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Nora Leggs

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:12:25 +1300

Maybe straw or sawdust would be a better ground cover

Good idea, something to soak up the spilled swill.

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:53:59 +1300

There were dull moments but not so much when Neil was playing--more to do with the silly shenanigans on stage with those twits in white coats, who were just irritating,
Nora: three hours standing was a trial in Wellington but there was a time when legs trembled from the rumble…

Nora Leggs

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:25:28 +1300

I couldn’t quite believe I was at a Neil Young concert – how could this have happened? Do I really want to be transported back to the turmoil of teenage years? Enjoyed it none-the-less, tho it was a long time to stand in one spot, and I wondered if I…

Russell Brown

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:17:26 +1300

Neil Young was magnificent in Wellington last night but the TSB Arena is a horrible, horrible venue.

I was utterly transported by him at times last night — and also a tiny bit bored at other times. No complaints, but I'd still rank the Big Day Out show as a…

Sacha

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:24:04 +1300

Crocs in the Awakino. Somebody call the Authoratahs

sorted

Geoff Lealand

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:46:30 +1300

Neil Young was magnificent in Wellington last night but the TSB Arena is a horrible, horrible venue.

Steve Barnes

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:14:02 +1300

And a lonely soul near the mouth of the Awakino River;

Oh noes, there's Crocs in the Awakino. Somebody call the Authoratahs!

Geoff Lealand

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:51:07 +1300

And a lonely soul near the mouth of the Awakino River;

Geoff Lealand

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:49:58 +1300

More WOMAD: Japanese artists Shunsuke Kimura & Etsuro Ono, on Tsugaru Shamisen (sort of a Japanese banjo)

Geoff Lealand

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:46:47 +1300

Vieux Farka Toure at WOMAD on Saturday. Taj Mahal guested on one song–a blues number dedicated to Taranaki.

Gareth Ward

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:57:42 +1300

I'm curious whether the Apple devices solved the key problem with effective DJing on a 'droid I ran into, which is that there aren't 4 channels for the sounds,

iOS6 introduced multichannel audio, so apps can, for example, route a stereo cue into the headphones and stereo main out via…

Geoff Lealand

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:47:48 +1300

Spot you there in Wellington?

I really enjoyed Vieux Farka Toure at WOMAD on Saturday but his torrent of electric blues makes you wonder what 'world music'. might be,

Russell Brown

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:14:29 +1300

I was driving and missed it, but the family certainly felt it at home.

Russell Brown

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:11:10 +1300

Never mind all that. THIS is what I’m looking forward to on Tuesday night.

Thursday up here. Which – curses – is also the night that Fred Wesley plays the Powerstation. That's just not fair.

Steve Barnes

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:08:18 +1300

Don;t like the look of this, about 5k under Mototapu
http://geonet.org.nz/quakes/region/newzealand/2013p203051

Tamara

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:58:31 +1300

huh no! We're in Mt Eden and didn't notice it.

Steve Barnes

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:12:09 +1300

Did you feel that? http://geonet.org.nz/quakes/region/newzealand/2013p203051

Steve Barnes

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:11:06 +1300

A quick and dirty way to get a DJ setup in Widows 7 is to use stream routing. All you have to do is use two different media players and set the output of one to “rear audio out” in the devices section and the other one to “front Headphone…

Jackie Clark

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 07:54:39 +1300

I know nothing about any of these things but I have to say that whatever you used was brilliant. I spent a bit of time peering at the turntable graphic thingy. It was pretty cool. The music pumping out from it was even better. And the ladies won on the…

Rich of Observationz

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 19:19:07 +1300

One option (which is supported by some laptop tools like Ableton) is to play in mono and use one channel for playing out and the other for pre-listen. You'd need a reasonably versatile mixer, or a special cable.

The other one is that some phones/tablets support USB OTG (almost all…

Tony P

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:23:22 +1300

Never mind all that. THIS is what I'm looking forward to on Tuesday night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU3zVv0AHsQ

JacksonP

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:26:10 +1300

Likely to become one of the most frequently remixed songs of the year, Laura Mvula's Green Garden. I picked this one, but plenty on Soundcloud.

BenWilson

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:02:56 +1300

The 5.1 solution occurred to me. It's theoretically possible to do it, but my question is really about whether anyone actually has.

Steve Barnes

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:36:50 +1300

the key problem with effective DJing on a ’droid I ran into, which is that there aren’t 4 channels for the sounds, so you can’t do audio cueing on a headset.

While I am here... ;-)
I was wondering whether you could use the midi channel with an "on the…

Steve Barnes

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:32:48 +1300

But I was sure I used to be able to set iTunes to automix from track to track and I’m damned if I can see how to do that now.

Sorry Russ, I misunderstood your point, I thought Auto Fade when it seems you were referring to Auto Mix.
I…

Steve Barnes

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:20:46 +1300

There’s even a lock mode so you can cue everything up and no-one can get into it without the password. :-)

Yes and very handy it is when you have a certain drunken female guest who insists on changing every tune within the first minute because she wants to play…

TracyMac

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:54:31 +1300

Yeah, for "party mix" at home, I thoroughly endorse Media Monkey. Tons of features, and I use it to manage all my media, rip CDs (into zillions of formats) and so on.

