… so, yeah. Skills development will begin over the long, Labor Day weekend. My new controller came earlier than expected. So, I spent some time today playing with it. In the span of a day, I managed to set it up and figure out enough to get a mix going.
The title of the mix is Reinitiation. The meaning behind it is that 1) I’m kinda starting over with new equipment, 2) if the next phase is separation, I’m reinitiating by going back to my old form, and 3) in going back, all of the tracks are remakes of tracks from the 1990’s.
The new equipment is a little intimidating. It’s definitely bigger with a lot more going on. It took me 15 minutes just to figure out how to get sound to go out of the headphones. But with so much more functionality on this controller, I can see how there will be opportunities for me to do more. The sound coloring seems to be a little more accessible than on the Traktor S2. So, for the first time ever in this mix, I played with hi/low pass filters. This mix was intended to be pretty simple and just an opportunity to play with my new toy, but it was pretty cool to manage to add something new to the mix.
Enjoy!
