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Pioneer Newbie Location: hawaii
Registered: 28 August 2008
Posts: 2
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Hi everyone,
Can anyone reccomend software for mixing/blending music? I have a MAC book pro and cdj 1000 mk3's and djm 800. I would be grateful for any reccomendations. Thank you! |
The DJ formerly known as Steele Location: Calgary, Canada
Registered: 21 October 2003
Posts: 3853
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Exactly what do you want the software to do? Are you wanting it to play music through your mixer so you can mix it, or do you want a piece of software so that you can mix music without your CDJ's and mixer?
To use a computer to playback, I use Serato Scratch Live (which gets rave reviews around here) because you can use it with your CDJ's to help control just like you were playing CD's or vinyl. SSL has both PC and Mac versions. For mixing, I use Steinberg's Wavelab, but it's not Mac software. I believe Logic is the software of choice there, but Audacity (which is free) has a Mac version too, I believe. -r- |
Resident DJ Location: Alabama
Registered: 23 March 2007
Posts: 251
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I use Traktor 3 for mixing with an external sound card, Audio DJ 8 by Naitve Instruments.
I have a laptop with Vista I think it can be used with Mac. For music production I use Acid Music Studo. |
Resident DJ Location: North Jersey
Registered: 03 January 2008
Posts: 284
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serato scratch live is the industry "standard" you will find in most clubs right now. Do a youtube search to see this in action. I personally prefer the native instruments traktor scratch because instead of just 2 decks controllable by the serato, the traktor gives you up to 4 decks simultaneously. Either come as a kit you can buy to hook right up to the gear you have now. Incredible tools either one.
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Pioneer Newbie Location: hawaii
Registered: 28 August 2008
Posts: 2
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Thanks guys. Ok, I bought Serato Scratch Live from Rane. Can anyone explain the difference with Serato and this other program called Abelton? Do they do the same thing? Thank you so much for you help! I am also going to look into the logic for Mac. That looks cool.
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Pioneer Freak Location: SoCal
Registered: 02 July 2003
Posts: 8393
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Serato is a program that allows you to use time coded vinyl or CDs to play and affect MP3s that you have with in the program. You would hook up the dongle from Serato between your players and mixer and laptop and then you can play tracks and scratch them by using the time code discs/vinyl. You can also control it with a CDJ-400 in native mode. It allows DJs to take 2 discs, a laptop, and an external HD with all their music on it to a gig and play without having to bring all their discs or vinyl. The big benne for the vinyl guys is that you can scratch with it and it's pretty bang on.
Abelton is a remix program that allows you to remix tracks prior to or at a gig. The big thing is that you can remix a track with Abelton and then play it live with Serato... Pioneer National Trainer & Product Specialist |
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Pioneer Newbie Location: San Diego
Registered: 04 August 2008
Posts: 18
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so if you want to be remixing you should get abelton? or can serato remix too? |
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Pioneer Freak Location: SoCal
Registered: 02 July 2003
Posts: 8393
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To do real remixes by changing various points of the track, adding or subtracting sounds; get Abelton. Sasha now plays livve with all his tracks loaded in Abelton and uses a big MIDI trigger mixer to remix tracks live at his shows. Serato lets you play MP3s on a HD and scratch them if you want...
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Pioneer Newbie Location: San Diego
Registered: 04 August 2008
Posts: 18
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does abelton let you play mp3s too or no..? sorry i've been trying to figure out what to get . |
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The DJ formerly known as Steele Location: Calgary, Canada
Registered: 21 October 2003
Posts: 3853
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Ableton can play MP3's, but it's designed more as creative software than for your average DJ. It works particularly well for artists who are doing shows; they can "play" the songs live by stringing the various parts together and then remix them and change them up live as well. In a way it's a hybrid "producer/DJ" solution, in the way that a program like Cubase or Reason is a producer solution and SSL is a DJ solution.
DJ's can use Ableton too, because it sort of "auto-beatmixes" for you, but that's not really what the software was designed for. SSL is more for standard playback, but using the built in loops and hotcues you can easily do some live remixing. -r- |
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