Do DJ's actually do something?

saor said:
CloZee runs the whole thing in Ableton using a midi controller. Seeing as a lot of tracks are hers or remixes she's done I think she might have stems (various parts of the track like drums, vocals etc) isolated and launching them separately rather than just straight up switching between two tracks.

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Don't have time to listen to the video now, but on a very basic level (in my head) that would make sense to use those various parts separately as transitions between tracks. What other option does a DJ have, just layer two tracks over each other and fade transition parts over each other - It feels sort of cheap (amateurish).

Asking genuinely because I don't know.
 
Avbob se stoep said:
Don't have time to listen to the video now, but on a very basic level (in my head) that would make sense to use those various parts separately as transitions between tracks. What other option does a DJ have, just layer two tracks over each other and fade transition parts over each other - It feels sort of cheap (amateurish).

Asking genuinely because I don't know.
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With vinyl, cd's, mp3 that's exactly what you'd do: Match the bpm of two tracks and seamlessly transition between the two. Some people who do youtube mixes build sets like that in ableton - bunch of tracks all warped to same bpm (most of the time) and then lined up with some EQ automation to make the transitions feel more natural. They then output that as a single audio file and that's their mix.

Doing traditional dj mixes with Ablteon is a bit meh - it makes far more sense to mix tracks with turntables. But ableton is cool if you're mixing the various parts of a track - then you can launch the drums when you want or apply fx specifically to the vocal track etc.
 
I miss old mau5.

But here's show business in action:

(Old so low quality.)

So you pre-program your funky stage thing for this one song to have the six notes be:

D1 E1
C2 C1
G1 G0

And then have a start button with a filter and EQ/mixer he can play with. Then a lot of lasers. Just this leaves the non-musically inclined audience in awe. Yet he's literally just pressing those 6 buttons in sequence. The music skill is in the studio where producers make the song and sounds and not on stage. No beef with DJ's only but there's a difference.
 
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RedViking said:
Yes, that means another 6,5 hours to go of a standard work day.
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I like your style. I'm at that position in life where I actually dont give a **** and just care about vocal progressive trance music.

So far I only have eyes for Miss M, but the architect showed me a new artist who doesn't press any buttons.
 
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