REAL DJs Vs automix DJs Automix DJs are now in their hundreds, they've mastered the "SYNC" button in software programs like Traktor, Atomix, virtual DJ, PCDJ VJ, amongst other things, I mean its a joke. These idiots use their illegally downloaded key-gened software to mix their bearshare and limewire illegally downloaded music and they expect people to take them seriously. C-mon, even when these automix tools fail to gain any recognition whatsoever for their lame attempts of status and popularity compounded upon their inability to actually DJ using REAL DJ techniques, they just simply empower more idiots that are more gullible than they are into their sick automixing circle with their sad belief that they will have strength in their numbers.... I mean that in itself is just pathetic, the automix DJs in their hundreds are just pathetic losers, what do they hope to possibly achieve. I've looked at these DJ softwares and they all have the "REPEATING/CUE" and the "CUED/PLAY" function, some even have the ability to do normal or pitch/key lock scratching if they had a Midi device such as a Dac-3 controller or a Denon DN-HC4500. Is it just out of laziness or ignorance that they lack the intelligence to comprehend these software packages in understanding the basic principles of industry standard DJ techniques that exist in each one of these DJ deck emulators or is it through their complete and utter ignorance that these automix DJs just make a mockery of the whole DJ scene by automixing (duh its too hard to be a REAL DJ, I’ll just automix it), I mean any halfwit with half a brain can press the “SYNC” button, even a child can press a button. A professional DJ using a CDJ-1000 MK3 may be using saved Cue/Points for mixing and loops/samples- but he at one stage or another found those Cue/Points manually, or even manually adjusts those Cue/Points during a live show. Automix DJing is simply the ability to load songs of up to 2 BPM difference into each deck and ensure the “Auto-Gain” button is pressed to auto-level their illegal music, Play Deck A, then press "SYNC" by pressing a button or two on their computer or laptop, Play Deck B and then move the cross fader across while laughing at themselves (duh I'm a DJ), what a JOKE, where’s the skill in that, if I was at a club with an automix DJ, DJing I’d yell out: “Hey I can automix on my laptop at home, you’re a LOSER”… Those automix DJs may as well be paid 5¢ an hour, because that’s all they’re worth. When an automix DJ automixes and uses “Auto-Gain”, what’s the point of even having a pair of headphones or a mixer, you’d just look like an idiot. I mean the whole point of having headphones and a mixer is to monitor the mix, what the hell are you monitoring when your automixing and using the Auto-Gain”. These people must understand that real DJs mix their REAL OWNED/PAID FOR music on their REAL hardware using REAL industry standard DJ techniques, such as: The Repeating /Cue, Beat/Stepping and Cued/Play. Thats why REAL DJs get paid so much because they're actually working monitoring their mix with headphones on a mixer to put on a show for the people that attend the club. If your going to mix on your computer, at the very least, get yourself a Dac-3 controller, a Denon DN-X500 four channel mixer, a Korg Kaos Pad (KP3) effects unit and a Technics 1200 with time-code for normal or pitch/key lock scratching, then actually BUY your music and DJ using REAL DJ techniques, instead of auto-mixing it while looking pathetic on your computer. The Repeating/Cue is the industry standard that allows DJs to save and set Cue/Points for Cue Point mixing and save and set Cue/Points for loops/samples. I mean if these automix idiots want to live the legend of DJ automix, thats fine, but their existence makes a mockery of the whole DJ industry. I’m not a DJ, I’m just a connoisseur of fine Trance/Psy-Trance music, and with all the DJs and DJ software that everyone has access to now days, everyone that attends a club is critical of the quality of the DJed service being delivered to them and they also critically listen to the music being played while unconsciously placing judgement upon the ability of the club DJ to DJ properly, with the advent of the automix DJ, suddenly everyone’s an expert, raising the bar for every professional DJ out there, DJing in the clubs today. I'm living on the Sunshine Coast completing my Batchelor Degree and I'm just laughing my arse off at all the automix DJs in Darwin pursuing their sad quest for recognition. With a Hercules Mixing Console, you won't LOOK like a LOSER...... When your starting out, you don't need to look like a PATHETIC AUTOMIX LOSER..... Mix using REAL DJ techniques, just start off slowly and build yourself up. Buy DJ equipment as you need it, don't rush into it, otherwise you'll be throwing your money away. If your starting off as a DJ, just get a Hercules Mixing Console and learn the basics of mixing, don't just go to a party with your laptop and start automixing, you'll just look like a PATHETIC LOSER. Hercules Mixing Deck...................... AU$ PC Version $349 You can be a REAL DJ, with the Hercules Mixing Deck, get yours from Derringers: http://www.derringers.com.au/asp/derringers.asp?prod=dj&offset=30 This is what a PROFFESIONAL DJ in this day and age would start out with, its basically a twin control deck (dual scratching dials), sound card, mixer in one. Mix, scratch (dual scratching dials) and manipulate digital music in real time, from MP3s, WMAs to CDs * Solid design with phosphorescent keys perfect for use under low-light conditions at parties * Tactile controls for vastly superior DJ mixing than with a PC keyboard * Play one track for your audience while previewing another on your headphones to create seamless mixes and be a REAL DJ. (don't automix it, while looking pathetic) When using a Hercules control deck you can scratch and develope your CRAB technique and actually DJ using REAL DJ techniques such as the Repeating/Cue and Cued/Play while monitoring your mix with headphones on a mixer. XP Vista, plug n play compatibility with all your favourite automixing software Traktor, Virtual DJ, Atomix, Numark Cue and PCDJ VJ with Hercules you can Mix & Scratch and be a REAL DJ in the clubs and actually be REAL. After a couple of gigs, after you’ve made a few grand, upgrade to a Dac-3 or a Denon. They don't Hercules Mixing Consoles in Darwin, so if you upgraded you'd easily get $250-300 for it if you sold it. Regards, John Myatt.