-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Looks like it's time to open a "they talk about mixxx" section on the new website, isn't it ? ;)
Big ups to everyone in the team for that incredible release ! Keep it up ! j Ronald Stewart wrote: >>From a guy who has been spinning and making wax since he was 17 years > old, and who does not need headphones to beatmix instantly, (just a > monitor and a quarter turn on a 1200 to get on beat) Mixxx is way > cooler than what was discussed in the article... > > I have not really ever stood on my soapbox? BUT I can honestly say > that I NEVER consider anything other than actually learning how to > spin records on 1200's (not copycat TT's), (I could teach a class on > the difference in the timing and touch/drag of a 1200 platter versus > any other turntable) is truly DJing, at least in an actual nightclub / > discotheque DJ environment. > > I remember when Gemini? and the others came to us in the mid 90's > claiming CD DJ was next and I should leave my vinyl in the dust... but > none of us jumped ship because the CD decks could not replicate the > 1200. Then when I was a promoter at Showbox in Seattle for a big DJ > night called 'Dedicated' we booked Richie Hawtin for our D&B room and > we go to pick this guy up at the airport and we go downstairs to pick > up his flight case and he didn't have one. He was telling us about > mp3/laptop DJing with his what would be known as Final Scratch. Still > not buying it or these sub-formats. I actually giggled at him, > thinking no way...oops! (BTW mp3's were the big rage in the studios in > 1993, but compared to our Sound Designer 2 files mp3 still sucked!) > Again Richie opened in Miami April 2002 when I was touring with > Outkast doing wardrobe for Andre 3000 and he still had this laptop > pushing laptop DJing. > I still thought no way will this format go.... boy was I wrong.... > > Why do I say this? and what's my point? well I have poopooed EVERY > format and style of non DJ Djing for 20 years and I got to say that I > love Mixxx. I have my crates but for the first time ever I find > myself completely using Mixxx only when I want to spin my mp3/wav > encoded records. One thing I overlooked all this time was how much I > always hated lugging crates, mixers and 1200's to gigs. I never liked > that about DJing, and now with Mixxx on Indamixx I can throw > everything in my back pocket. With the touchscreen I can pitch > correct real fast... > (side note to younger DJ's - back in the day we had to carry big a** > speakers and HEAVY crown amps to EVERY gig along with about 14 crates > of records depending on the gig, just to make a buck) > > OK I know the Serato argument, but its still pricey and you still need > 1200's and most likely a macbookpro don't cha? Besides, I can't think > of another DJ app that has all the supported crossover formats that > Mixxx does. > > Also, does anyone know if you can Icecast2 Mixxx directly to the net? > as I currently beatmix live over the net with wifi on Indamixx by > connecting Mixxx to IDJC in Qjack. > > To the Mixxx team... thank you... I am finally convinced, plus I love > the community efforts. > > I will loyally evangelize Mixxx, so if there are any 'big talkers', > 'tough guys', 'know it alls', or 'hard sells', just send them my way. > I started remixing in house for Tommy Boy Records when I was 19 in > 1989. I remixed for every major label and most indies, I started > Wicked Mixx, when we jumped from Mixx-it, I started Factor 3 Records > and Bulletproof Records. I signed Sean 'Mystro' Mather among others > such as Charles 'The Mixologist' Roane between 1992-1994, both of > those guys have sold over 20 million records combined, Charles won a > Grammy last year for 'aint no other man', and currently is DJ > Premiere's engineer, Charles also produced Groove Theory and JD's SoSo > Def Bass Allstars CD. Sean produced Immature, All saints, gogo remix > of Missy's 'I cant stand the rain', Gwen Stefani, Michael Jackson, & > Salt and Pepa. Sean won a BMI for All Saints among others. > I have been doing this so long that I was even one of the very first > beta testers for Pro Tools hired by Chris Bach personally who is one > of the guys who invented Pro Tools. > (BTW every thing in here can be verified by Jeff Davies who got me > these gigs and ironically is the same guy who brought Serato from New > Zealand to Rane, who is still at Rane all these years later, talk > about a loyal person, and super cool). > > So for someone who has made DJing a life choice.. when it comes to > Mixxx I have zero hangups and no complaints....Think of it like > this... what other DJ apps are out there that you can hack and tweak > and put on another device and create another product without having to > look out for the cops or lawyers? > > ps there is a REAL reason WHY we use double X or XX in stuff but you > would have to be a bay area DJ in the 80's to even know... but hey I > am positive some of y'all are still out there!!! > > keeping it real since 1969 (and it has cost me at times to do so!) > > thanks again > > Ronald Stewart > www.indamixx.com > > pss in my next rant I will tell the story of how I got rid of my > Euro-bootleggers by cutting them in on my record distribution while > still making money!!! > > holla! > > rs > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 9:49 PM, Albert Santoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hey guys, >> >> This was linked from Create Digital Music today: >> http://vinylproject.com/dp/node/49 >> >> Interesting read, coming from a guy who was thinking about switching >> from vinyl. I've got some thoughts on this, but I'd like hear other >> peoples' first, if anyone would like to share any. >> >> Thanks, >> Albert >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Mixxx-devel mailing list >> Mixxx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Mixxx-devel mailing list > Mixxx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel - -- - --- Jeremie ZIMMERMANN --------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - --- Citoyens contre un internet Big Brother - http://laquadrature.net - --- Promouvoir et défendre le logiciel Libre ------- http://april.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIquJY1eTOPM/5+wsRAopsAJwN5KAwnF0uPGwIey3N4R9VaJxXOwCfVv+C GMynjHQxwOaUlihZOfx3fa4= =gDFB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Mixxx-devel mailing list Mixxx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel
