Re: 3500 on new Macbook Pro
I am under the impression that PCDJ Red doesn't work on Mac at all. I think the one that does is called Reflex or something, I'll have to check.
Re: 3500 on new Macbook Pro
pcdj isnt mac compatible, tracktor would be a good option for ya, the reason i wont make the switch to tracktor is because the amount of songs you can load into it is limited by the software, which kinda sucks because i have like 30000 songs loaded into pcdj with no problem
Re: 3500 on new Macbook Pro
Well the fucking thing is still sitting in the box after 5 days, can you believe it? Even though this HP Pavilion I am using is on its last legs, and has shut down on me at work three times now (the left click refuses to work).
We have the Numark Cue program on the Mac they bought for the club, but I have been having trouble with it, as well. Mostly involving trying to figure out how to use it while keeping the songs under three minutes, dealing with all the shit that goes on in a busy club that has just had a major expansion, and the fact hat all they have loaded into it so far is 3,500 Top 40 schlock and shitty rap songs that I have no intention of playing, unless I am sure they don't suck.
Even as I type this I should be happily unpacking my new expensive work toy, but here I am pounding away on the by now battered HP keyboard, lol.
Thanks for the warning about Tracktor. I might use it just to get started, I don't need to load all my stuff into it, just what I will really need while I figure out the Cue program on the club comp.
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I use Traktor and loaded 150,000 songs without any hitches, I don't know what you're talking about.
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150,000 songs? Jesus H Christ, that's a lotta music! Not that I doubt you, but does that include the Babylonian hit charts from 1703 B.C.? LOL!
I bet you still get dancers asking you "Do you have anything good?"
"No, it all sucks, all of them are rotten songs..."
It's still in the box. I feel stupid now, waiting so long, but I am going to go open it in a little while.
Re: 3500 on new Macbook Pro
Yeah man, I DJ in L.A. 6 days a week so I like being the best at what I do.
If you ever need help with anything, you should hit me up and i'll hook you up.
Re: 3500 on new Macbook Pro
6 days a week?? How do you stand it?! I've done it, even worked 7 days a week for periods of time, but my efficiency goes down. Depends on the club, of course.
Right now 5 nights a week is clearly one night too many, but it's a club that has just expanded, I'm having to learn to use a Mac there, and the Numark Cue which is good but has tricks to it. I have the support of the owner which is great, but there are many, many other factors which makes 5 nights a week more stressful than I care for.
The 9-5, 40 hour a week job guys are scoffing right now, but trust me in some clubs running a show can take everything you have, and more besides.
At least I finally opened up the MacBook today and am now trying to figure it out and how to organize and transfer the music, what DJ program to use, etc.
I appreciate the offers of help.
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I have a lot of energy to be honest, The way I see it, if I'm awake, I better be making money. I've been doing this for 5 years now & I just opened with the newest club in L.A, so I'm the one in charge of making it the hottest club in the county, which it will be and at that point... I'll be making enough money to take a nice vacation to Fiji.
Plus, all of the girls request me to be there, so I wouldn't disappoint my bread and butter.
Like I offered earlier, I can get you a copy of any program. You snooze, you lose.
Re: 3500 on new Macbook Pro
I dont know much about macs (although I might buy a 1500 mac book just to see how it will do)
But anyways, I was under the impression that you can run windows OS on the Mac, therfore any apps that run under the windows OS should work...right?
And ABC, i hear ya man, thats how i am also, I dont care if im making a grand a night, Id still be working as many days as possible, I like to usually work more than one club at a time too...That way I can be a true workaholic, and who needs sleep? we'll sleep enough when we are dead...lol :)
Re: 3500 on new Macbook Pro
<----comes over breaks into your house and replaces your mac with her HP and runs away.....
Re: 3500 on new Macbook Pro
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Originally Posted by
Djoser
150,000 songs? Jesus H Christ, that's a lotta music! Not that I doubt you, but does that include the Babylonian hit charts from 1703 B.C.? LOL!
I bet you still get dancers asking you "Do you have anything good?"
"No, it all sucks, all of them are rotten songs..."
Five bucks says that he lacks one or more of the following bands...
Anberlin
Saosin
A Kiss Could Be Deadly
Ultraviolet
The Cab
The Medic Droid
Sufjan Stevens
The Promise Ring
...God bless emo and it's neverending list of music esoterica that is "OMG Absolutely Required Listening."
There isn't a single DJ at my club who can nail really good emo or nu-electro any closer than I Hate Kate...I have little faith in any others.
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Good emo, as I explained to you earlier good sir DJ, is not an oxymoron.