The DJ Podcast

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 a [...]

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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 audio [...]

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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 a [...]

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Scratch Live 1.9 Released

The newest version of Serato’s Scratch Live software was released a few days ago. As always, it is a free download for all Scratch Live users. Some of the most prominent feature of the update are the new SP-6 Sample Player, support for the new SL3 interface and the Pioneer MEP-7000, loop roll and much [...]

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