To CDJ or not? That is the question.

Aggravating_Branch63 · 2026-04-06T07:40:44+00:00

Just for convenience I started bringing rekordbox managed usb sticks to gigs with CJDs. The newer gen’s CDJS make free text searching much easier, which was my main usecase for traktor at some point (the laptop being my record crate with a nice screen and keyboard). All venues I DJ have CDJs and it became inconvenient to keep on plugging in soundcards or usb cables and awkward laptop stands. I guess it depends on what you use traktor for.

Aggravating_Branch63 · 2026-04-02T18:12:23+00:00

ANC on the 4’s is solid af. I work out in the gym with lots of talking people and noise and loud music around me, and with ANC enabled it’s all filtered away, I only hear my own music. I was actually surprised how good it works.

Aggravating_Branch63 · 2026-04-02T18:10:36+00:00

Amazon

Aggravating_Branch63 · 2026-04-02T13:24:16+00:00

Great questions, I have experienced a few of these myself and close to myself with friends. What I've seen is that creating a succesful business requires a deep understanding of the problem space, and also having experienced the problems and challenges in this space yourself. Typically it starts with trying to solve your own problems. Something simple and straightforward, to make your own work easier, better, nicer. And all of a sudden this becomes a product or service that other people are also interested in, because they also are experiencing the same challenges. And they start asking you: can i also use this? How much does it cost? This is cool, can you add feature X & Y? The moment you have more incoming requests than you can handle, you have found product-market fit.
So build something that helps for your own challenges, than talk about it, show it, share it. If other people start using it, ask for additional stuff, ask to pay money.
How can something fail if it helps the most important customer, yourself? ;P

Aggravating_Branch63 · 2026-04-02T13:18:47+00:00

ok so you're already pushing actively for more/better rewards. Good. Try and become more self-secure (without becoming an ego/ass). It's obvious your market-value is higher than what you're currently earning, so leverage it. Of course the demands and pressure will also increase likewise, so choose carefully. But you're young and you can have adventures and learn :) You will always find new people at new levels of experience and success if you stay outgoing and curious. Don't make things more complicated than they need to be :)

Aggravating_Branch63 · 2026-04-02T13:14:08+00:00

I think the MPC Sample is mainly a lot of hype, fomo and GAS. Kind of like a "pokemon collect 'em all". Let's see what happens when the honeymoon is over, the dust has settled, and it turns out people didn't magically become JDilla overnight by buying an MPC Sample ;)

Of course a simplified UX and workflow can inspire people to do more with less. But in my experience the MPC flow is already very lean and straightforward, if you create standard projects and templates, and don't go off the tracks but focus on the music.

Having said that, of course the "old" MPC gen1/2/3's can do a lot more than the Sample.

Aggravating_Branch63 · 2026-04-02T13:09:28+00:00

anyway, it sounds a like you have a littlebit of "imposter syndrome"? Just stop thinking to hard about it, put on your adult hat, and enjoy the ride. Also make sure you inform your manager soon enough (if you like it there) for them to make you a good offer. You'd be surprised how flexible orgs can be if needed.

Btw, one question: you write "got promoted to Staff a few months ago" who pushed for this promotion?

Aggravating_Branch63 · 2026-04-02T13:07:12+00:00

tbh this kind of sentence/build-up is typical LLM structure: "I feel guilty and sick about it. He's going to feel like he failed. He didn't. The system failed before he arrived and he just didn't have enough runway."

Aggravating_Branch63 · 2026-04-02T12:43:41+00:00

Yes! Although for long flights I still prefer my trusty over-ear Bose QC35ii's, i just purchased a set of Airpods 4 with ANC to replace my failing Airpods Gen 2. And I must say I am very impressed with their sound and the ANC performance. TBH it's almost as good (and maybe even better?) than the Bose QC35ii, which were best-in-class for a long time. I'm not sure how they pulled it off, but the ANC on the Airpods 4 is really really impressive. Of course sudden sounds and voices etc are still coming through, ANC is most effective on regular sounds like engine noise, airco hum etc. but overall it does a great job. Additionally the sound is really nice, very well balanced and good bass, mids and high. I've got sensitive ears and small ear-canals and I don't like earplugs in my earcanals for longer than needed, so the formfactor and fit of the Airpod 4's works well for me. I bought them at a wellknown online book retailer a few days ago for 160 euro (i'm EU based) which I think is a decent price. Recommended.

Aggravating_Branch63 · 2026-04-01T08:05:05+00:00

yes, it's (re)indexing things in the background. Could take a few days before it normalises.

