Richie Hawtin on his Traktor Scratch DJ setup - Pt 3

[Alvise1197]

Legend to Legend



[bboyjay69]

actually it is pretty easy when you have sync buttons to auto-beatmatch for you already.. i have been doin the same shit he as with simply just my laptop and virtual dj.. fcking losers

[toxik217]

@bboyjay69 obviosly u don t really know much about djing..it is one thing to say that it s easy to drive right?but it gets harder when we speak about racing a F1 car, isin t it ? Well it is the same thing here it s easy to say ahhh i can mix like richie hawtin or dubfire cuz i have a sync button but really it isin t ..he uses short parts of songs, loops of a few songs and constantly makes transitions betwen them above all he uses loops and effects from ableton wich is in sync witch traktor:)

[toxik217]

Respond to this video... and uses NI maschine as a daw to trigger the loops and effects in ableton, the loops he makes basically so actually he mixes with 4 decks + unlimited amount of loops from ableton ...oh yeah virtual dj can t keep 4 decks in sync while u use a beatmasher effect and nor have i heared about syncing virtual dj to ableton and actually do work properly..so please do us all a favor and stop writing such nonsense..have a nice day:)!!!

[Magicmanny]

Can someone tell me the name of the mixer he's using?

[xgmode]

@Magicmanny The 1u units are Allen&heath Xone midicontrollers, guess the main mixer is also a Xone mixer from A&H.

[drehik]

COMO SE LLAMA ESE TEMAZOOO plis??????

[FretFreak02]

It looks so easy....but it isn't! He's truly a very big inspiration for me. Amazing!

[DJSEvEN72]

How can i get ahold of RHs setup?, like the traktor template and have the all the nembers and dials showing all the time, like effects 1/8, 1/1 3/8 without having the mousepointer over it?

Cheers

[DJSEvEN72]

How can i get ahold of RWs setup?, like the traktor template and have the all the nembers and dials showing all the time, like effects 1/8, 1/1 3/8 without having the mousepointer over it?

Cheers

[jadeltawil]

hey guys, i wanna buy this piece and use it with traktor. do i need a soundcard too? or is the soundcard in the xone work for traktor?

[MrRidisc]

how does he map that macro ?? with the loop kicking out and re-syncing all tracks??? and know that in traktor pro 2 you have that option in the preferences... but how does work in the versions before??? anybody????

[JoshuaCuthbert]

I didn't know richard hawking could DJ.

[MrNiko2310]

kien no evoluciona se keda atras muchas gilipolleces leo por aki de gente que se a cerrado en el paleolitico.... las cosas como la gente,avanzan!!! d eso se trata!! GRANDE RICHIE!!!

[dronken]

aaaah that why his sets have become so boring !

[neveronyx]

Eh... a load of what he was doing here sounded shit

[usantacruz]

i really get this guy man...

[ep2021]

this guy did some truly groundbreaking stuff during the nintes..but this, i dont know.

[telepathicoincidence]

name of any of the tracks playing?

[SebassTheDJ]

@telepathicoincidence frankie - ezit

seismal d - xystem

[lowrider692]

thx bro..richie is my teacher..hehehe

[brandizle426]

Real guitarists play lutes.

[Sc0rchio]

He's using Traktor Scratch Pro with the Allen and Heath Xone 3D mixer as a controller

[adzer19]

@Sc0rchio It's actually a Xone:92 in the middle and two Xone 1d controllers on each side

[KustoRika]

what equipment did  he used ?

[dimitris255]

song??

[kyau1909]

masters of masters

[unavailablecreature]

richie can do shit on this traktor toys, the years behind is keeping him in hardware. :D

[jackmileshunt]

Just don't feel it. I love my 1210's and wax. I can do stuff like this by running Ableton into my 3rd channel, and having sends/receives routed into.out of Ableton, whilst still actually mixing, and playing disks. hence; Disk Jockey.

[shiitepaco]

@jackmileshunt yeah man i do too like mixing in vinyl but he's paid his dues and became an icon in the techno dance scene so yeah i also like what he's doing digitaly.... he is still doing a lot in the mixes that shows that he can show a side of a song or songs that vinyl mixing would be next to impossible or at the least hard to accomplish since beat matching is a somewhat time consuming.

