Joris Voorn on the future of DJing

[davethedrummer]

Really good answers aren't they?
I know people moan and groan about the beatmatching thing
but he's right, essentially a DJ has to be able to do his thing in real time
and make those choices of tunes, and no, you can't program a computer to do it for you
there's just too many variables, you have to be there selecting it yourself.

the old dub dj's never used to mix , in fact they normally only had one deck :
play the vocal side
play a silly noise with a wozzle ( sound fx ) box whilst flipping it over
play the dub on the b side ( mc chats over the top at this point )

REWIND SELECTA !!!!!

[CTRLS]

and no, you can't program a computer to do it for you
there's just too many variables, you have to be there selecting it yourself.

you seen those radio sites that learn your musical taste? they're getting pretty good at it. in theory if you collect enough data to predict a club crowd... worryingly, you probably can program a computer to perform an alright set, selecting tunes and mixing by itself, in a few years. sorry to hijack but can you imagine going out to see a computer spin? i don't know whether to be scared or excited :lol:

[qUE]

you seen those radio sites that learn your musical taste? they're getting pretty good at it. in theory if you collect enough data to predict a club crowd... worryingly, you probably can program a computer to perform an alright set, selecting tunes and mixing by itself, in a few years. sorry to hijack but can you imagine going out to see a computer spin? i don't know whether to be scared or excited :lol:

You are way too close to the truth. I'm a developer of live music production systems, fortunately the only things I allow for pre-production wise are pre-note/sound sequencing, maybe human impossible effecting and nothing else. I personally feel you're cheating an audience if you make it so you can literally press a key and everything happens. Ableton/equivelent currently allows you to do this with sounds and effects, it's far too easy to sit there with pre-sequenced loops and effects and just wave your arms then maybe press a key. The only thing missing at the moment is switching the laptop on, pressing a key and going and jumping around in the audience. Maybe next? If not now?

The fact is, who has the name, who's making the money? It's as far from underground as you can get.

[davethedrummer]

you seen those radio sites that learn your musical taste? they're getting pretty good at it. in theory if you collect enough data to predict a club crowd... worryingly, you probably can program a computer to perform an alright set, selecting tunes and mixing by itself, in a few years. sorry to hijack but can you imagine going out to see a computer spin? i don't know whether to be scared or excited :lol:

like the "genius" on itunes you mean ?
unfortunately at the moment , because all my tracks are either promos or underground techno tracks
the old itunes "genius " still can't work out what the **** I am listening to.
every time I've tried it (for a laugh )
it's said something along the lines of: "sorry mate but if you started listening to PROPER music I could help you"

but I'm sure it won't be long before we can all upload our curret chart to the event website
and they can program an automatic "dj BOt" to mix it all for us

the worlds first automated rave?

the only thing is you don't have to pay the DJ
or put up with their shitty attitudes or drunken behaviour.

next step : get rid of the need to have people at the event at all.

[CTRLS]

like the "genius" on itunes you mean ?
unfortunately at the moment , because all my tracks are either promos or underground techno tracks
the old itunes "genius " still can't work out what the **** I am listening to.
every time I've tried it (for a laugh )
it's said something along the lines of: "sorry mate but if you started listening to PROPER music I could help you"

but I'm sure it won't be long before we can all upload our curret chart to the event website
and they can program an automatic "dj BOt" to mix it all for us

the worlds first automated rave?

the only thing is you don't have to pay the DJ
or put up with their shitty attitudes or drunken behaviour.

next step : get rid of the need to have people at the event at all.

i didnt even know itunes had one. there are ones that handle drum'n'bass pretty well at least. i'm a dj as well and am not crazy about robots taking over my job but arent you at least curious to see how good a computer can dj and if its potentially better then humans? i am.