Has anyone been to dubspot? New to DJing
Has anyone been to dubspot? New to DJing Posted on: 26.04.2013 by Katherin Schoene So I'm new to DJing and I'm not quite sure where to start. I own the Traktor s2 and a MacBook Pro. I've been playing with it for a few days now. I love it. But I want to know what to practice and learn how to use the different features in the program. Dubspot looks good but I want to know from someone who's been there before I drop $800 on it. If not let me know how you guys believe I should go about it. Any tips for the newbie? | |
| Shawn Vanhaitsma 29.04.2013 |
Originally Posted by RodLikesDubstep
For awhile I was believeing about their producer series awhile back. But after a friend attended the Ableton Production course, decided it wasnt worth 10 grand for the entire package. There are some nice instructors, the verbal feedback was great. For production/sound design, I would recommend their courses. For DJing, it seems like a wasted course. The one draw to doing it on campus is that you get to play a real New York Club for your final. So i guess if thats worth paying a couple grand for |
| Shawn Vanhaitsma 29.04.2013 |
Originally Posted by johnrazor
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| Asuncion Yeakel 29.04.2013 |
Originally Posted by SicksentZ
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| Lana Akey 28.04.2013 |
Originally Posted by DubluW
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| Lillia Datson 28.04.2013 |
Originally Posted by dripstep
It was a platisticky piece of crap from numark. A total control if i remember rightly. Did the job and covered the basics though, and i still use the for dummies book now and again! |
| Katherin Schoene 26.04.2013 | So I'm new to DJing and I'm not quite sure where to start. I own the Traktor s2 and a MacBook Pro. I've been playing with it for a few days now. I love it. But I want to know what to practice and learn how to use the different features in the program. Dubspot looks good but I want to know from someone who's been there before I drop $800 on it. If not let me know how you guys believe I should go about it. Any tips for the newbie? |
| Shawn Vanhaitsma 29.04.2013 | Oh rereading... I assume you are going to do the online DJing part? Because the normal course is 2000 bucks.. For the in person. Dont do the online DJ aspect of dubspot. Their courses are only worth the in person aspect. Use the internet and youtube as others suggestion if you want to pay a couple thousand for some videos and some feedback that anyone can give you |
| Shawn Vanhaitsma 29.04.2013 |
Originally Posted by RodLikesDubstep
For awhile I was believeing about their producer series awhile back. But after a friend attended the Ableton Production course, decided it wasnt worth 10 grand for the entire package. There are some nice instructors, the verbal feedback was great. For production/sound design, I would recommend their courses. For DJing, it seems like a wasted course. The one draw to doing it on campus is that you get to play a real New York Club for your final. So i guess if thats worth paying a couple grand for |
| Shawn Vanhaitsma 29.04.2013 |
Originally Posted by johnrazor
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| Asuncion Yeakel 29.04.2013 |
Originally Posted by SicksentZ
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| Augustine Mitzen 28.04.2013 | practice, practice, practice then repeat |
| Lana Akey 28.04.2013 |
Originally Posted by DubluW
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| Lillia Datson 28.04.2013 |
Originally Posted by dripstep
It was a platisticky piece of crap from numark. A total control if i remember rightly. Did the job and covered the basics though, and i still use the for dummies book now and again! |
| Maisie Davidovic 28.04.2013 | I can't personally say whether classes are good or not but I can say that practice in an actual club is the best. Thats where your real experience comes from. Especially playing to a crowd and working around unexpected circumstances. If you can afford it, i would take some classes they will def teach you things that you may not learn by yourself. For example I need help setting up traktor in a club on a Pioneer system and could use some lessons on switching Dj's mid set, etc. I was actually considering some private lessons from Dubspot, just on things I wanna focus on. |
| Katherin Schoene 27.04.2013 | Wow thanks a lot guys. All VERY helpful info. |
| Yong Aptekar 27.04.2013 | That's brutal. I've got that book, an was very happy i had turntables while reading it. What was the midi controller you had? |
| Lillia Datson 27.04.2013 | I got the DJ'ing for Dummies book and read it for 6 months in Afghanistan with a little midi controller i kept in a box for down time. basics learnt! |
| Katherin Schoene 27.04.2013 | Great guys thanks a lot. Very helpful responses. |
| Yong Aptekar 27.04.2013 | Youtube: Ellaskins Dj angelo Not dj bl3nd Paid courses: Dub spot ( you can find all of this free, but courses offer a little more) Qberts scratch university (if you are into scratching) Personally, being as you are starting out, I reccomend YouTube, and just practice mixing one track into the same track back and forth until you get it clean. Then do 2 different tracks. Most importantly, learn your music inside and out. It is better to have 20 tracks you know perfectly than to download 400 tracks that you don't know. You will get lost, and trainwreck non stop if you don't know your music Read everything on this community as well, there is so much free knowledge on his site. |
| Ervin Calvery 27.04.2013 | RodLikesDubtep - pm me. |
| Lisette Ruben 27.04.2013 | Get really comfortable with the controller. Learn every part of it. The Native Instruments manuals that come with the controllers are great. That's where I'd say to start. It's kind of like driving; you have to know how to operate the car before you learn what to do on the road. Then head over to the DJTT Youtube channel, or just search through Youtube and learn some tricks. Also, flip through the DJTT blog as well. Lots of good stuff there. As OmniRoss has said, practice. Just going between songs, messing with combinations of effects and trying things in general does a lot. It may feel like you're doing nothing but it helps in the long run and you're actually learning things. I'm pretty much on the team with Joel Zimmerman (Deadmau5) and others. I wouldn't take classes. It teaches you one way of doing something and it can limit your capacity to come up with your own original spin on things. You can teach yourself through internet resources. Everything I know in music is self taught and in direct collaboration with other musicians and people. Good luck and have fun! -D |
| Chelsea Fern 27.04.2013 | Practice is the most important thing. You should really pick up two books as well-- one for theory and another for implementation. There are tons of great books out there but I feel like there's a few that really shine. For theory, consider picking up "How to DJ right" or "DJing for Dummies." Both books do a great job of explaining key concepts like beat matching, phrase matching, harmonic mixing, and so on. I believe they're $10 or $15 each at Amazon. Since you're using a Kontrol S2 (and presumably Traktor), you can skip over the early bits about turntable purchasing/maintenance/etc. and go straight for the good stuff. For implementation, I'd recommend the Traktor Bible. It's crammed with useful information specific to Traktor that would take a tremendous amount of time to figure out without a book (or Google). It all comes back to practice though-- if you want to be good at something, just keep doing it. Pick a bunch of songs that are roughly the same tempo (BPM). Mix from one to the next, even if you mess up, just keep going. Read lots of tutorials, books, whatever you're having trouble with. Drop me a line if you have any specific questions, I'm happy to help. |
| Larue Sturdevant 27.04.2013 | I actually work there. Feel free to drop me a msg if you have any brother. |
| Annalisa Shogren 27.04.2013 | Look at tutorials online. Read a book. Practice. |
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