[shiitepaco]

Respond to this video...his time that would be spent on beat matching richie and others who do the same kind of set up use to expand the creativity and complexity of the tracks 

[DJDimaRubh]

It's what comes out of the speakers that counts!!!

[aldayr3]

algien digame como aser los 4 decks tocar al mismo tiempo 

[ProofNZ]

If you do have a track that is a bit 'wonky' (Burial comes to mind) - then you just need to set loops for the in and out sections - generally, as long as you are close, the loops will then stay enough in time that you can sync mix in our out of them.

I would also suggest, you go through the tunes, confirm that the grid is on, then use the 'lock' function - so you know they can be dropped in. The only real time I have an issue, is because I haven't prepped them correctly.

[ProofNZ]

Sorry - bad net connection = double posts.

Semantics aside. The point is. Traktor can happily beatgrid all forms of 4/4 music - provided you can identify the first downbeat or the like. I generally set the grid, then at worst (not often) use the tap button to set the BPM (sometimes you just need to double it for D&B), check it against the tick, and done!

[CharlieBurke]

What's the name of the track in deck B??? please!!!

[CyBeR4k]

amas rava vuyureb kac1 :) tqve Tuuuuu... ebo :)

[CyBeR4k]

deda ra ylea :)

[DJMikeFury]

It's cool, but you're going to get a lot of poser DJs who can't beat match

[2007TypeR]

Lucky this is simple 4/4 music. try doing this with breakbeat or dnb or dubstep and you are fucked. you will end up syncing the snare with the kick of the other tune.

[NateBiggity]

@2007TypeR

Just beat map the tracks ahead of time.

[ProofNZ]

@2007TypeR - Have to point this out to you - but all that is 4/4.

Set your grid on the kick, no issue. ;)

Waltz, and so on, 3/4 timings, yes, headaches there.. but we are all generally playing electronica, which is 4 to the 4.

[djscottyh]

@ProofNZ you mean 4 to the floor, you goon.

[ProofNZ]

@djscottyh No. I mean 4 to the 4 - as in the time signature.

[djscottyh]

@ProofNZ no, the time signature is 4/4, the beat is 4 to the floor. get it right, amateur.

[WhiteKnightDubstep]

RICHIE IS GOD.

[Krue108]

richie hawtins a smart guy he knew being a minimal dj ,or any dj that JUST mixes, is fucking boring. he decided to mix things up. good on him

[ssaurooo]

dude, Richie is the fuckyn master, no doubt about...

[nikolaiprangemusic]

what kind of mixer is that?

[thecodebreakerz]

@nikolaiprangemusic alen and heath zone

[SmiteKite]

@thecodebreakerz

allen & heath xone 92 to be precise

[aquacadet92]

@TheScumfrog you don't even need CDJs since it's digital mixing

[fermixx]

i have a problem when releasing all the loops. Even if everything stays in sinc, 50% of the time the snares dont kick at the same time.

Its like instead of having kick snare kick snare i get snare snare snare, so i have to use the beat jump functions :(

[radski29]

This is your 21st Century Magician behind the decks! More like a witch doctor...

[muenster1983]

you can do those thing actually only with minimal. especially when tracks are very monotone to play separately, so you have to make it more reach with another track on it. in electro stuff i would never need so much parallel loops on a track

[fermixx]

@muenster1983 completely right. thats why i switched to minimal some years ago. Electro is lots of times really simple too, but it has so much melody that its hard to mix so many loops with so many different keys.

Not to mention trance, which even with 2 tracks being mixed is a big mess.

[thecssnoobz]

Cmon guys, save plastic instead of making infinity of vinyls :P New djing is eco :PP + yeah in old days people had only 2 or 3 tracks on vinyls... without anything else than jumping from 1 track to another. Check some rly old djs since acid house started. Not so smooth as it is now ^^ And pc has nothign to do with it only organisation. Wierd isnt it? :D

[DRustD]

Minus all the way

[elmaspison]

this is cool, but you can do the same or more in ableton with an mpc40 and a bcr2000, with out having to break the bank, he has about $10 000 worth that isnt worth the mixes

[junglehead99]

Sorry, but it sounds like shint. Im not a fan of this.

