5238  Idea for DJ's

Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:12:49 -0600
From: "Tango Mail" <tango@springssauna.com>
Subject: [Tango-L] Idea for DJ's
To: <tango-l@mit.edu>

Ok.. so.. I DJ'd last night had a pretty hard time with the sound system because for some reason the volume level fluctuated a lot.
I thought of something that might make life easy for those that DJ AND dance at the same time and don't sit behind the system constantly
to tinker with the volume levels.

How about someone with connections or the electronic-know-how develops a small box that you'll plug between the computer/cd-player and
amp/sound system.. you pre-program a decibel level that you know works well in that particular space and something that's easy to change up or
down depending on amount of people and their white noise. If a recording happens to be a bit on the quieter side the box automatically
cranks the volume up a bit to the pre-programmed decibel level and if the recording is new and loud it would lower the volume level.

You wouldn't have to touch the volume control on the computer or the soundboard at all (least if you have pre-made cortinas - with non-premade
cortinas life might suck as the box would attempt to raise the volume as you were lowering it to fade out - maybe the box could have a fade-out feature).
Anyone that comes up with such box or schematics to build such box would rock! I would certainly provide premade cortinas for such-a-person :)

JK

Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:47:26 -0600
From: "Tango Tango" <tangotangotango@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Idea for DJ's
To: tango-l@mit.edu
<9fb1555a0710132247u3e56cff1if617b0a1cee985e6@mail.gmail.com>

-Or one could take the job of DJing seriously (especially if one is being
paid for it) and DJ instead of dancing.

Neil



On 10/13/07, Tango Mail <tango@springssauna.com> wrote:

>
> Ok.. so.. I DJ'd last night had a pretty hard time with the sound system
> because for some reason the volume level fluctuated a lot.
> I thought of something that might make life easy for those that DJ AND
> dance at the same time and don't sit behind the system constantly
> to tinker with the volume levels.
>
> How about someone with connections or the electronic-know-how develops a
> small box that you'll plug between the computer/cd-player and
> amp/sound system.. you pre-program a decibel level that you know works
> well in that particular space and something that's easy to change up or
> down depending on amount of people and their white noise. If a recording
> happens to be a bit on the quieter side the box automatically
> cranks the volume up a bit to the pre-programmed decibel level and if the
> recording is new and loud it would lower the volume level.
>
> You wouldn't have to touch the volume control on the computer or the
> soundboard at all (least if you have pre-made cortinas - with non-premade
> cortinas life might suck as the box would attempt to raise the volume as
> you were lowering it to fade out - maybe the box could have a fade-out
> feature).
> Anyone that comes up with such box or schematics to build such box would
> rock! I would certainly provide premade cortinas for such-a-person :)
>
> JK
>

Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 04:46:24 -0400
From: Carol Shepherd <arborlaw@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Idea for DJ's
To: tango-l@mit.edu

iTunes will do a volume analysis and equalize volumes (somewhat).

Tango Mail wrote:

> Ok.. so.. I DJ'd last night had a pretty hard time with the sound system because for some reason the volume level fluctuated a lot.
> I thought of something that might make life easy for those that DJ AND dance at the same time and don't sit behind the system constantly
> to tinker with the volume levels.
>
> How about someone with connections or the electronic-know-how develops a small box that you'll plug between the computer/cd-player and
> amp/sound system.. you pre-program a decibel level that you know works well in that particular space and something that's easy to change up or
> down depending on amount of people and their white noise. If a recording happens to be a bit on the quieter side the box automatically
> cranks the volume up a bit to the pre-programmed decibel level and if the recording is new and loud it would lower the volume level.
>
> You wouldn't have to touch the volume control on the computer or the soundboard at all (least if you have pre-made cortinas - with non-premade
> cortinas life might suck as the box would attempt to raise the volume as you were lowering it to fade out - maybe the box could have a fade-out feature).
> Anyone that comes up with such box or schematics to build such box would rock! I would certainly provide premade cortinas for such-a-person :)
>
> JK
>

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Carol Ruth Shepherd
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Ann Arbor MI USA
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https://arborlaw.com

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Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:48:51 +0200
From: Andy Ungureanu <abungureanu@googlemail.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Idea for DJ's
Cc: tango-l@mit.edu



Am 14.10.2007 07:47 schrieb Tango Tango :

> -Or one could take the job of DJing seriously (especially if one is being
> paid for it) and DJ instead of dancing.
>
> Neil
>

Dear Neil,

Actually if you pay the DJ, you don't pay his time during the milonga,
you pay only a very, very small amount of the time and money he invested
in CDs, Hardware, and learning. It is absolutely irrelevant if he is
babysitting the equipment or not, as long as the result is OK. He may
sit all the time behind the mixer and produce a lousy music, or dance
all the time and deliver a perfect mix.

>
>
> On 10/13/07, Tango Mail <tango@springssauna.com> wrote:
>
>> How about someone with connections or the electronic-know-how develops a
>> small box that you'll plug between the computer/cd-player and
>> amp/sound system.. you pre-program a decibel level that you know works
>> well in that particular space and something that's easy to change up or
>> down depending on amount of people and their white noise. If a recording
>> happens to be a bit on the quieter side the box automatically
>> cranks the volume up a bit to the pre-programmed decibel level and if the
>> recording is new and loud it would lower the volume level.
>>
>>

This is called Compressor / Expander/ Delimiter and it is available as
Hardware or Software plug-in. That is what every radio station uses.
The better solution is to pre analyse the songs and define a "replay
gain" based on the RMS level of the song. That's what iTunes and several
other programs do.

Regards
Andy