Gary

My text request number is shown on the paper request slips which I place on the tables/bars etc, depending on venue. Also I have an LED moving message sign which displays greetings and various pieces of information including the text request number. Accepting text requests has the advantage of you then have peoples mobile numbers, as you can't withhold a mobile number from an SMS text message. Good for mailshots by SMS although I've only ever used that idea to blast out a Merry Christmas message to that years requestors 3 or 4 times/years.

Yes. Have done for a few years now. It's worth it, just to see the confused look on the assistants face in the card shop when I buy 40 cards at once. All valid business expenses, of course (at least I think it is). I hand write the cards but include a printed feedback (eeeewwwwwwwwwwwwooooooooooooooooo) (no, not that sort of feedback) form folded up inside.

I invite requests by SMS, so my mobile stays on, but on Vibrate mode. It took a little trial and error to work out a really safe place to leave the phone behind the disco. Too near the radio mic, or even the corded mic (both Shure SM-58s), too close to the radio mic receiver, or the one remaining record deck and the phone-to-network registration electronic "gallops" (every 15-20 mins, and every time an incoming text is received) are audible through the disco audio (if the mic channel/record deck channel is on/up etc). So...leaving the phone on the CD/Record cases, normally about 4

No. What I'm saying is that if there are two (or more) seemingly identical DJ services which a potential client has shortlisted, both are about the right price, both DJs performed well when the client stuck their head 'round the corner of a previous gig, both have PLI, both have PAT, both have good mic voices, both used the volume control sensibly, both offer comparable paperwork, both have played the venue several times before, both perform "that" type of function. In such cases clients could be looking for any tangible reason to choose A instead of B or G instead of F, whether th

There are (at least) two main issues with sticky labels. 1) If you have a retangular label on the CD, it can make the disc spin off-balance - either/both from the weight of the disc being off-centre, or the slight height difference between the label and the CD surface causing abnormal/uneven airflow around the spinning CD. Worse case scenario - the disc could wobble in the drive - and if it's spinning fast enough, shatter in the drive. I've had one CD do this on one of my CD drives on my home PC - it was simply time to buy a replacement CD drive - not the thing you want to happen

£00001 There, just another £249 (approx) and you'll have your funds for the purchase of the dubbing license. Some DJs whom I've spoke with at both the NADJ show where the dubbing license was discussed, and also at two subsequent DJ gatherings have suggested that the dubbing license is more tangible than PLI or PAT. My personal viewpoint, is that even though all three ""aces" could and indeed are considered (by some) to be "May never need them, but..well, just in case..." and could make the difference in securing bookings...eg: £275 disco with[/] PLI, Dubbing License

thanks for that. Are you able to define, in this context, what the intermittent-ness is? Eg: wave files vs mp3, files on internal drive vs files on an external drive... thanks for that. Are you able to define, in this context, what the intermittent-ness is? Eg: wave files vs mp3, files on internal drive vs files on an external drive... thanks for that. Are you able to define, in this context, what the intermittent-ness is? Eg: wave files vs mp3, files on internal drive vs files on an external drive...

, lived happily ever-after.

My two initial thoughts are: A) the firmware upgrade on your unit didnt complete. B) the pitch bend + button isn't working. For A) can you try re-loading the firmware either from internal hdd or pen drive etc. And for B), try using playlist button and + on the other side of the controller. (both buttons on the same side though...not left deck playlist button with right deck side pitch bend +) (I'm sure you wouldn't have done opposite sides buttons, but...) Again, let me know how it goes

Just out of interest - the brackets aren't reversable or mounted off-centre on the lights, are they...? eg: If you take the brackets off of the light and turn the brackets around, or over, or something...they stand off a little further. Back which I used to use what felt like a dozen 250w halogen type light effects, some had brackets which could be mounted one way for overhead hanging, but removed and reversed for mounted-below mounting.

Even better. I'd teach the groom how to fade up the channel and how to press play - that way...it wasnt me who played their disc...the groom did... Meanwhile, I'd dance with the bride. I think that the majority are all pretty much agreed on this - we'd avoid confrontation with the B&G on their big day. Of course, if the songs had offensive lyrics in, then...that's another story... and indeed a topic already covered previously. I think that this topic does however show up another one of the risks of gigs that are passed on, when all the associated information, isn't

I heard of it a couple of years back. Back then, I think that it only worked on O2 / Cellnet phones. Back then, it hated pitch shifting eg: the track being played faster, or slower than 0.0% - it also needed to be very close to speakers playing very loud music. Effects also used to throw it - eg: Add a flanger into the mix and Shazam shruged its shoulders. This could explain why Shazam fairs better when a nice safe radio play, or in-shop/in-house "radio" station is playing it, at a nice, safe 0.0%. I've not tried it for at least 2 years - if not more - maybe

Good to hear. You're correct in believing that the internal drive is fast enough for all sorts of data transfer at suitable speeds to avoid the sort of bottlenecks which we're talking of above. The only thing which I'm aware of which would have caused slow playback from internal HDD is database issues - which would have been cleared when the 2500 created the new database as part of the firmware upgrade procedure. Ideas? Yes! Try this (and sorry if this is what you've tried already.) * Search for any song, any way you like, eg: by arti

