Emergency DJ equipment: Ipod...

I didn't get enough time to do my Youtube-segment yesterday, so it's here one day later.

What to do when your Traktor fails? (Which it almost never does)
If you are so unlucky that your computer or Mac bugs out on you durring a gig you can always just put on a random mix from an MP3 player, but what if you could do more? What if you instantly could have a great tool as a back up?



The positive

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Traktor Kontrol X1 + Serato = True??

Just last week DJ Techtools reported about Rane opening up their drivers for PC and making is possible to use their products with Traktor and other audio software.
Now Traktor Kontrol X1 is shown in a video paired up with Serato. For those of you who don't know this: It's just standard MIDI. No big news really. I just like the video with two Seratoheads mashing it out on the X1 controller. Yes...

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Four decks in Traktor

It's monday and Youtube time again.
There are alot of four deck controllers in sale now and the argument to look elsewhere is: What do I need four decks for?? I was looking to show you a good example on using four decks.
Came across this video which is pretty old, but for those of you who haven't seen it, get ready to be amazed.
This must be a goal for any DJ.



This guy (DJ B33son) won the DJ

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Native Instruments Traktor @ Gitar Centre in Brooklyn, NY

It's monday again and here's what I cool stuff I found on Youtube last week.
Native Instruments did a show at Gitar Centre with some of it's profile DJs on Traktor.
DJ Shiftee does a pretty cool routine, DJ Craze does an awesome routine and some guy called DJ Dynamix does an okay routine on the S4.

A short summary:


DJ CRAZEs routine: Timecode Vinyl, Standard mixer, Traktor Kontrol X1


DJ

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DJ Qbert gives technical tips.

I've been getting som feedback that you might want regular segments, so Mondays will now be Youtube-day! I'll look through youtube and find some cool tips on DJing in general and share it, so while I'm finishing a couple of touches on my Traktor Kontrol S4 Mapping for Traktor Pro (teaser), you can take a look at the cool videos on how to setup turntables and mixers from the all mighty DJ Q-bert.

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