Calling out: Trance

[RikkiGTR]

Thought I'd give this a go.

Rules:

1. About 30 minutes.
2. Have to include a couple of 90's tracks.
3. Decks, controllers, MIDIs all acceptable.
4. Seasoned DJs or beginners.
5. Sync if you wish, although I don't.
6. Must be submitted by June 3rd.

Effects and all that are fine by me, but just record your set live and in one go.

If you win I will change my signature to "I worship at the alter of [your username]" for a calendar month :D

[RikkiGTR]

Come on guys or gals!

[RikkiGTR]

Seriously?

[Abe Linkon]

Right here. Ill do it.

[RikkiGTR]

Fuck yeah :bslayer:

[RikkiGTR]

My mix is ready, will upload it soon. Although I have an awful hangover so the climb up into the loft is not appealing. Have to burn to CD, transfer to this PC, then upload. A few more coffees should bring me round :D

You still in Abe Linkon?

[Abe Linkon]

Recording it now.

[RikkiGTR]

How do I encode mine to MP3? Or is it already an MP3? Recorded directly from Traktor Pro 2, but the file ends in .wma :confused:

I'm not computer-tech-minded so I'm a bit miffed.

[Synergy]

from traktor should be a wav.

[JonAvalon]

How do I encode mine to MP3? Or is it already an MP3? Recorded directly from Traktor Pro 2, but the file ends in .wma :confused:

I'm not computer-tech-minded so I'm a bit miffed.

Since Traktor doesn't have the option to do MP3, you will have to convert the WAV file to MP3. There are plenty of programs out there, although an easy one that i just use is Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/). Open the file in it and encode to 192 MP3.

You can also try this site that can do it right in the browser (although i think there might be a limit to the size of the file you can upload, since its WAV i'm betting its a huge file)
http://media.io/

[JonAvalon]

To do so with Audacity, first you will need to download the "LAME MP3 encoder".

Which you can get here for Windows, just install anywhere. Documents or your main music folder will be ok, just somewhere safe that you know and wont worry about accidentally deleted.
http://lame1.buanzo.com.ar/Lame_v3.99.3_for_Windows.exe

Here it is if using OSX
http://lame1.buanzo.com.ar/Lame_Library_v3.98.2_for_Audacity_on_OSX.dmg

The Reason i say to get the encoder installed first, is because you will need that encoder file later when you first try to covert to MP3.

When you open Audacity, just open/load the WAV file or whatever you recorded with Traktor. Give it a second or so for it to fully load, since it is a big file it might take some time.

Then go to the top and click Edit, go down the list to find and click Preferences..

Once the Preferences box pops up, locate "Libraries" on the left side. And under the MP3 export library at the top, click Locate to find that LAME MP3 encoder file you installed on your computer. Which is also why i mention to install it in a safe place that you will know.

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h176/Jonavalon829/preferencelibraries.png

Once that is done, just click OK

Next all you have to do now is click File, and go down to and click Export. Once doing so, this box will open. Just select where you want to save it at, and at this point you can also rename the file as instructed on the djfbattle page or you can do so later on.

Before you do anything else, you have to make sure to click the Save As Type < Select MP3 Files
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h176/Jonavalon829/audacitymp3.png

One final thing is to click Options on the right side of the save as type you just did and then this box will open, here is where you can select the quality of the MP3. In this case we want to select 192kbps, you can leave Bit Ratio mode to constant and channel mode to joint stereo.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h176/Jonavalon829/audacitymp3quality.png

After that is done, go ahead and click OK and click save.

The converting process will begin, and you will have yourself a Mp3 file.

[RikkiGTR]

It's not working. Keeps saying the application cannot open. This is so frustrating.

Audacity is saying I cannot open the battle mix because the format is not supported. Apparently I have to convert it to WAV or another format that is supported :confused:

[RikkiGTR]

I give up.

[Abe Linkon]

Having issues uploading it. The site keeps crashing. I'll upload it at work tonight.

[RikkiGTR]

Can I not just upload it to Soundcloud and then the moderators could take it from there?

I'm getting nowhere. None of the programs are working, I've had countless warnings about dangerous files; I'm just going around in circles here.

[RikkiGTR]

GODAMNIT it just. keeps. FAILING :mad:

[Synergy]

how big is the file? send it to me and ill do it and send u the mp3 file.

[Synergy]

put it up on like zippyshare, make it private, send me the link ill convert. should be easy man.

[RikkiGTR]

PLEASE make this easy for me! :(

I can upload to SoundCloud, make it private but activate downloads. I send you teh linkage, you download it, then I delete it.

[RikkiGTR]

Oh for the love of fucking Christ. Now SoundCloud have blocked it on grounds of copyright because of one of the tracks.
File size is 31.5Mb - the maximum I can email is 25Mb.

Infuriating doesn't come close.

[JonAvalon]

Riikki just go ahead and upload it to the server and i'l try to get it converted for you.

[RikkiGTR]

Right. Uploading now.

Honestly I'm not trying to be a nuisance. Baffles me why it's so easy for everyone else, but as soon as I go to do it, all the problems go full wanker on me.

EDIT: Done.

[JonAvalon]

Hmm guess it really was a WMA, not WAV as i originally thought.

Anyways converting it now, i couldn't open it in Audacity either. Format issue for some reason, its uploading now.


BTW did you burn to CD and re-rip? cause Traktor normally exports WAV files. If you did so and was curious as to why it came out wma, then its because of Windows Media Player (which i am guessing you used). WMP has it set to rip as WMA for default, but you can change that setting to be MP3 at whatever rate you want. So play around with that for next time as well. Or take that uncompressed WAV file that came straight from traktor and pop it in Audacity to convert to MP3, no need to burn and rip.


:edit: Rikki is confirmed

[Abe Linkon]

Sorry for the long wait on reply. Got called into work for what I thought would be 30 minutes and it turned out to be 12 hours. E3 prep and all :/

Anyways, it's uploaded.

edit:
So being oh so awesome and all. I did the best thing ever and forgot "2. Have to include a couple of 90's tracks." when I recorded earlier. That is a default, unless I am mistaken.

[RikkiGTR]

Never worry if there's no 90s tracks in there, I'm still happy enough as long as the battle commences :D

*but people might get all nostalgic with mine ;)

[RikkiGTR]

BTW did you burn to CD and re-rip?

Yeah I have my laptop in the loft with my set-up, which I only use for Traktor to keep crashes and that to a minimum.
I burn to CD, then re-rip onto this PC downstairs.

EDIT: Changed settings to now rip in MP3 format. Never realised I could do that.

[Synergy]

why not just unplug the laptop, connect it to the web and then do it that way?
audacity is a small but powerful program.

[RikkiGTR]

It's sorted now anyway. Anything I rip to my main PC from now on will do so in MP3 format.

[Dave Porter]

is it to late to join in?

[RikkiGTR]

Yeah Dave, closing date was yesterday.

[Abe Linkon]

Well, I'm going to be mixing all week. And then some. My recording showed I lost a lot of my touch, so if either of want to do a RO8 style setup or something like that, I would be willing. Trance battles are hard enough to find.

[JonAvalon]

Abe is confirmed, posting thread.

:edit: Posted
http://www.djforums.com/forums/showthread.php?8759-RikkiGTR-vs-AbeLinkon-Trance-Battle