DJ Programs , similar to Ejay?

THE_SHIZZ · 29th September 2003, 10:22 PM

Im interested in mucking around making my own dance/clubbing music , is there any programs (preferably free) similar to eJay ?

Im not good with technical things

Something simple and effective would be good. Also is there sites i can download beats, tunes,samples etc to put in mixes?

cheers
SHizz.

Crystal · 29th September 2003, 11:44 PM

Fruitloops is a good program...

I've used it a few times and you can get some really good tunes happening with it.

t00| · 30th September 2003, 12:48 AM

frooty loops is bloody hard to use

i use to love dance ejay

so easy and even the most random entry will give you a good song.

theres heaps of stuff going around like this now, but they are all crappy little ones...

THE_SHIZZ · 30th September 2003, 1:00 AM

yeh i got PCDJ-FX , except i found that wayyyy too complicated. Ejay was great, except mine was a uh..kazaa demo

and it was buggy as hell .

t00| · 30th September 2003, 1:45 AM

i remember getting like a full copy of dance e-jay when it first came out yonks ago on the front of a mag

never seen it since :P

secluded_sniper · 30th September 2003, 12:22 PM

I do heaps of stuffing around like that, i mostly use these of programs:

- Acid Pro 4.0
- Tracktor DJ Studio 2.0
- Fruity Loops 4.12
- Absynth 2.0
- Cool Edit 2.1 (What's the deal with Adobe buying that btw?)
- Analog X Scratch 1.05

It'd be great if someone could post a few free site for samples aswell

saba · 30th September 2003, 1:23 PM

Arguably the finest DJ (he said DJ program, not sequencer) program available is Native Instruments' Traktor. Its a bargain at $400.

http://www.nativeinstruments.de/inde...raktormixer_us

I dont have anywhere to host a few hundred meg of samples, but if you hop on Kazaa you might be able to get a few things I mixed:

Magenta Broken - Octane Ambient Minimalism Dub-Tech Mix (very late night doof wind-down)
Pleiadians - Identified Flying Object - Sampler (mindfuck psytrance)

For all the victorian DSL users, I can post the above to the pipe newsgroups if you wish (I already have a while ago). PM me.

saba · 30th September 2003, 1:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by secluded_sniper
It'd be great if someone could post a few free site for samples aswell

Its far more enjoyable, fun and musically-unique if you make your own. Using the same as everyone elses gets boring.

Use the drumsynth in FL studio and get tweaking!

t00| · 30th September 2003, 2:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by saba
Arguably the finest DJ (he said DJ program, not sequencer) program available is Native Instruments' Traktor. Its a bargain at $400.

shit, thats almost as cheap as $2 worth of chips
j/k j/k

saba · 30th September 2003, 2:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by t00|
shit, thats almost as cheap as $2 worth of chips
j/k j/k

There isn't anything cheap in the music industry. Sound cards start at $800, a small MIDI interface is around $900, keyboard synthesizers are around $5000 and go upwards very quickly. Even a few cables to hook it up ends up costing $250.

Stupidly overpriced, but meh.

THE_SHIZZ · 30th September 2003, 5:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by saba
Arguably the finest DJ (he said DJ program, not sequencer) program available is Native Instruments' Traktor. Its a bargain at $400.

http://www.nativeinstruments.de/inde...raktormixer_us

I dont have anywhere to host a few hundred meg of samples, but if you hop on Kazaa you might be able to get a few things I mixed:

Magenta Broken - Octane Ambient Minimalism Dub-Tech Mix (very late night doof wind-down)
Pleiadians - Identified Flying Object - Sampler (mindfuck psytrance)

For all the victorian DSL users, I can post the above to the pipe newsgroups if you wish (I already have a while ago). PM me.

i got PCDJ-FX , which looks almost identical to that ,if not a bit better . But i simply cant work out how to use it

secluded_sniper · 30th September 2003, 6:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by THE_SHIZZ
yeh i got PCDJ-FX , except i found that wayyyy too complicated. Ejay was great, except mine was a uh..kazaa demo and it was buggy as hell .

