this episode I go over two ways to import files, column selection and sorting, searching for tracks, making [...]

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Quality Control: Rethinking WAV vs MP3

Many new DJS ask the question “Which is better: MP3s or WAVs?”. The answer to that question is simple: WAVs. WAVs are lossles, higher bitrate, and have a wider frequency range. The question should be : Which is best for me to use? You should use WAVs if you need to have the best possible [...]

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Mixxx 1.7.0 Released

Mixxx is an open-source DJ mixing program for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. It allows anyone with a computer to mix without spending any money. The 1.7.0 update brings customizable Midi scripting, a slew of bug fixes, and support for a wider range of Midi controllers. While I have not tried Mixxx myself, it has [...]

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