HELLO WORLD!
The first post in our shiny new home is meant to get you acquainted with the website and with all of the new stuff we got coming your way.
First of all we want to thank our friends and supporters for encouraging the growth of what otherwise would have stayed as very DYI project. We did not know how we would do it, but we did know that if we did it it would be done right (and that it would take a while to get it done too!).
Since day one, colleagues and people from the industry pushed for us to move into a phase where SHORT-KUTS™ would be available for sale to the public, and in that we succeeded. SHORT-KUTS™ for ScratchLIVE™ are now on laptops around the world (literally, the only continent without SHORT-KUTS™ is Antartica). The feedback? 100% positive! From the incredible quality, durability, design and features of the product to the shipping speed and customer service, the hundreds of people we have heard back from have all raged about SHORT-KUTS™ – we could not be happier!
I’ve had a love-hate relationship with Novation. In the studio it has taken me a while to get going with a Novation ReMOTE 37SL Midi Controller which I I’ve yet to figure out completely, its extensive array of menus are somewhat cumbersome to navigate. A latency problem that creates a “creeping” or “progressive” latency effect pretty much renders the whole keyboard section of the controller unusable after a few minutes of turning it on. Weird thing is that it seems as though the faders and knobs work just fine (no latency)!
But let’s put that aside, now take a look at Novation’s new “Dicer”, a combo of two controllers that are Midi mappable to our favorite DJ programs and can be used to control just about any parameter in the software of your choice.
Videos and more after the break…
Here’s the first in a series of SHORT-KUTS Music posts. As a total Ableton “newb” I decided to finally take my time and give it a try and the results were fantastic in terms of ease of use and speed. Ableton is incredible, bottom line.
Lady Gaga’s “Alejandro” was in need of an edit for my DJ sets, so I put it to work along with Afrojack’s dope remix of the same track and made a little tool/transition that anybody can use to move from a slow tempo set, on up to some serious peak hour dance feel, if that suits your mood of course.
It’s like a “shortcut” from 99BPM to 128 BPM.
Lady Gaga – Alejandro (DJ BIS 99-128 Transition) by djbis Enjoy!
Bonus: For a shorter version of this transition see the link on the description of this track in my SoundCloud
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You may be asking: “Why aren’t there SHORT-KUTS™ for TRAKTOR yet?”
And there is a simple answer: You won’t have to wait too long. They are coming! Sign up to our mailing list (see bottom of website) or follow us on Twitter/Facebook and you’ll get the update when we are ready to ship.
Meanwhile we’ll wet your appetite with the latest promotional video that the folks at Native Instruments have released onto the masses.You may have already drooled over your keyboard while watching DJ Rafik 2007 World DMC Champ jammin on the latest NI hardware (more on that after the break)… but this time long time TRAKTOR supporter DJ Craze is back on the NI set with a pair of sweet-ass gold-plated Technics 1200′s, a Pioneer DJM-909, TRAKTOR PRO, and NI’s most recent addition to their line of exceptional DJ hardware: The X1 Performance DJ Controller.
X1 Fun FactJust a couple of weeks ago, while preparing for a performance, a colleague of ours accidentally dropped his brand spanking new X1 from the top of an elevated DJ Booth at a local lounge. He was glad to report that the 7-foot fall only made a tiny ding on one of the corners of X1′s plastic chassis.
Nowadays DJ’s have the ability to use their Serato SL3‘s for mixing on 3 decks. You might even have gotten a glimpse of the new Serato Sixty-Eight at your favorite nightclub while a DJ tried to keep all 4 channels occupied with funky beeps, bops, kicks and snares. And I am sure by now you know about the shortcut combo for single turntable DJing which helps you make it through the night if one of your Turntables/CDJ’s stops working, disappears from the back of your Honda Civic as you are trying to load in or simply gets showered in RedBull & Vodka by one of those drunk beauties standing by your table during the night’s celebration.
Assuming you are not that unlucky, your bases are mostly covered thanks to Serato’s ingenuity. But what happens when your Serato ScratchLIVE interface gets lost or is forgotten because of your rush out the door??? That’s when you hit up this guy for his quick tutorial on something he calls “The Poor Man’s SSL”.
ATTN: Serato ScratchLIVE DJ’s in the states of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Southeastern PA and South Jersey
Just got this on my email yesterday via my homie DJ Blade. I figured I would disseminate the info as quickly as possible eventhough this is happening TOMORROW!
We’ll be there to supply you with SHORT-KUTS™ for ScratchLIVE™ at an exclusive discocunted rate!
Serato Summit Facebook Page | SHORT-KUTS™ for ScratchLIVE 2.0 Facebook Page
Serato Summit 2010
When?May 2 4:00pm | Where?Bubbas | How Much?Admission is FREE |
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