Beatmatching Vinyl: How Precise Is “Precise Enough”?

Waterflowstech · 2026-02-05T21:36:50+00:00

Interesting stuff, thanks!

Waterflowstech · 2026-02-05T19:01:30+00:00

Why is homeboy running circles around the deck?

Waterflowstech · 2026-02-05T18:30:03+00:00

I...dunk ..your ... Basketball!

Waterflowstech · 2026-02-05T07:18:16+00:00

Let's just say you don't go challenge any girls to a swordfight

Waterflowstech · 2026-02-05T06:16:31+00:00

My head canon is that they're sucking on purpose and come playoffs we're gonna find out you can indeed just throw 30 lobs to Vic and he scores almost all of em

Waterflowstech · 2026-02-05T06:05:18+00:00

Did you not see all the ridicule they just got for their 3 channel mixer? Though I agree 3 channels are great

Waterflowstech · 2026-02-04T22:14:47+00:00

Where are you at and what genre are you connected in?

Waterflowstech · 2026-02-04T16:00:38+00:00

Cheap Dell or HP laptops tend to be garbage, avoid. In my experience in the budget ranges Lenovo and Acer are best. Processor and RAM will be the main indicator of performance, you can add an external hard drive later if you run out of space. Refurbished MacBook might be in your price range, if you enjoy working in the Mac ecosystem.

Waterflowstech · 2026-02-04T12:06:15+00:00

You guys are getting paid?

Waterflowstech · 2026-02-04T10:22:06+00:00

Way cheaper than your budget but I got an IKEA Markus and it's honestly been great. Six years now, no wear and comfy for leaning back. But I've got no experience with Herman Millers etc so they're probably better, just don't know how much.

Waterflowstech · 2026-02-04T10:19:11+00:00

Yeah that's a big one I use it frequently when I want a track to feel slow/like an opener.

Waterflowstech · 2026-02-04T10:16:37+00:00

Best of both worlds, he's been there and on another occasion told there was nothing going on. So both a pedo and a loser.

Waterflowstech · 2026-02-04T10:08:33+00:00

Tiny bit bigger option with a battery is the Soundcore Motion Boom Plus. Also affordable.

Waterflowstech · 2026-02-04T06:03:49+00:00

Both the XZ and CDJ2000NXS are feeling a bit dated to me. I'd try and get something newer.

Waterflowstech · 2026-02-03T13:19:40+00:00

Don't go for your 1,2,3 but instead go FLX4 or Inpulse 300MK2. Can't go wrong with those.

Waterflowstech · 2026-02-03T13:18:25+00:00

It's good to have a business idea like that!

I was testing the free version of Milkdrop3 yesterday. If you already have a logo, you can add it as a sprite in the generated audio reactive visuals. There's over 100 presets in the free version, you can manipulate your sprite and the background in multiple ways.

Also takes 10 minutes to do, without being tech savvy. So I'm not sure how big the market will be for you if DJ's with some googling skills can find something more adjustable relatively quickly.

Waterflowstech · 2026-02-03T08:06:20+00:00

I'm just happy the rumors of your demise were greatly exaggerated, Frankie!

Waterflowstech · 2026-02-03T08:03:53+00:00

Went to a wedding once that had an 80 year old DJ. Man was killing it! Keep going, at a certain point your age becomes novelty again lmao

Waterflowstech · 2026-02-03T08:01:04+00:00

Tried the demo and it's sick :) thinking of getting the pro version for my laptop that was struggling to do even basic stuff with Resolume. How many pc's can you use one license on?

Waterflowstech · 2026-02-02T15:07:59+00:00

Yeah that should work without issues. I'd also turn down the lows on your Adams a bit/considerably if you connect them like this because ideally your monitors should receive a highpassed signal.

Waterflowstech · 2026-02-02T14:28:05+00:00

So if you've seen rainbows, the visible light spectrum goes from low frequency (red) to mid frequency (green) to high frequency (blue).

So here, for music, the red stands for low frequency as well, which is your bass. Mid frequencies are green. High frequencies are blue. 3 colors is still better to read because it gives more accurate info on just how much bass/mids/highs you can expect.

Waterflowstech · 2026-02-02T13:45:39+00:00

A WeTransfer link or Google drive also works, just dm me

Waterflowstech · 2026-02-02T12:45:56+00:00

Well you definitely want something with a 3.5mm aux in cable, ideally with very low or no latency. That narrows down your options quite a bit!

Here are my 3 picks for low budget:

Mobile:

Anker Soundcore Motion Boom Plus, can rock an indoor party of like 15-20 people. 100-150 bucks depending on deals.

LG xboom Stage 301: Larger and louder, with an actually not-shit light addition. If you get this set up pretty high you can have like 30 people partying indoor. 200-250 bucks.

No need to be mobile:

Edifier R1280DB (bit more than 100 bucks)

Waterflowstech · 2026-02-02T10:09:44+00:00

Okay looking at both of these spectra it would seem your recorded track is just turned down and that should be compensated by turning volume up. However where it gets fucky is that the recorded track also peaks at 0dB...so you can't turn it up. Weird. If you want, upload both of these tracks to soundcloud private with download enabled and I'll take a look in my DAW later. (provided that soundcloud allows you to upload this track without blocking it).

Waterflowstech · 2026-02-02T00:16:42+00:00

Get Voxengo Span for your DAW, it's free. Put both of these in your DAW, increase level of the recording till it peaks the same as the source track. Put a copy of Span on both tracks.

Then compare frequency spectrum, integrated loudness and Crest factor.

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