I'll be sending you a PM hopefully by the end of tonight (GMT) with some additional info, but let me clarify a couple of things first. The "Stops playing, then sloooooowly starts" is not the firmware, or the DN-HD2500 - it's the speed of the external device - eg: disk drive, disk drive firmware, hub, or lead. I've seen this several times and seen it replicated deliberately where a nice fast (USB 2.0) Powered, external drive, with a good USB2.0 lead runnig through a powered USB 2.0 hub, is working fine. Everything is switched off, and the USB2.0 hub is switched with an unpowered,

There's a long-running misconception which many people have thought to be "ok then", about this whole thing - the misconception (versus copyright legality and reality) is "ripping my own CDs and playing them at a disco is OK, as long as I keep the originals". That's incorrect (unfortunately). Have a search on DJU for the word "License" - be aware that there were two stages/phases of discussion phase 1: All the discussions about License MK1, which was also released as "The Digital DJ License" about 2 years ago. It was a step-in-the-right-direction, but not

If the tunes on your hard drive were once CDs or vinyl as opposed to legal downloads, there'd have be no difference between the legality of the two playback alternatives. From the viewpoint of trusting the music files on my hard drive, rather than what quality existed on the b&g cd, I'd have done the same as you eg: played the tracks I had from my own sources. As for the remaining track, I'd have played it by ear - if it was their first dance, I'd have played it from their CD. If the track was just one of 20 they'd asked for, I'd probably have played other tracks instead.

I'd be considering drilling extra holes in the brackets at this time, to allow the bolt idea to work. Alternatively, if the lights are branded, try contacting the manufactuers, with a few links to plugs which are the same length or longer than yours - going along the lines that their so-called floor brackets are not suitable for lifting the effect clear of the floor by enough clearance to be operational. They might stump up the right-angled XLR adaptors or longer brackets. Quick thought...for that all-so-quick workaround... homw much extra clearance do you need for the D

Well, that's handy - it's probably less likely to hit software conflicts than a laptop. Just have to watch out for fraying hems:lol: Talking of "size matters", 7inch Vs 12inch etc, thanks to hard drive storage costs plummeting there are an ever increasing number of DJ's choosing to go with full blown, uncompressed Wave (WAV) files now, instead of MP3. The file sizes are of course bigger for WAV, but its now cheap enough not to have to compromise.

my first idea was to bolt some blocks of wooden baton to the floor brackets. This would lift the bracket, the lights and therefore the DMX sockets just that bit further off of the ground allowing the dmx leads more clearance. However, the wood could look a bit tatty. so...if the floor brackets have got 2 holes each, 4 holes in total, then maybe putting 4 long bolts through those holes and double-nutting the bolts so they act as 4 legs on each par can.

I'm terribly disappointed with nearly all the recent lighting offerings - the olny differences seem to be the number of DMX channels/features, whether the Gobos are user chanable, or not - and the brightness of the effect. The only exceptions seem to be the new Martin moving heads, which offer gobos which can be loaded like feeding coins into a drinks vending machine (rather than opening the unit up and swapping gobos), and even that only helps us, the DJ, rather than the audience. Only the Kam Star Cluster laser effect - LED bars/tubes, and the "various suppliers" LED projected s

The most common cause for corrupted files/tags eg: wrong artist attributed to wrong song, or vice versa is 3rd party PC/laptop applications being used to adjust the music files, or their tag info - eg: a) Third Party Applications which edit or attempt to auto populate tags - even simple things like Changing The Capitalisation Of The Words In The Tags" especially Auto BPM calculators. (New Music manager has a great BPM calculator which will BPM tag an entire folder/drive for you) b) Third Party Applications which adjust the volume level of the music files (normalize)

I've not taken the Hotlist up to 99 tracks at a gig yet, although used Hotlist at about 6 gigs so far. I've just tried it, and got the message "Hotlist is Full" when I tried to add an extra track to a Hotlist of 99 tracks (roughly 6.5 hours of music already). Removing tracks in the Hotlist which have been marked with a tick/checkmark, eg: ones which you've already played, or used the "Omit from playlist" option on, just go into the Utility Menu, via the Utility button on the 2500, and choose the Edit Hotlist menu option.

Ok...back from the US now, and even happier to help than ever. What's a hot list? Well, back in Ye Olde days of DJing with vinyl, or even the newer days of DJing with CDs, if you were flicking through your music flightcases of albums for a track which you wanted, you might have flicked through an album or track which suddenly grabbed your brain and made you think "Hmm, that'll go down really well with tonights crowd,but not yet...I might play it later..." and low and behold, you'd pull the chosen piece of vinyl/CD jewel case halfway out of the flightcase and leave it tilted at a j

What's the actual version number of the Music manager software? and...what's the firmware version number on the Denon DN-HD2500. This can be found by going into PRESETs (a fascinating bunch of menu options in themselves) and turning the parameter knob until you get to "Version". Both the above firmware and Version number may have decimal points in them, or be 4 digit etc. Please quote all. Music manager has got some good features, but easy-to-pick-up user friendly-ness, isn't as good as perhaps it could be.

Hmmm, sort of "Bat out of hell" but, softer, more Pop-y. How about: "Malt Loaf" The naming of yourself or your show can be really important, if you're planning to stay DJ'ing for any significant duration, or credibility, to a certain degree. For example: "DJ Odd-socks", might be fine for a once a month gig down at the local youth club, spanning 18 months, but would such a name give a potential bride & groom a positive or negative perception of you? If you're thinking of making a big go of it, making a career, or signifcant b