[luvchiild]

what kind of music is this? minimal?

[Maxxis1992]

yes ^^

[mayaxatlPL]

indeed its minimal

[luvchiild]

@mayaxatlPL nice....I'm not judging him 'cause I think hes an innovator but Im not really into the effects he uses on traktor. I prefer the standard effects on the DJM-800+

Great guy though

[neosashi]

What's the track playing in the upper left hand corner of traktor at 2:05 when he's showing us the stutter effects?

[NICOLvS]

track ID? of the second track pleasee

[rebootyourmind]

you can autosync with that shit? omg-

[steveshort4steven]

so that's how he brings the bass in good shit

[vanpersie08]

richie hawtin doesnt need to prove he can beat match , hes a pro we no he can beatmatch fs, syncing his tracks allows him more time to focuse on his mixing and all other amazing stuff in his sets

[Trad3st0rm]

he uses 3 .. or 2 .. dunno.. audio 8 djs with his setup, dont he?

[djiseb]

very help full vid, just wondering would i be able to plug my mixer (which is connected to my 2 cdjs) into the 1d , could i mix with the cdjs and the 1d. if not would i have to get a sound card like the audio 8?

[Anto2505]

sei un mostro ziooooo

[djsheldon]

this is the FUTURE people join in or be left behind !!!

[masSsimo]

@ 3:34 when he's searching for tracks in his browser what midi mapping/hotkey command is he using in Traktor ?

[jerry800]

All this is too complicated. A good dj can do all this with just hardware and not with the help of software.

[kopmis]

Your stupid. Of course a good DJ could do this all hardware based, but the simpler it is to do, the more things he can do at once and the more amazing his mix becomes. And that's all that matters, not how old school his setup is. The people on the dancefllor don't care.

[jerry800]

Kind of a harsh response to a SUBJECTIVE OPINION. Traktor is complicated, serato is what works best in MY own opinion. Even Ableton live can do a better job.

btw. i do care when im on the dance floor because if the dj is using software to mix he is cheating his pay for the night.

[londonsmoke]

jerry800 your an idiot and clearly don't understand the structure and how much is actually involved in Richie's set's. with tracktor he has the ability to mix 4 separate tracks plus all the effects etc.. now if he had to beatmatch everything first his sets would be no where near as experimental and fast paced as they are now. the blend of the mix is far more important than whether he or the software is beat matching it.

[jerry800]

thank you for calling me an idiot through youtube.. did it make you feel better about your life? hah... No i agree now i have done my research Traktor is an innovative software along with NI controllers makes for a much better experience but why lugg around soo much? I just think the set up is complicated not the way it works I understand whats going on I am not new to this.

[klikk0]

Dumbass. This is all to complicated for YOU.

[sexalia]

Track: frankie - ezit :D

[wutangclan11]

Also how does he configure the MIDI so that the view goes back to the "Deck View" afterward picking a track?

[garvald]

you can find traktor midi maps on the native instrument forums. Or better still, you can learn to write your own. Basically what a "macro" means is assigning two values to one control. The lazy method i used was to install someone else's midi map, look at which controls they used to do a particular function, then modified it for my own needs. It takes a few minutes, but it's both educational and has a good good outcome.

[wutangclan11]

PLEASE CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN HOW HE SET UP THE MACRO THAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT AT 1:50? Thanks alot :)

[Perneballs]

you will have to beatgrid all your tracks to sync traktor when using effects or sync mixing, takes some time to do so, but when you are finished with to beatgrid every track, you no longer have to look out for out of sync mixing or using a effect.

[themainman2008]

this guy knows his shit... nice setup

[Illuminatise]

Very cool video. Can someone tell me what song he is playing? IT IS SICK. Hopefully it was not just for this demo. When you hear this kind of music, you know that party is hardcore...

[tariqsworld]

What are the lists of instruments and softwares your using for the whole set up ? Thanks for all your post, trying to get an idea for all the things I need

[kayintveen]

@dougglasrocha thats true, i dont think its happens allways automatic but you can configure it. or just make a hotkey to sync it again.

what richie does is he makes Macro's so series of effects ending with a sync action

[dougglasrocha]

so wait! when u hit the syrn button even if i move one of the tracks it will go back to place and beat-match again automatically ?

