![]() ![]() Will you be using a pair of Kontrol F1s in your live sets from now on? Incredibly smooth and comfortable, just like my face after I shave. Just select the set in your browser and drop it in the deck. Loading a Remix set is as easy as loading a track. As Kanye says, “no one man should have all this power!”Ībout sample loading: how do group samples load and how are they displayed in Traktor? Is it smooth and comfortable? In these Remix decks, you can sequence these different loops and samples, while you were limited to your 4 samples and only your 4 samples in the old loop decks. These Remix decks are way way way way way more expansive than the old loop decks. How do you find loop triggering in the remix decks versus the old loop decks? I made one addition though, making a single button mass toggle PUNCH mode on and off. Modes on modes on modes, son!Īre you using the default mapping on the units? PUNCH mode let’s you immediately jump to the same relative position from sample to sample upon triggering. As for modes, you can do unquantized triggering from the start of a sound, quantized triggering from the start of a sound (with user choice of quantiziation), and PUNCH mode. The color options on the F1 are outstanding, giving the user control over the color of each sample and then some. There is indeed LED feedback for all the different modes. How do the various modes work on the F1, and is there LED feedback that works well for each mode? My footwork in the video is also outstanding. I also pulled a delightful move where I hit the 45 button, the 33 button and the stop/start button simultaneously, and then the stop/start button again to get a funky fresh pitch effect on the turntable. More subtle tricks included triggering several one shots while scratching. I was especially excited by the general tactic of changing samples/loops (in PUNCH mode) while beat juggling a single revolution of the record. What’s your favorite trick you’ve slipped into this routine? I definitely could not have done this routine with anything but the F1. Then it was just a matter of figuring everything out with the right samples/loops and determining whether or not I could actually pull it all off. Once I learned about the F1, I had an immediate picture in my head of how I could apply my song to this device. LAZERlibby – Raise The Temprature (Shiftee Remix) out now on Beatport *cough cough*). I based the routine around a beat of mine I already had (PLS DNT STP ft. ![]() Hi Shiftee! How did you go about constructing this routine? Did you develop it with the F1 in mind, or was it something you already had? DJ TechTools Exclusive Interview With DJ Shiftee ![]()
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