I got it working... just didn't like it

YAY!! 200th Post

underskore · 30th September 2003, 7:11 PM

im not too sure about what programs you could use but if you want PM me for details as i have a mate that makes the music for a wannabe local rappers, good music not so bad rap, i think he has enough samples to fill up a few cds so you could post me a few blank cds and a few stamps and i could get him to fill em up for ya but yeah its just an idea

oh and i think he makes a lot of the samples himself as he plays a few instruments

THE_SHIZZ · 1st October 2003, 7:15 PM

you have a PM

Mitch01 · 2nd August 2005, 11:45 PM

Bump from the past.

I picked up Dance Ejay v5 this weekend for $10 from EB

Good for fart arsing around making tunes, but I need more samples :|

29th September 2003, 10:22 PM	#1
THE_SHIZZ Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 2,477	DJ Programs , similar to Ejay? Im interested in mucking around making my own dance/clubbing music , is there any programs (preferably free) similar to eJay ? Im not good with technical things Something simple and effective would be good. Also is there sites i can download beats, tunes,samples etc to put in mixes? cheers SHizz. __________________ OCAU Fishing Club Member #6 Last edited by THE_SHIZZ; 29th September 2003 at 10:23 PM.

30th September 2003, 1:00 AM	#4
THE_SHIZZ Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 2,477	yeh i got PCDJ-FX , except i found that wayyyy too complicated. Ejay was great, except mine was a uh..kazaa demo and it was buggy as hell . __________________ OCAU Fishing Club Member #6

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saba Evil Vizier Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Melbourne Posts: 2,711	Arguably the finest DJ (he said DJ program, not sequencer) program available is Native Instruments' Traktor. Its a bargain at $400. http://www.nativeinstruments.de/inde...raktormixer_us I dont have anywhere to host a few hundred meg of samples, but if you hop on Kazaa you might be able to get a few things I mixed: Magenta Broken - Octane Ambient Minimalism Dub-Tech Mix (very late night doof wind-down) Pleiadians - Identified Flying Object - Sampler (mindfuck psytrance) For all the victorian DSL users, I can post the above to the pipe newsgroups if you wish (I already have a while ago). PM me. __________________ i7 920 ; Asus P6T Deluxe ; 12Gb DDR3-1333 ; nVidia 260 GTX powering 230" LCDs ; 315k SAS RAID-0 and 5*1.5TB WD EARS RAID-5 on a Adaptec 5805 ; Windows 2008 Server and Gentoo Linux ; RME Fireface 800 56-channel 24bit/192kHz soundcard

1st October 2003, 7:15 PM	#14
THE_SHIZZ Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 2,477	you have a PM __________________ OCAU Fishing Club Member #6

2nd August 2005, 11:45 PM	#15
Mitch01 Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 27,485	Bump from the past. I picked up Dance Ejay v5 this weekend for $10 from EB Good for fart arsing around making tunes, but I need more samples :\| __________________ "I think in this world, if you can do something you love as a job and it doesn't feel like a job that is one of the greatest gifts you can have" - Hugh Jackman 2009

29th September 2003, 11:44 PM	#2
Crystal (Banned or Deleted) Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Condell Park, NSW Posts: 725	Fruitloops is a good program... I've used it a few times and you can get some really good tunes happening with it.

30th September 2003, 12:48 AM	#3
t00\| Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bunbury Posts: 2,788	frooty loops is bloody hard to use i use to love dance ejay so easy and even the most random entry will give you a good song. theres heaps of stuff going around like this now, but they are all crappy little ones...

30th September 2003, 1:45 AM	#5
t00\| Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bunbury Posts: 2,788	i remember getting like a full copy of dance e-jay when it first came out yonks ago on the front of a mag never seen it since :P

30th September 2003, 12:22 PM	#6
secluded_sniper (Banned or Deleted) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Hollyrock, Victoria. Posts: 466	I do heaps of stuffing around like that, i mostly use these of programs: - Acid Pro 4.0 - Tracktor DJ Studio 2.0 - Fruity Loops 4.12 - Absynth 2.0 - Cool Edit 2.1 (What's the deal with Adobe buying that btw?) - Analog X Scratch 1.05 It'd be great if someone could post a few free site for samples aswell

30th September 2003, 7:11 PM	#13
underskore Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: 3122 Posts: 3,936	im not too sure about what programs you could use but if you want PM me for details as i have a mate that makes the music for a wannabe local rappers, good music not so bad rap, i think he has enough samples to fill up a few cds so you could post me a few blank cds and a few stamps and i could get him to fill em up for ya but yeah its just an idea oh and i think he makes a lot of the samples himself as he plays a few instruments