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Well, after 20+ years, one of my Shure M44g cartridges became unglued.

I’m undecided if I should get an NOS replacement, or if I should just find another model.

I really like these cartridges and styli, but as a 48 year old man who is getting back into the mix (bedroom DJ) after a 10 year absence, I know there’s more products out there nowadays.

So, yeah, should I get some other comparable model, or, if the cost of an NOS replacement is not a hindrance, should I just stick with the M44g.

Help an old man out! Please.

Hey this is a long shot, but I am a lesbian dj living in a small city in a red state. There is a queer community however we have no gay bar as it shut down right after Trump won the election. One of the college bars is turning into a speak easy mainly because everyone is worried about “safety” and instead of idk having gun laws I love in real life dirty dancing. That being said the ordinance to make it so you need a permit to party only applies to out of town promoters which I am not. I say all of this because the last week I have been trying to plan a U-Haul party essentially. Have any of you guys done one of these before? What tips would you have? I honestly do not care if only one person comes I just want to know why kind of speakers I should invest in and if you all have any suggestions of where I could set up. There are a few parks I was thinking would be a good spot. The one I’m leaning towards is more of a trail, camping area and I think I could park the U-Haul near a grassy field where party goers could dance! Lemme know what yall think!!

I’m just here because I have a question for you all DJs. The club I usually go to, has two rooms, one plays 80s music and other room plays 2000s music. I like both but I usually switch rooms and hoping they don’t play my favorite song when I’m in the other room.

Is there a software or a tool that can display the next songs that will be played in each room? It would be great to display that like on a TV or projector, that way I know when to switch rooms so I can be there for my favorite songs.

Also, is that something DJs would be interested in? Or they prefer to surprise the people with the next song?

More info: each room has a different DJ and unfortunately I don’t know what equipment or software they currently use.

How do people organise their library. I've been organising mine by genre for the most part with the exception of some by record label if I have a large amount of tracks from a certain label. However with some genre's the lines can be blurred and this can be difficult to decide on which folder to put them in.

Another issue I've found with this approach is my folders have so many tracks in them that when I add new ones they can kind of get lost and forgotten in the mass of music.

I was thinking of maybe starting to add new music to a dated folder which would make it easier to locate recently downloaded tracks.

Is anyone else using this approach and if so, how do they find it? If not, what approach do you take to library organisation?

Here’s my hot take:

In the John Summit, Charli XCX “beef,” I believe we’ve lost the plot with clubbing. The DJ is the experience curator and shouldn’t be acting like an influencer or self-promoting.

The DJ should be hidden, with select/VIP members gaining access to the booth, but the focus in club culture should be the lights, the ambience, the sound quality, the energy, and the DANCE FLOOR.

Once a DJ curates that, I believe they should be able to call themselves a celebrity DJ or world-renowned.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Example: Paragon in Brooklyn

What do you all think?

This is a followup post with some updates to the Custom Stem Injector app I'm working on. I've made a bunch of improvements and gotten the app and UI to where It can be distributed. Ready to start testing the first beta so if you're interested in helping out drop me a message. (Apple Silicon only for now)

Updates:

1. Finished UI.
2. Bundled Python runtime inside the app so testers should not need to install Python separately.
3. Added studio stem alignment algorithm pass. If you're bringing your own stems into the app, this pass will do best to automatically align them.
4. Daw View - after alignment pass, you're able to manually adjust/nudge studio stems to confirm perfect alignment before moving on.
5. Added 4 Stem Separation mode. You can now extract higher quality 2 stem (vocals, instrumental) and 4 stem (vocals, melody, bass, drums) and build either into the songs Serato stems file.
6. Added ensemble pass for 4 stem extraction. First pass uses Kim 2 model to separate Vocals and Instrumental. Runs instrumental through htdemucs model to split melody, bass drums..
7. Stem extraction will now use M1+ GPU cores for better performance

Known Issues:

1. Using studio stems mode (bringing your own) will cause id3tags (artist, album, year etc) to be stripped on final output file.
2. Using extraction mode, id3 tags and hot cues are preserved, but hot cues are likely shifted slightly earlier on the song
3. If the songs you're processing is already saved in your Serato Stems crate, the .stems file may not be overwritted properly and Serato may re analyze the song on import, removing custom stems. Best to remove the song from that crate and delete is .stems file from your music folder.
4. If the song you're working on is loaded into a deck in Serato, Serato maybe re analyze stems on import, removing custom stems. Best to unload deck or close serato.

A lot of work has went into this so far, so all sharing/feedback/tesing is much appreciated!

Would love to help get ya booked to headline on the night your country plays! Would be supah cool

Share your mixes, videos, music, routines etc here.

Promotion for events or livestreams will be removed.

I have a track that I downloaded from Bandcamp that gets to 99% analysed and then doesn't fully analyse which means I can't add it to my USB. I've tried downloading to multiple times, amending file type in Audacity but not luck. I've tried messaging record label to see if they know what's up. I've bought other tracks from them and it's fine. Any ideas?

I would like to start a loose collection of DJ wisdom/sayings. Some things I have heard over the years and stuck with me:

If you redline you won‘t headline.

Play 2 for them, then 1 for you.

The right track at the right time beats every mixing trick.

I am sure there are more like this out there and curious to hear them.

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recently started a weekly gig on bourbon street and I typically hop on around 7-8 and go till around 12-1.....

I have been struggling to find a good stategy for pacing, I can build a crowd and handle the djing fine but I am always afraid to burn through my good songs when im the in the process of buliding a crowd... especially when im on like hour 2 of 5...

Should i really be trying to peak every chance i get as it feels right naturally or should I keep being more intentional with the pacing.

It stresses me out worry about pacing myself but I am playing for a really long time

would love a web app/app that has access to your library (assuming remote access to your master library setup) with the simple functionality that would just play your tracks and allow for playlist management (cues/tempo alignment would be great too)

anyone know of something similar or a workaround? could i use another instance of RB that has remote access to my library on my home servers?