carl1974
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Hi all
This saturday i am doing a corporate function in a local well known gym establishments function room. There will be around 175-200 guests which is probably double what i have had previously. Age range is 18-65 so varied. Spoke with client and he told me there were going to be other things going on in other area's like bucking bronco, buffet etc so this calmed me a little knowing i was'nt going to be staring out at all these people at once but was a little nervous at 1st. Am actually looking forward to it and if i can get half of them up dancing then i will be pleased. Any tips...?
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Sliced Tomatoes - Just Brothers
Fathers Angels -Bok to Bach
Couple of dancable instrumentals i find go down well.
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Yazoo-Situation
Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran
Aztec Camera-Somewhere in my heart
If you want a slowie Level 42 - It's Over works as well as bill medley & jennifer warnes
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I have just bought a Total Control off ebay for a good price but I think you will find the RMX is the one that most dj's would recommend
What is a usb controller btw ?
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Just wondered if anyone plays/has played this song. It is the song thats played at the end of a set of darts on Sky Sports.
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WHy did you choose no1partydj when no1partydjs.com existed...
Some guy did that to me and i was well p:cense:sed off until some of his clients came to my site but I'm sure the reverse is also sure mine are going to his site..??
Your site does look really good though
Paul
"Rich has the energy and enthusiam " might want to correct to enthusiasm?
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Guys thanks for your feedback, I have completely revamped the site, and followed much of your advice, main thing is adding pics which were sorely missing from the original site, if ye could take the time to have another look I'd really appreciate it.
Tks in advance, Mike
A mobile number might be worth adding and personally i would have your picture retaken in smarter dress no offence, apart from that a nice site.
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Interesting topic, having recently only just started out this is an area i need to improve on hence i keep it to the minimum. I have an 18th at the weekend and will do the welcome and buffet open kind of stuff as well as announcing a change in genres but i will keep it to that and to be honest think that's sufficient, otherwise they could book peter kay for an hr!
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From reading some recent threads i see quite a few people use mobile broadband for onsite downloads and am wondering what you use and what you pay. I apreciate you get a limited allowance for montly fees but realistically how much do you need/use
cheers
Dave
Or should i just get an iphone
£15 top up gets you 3gb usage with Vodafone one i have although i don't use it for this purpose. A CD holds around 700mb so as long as your not downloading box sets or the like you should be fine. A friend of mine does just use his phone and gets tracks off amazon then bluetooths them across to his Laptop.
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Hi All
I am currently running 2x Dap Audio speakers through a pretty ancient old amp. I am looking to replace this and would like your advice. The speakers state they are 400w @ 8 Ohms. Does this mean they only run at 8 Ohms? So would i be correct in presuming i need a 800w amp? Something like this ?
http://www.whybuynew.co.uk/DA-800-Warrior-...-Amplifier.html
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Definitely Theme from Braveheart, Runrig, Bay City Rollers, Proclaimers, Lulu, Skids, Big Country and Simple Minds, and The Corries - Flower of Scotland.
Well that's what I'd play on St George's Day :fan:
Status Quo, The Clash, The Sex Pistols......
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I use the sound card that is built into the RMX. You simply connect your laptop to the RMX through USB, the rmx has either RCA phono or 6.25mm jack plug outputs which you can then run into your mixer or straight into your amp(s)
The RMX is round abouts £250 brand new although I got mine off ebay for £130 in mint condition.
If you want to rack mount you'd also need to buy or fabricate some rack ears, I bought a pair for £30.
edit: the soundcard built into the rmx is of very good quality and uses ASIO drivers. You can see the full details and some pictures here (clicky link)
Nice piece of kit, will deffo be looking to invest in the coming weeks. For now its a Sound card in the other pc i bought and some additional ram to take it too 2gb. Downloaded trial of VDJ and Atsav software so am gonna run 1 of them thru it next week and see how it performs.
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I use a laptop running Windows 7 and Virtual DJ pro. The laptop is kept exclusively for gigs, it never goes near the internet and i've disabled or uninstalled everything not needed such as wifi drivers etc.
I control virtual dj with a Hercules RMX controller. It has a built in (good quality) sound card and runs ASIO drivers. It's a very impressive piece of kit for the money and probably my favourite purchase in years.
