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From: "Kent Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "list 313" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: (313) CD Mixers
Once you learn to beat match in one medium it shouldn't be that hard
to transfer the skills to a new one. IMHO.
I think that hits the nail on the head. It's not that hard, but it's also a
bit boring. When I've used Traktor I just got frustrated by the interface (I
know there are better ones than a mouse) and Ableton was an endless
temptation to play four tracks at once - i.e. I was more into making edits
with it than mixing. When I used Serato, it was an instantaneous way in
which I could use sound files, and with the price of mp3/wav downloads
today, it's a real temptation, not to mention leveraging all my old CDs, or
playing edits I could make in Ableton. The advantage over CD players is that
you don't have to chose which CDs to bring or try to find the CD, and CDs
can get scratched quite easily. Ultimately I just found that the process of
mixing was more fun when I used decks and a mixer, and if that ain't broke I
shouldn't fix it. Whereas the pain of carrying records and the price of
buying them is something I can definitely see an advantage in overcoming.
That said, I do like mixing on CD players, I just think Serato is one step
better. It's plenty easy to switch between it and vinyl on the fly as well.
Tristan
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