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- Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:01 pm
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: External Sound Cards for Laptop DJing
- Replies: 152
- Views: 261894
Not sure exactly which thread this fits in, but this seems to work... Last night I tried my first gig using a laptop instead of CDs. My setup is a brand new MacBook Pro, a Turtle Beach Audio Advantage Micro USB for main output, along with Disco XT for playback. I was using the onboard audio for prev...
- Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:05 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Favourite recording of ... Shake That Thing?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12534
Is this song getting common in the lindy scene? I don't think I've even heard of the song... Well then Katie, I'll play Mora's version just for you if you promise to come out dancing tomorrow. :) Heh. I just found I have an identically titled song by Lightnin' Hopkins off of a blues compilation. It...
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:57 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Swinging Bing?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10236
- Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:26 pm
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: Portable PA systems
- Replies: 83
- Views: 191646
For self-powered speakers, I've used Mackie SRM450 units or their smaller bretheren (or older versions) from time to time for both DJ'd and live sound gigs (not all dances, mind you). I have absolutely no complaints about them, and heartily endorse them. I hope to pick up a pair for myself sometime ...
- Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:06 pm
- Forum: DJ Skillz
- Topic: Tips for finding the right 'next song' in the heat of DJing
- Replies: 71
- Views: 56614
- Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:39 am
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: MacBook Air
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9368
I have to agree with Reuben, it's a really disappointing piece of kit. It's expansion options (with 1 USB port) are pretty limited. As I read about this single USB port, a question came to mind. If you connect a USB hub and use both an external sound device and an external hard drive, do you run in...
- Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:56 am
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: Hiss on old records
- Replies: 34
- Views: 28631
- Wed Nov 07, 2007 9:20 am
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: DJing Software.
- Replies: 113
- Views: 98988
It's not exactly a stellar combination, and I unfortunately am still limited to CDs as I don't own a laptop, but... On my desktop I use a combination of Amarok and XMMS. Amarok gives you iTunes-like search and database capabilities, and I'm sure you're already familiar with XMMS. It appears you can ...
- Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:25 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Who plays Glenn Miller's 'In The Mood'?
- Replies: 165
- Views: 109863
- Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:29 pm
- Forum: Song IDs
- Topic: [Answered] Boilermaker Jazz Band Songs
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6626
... and Mora's Modern Rhythmists.
To be honest I normally give preference to better recordings over original artists with old recordings. However swinging hard is a prerequisite for both.
Brent
To be honest I normally give preference to better recordings over original artists with old recordings. However swinging hard is a prerequisite for both.
Brent
- Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:08 pm
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: The 1920's Network
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2434
The 1920's Network
Sometimes your little sister can be cool. Just got this link in my inbox.
The 1920's Network
I've only listened to about four songs from their stream so far, but I haven't been disappointed. Not everything swings, but it definitely puts me in the right frame of mind.
Brent
The 1920's Network
I've only listened to about four songs from their stream so far, but I haven't been disappointed. Not everything swings, but it definitely puts me in the right frame of mind.
Brent
- Fri Oct 19, 2007 10:06 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Major & minor keys in swing music
- Replies: 56
- Views: 47860
- Fri Oct 19, 2007 10:04 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Who plays Glenn Miller's 'In The Mood'?
- Replies: 165
- Views: 109863
3) Three chord rock and roll -- Think about it. An entire decade before the phrase was coined, this song had the elements of it: 12-bar blues. One thing that's very interesting about In The Mood is that is uses both blues and jazz choruses (but without the jazz AABA structure). I just went back and...
- Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:11 am
- Forum: Swinging Music
- Topic: Major & minor keys in swing music
- Replies: 56
- Views: 47860
Minor keys have all those annoying sharps and flats to worry about ROFL! Minor versus major has nothing to do with the number of sharps and flats. The following chart (stolen from Wikipedia) sums it up pretty well. # of Flats Sharps 0 C (Major), a (minor) 1 F d G e 2 B♭ g D b 3 E♭ c A f♯ 4 A♭ f E c...
- Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:33 am
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: Laptop DJing
- Replies: 647
- Views: 555710
I tried out the demos of all three apps, and CuePhase, the cheapest, is the one that I actually like best for swingdj use, with its simplicity, playlist like iTunes, but with the most important addition of a preview possibility, and also the possibility cue the next song some some seconds into a tr...