>From a guy who has been spinning and making wax since he was 17 years old, and who does not need headphones to beatmix instantly, (just a monitor and a quarter turn on a 1200 to get on beat) Mixxx is way cooler than what was discussed in the article...
I have not really ever stood on my soapbox? BUT I can honestly say that I NEVER consider anything other than actually learning how to spin records on 1200's (not copycat TT's), (I could teach a class on the difference in the timing and touch/drag of a 1200 platter versus any other turntable) is truly DJing, at least in an actual nightclub / discotheque DJ environment. I remember when Gemini? and the others came to us in the mid 90's claiming CD DJ was next and I should leave my vinyl in the dust... but none of us jumped ship because the CD decks could not replicate the 1200. Then when I was a promoter at Showbox in Seattle for a big DJ night called 'Dedicated' we booked Richie Hawtin for our D&B room and we go to pick this guy up at the airport and we go downstairs to pick up his flight case and he didn't have one. He was telling us about mp3/laptop DJing with his what would be known as Final Scratch. Still not buying it or these sub-formats. I actually giggled at him, thinking no way...oops! (BTW mp3's were the big rage in the studios in 1993, but compared to our Sound Designer 2 files mp3 still sucked!) Again Richie opened in Miami April 2002 when I was touring with Outkast doing wardrobe for Andre 3000 and he still had this laptop pushing laptop DJing. I still thought no way will this format go.... boy was I wrong.... Why do I say this? and what's my point? well I have poopooed EVERY format and style of non DJ Djing for 20 years and I got to say that I love Mixxx. I have my crates but for the first time ever I find myself completely using Mixxx only when I want to spin my mp3/wav encoded records. One thing I overlooked all this time was how much I always hated lugging crates, mixers and 1200's to gigs. I never liked that about DJing, and now with Mixxx on Indamixx I can throw everything in my back pocket. With the touchscreen I can pitch correct real fast... (side note to younger DJ's - back in the day we had to carry big a** speakers and HEAVY crown amps to EVERY gig along with about 14 crates of records depending on the gig, just to make a buck) OK I know the Serato argument, but its still pricey and you still need 1200's and most likely a macbookpro don't cha? Besides, I can't think of another DJ app that has all the supported crossover formats that Mixxx does. Also, does anyone know if you can Icecast2 Mixxx directly to the net? as I currently beatmix live over the net with wifi on Indamixx by connecting Mixxx to IDJC in Qjack. To the Mixxx team... thank you... I am finally convinced, plus I love the community efforts. I will loyally evangelize Mixxx, so if there are any 'big talkers', 'tough guys', 'know it alls', or 'hard sells', just send them my way. I started remixing in house for Tommy Boy Records when I was 19 in 1989. I remixed for every major label and most indies, I started Wicked Mixx, when we jumped from Mixx-it, I started Factor 3 Records and Bulletproof Records. I signed Sean 'Mystro' Mather among others such as Charles 'The Mixologist' Roane between 1992-1994, both of those guys have sold over 20 million records combined, Charles won a Grammy last year for 'aint no other man', and currently is DJ Premiere's engineer, Charles also produced Groove Theory and JD's SoSo Def Bass Allstars CD. Sean produced Immature, All saints, gogo remix of Missy's 'I cant stand the rain', Gwen Stefani, Michael Jackson, & Salt and Pepa. Sean won a BMI for All Saints among others. I have been doing this so long that I was even one of the very first beta testers for Pro Tools hired by Chris Bach personally who is one of the guys who invented Pro Tools. (BTW every thing in here can be verified by Jeff Davies who got me these gigs and ironically is the same guy who brought Serato from New Zealand to Rane, who is still at Rane all these years later, talk about a loyal person, and super cool). So for someone who has made DJing a life choice.. when it comes to Mixxx I have zero hangups and no complaints....Think of it like this... what other DJ apps are out there that you can hack and tweak and put on another device and create another product without having to look out for the cops or lawyers? ps there is a REAL reason WHY we use double X or XX in stuff but you would have to be a bay area DJ in the 80's to even know... but hey I am positive some of y'all are still out there!!! keeping it real since 1969 (and it has cost me at times to do so!) thanks again Ronald Stewart www.indamixx.com pss in my next rant I will tell the story of how I got rid of my Euro-bootleggers by cutting them in on my record distribution while still making money!!! holla! rs On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 9:49 PM, Albert Santoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > This was linked from Create Digital Music today: > http://vinylproject.com/dp/node/49 > > Interesting read, coming from a guy who was thinking about switching > from vinyl. I've got some thoughts on this, but I'd like hear other > peoples' first, if anyone would like to share any. > > Thanks, > Albert > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Mixxx-devel mailing list > Mixxx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Mixxx-devel mailing list Mixxx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel
