As someone who has embraced Ableton Live as a DJ tool I have two observations: 1) Removing beat matching from the equation means you don't make beat-matching mistakes. Plenty of other surprises and mistakes are possible. 2) a preprogrammed set doesn't interact with the audience.
To the extent I suck as a DJ -- well. whatever it is you call yourself when you don't play actual records -- it's my fault and not Abletons. I've seen loads of DJs play boring sets with no consideration for their audience, using good ol vinyl and turntables. To paraphrase the NRA, "Technology doesn't bore a crowd, DJs bore a crowd." On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Martijn de Blaauw <martijn.de.bla...@woonconcept.nl> wrote: > > Funny to read that one of the dj's being on the forefront of technology > speaks about the fact that all these technological developments > (traktor, ableton and so on) will lead to the fact that dj's might not > be needed in clubs anymore in the future because all music sounds the > same, mixed without any mistakes, no feeling anymore and so why not play > some pre-programmed music? >
