Using Your Controller With Hip Hop
Using Your Controller With Hip Hop Posted on: 11.07.2012 by Cortez Cristofano Im new to the thread but i seem to notice the of lack of videos of people mixing hip hop with their controllers. I own a traktor s2 myself which i just recently purchased a couple months ago, but im starting to believe controllers are not good for mixing hip hop unlike it is with dub or house music. For the most part my routine is just to cue a end point of a song and cue in the other. Dont really use alot of effects except for reverb, beat skip, flanger and gain knobs for build up, but iv seen the live dub and house performances and it would really be cool if you could cooperate that type of style into live hip hop sets with the traktor s2 or s4. Combining all three genres together would make a crazy set to. | |
| Lashay Walchak 12.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by oliosky
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| Noriko Lebowitz 11.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by Sherlock Ohms
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| Spencer Kilcoyne 11.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by Sn0wday
Dub: Dubstep: and, tbh I was going to refer to the above as Brostep and link this as Dubstep, but didn't want a ruckus Yes, I know it's obvious, but I do like that tune) |
| Lang Abriel 12.07.2012 | Agree with the statement about scratching form guilty....ppl who are really good you rarely notice it and when you do notice it its for a reason....speaking from the perspective of I'm drunk at a club and dancing. But scratching for fills is something i really miss on a controller. Anyways, just speed up your transitions and be more agressive by dropping tunes in....I feel thats a big difference between mixing house and hip hop, just my opinion |
| Alla Bluemke 12.07.2012 | If it were really easy a lot of people would be scratching dope and making it sound good.... A lot of people can mix out of a sound and fade, just as easily, with sync its even easier. But you have to make it sound good a seamless. Scratching to mix and and making it sound GOOD is pretty difficult and takes practice too. |
| Cortez Cristofano 12.07.2012 | Rukks appreciate the advice im gone try some experimenting |
| Lang Abriel 12.07.2012 | You don't need to scratch to be a hip hop dj....I believe it is so overrated, I'm working on getting better at scratching but its really just an easy way out of alot of mixes to be honest. Just pick your songs wisely and beatmatch them with good timing and you can do some cool stuff. Loops, beatmash, etc... can add alot, hold onto a vocal phrase with the beatmasher and mix into an intro etc....as for mixing house and hip hop and dub (dubstep) whatever. dubstep and hip hop go together really well, just half time on hip hop. Try to find vocal loops which is really common in new hip hop...I've heard tons of songs that drop the beat out and the rapper goes acapella....just use those vocals for transitions/builds whatever. For example, i was messing with hustln intro by rick ross and various dubstep songs last evening , they all sounded fairly decent. |
| Lashay Walchak 12.07.2012 | Anyone know what vinyl that 10-1 countdown is on? |
| Lashay Walchak 12.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by oliosky
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| Rey Holubar 12.07.2012 | You can scratch on an NI controller. I can't. But some people can for sure. scamo |
| Julissa Serrone 11.07.2012 | Hip Hop videos with a controller -- check out Serato Itch. You'll get some ideas. |
| Johnetta Olewine 11.07.2012 | This dude has a solid crack at scratching on an S2. Pretty impressive. |
| Noriko Lebowitz 11.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by Sherlock Ohms
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| Spencer Kilcoyne 11.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by Sn0wday
Dub: Dubstep: and, tbh I was going to refer to the above as Brostep and link this as Dubstep, but didn't want a ruckus Yes, I know it's obvious, but I do like that tune) |
| Cortez Cristofano 11.07.2012 | yea thats what i hear dubstep djs themselves call it dub for short just recently started getting into and im feeling it and the whole live performance part of it would be cool to mix dubstep hiphop and house into one routine |
| Cortez Cristofano 11.07.2012 | yea i see that im i just didnt wont to have a routine with songs just droppin in after one of another which i see most djs who use controllers do |
| Madelene Witek 11.07.2012 | please tell me you're not using "dub" as a synonym for "dubstep" |
| Spencer Kilcoyne 11.07.2012 | I mostly play hip-hop, and I used a VCI100 for years. I then changed to a pair of 1210s and TSP2, with an X1 and prefer it. The main issues it that controllers are fairly pony for scratching on, and there are very few controllers that can be scratched on accurately. |
| Cortez Cristofano 11.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by Chocolate Cake
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| King Kunzmann 11.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by youngdj92
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| Celine Surico 11.07.2012 | It's quite doable, you could do anything similar to house music et rest, loops with filtering and so on. Experiment. |
| Cortez Cristofano 11.07.2012 |
Originally Posted by Saurus
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| Eloy Kiepke 11.07.2012 | wat. |
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