My main playout console is a sloped case which has the RMX rackmounted on the slope and my active crossover underneath. The rmx has a headphone socket and mic socket (with talkover) channel faders, cross fade, eq, eq kills, 6 assignable effects buttons and loads of other features so unless you are a karaoke dj or have other specific need for a mixer then you can quite easily do without one for the majority of gigs.
Sounds good, what sort of price are you looking at for for one of those controllers ? Also just trying to wornder where i would fit one into my existing set up. At mo got main mixer cd deck box and separate amp sits underneath that. Would probably look at a rack mountable type of solution. Are you using a usb sound card then or just the onboard laptop sound?
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Doesn't do it for me I'm afraid.Her voice just sounds like Olivier Newton John to me.
The new Goldfrapp album is out soon.Rocket is good track
Each to their own! Yeah Goldfrapps quality.
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http://www.play.com/Music/MP3-Download-Tra...prd:tunechecker
Think this mite get some bodies on the dancefloor! Play it 1st followed by Bellamy Brothers Let Your Love Flow from the Barclays Ad!
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Thanks. Yes read a little about these controllers not entirely sure about them. Am i right in thinking that they hook up to the pc and you control it like that instead of the mouse / keyboard?!
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Hi Carl,
I think the card you listed is a bit overkill due to the Midi+Digital IO features.
Are you planning on going into a mixer?
If so, what inputs will the mixer take? If it can take Balanced XLR, then try to find a soundcard with Balanced outputs - this will greatly reduce noise.
You can get USB based cards - but before spending ££, work out your set-up.
I started out using a PC (Mini ITX format) with an external DJ Controller. This controller had a built-in soundcard, and so was connected to my Mixer.
Some controllers ARE also a mixer, and contain a Mic input, so something to think about... but also be prepared with a cheap mixer if the PC fails.. and you have to use some other device for playback.
I think NIK (UKHero) uses OTSAV, and this has good reviews, so should be high on your list to test.
Virtual DJ is what I used to use. I had no problems, but did a clean install, and kept to PC as a DJ Tool only (so no internet/av/fireware/games etc)
Hope this is of some help,
Jason
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Thanks for the reply. Yeah i thought the card was overkill but then it was reccommended by a salesperson of said store. Think i'll go for just a basic Creative PCI card bout £25-£30. Just need it to connect from PC to amp. Pc is a mini itx also just need to do a clean install on it as it had aol and all sorts of stuff on it, i have disabled auto updates firewall etc and am just using it as a music pc. At the mo got the pc connected with a couple of cd's loaded in the main mixer deck incase of pc failure but will look at some controllers. As for the software it has improved but still getting some slight interuptions as have to search manually using windows explorer then drag n drop tracks. This could be software/driver issue or not enough memory (512mb) gonna be a bit of trial and error at the mo. Will look at a trial version of the otsav software and see how that runs.
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Basement Jaxx - Do Your THING
D:Ream - Your The Best THING
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I have a custom built pc which is a bit old running BPM Studio software latest version. I have heard of Virtual DJ and since joing this forum OTSAV Software. Does anyone here use BPM Studio ? Whats your experience of it? The Pc is a Pentium 4 2.8Ghz with 512mb Ram only expandable to 1gb Max. I have another PC which is a P4 2.8ghz with 1gb Ram and and extra 1gb too add (4gb max). They are both running XP Pro and i have disabled all non relevant services and removed old software. I do intend to do a clean install on the Existing PC but am considering loading VDJ or OTSAV on the new one to compare. Also any reccommendations for an internal PCI sound card? Would a budget £20 card do the trick or should i look at higher end cards such as this http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=224756 ? Thanks.
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My name is Carl i'm 35 and from Stafford. Just bought some second hand kit and hoping to expand it. Would like some advice on PC based DJ software as am looking to go down this avenue. Been reading bits of the forum and have found it very informative. I work in IT so know a little about computers and will be happy to advise anyone's problems!
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Many Thanks, yes will be smart for this one as it may get me other work. Am doing one in my local friday for halloween so 1st time for me having two gigs. Will try out a few of those if not all at the local.