There's even a lock mode so you can cue everything up and no-one can get into it without…

Russell Brown

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:38:39 +1300

Are any of these apps Ranty Dave’s product? Maybe he’ll come on here and tell us about it – the different feature is being able to preview and set up your mixes ahead of time.

I don't *think* so. And even if it is, I certainly mean no ill towards…

BenWilson

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:51:16 +1300

Playing tunes at home is truly a different use case from DJing for an audience though. In the former case, you probably want automatic blends and sequencing, with the ability to easily cue anything up from an entire record collection.

In the latter, you wouldn't use an inferior tool. You'd…

Hugh Wilson

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:35:05 +1300

I tweeted some thanks to Russell for this post earlier, as I have peered into the world of DJ app's before only to retreat in a fog of confusion – I'm more psyched (if that's the right word) for parting with $25 than previously the case ...

One alternative I…

mike gemmell

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:31:11 +1300

Traktor have recently released a dj app for ipads, looks like it might be fun, $25

Simon Grigg

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:45:27 +1300

oh, that 'Rush' re-edit is amazing. I've worn out two copies of the original Morales 12" over the years so this fills a hole wonderfully.

If I was stuck on that bloody desert island a Morales remix or two would find their way there.

Now if we can have a…

Rich of Observationz

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:53:36 +1300

Are any of these apps Ranty Dave's product? Maybe he'll come on here and tell us about it – the different feature is being able to preview and set up your mixes ahead of time.

Playing tunes at home is truly a different use case from DJing for an audience…

Dan Slevin

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:30:15 +1300

For smooth unattended playback I recommend Radiologik. It's pro-studio automation software but cheap-as for the features and supports Airplay. Software preps all your tracks for smooth transitions based on criteria you select.

Add iVolume and you get radio-style presentation of your own selection of tracks – also updates play counts…

Allan Moyle

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:14:24 +1300

note that the new Ladi6 track is also on Soundcloud here

BenWilson

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:07:52 +1300

I'm curious whether the Apple devices solved the key problem with effective DJing on a 'droid I ran into, which is that there aren't 4 channels for the sounds, so you can't do audio cueing on a headset. Do they have a solution for that, or are they stuck with…

BenWilson

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:03:16 +1300

FWIW, my opinion on the best interface is that a turntable metaphor is a wasteful gimmick. It doesn't really act or feel like an actual turntable, having no weight, and potentially high input latency, it uses a lot of CPU cycles in a process that is already very hungry for…

BenWilson

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:56:23 +1300

The most fully featured app I tried on the 'droid was Droid DJ, substantially better for anything tricky than anything else, other than a remote control of desktop app, none of which I tried. Mostly the difference was that it didn't crash or lock up. But the most actually useful…

Steve Barnes

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:31:52 +1300

But I was sure I used to be able to set iTunes to automix from track to track and I’m damned if I can see how to do that now

Setting up Crossfading

On the iTunes main screen, click the Edit menu tab and choose Preferences. Click on the Playback…

Russell Brown

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:06:10 +1300

I am not sure if there is an iPood version but I thought use Apple guys let Steve Jobs choose your music for you.

Heh. I fucking hate shopping at the iTunes Store, but the Apple ecosystem does playback pretty bloody well. I either AirPlay music from my phone (including…

sonja yelich

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:38:28 +1300

yeah – at first i thought – oh, Flagstaff, don't be so bubba chubba – & then i thought – ooo, spiteful.

Steve Barnes

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:18:09 +1300

The setup I went for in the end, after trying several DJ apps and progs, is Media monkey backed up with Unified remote for Andriod. That way I can control the player from anywhere in the house over wireless, volume, next track etc. With the paid version ($5) it will…

bob daktari

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:36:07 +1300

I use DJ Mixer pro on the pad... its fun, simple to use, freemium and can do turntables or CDJs (god knows why one would go for the latter)..

and for those old fashioned whom blending, mixing or mashing of two tunes is sacrilegious I love AirVinyl by Air Studios…

Peter Darlington

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:41:34 +1300

We used Algoriddim Djay for the radio show last year. Made things pretty sweet for simpletons like us to be able run the show although we never tried anything too fancy. Things I also never tried – queueing up several tracks in advance. Would've been useful but I'm not sure…

Russell Brown

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:28:26 +1300

The local Devonport rag, The Flagstaff, has a hilariously nose-out-of-joint article about Lorde, mentioning that while she was happy to grant them an interview in 2009 when she won the Belmont Intermediate School Talent Quest, she didn’t respond to their more recent requests for comment.

We just fell about laughing…

Andre Alessi

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:12:59 +1300

The local Devonport rag, The Flagstaff, has a hilariously nose-out-of-joint article about Lorde, mentioning that while she was happy to grant them an interview in 2009 when she won the Belmont Intermediate School Talent Quest, she didn't respond to their more recent requests for comment.

If you don't mind, I'll…

Russell Brown

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:57:46 +1300

Another from Darcy. For all that he's doing it in a comedy accent, this is a great cover of 'Jolene':

http://youtu.be/jlUdKF60joY

Public Address

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:57:46 +1300

Discussion from blog post.