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Digital DJing: The Countdown Method for Traktor cue points

August 14, 2013
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Traktor's cue points are a handy way for DJs to jump around and keep track of different events within a track. For example, the guys at DJ Tech Tools use cue points to highlight the first beat, the best start point, and vocal cues …
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Digital DJing: harmonic mixing

April 28, 2013
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I've briefly talked about harmonic mixing in previous posts and figured this would be a good time to go into detail. I'll cover apps for detecting and organizing by key, notation systems they use, and then the techniques I use. The Circle of Fifths …
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Digital DJing: Traktor prep mixes

March 31, 2013
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8 min read
So far my posts have all been about getting your tracks ready for mixing but not actually mixing anything. This time, you finally get to mix! Of course, you'll still be doing prep-work throughout the mix, but you'll have fun doing it, and it'll …
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Digital DJing: my Traktor settings

March 24, 2013
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I'll be talking about Traktor in my next few posts, so now is a good time to list my current settings so you can keep up. My settings are different that those you'll find on sites like DJ Tech Tools because I focus primarily …
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Digital DJing: using iTunes 10 (not iTunes 11) to organize your collection

March 11, 2013
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There's a few apps DJs can use for organizing tracks. Traktor's collections view now allows DJs to sort by key, while Mixed in Key recently added energy level to their player. But the common denominator, the one everyone uses (at least on Mac) is also …
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Digital DJing: Acquisition – batch processing new tracks into your library

February 3, 2013
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I follow a lot of genres so I end up buying a TON of music on Beatport: last year ~50GB. It's a lot of music to keep track of so I need to be organized. Today's post is on acquisition and how to get …

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