DJ Techtools

Today I got my new overlay and knobs for my Vestax VCI-100 + the cool MIDI Fighter and DJ Techtools T-shirts!


djtechtools.com  is a great site run by a couple of guys from the US of A, and it's my favorite site for dj tech updates. The store is realy great and has alot of cool DJ stuff and I just had to have the T-shirts.
The head of the site is Ean Golden. A guru when it comes to MIDI

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Routing audio sources through the Traktor software

It is posible to run an audio signal from the inputs on a soundcard through Traktor. And no... Not through the multicore cables.This is running an external audio source through the software and back out on the soundcard output. It's a great feature because pulling the audio through the system one can use the internal EQ, filters, effects and more Traktor features on the standard Vinyl or CD

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Cable inputs for timecode sources

The Multicore cables for Traktor are great to have, but they are not nessessary if you are only using Traktor and normaly don't use the CD player/Turntable for playing regular audio media.

If you are only using Traktor for playback you can connect the CD or Turntable dirrectly to your soundcard.
You can play standard audio media through the soundcard and Traktor when you don't use the multicore

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Modjo vs Booka Shade - Lady Language (Alva's remix)

Nice mashup. :)
It's a really old mix, but I just discovered it...
Really like it at about 1:45!

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Using one turntable on four decks in Traktor

Do you like using midi controllers but lack the option to do some scrathing when you like?

What to do if one of your turntables shuts down or a pickup gets broken?

Some DJ perfer to have it on the left and some on the right. The combination of midi controll and timecode is a very easy and intuitive way to manipulate music. So far I've never experienced a midi controll source that is as good

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How to sync with timecode

The key to applying sync when using timecode is quite simple, but there are a couple of things you'll need to keep in mind.
The pitch slider needs to be in 0 when the track is calibrated and NOT moved from that position. Use the internal slider when adjusting the tempo.
The sync will not hold due to the wow and flutter. So you might have to retrigger the sync sometimes if you hit the flutter on

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Best of both worlds

I've been looking around at DJs playing with computer systems and there are commonly two types.

The Turntablist/CD DJUsing the system the “old-school” way. Pitch sliders for beat matching, the cueing the track with needle drop/track intro and almost never using the more advanced internal functions.

The ControlleristThe MIDI masters... Often with a single or multiple controller bashing buttons

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