DJ 101 - MIDI Mapping In Serato DJ
This tutorial walks through how to map a MIDI controller in Serato DJ. This guide teaches how to map personal preferences, save them, and then load the saved settings into the Serato DJ software.
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DJ 101 - Analyzing Audio Files in Serato
The various Serato DJ software programs offer a variety of features to help enhance your DJ performance. One feature offered is the ability to analyze audio files prior to using them. Analyzing an audio file prepares the waveform overviews, detects file corruption, calculates BPM values and creates Beatgrids. This articles walks through why and how to analyze audio files in Serato.
DJ 101 - Making Crates in Serato
All DJs know how important it is to keep their music libraries organized. Serato makes it easy by including a feature called Crates. Many Numark controllers such as the NS7, NS6, Mixtrack Pro I and II and the Mixdeck series, work with the Serato. This guide walks through how to build crates and orgnize your music in the various Serato programs.
DJ 101: Setting Up iTunes
With so much music available to us DJ's, organizing our collections can be quite a headache. One of the most popular programs for this purpose is Apple's iTunes. iTunes works both on Mac & PC platforms and provides us with a number of ways to save and organize our music. In this guide, we will cover some of the most common settings most of us DJ's find useful.
DJ 101 - Hot Cue Basics
Hot Cues are important for nearly every style of DJ. This guide walks through the basics how to utilize the Hot Cues, why they are important, and how they will benefit you.
Getting Started with Pro Tools Express M-Audio/Akai Pro Edition
When it comes to computer based recording Pro Tools has been the industry standard for many years. Up until recently Pro Tools has been a tool used mainly by professional trained recording engineers. Today we have multiple versions of this software with different features geared toward users with different skill sets. Pro Tools Express was introduced a couple years ago, and is a lighter version for the novice user looking to record at home. In this article we will cover the basic steps to setup your MIDI keyboard controller and, begin recording.
Ableton Live - Using Multiple Interfaces
Are you trying to record multiple instruments simultaneously but do not have enough inputs on your audio interface? Well, if you or a friend has a second audio interface laying around you can combine the interfaces and double the amount of inputs and outputs. The instructions below will show you how to achieve this in Ableton on a Windows and Mac.
Mac OS X: Accessing Hidden Library Folders
In this Tip's N Tricks article, I want to point out a very important tip for getting around one of Apple's more peculiar security precautions in Mac OS X Lion and Mountain Lion. By default, the User Library folder is hidden in Mac OS 10.7 and above. We'll cover a few different methods to easily access this hidden folder.
Mac OS X - Terminal Tricks
This article covers some useful tricks in the Mac OS X terminal. Search for hidden files, Switch between the 32 bit and 64 bit kernel, fixing kernel extensions, enabling NTFS support and more.
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