The Maven - Sasha's New Ableton Controller
Sasha has developed a controller that mimics a traditional DJ mixer, but it is in fact a 100% Ableton Live controller.
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http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2005/...ontroller.html
I think it’s brilliant. I know people will be bitching about "Well, if everyone uses Ableton Live , then you don't even have to beat match anymore.. Now anyone can be a DJ!". Well my answer to that is "Get a Life!" With one with one skillset not needed, another higher level skill will become more in demand. The new skill will be about creating your own music. Heaven forbid the DJ actually get some musical skill and have to produce his or her own tracks to stand out. PFfff... HAHA
Soon the traditional DJ will be equal to a cover band and the real artists will be the ones that always create their own music.
Re: The Maven - Sasha's New Ableton Controller
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Originally Posted by Antinoise
I think it’s brilliant. I know people will be bitching about "Well, if everyone uses Ableton Live , then you don't even have to beat match anymore.. Now anyone can be a DJ!". Well my answer to that is "Get a Life!" With one with one skillset not needed, another higher level skill will become more in demand. The new skill will be about creating your own music. Heaven forbid the DJ actually get some musical skill and have to produce his or her own tracks to stand out. PFfff... HAHA
Soon the traditional DJ will be equal to a cover band and the real artists will be the ones that always create their own music.
There's more to DJing than mixing though, I remember seeing a producer 'DJ' and quite apart from the fact he couldn't mix (or place a mix, he tacked one tune onto the end of another letting all the energy the last tune built up dissipate for example), although he played some good tunes the order he played them in made no sense. A good DJ set isn't so much about the individual tunes, but the rich tapestry he weaves from them, as well as reacting to what the crowd wants...
I'd be much more interested in a DJ that could do that than someone who made some of the tunes themself, when someone could just as easily play them.