[Drookz1]

Louderbach - Shine (Alexi Delano Remix)

[donoguano]

track is ezit - frankie

[djBless99]

look at all those wires. jesus.

[liffen1]

Massi Jesse Remix Of What??

[liffen1]

Massi Jesse Remix of what????

[oscarcm]

frankieee

[cocsucca]

Final Scratch RULEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!

[inchaoswetrust]

@cocsucca ...final scratch???

Does that thing still exist even???

[Kiste1993]

what audio interface he use?

[garvald]

perhaps the audio dj 8

[dirtybass11]

GENIUS!!!

[garvald]

may seem like a genius, but these loops and mixes are very easy to do in traktor and is not an example of richie's musical genius ;) sounds great though!

[babeabeishot]

mixing is easy too. its not what your doing its how you do it, and what music you use.

[myztic123]

i wonder how many people bought traktor because of this video.

[Artem12300]

More interesting is howmany program packs Traktor DIDN'T sell due to the massive crack downloads after this video.

[bo0mk1d]

yeah i hear ya!

[xZalex90]

and downloading it without having audio 8 dj is very..intelligent

not

[cdlc69]

can u do these loop syncing with regular traktor or only scratch?

[garvald]

both

[djpoptart420]

Can you explain how to? I be havin a little trouble trying to find out. =P Thank's.

[garvald]

well if you mean looping several tracks, then releasing simultaneously in sync, using a xone1D, then you must setup two midi options to one button, this is called a double-macro. One button creates/releases the loop and sync's. For each track (deck), you have one button.

I recommend checking the native-instruments forum, great information there.

[vkeskizo]

name for the first track plase?

[Claudeklauss]

nice work..Thanks Ritchie.

Keep up the great work and keep techno alive.

[garvald]

track listing:

Frankie - Ezit

Seisimal D - Xystem

Louderbach- ADrmxV2

Johnny D- Soleil (delete rmx)

Massi Jesse Remix

[borker99]

thanks for the track listing :)

[borker99]

Anyone find any info on "Louderbach- ADrmxV2" - can't find it anywhere.

[xpreesss]

louderbach - adrmxv2 is unreleased, massi jesse remix also..

[fermixx]

big respect

[garvald]

richie hawtin - love this guy's sounds. Amazing shit.

[overflowx]

Hey Richie, j'ai dépensé mon argent pour des xone1d et un pack traktor scratch pro, si c'est pas bien t'auras de mes nouvelles !!! :p

[fabriziodegwada]

je suis sureque ça vale faire si tu es pas allergique à l'informatique!

[DonJuanDeMarco2]

But i can guarantee one thing, it will be within the broad realm of Electro !

[DonJuanDeMarco2]

to find the time to get a camera and post some videos for myself and i suppose i'll try to get them circulated somehow.

Its only recently that i've finished a studio project and returned to dj'ing, so its been quite inspiring to see whats on show on Youtube.

Anyway he's still great at what he does !

[djtwintip]

yeah, I can see your point. I like to see what your doing when you have a chance post it

[DonJuanDeMarco2]

I really look forward to showing 'everyone' !

I've never made a video in my life, but im dead set on getting it done.

What kills me is that i never rehearse or pre-plan sets, and i've done some 10 hour performances that i could never reproduce again, and not a recording in sight !

So this is a good way to get it down.

It may not be to everyones liking, because i don't like to stick to one sub-genre and i have quite an eclectic taste, taking elements from various sources.

[DonJuanDeMarco2]

spotlight that are pushing the boundaries even further. Just triggers, waveform visuals, multiple tracks and effects. Not a deck and mixer in sight !

Well i do hope

[DonJuanDeMarco2]

I've been in the business for about 16 years now and have always remained cutting edge with technology and concepts.

Just listening to how he thinks and what he uses, from experience, i think he would be pretty open to my concepts and ideas on expanding what he does.

