Members crazybilly Posted December 1, 2002 Members Share Posted December 1, 2002 How is the dm2? I don't know jack about mixing/scratching, etc, but I'd like something easy that I could use with my band. Right now, I'm doing the utility player thing: a little aux percussion, a little mandolin, a little guitar, a little keyboard, whatever the song calls for. I'd like to be able to add turntables to that arsenal. . . For $40 can I go wrong with the dm2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members crazybilly Posted December 2, 2002 Author Members Share Posted December 2, 2002 bump. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dib432 Posted December 2, 2002 Members Share Posted December 2, 2002 Is the Dm2 a little turntable peripheral that you hook up to a computer by USB? I think my friend had one of those, so if it's what I'm thinking it is it might not be so bad for $40. It's basically a tool for controlling music on your computer. Say you make a song on Acid or something, you would use the Dm2 to controll which one of the tracks are playing, so you can mix in parts of a song. It also has effects I believe. You could concievably load any sounds onto the program and use it as a way to control samples, drum tracks, synth sounds, whatever. Just so you know: its more of a toy than an instrument, but if you can get one for $40 and you are into experimenting, it might not be a bad buy. Also check out Live by Abletron. You can download a demo of that that will work for 30 minutes at a time, and it is a professional level application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members crazybilly Posted December 2, 2002 Author Members Share Posted December 2, 2002 so what's the best (cheapest?) way to get your own .wav's into it? how does that work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dib432 Posted December 3, 2002 Members Share Posted December 3, 2002 I'm not sure, I think it reads .wav files?I don't own the thing, but I'd assume that you just load the .wavs or the program can convert them to its own format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DJ Biggs Posted December 10, 2002 Members Share Posted December 10, 2002 I hope thisisn't too late, but the DM2 is {censored}TY!!!!! You can waste $40 on it, I know cause I did!!! Basically it plugs into your USB and you use it to control the mixman program. I don't know, maybe if you really like the way mixman works, you will dig it, but I didn't find it particularly musical. Also, I had a hard time getting my own samples to work with the program included with it. I think it tries to drop the samples on what it thinks is the beat, not when you press the button. This is lame because I know the music better than some dumbass program! It seemed to me that if they wrote good software for it, it would be a good external sample controller. When I used it about a year ago I hated it and haven't tried it since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NewbieMike Posted December 16, 2002 Members Share Posted December 16, 2002 n/a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DJRizzen Posted December 19, 2002 Members Share Posted December 19, 2002 I have one (got at wal-mart, yeehaw). I can say that it's really too expensive to be a toy, but it's too toyish to be used professionally unless... So, it's up to you. I wish I've tried it for more professional applications to tell you how well it worked, but I haven't. I really think that for a band on a budget, this would make an OK addition. .: DJRIZZEN :. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members crazybilly Posted December 19, 2002 Author Members Share Posted December 19, 2002 djrizzen, thanks, man. sorry I didn't respond earlier. life's been crazy, and the fx forum sucks my life away. anyways, I can get recycle (a friend of mine has it and isn't using it) and mixman studio pro (a DIFFERENT friend has that, and once again, isn't using it). I don't know about the creative part (I suck). but I think this would be a pretty dang fun place to start. How is recycle for making the .trk's? Pretty easy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members djsynrgy Posted December 19, 2002 Members Share Posted December 19, 2002 and thus the world of fisher price DJing has begun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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