5532  [TangoDJ] DJ'ing with an Ipod

Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 09:05:59 -0700
From: Tom Stermitz <stermitz@tango.org>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] [TangoDJ] DJ'ing with an Ipod
To: Tango-L <tango-L@mit.edu>
delsp=yes

Sort of, but you have to become familiar enough that you don't make
mistakes.

You can set it up with multiple playlists, one for each orchestra/
style, like "1940s Di Sarli Tangos", or "D'Arienzo Waltzes".

Then, you can choose the playlist you want for the upcoming tanda.
Start playing on the song you want, and at the end click to choose the
next song if you dislike the preset order. As you come to the end of
the tanda, you can move to another playlist to trigger the curtain.

I would suggest a mini-mixer so you can handle volume adjustments with
a real knob. Possibly use two iPods so you can play one while fiddling
with the other.



On Feb 1, 2008, at 8:06 AM, masatoshi ono wrote:

> Hola pinchadiscos,
>
> I have to DJ on a place where going with my laptop
> would not be reasonable.
> I'm looking forward to buy an Ipod Classic 80 G for
> that venue and similar others to come.
> Does anybody know if it's possible to DJ with an Ipod
> ?
> Is it possible to modify a play list on the fly
> without interrupting the music that's playing ?
>
> Gracias desde ya
>
> Leonardo Beker-Gomez
>
>
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Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:49:03 -0500
From: Carol Shepherd <arborlaw@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] [TangoDJ] DJ'ing with an Ipod
To: Tom Stermitz <stermitz@tango.org>
Cc: Tango-L <tango-l@mit.edu>

I would also say it's very hard and you need lots of practice before you
actually do it. But then I mostly DJ at non-tanda type dances (ie, not
tango, I have only DJ'ed tango for parties). Tom must be a whiz at
this! You can't really change things up on the fly very easily with an
iPod. You certainly can't look at your playlists in full through the
tiny screen, or rearrange them on the fly very easily, and it's easy to
make mistakes. In non-tango DJing I always change my playlists on the
fly, based on what the crowd likes dancing to, to keep the maximum
number of people fired up and on the floor at all times. Obviously,
this is not the objective in a milonga, with the orchestras and possibly
even the crowded space with a traveling dance and couples waiting to dance.

To me the huge drawback is what Tom alluded to -- changing volume on the
fly. No matter what I do I have volume issues with different
recordings. It's easy (but a lot of work) to preset equalizer settings
in iTunes and I have invested a lot of time in that for DJing. iPods do
not recognize the equalizer data so volume is all over the place.

Tom has a great idea, if you do one playlist for each tanda and one for
cortinas, you can just select the next tanda while the cortina is
playing, and it plays out and then you select the next tanda etc. So
have lots and lots of playlists and do the work up front. Two iPods
would also help a lot. But you will still need to practice to get
comfortable and have a seamless flow of music.

CS

Tom Stermitz wrote:

> Sort of, but you have to become familiar enough that you don't make
> mistakes.
>
> You can set it up with multiple playlists, one for each orchestra/
> style, like "1940s Di Sarli Tangos", or "D'Arienzo Waltzes".
>
> Then, you can choose the playlist you want for the upcoming tanda.
> Start playing on the song you want, and at the end click to choose the
> next song if you dislike the preset order. As you come to the end of
> the tanda, you can move to another playlist to trigger the curtain.
>
> I would suggest a mini-mixer so you can handle volume adjustments with
> a real knob. Possibly use two iPods so you can play one while fiddling
> with the other.
>

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Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 10:54:22 -0700
From: <doug@swingfusion.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] [TangoDJ] DJ'ing with an Ipod
To: <arborlaw@comcast.net>, <tango-l@mit.edu>

To manage volume, I preprocess everything with mp3gain.



"MP3Gain analyzes and adjusts mp3 files so that they have the same volume.
It does not just do peak normalization, as many normalizers do. Instead, it
does some statistical analysis to determine how loud the file actually
sounds to the human ear. Also, the changes MP3Gain makes are completely
lossless. There is no quality lost in the change because the program adjusts
the mp3 file directly, without decoding and re-encoding."



And it is freeware.



Doug