DJs post your mixes for download

i'm a huge dork about it too

http://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-000020612111-3twby2-crop.jpg

i dont have a dj name

to be dorked out upon you must first dork out on yourself

there should be a word for the fleeting feeling of accomplishment you get after listening to an entire mix online

the afterglow

cochleation

or cochelation

detumescence

for catholics, procochleation is the only permissible reason to engage in hedphone sex

"hed phone sex" <-- such a great album, esp the 2disc us version

heheh wondered if someone would get that. might as well be you, v. def was a big one for me back when.

Danergy

Danny DMX

DJ Jew Order

Sir Sweat-a-Lot

Come check out my new party at Tandem in a few weeks:

Confidance! 2, Dan's Europe Express

But mostly just "Dan Selzer"

I don't even have a pseudonym on ILX!

mostly stuff picked up over the last couple of months

http://soundcloud.com/pushingit/september-2012

Riffs - I Don't Care
Mudimbi & Lorenzo - Tutto Esaurito (Arge Dislessic Remix)
Quality - Get a Lil' Stupid and Pump That Bass
Ginuwine - What's So Different (Reverend Dollars Edit)
Bwana - Baby Let Me Finish
Big Black Delta - Ifuckingloveyou (Throwing Snow Remix)
Mia Dora - Random Romantics
Dandaak - Night Breath
DJ Tray - Sending My Love
JC Him - Valid Like Salad (New Jersey Remix)
Klever - Weak (Roska Remix)
Jacki Zebraz + Erothug + Shamcocks - Mama
Sun People - Alphonze
Walter Ego - Rebounds
Carly Bond - Ain't Wastin' No Time (K's Pack Your Bags Remix)
Groove Armada feat. Slarta John - Pull Up
Frank Lucano - Mi Sombrero
Emma Lee Moss - Memorial (PBR Streetgang Remix)
Flapjackers - She's Gangsta (Bobby Breezy Secret Mix)
Todd Edwards - You Came To Me (I Believe In U version)
Mak - About You
Paul Marmota - Yohimbe
DJ Eskilate - Ice

I know this might not be the "right" thread but it certainly seems to be the most active one, so:

I'm about to rip several hundred of my own CDs for use w/ Traktor; what bitrate is ideal if I anticipate maybe someday playing them in a club? I'm torn btwn LAME V2 and V0 -- is anyone really going to notice the diff btwn the two?

And a follow-up: is EAC still the best ripper out there? I haven't done this in like 5 years.

320

just use itunes

if you're playing the *big room* at fabric you need wavs or flacs but otherwise ime doesn't matter

I've seen people use 224 vbr and even 192 in clubs for rips of scratchy-ass old detroit techno rarities

isn't 320 sorta overkill when v0 achieve essentially the same thing in a smaller filesize?

Also I've had bad experiences ripping w/ iTunes :-/

i don't know if 320 is overkill but it seems to be defacto standard

320 sounds *slightly* better to me than 256 and not any worse than 1411 wav so that's what i use

I don't really know the nerdy technical specifications and all that, but I prefer to have 320 if at all possible.

it just seems to be a sweet spot to my ears

i'm tots fine with 192.

I was about to ask almost the same question as Stevie on another thread. For files I already have on my hard drive I'll play em in Traktor down to 192 but new stuff I'll always rip at 320. but I was curious whether most people use iTunes to encode or something different. I saw someone on a forum saying that using LAME to encode instead of iTunes made more of a quality difference than the bitrate but tbh I don't even know what LAME or EAC is, just a separate piece of software you get? anyone else think this makes a difference?

I used to mainly DJ vinyl but lately I've been doing a bar gig that goes about 6 hours, usually by myself ... so have been leaning on Traktor more and more ... usually play about half vinyl, half mp3s.

if you're ripping to v0 or 320, i very much doubt it matters what codec you use.

anyway:
eac
lame
hydrogenaudio forums/knowledgebase

i can provide a 'recommended' eac config file if u want

awesome, thanks. yeah I may email you to follow up

Most everything of mine goes through iTunes, unless I digitize into Performer, then I save it as a WAV then use Max to convert to 196 or 320 depending on my mood and how much of a banger it is!

i spins pure bangers

320 or die

my tracks bang harder 320 and bang softly at 192

320 is plenty

isn't 320 sorta overkill when v0 achieve essentially the same thing in a smaller filesize?

fwiw some people say Traktor acts funny with VBR files. like it might have trouble beatgridding or calculating BPMs. I don't have enough VBR files to confirm or deny this.

true!!

not w/ every single one but sometimes it does

if a program has trouble with a vbr mp3, the mp3 probably has missing or broken headers. i'm sure there are other methods but mp3 diags should be able to fix them, among other things

24 bit FLAC, invest in a external drive and you're good to go.

Except that a lot of promotional music only gets released as an MP3, so I still have tons of those.

I guess I just prefer FLAC when say ripping fairly clean vinyl.

serato cant handle FLAC, p sure traktor cant either?

Both Ableton and Traktor can use FLAC, I'm not really a Serato guy.

If I was using Serato I would use AIFF files, because you can still tag those with artist names and other info.

I don't know why anyone would ever use WAVs.

My ideal setup is have to have my files in Traktor tagged with BPM, genre and key signature. But then I am a nerd.

at least you're not starring them

key signature? really?

Whatever you do don't feed Ableton a bunch of 192s and expect it to sound wonderful if you change the tempo +/- 10 bpm.

Yes, really. It's not really that hard, you can used Mixed in Key to do it for you automatically. It costs like 20 bucks.

i never try to mix in key, i'm impressed

Good for mashups, if you're into that kind of thing.