Decks!!!!!!!!!

by **shakyjane** » 25 Oct 2006, 21:17

agreed

by **buzzingtalk** » 25 Oct 2006, 21:32

i like mixing 60's music with gabba and congo natty!! but im a bit weird and my fella has an awesome record collection, so you can remix pretty much anythin wel fun

by **misternuge** » 26 Oct 2006, 08:29

some of the easy 4/4 dnb isnt too hard but i love the cutup stuff and ive made it a lot harder for myself really. but like you say buzz, you have to love the process and having seen and loved djs for years now its such a pleasure to have a crack at it meself. im messing about not having a clue what im doing and loving it, the one headphone on/one headphone off thing has been a longtime dream!

ive got two copies of the same record in the post and im just going to be patient and accept it will be aaaages before im even a capable beatmatcher. just that fact that i have a record collection now is exciting!

and i have scoured the charity shops for some gems to mix in - ive found ride of the valkries, beethovens5th, the west side story soundtrack ('mariaaaaa!') and the greatest hits of both barry manilow and chris de burgh....always an entertaining mashup round mine

by **Jemo** » 26 Oct 2006, 08:43

Yes, I love being an amateur, learning and pulling off the dodgiest mixes, but always learning, and misternuge , I hear you on the mixing part of DnB it is much harder as thats what I am working with, the look on my flat mates face when i think I have pulled off some magic but clearly is not, priceless ..... fucking loving it large ... :wackyhat:

by **Purple Steve** » 26 Oct 2006, 08:58

you'd be surprised actually, beatmatching doesnt take that long to get the hang of but its one of those 'easy to learn hard to master' things- i spent ages trying to figure it out on our old nasty belt driven decks with no luck at all, then as soon as i had a go on my mates technics it all just came through beautifully. i still cant mix to save my life though

by **rymalco** » 26 Oct 2006, 09:22

Beat matching is one of those skills that will just suddenly oneday make sense, and then you will be able to lickidy-slick from then on in. Its the rest of the turntablist tricks that are more demanding. Like its been said before on this thread, dont bother with belt drive they are gash. When you can afford, get yourself a good vestax or technic pair as quick as you can. You seriously will not regret it.

by **Mr Minimax** » 26 Oct 2006, 09:47

to be honest my belts arnt that bad atall, they pick up pretty quickly and have fairly decent torque.
at the time i bought them i couldnt have afforded DDs for shite, and ive learnt well on them, its only now that im beginging to play clubs and bigger partys that im needing to upgrade.
also, what mixers do u lot have, and what would you have if you had the money?

by **rymalco** » 26 Oct 2006, 10:04

if money weren't a biggy? Without getting over comlicated, I would want this bad boy:

Pioneer DJM 600

by **Mr Minimax** » 26 Oct 2006, 10:16

oooh yes

by **rymalco** » 26 Oct 2006, 10:19

ennit. from tmrw, moving in with some old bessie mates. One has a DJM 500 and two 1210s set up. Think im gonna be playing on his more that mine!

EDIT: Forgot to say that I have a pair of Gemini PT-2100 (suprisingly sturdy bastards) and a Vestax 175 mixer

by **Jemo** » 26 Oct 2006, 10:35

wierd, this the Behringer DJX700 , the mixer in my gaff,

really looks like this, the Pioneer DJM 600, Rylmaco's Dream Mixer

by **Mr Minimax** » 26 Oct 2006, 10:50

cool, this is my snazy set up

absolute bunch of wank i know, but they've served me well, and when i started out it was just a bit of fun to piss about on. now its turned into oh so much more

by **misternuge** » 26 Oct 2006, 14:05

ah is that the numark beginners pack thing? comes with everything you need? i almost bought that, seemed pretty reasonable for a beginner, but i already had a decent mixer.

this is what my desk looks like..

2x citroinics pd-1 mk2
numark dxm03 mixer

by **smitherz83** » 26 Oct 2006, 15:35

This is my lovely stanton mixer, got it for just over a 100 quid off ebay, well nice to use.

My decks are the Kam DDX3000, cheap and very cheerful. 3kgs of torque which is way more than the 1210s , so im told

With some nice stanton carts etc. the only thing is they dont look as swish as the pricier brand names.

Anyway its the DJ not the decks which make the party! :boxer:

by **Jemo** » 26 Oct 2006, 16:02

misternuge wrote:ah is that the numark beginners pack thing? comes with everything you need? i almost bought that, seemed pretty reasonable for a beginner, but i already had a decent mixer.

this is what my desk looks like..

2x citroinics pd-1 mk2
numark dxm03 mixer

Is that a popper in the backround that I see before me ? :wackyhat:

by **Sperge** » 26 Oct 2006, 16:07

Just want to say how much I'm loving this thread. More deck porn!!

And Jemo, they're "room odourisers"

by **buzzingtalk** » 26 Oct 2006, 22:03

ill post my deck porn on sunday night or monday when ive got my camera in west london

by **tavdy79** » 27 Oct 2006, 05:09

Paul wrote:Just want to say how much I'm loving this thread. More deck porn!!

And Jemo, they're "room odourisers"

For me, they're "instant-hangover". Granted it's not immediate (nice rush beforehand) but it's consistent - unless I'm pilling, I ALWAYS get a hangover after taking poppers, even if I haven't been drinking

by **buzzingtalk** » 27 Oct 2006, 08:37

lookin online for slome slipmats why are all the ones on ebay shite!! i want spiral tribe ones or acid face ones, cant fin them though

by **misternuge** » 27 Oct 2006, 14:48

Jemo wrote:Is that a popper in the backround that I see before me ?

nah, im afraid all you can see is my assorted pots of multinutrients and vitamins...i gots a cold

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