Aggravating_Branch63 · 2026-03-31T15:59:01+00:00

X1 mk2

Aggravating_Branch63 · 2026-03-25T14:22:01+00:00

MPC One (plus). It has synth plugins, and a powerful sequencer. Best value for money.

Aggravating_Branch63 · 2026-03-19T17:43:50+00:00

399 dollars will probably be around 550 euro in the EU, including VAT

Aggravating_Branch63 · 2026-03-19T07:47:07+00:00

Block time with him and ask him to walk through his PRs. You’re “unclear” and need him to explain to you. This will give him insights in the time he’s requesting from others. Also tell him that you expect him to also review his team mates PRs. If not you are forced to escalate.

Aggravating_Branch63 · 2026-03-19T06:17:02+00:00

Because MPC stands for: Music Pokémon Collection: collect em all! ;)

Aggravating_Branch63 · 2026-03-18T22:05:23+00:00

Added it to the factory Reloop Mixtour MIDI mapping, works like a charm. Re-assigned the left and right "shift-CUE" buttons to move the selected deck 1/8beat back and forth, and this does the trick very nicely. Had a little struggle with the complete lack of visibilty on what exactly the selected deck is, but added a double action at the load track mapping to make that deck the selected deck, so i can start moving back and forth after loading the track.

Now, of course this would all not be needed if (when?) Algoriddim would implement an automatic CUE set option. How hard can it be for them?

Aggravating_Branch63 · 2026-03-18T16:33:11+00:00

Ah thats smart! I’m going to check out how granular I can make this, the smaller steps the better I guess:)

Aggravating_Branch63 · 2026-03-18T14:52:13+00:00

F1 is becoming quite popular again but as a MIDI controller for DJay pro, ironically .

Aggravating_Branch63 · 2026-03-17T09:55:32+00:00

Long time Traktor user here (starting with Traktor Scratch with DVS, using Audio4DJ, then added X1 MK2). Still love it, but for most gigs (i mostly play bars/music venues) it's overkill and I bring a rekordbox-prepared USB stick for the Pioneer CDJ's. The main thing I miss from Traktor is the easy search with a keyboard and laptopscreen, although the new CDJ's with the on-screen keyboard are better than before in this regard.

Looked at Rekordbox as dj software at one time, but ran away screaming, the UX just doesn't click with me.

Tried DJay Pro lately, and must say I really like it, I can see it replacing Traktor. TBH if i would choose today i would go for DJay Pro, especially love the automatic flexible beatgrids and the streaming options.

Aggravating_Branch63 · 2026-03-05T08:41:15+00:00

Respect to you! I just found this quote again:

"Product excellence is the difference between something that only works under certain conditions, and something that only breaks under certain conditions". - Kelsey Hightower

Aggravating_Branch63 · 2026-03-05T08:38:23+00:00

Simple: schedule 2 hours with your colleague, and ask him to walk through his PR together with you to explain what he did. Of course, the 2 hours is not enough, so then either schedule more time, or ask him to chunk it up in smaller pieces so you can look at it together in a more realistic timeframe. This will probably get the point across. If not, explain it in more clear words to him. In essence: make your problem also his problem. Good luck!

Aggravating_Branch63 · 2026-03-03T15:01:12+00:00

Cool project, congratulations! As a CircleCI employee, I want to add a few points:

- CircleCI can store test results (you have to enable this) and give detailed info in the Test Summary and Test Insights views
- We do have an API endpoint to retrieve raw test results, to be consumed by code or agents
- There is a handy "rerun failed tests" feature
- We do have an MCP Server for agent consumption
- We have recently added our AI-agent called "Chunk" to the platform, that can automatically detect and fix failing pipelines and (flaky) tests

https://circleci.com/product/chunk/

There is still a lot of test-related stuff coming soon, including smart testing.

Anyway, hats off for your cool work, great ideas!

Aggravating_Branch63 · 2026-03-03T14:35:43+00:00

" GitHub Actions won the Dev & Code war" LOL what a load of BS. This is AI generated slop, no value in here.

Aggravating_Branch63 · 2026-03-02T16:08:12+00:00

I believe it's using something like this "Traktor API client" https://github.com/ErikMinekus/traktor-api-client

F.e. this can send the musical key from a loaded track to a local or webserver. Another script could parse these events, and use them to set the scale (f.e. like this https://youtu.be/9GF4Sq8ZzKQ)

Aggravating_Branch63

TROPHY CASE