This technology has been around for quite a long time in one shape or another, but its only of recent years that people have made the transition to fully digital. So it may seem advanced to some, but there are people not in the

[djtwintip]

anyone who is criticizing here should realize this is an INTERVIEW, with Hawtin talking about the way he uses his setup, not a live performance. yes, if he was looking to impress upon the world (which at his point he doesn't have to) his abilities through this INTERVIEW, then maybe he could've put a little more thought into his "performance". but that's my point, it's not a performance, it's a fucking interview. not him using his set up to it's full potential, THAT costs $. And worth every penny

[DonJuanDeMarco2]

a completely new slant of it, it takes Dj'ing to a whole new level.

This is mainly because i am from a production background but have always dj'd. Thankfully dance music uses basic elements, chords, arrangements, samples and loops to make.

Next step up is full on production, utilising effect processors (properly) VST's and samplers. But its not practical for a Dj.

Where do i go to get my sets out there ?

Oh wait.. a video would be a good start.

[DonJuanDeMarco2]

sample,process and re-sample. Then maybe slicing the sample and re-arranging to compose a new melody completely different to the orginal source.

With this technique i can build completely new compositions, remixes, re-edits, arrangements, build-ups, breaks, breakdowns all live.

I also do this is a constant evolving style, as if it was all one masterpiece of dynamics rather than just mixing two tracks.

With the recognition of the original material from the audience and then hitting them with

[DonJuanDeMarco2]

This guy isn't using this set-up to its full potential.

I really need to get on this scene.

I've built a similar work flow using different equipment, but what im doing uses it to its full potential.

Its the last step before actually creating new music live, with VST's and samplers.

I sample,loop,effect,re-sample and arrange into my composition on the fly. I also sample a drum loop, chop into drum hits, and create a new beat. Also taking for example a 2 bar phrase from a different genre..

[djtwintip]

I'm not sure I agree with you, see my comment above. Curious what you think. Cheers.

[DonJuanDeMarco2]

Aha ok, i see where your coming from, i think.

Im not really slating Hawtin, im a fan, and we share alot of the same beliefs about dj'ing.

But i've seen quite a few of his performances now and quite a few youtube videos.

Theres no performance to criticise here, but after seeing how his set-up and workflow is designed and matching that concept with his live performances, also knowing about the equipment he uses, there really is alot more you could be doing.

[cvsgtr643]

that is reallly cool

[Uselesstime]

2:39 is amazing!

[herrmanm]

i think that isn't the best example he choose. the looping of those 4 tracks doesn't sound good to me. but how he brings the 4 tracks back in is great ;-)

[FLefty18]

Ezit - Frankie , whooohoo finally found the song

[funkspasm]

still, i enjoy his sets tho.

[funkspasm]

i saw him on saturday. he does that alot. hes random. and when he brings in a new element from a new tune he doesnt bring it in seamlessly its very sudden and obvious. and so the whole set sounds "blocky". still, if i had that setup in my room i wouldnt be able to leave the house. im sure its fun, but as for sounding good ?? what happened to good old fashioned seamless mixing.

[DonJuanDeMarco2]

I totally agree about the 'blocky' sound.

This is why no matter what the technology does (people complain about auto bpm mapping),

it still takes a good DJ (will be rephrased to Digital Jockey) to make a good set.

[funkspasm]

yeah - i got traktor now and tbh i use the auto beat match thing a bit. you can still do car crash mixes even then so you can concentrate on a good tight mix.

[FLefty18]

Yes please... FIRST SONG name??

[iRave7]

Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaame of the track he loops plzzz

:)

[derlig]

thats what everybodys expects 1234 1234 1234 you know.. the most of them do it that way and there is no suprise in the set,

i like richie's style because you never know when he gonna drop the bass.. like it more that way.

[mpcat]

the button sync is always on, how can we do that? where he puts the master bpm and all the tracks follow that bpm?

what is the settings he use?

[dcrjohnson]

Exactly! It takes away the predictability of a live performance.

Who says you have to be so structured and follow the 1 2 3 4 rule throughout a set??

[jaimiecurrie]

he always drops the bass back in late...makes him not sound like every other dj in the planet. thats techno 4 u baby.

[mocatron]

to AFFEXRECORDZ - anybody can make a mistake...dont u think?