[超話撈DJ Rob Swift機翻]不要讓控制器控制你！
我們站在2019年NAMM展的最先端，很難不理解DJ科技是如何隨著時間的推移而不斷發展的。昨天的DJ花了不少時間才取得進步的技能，今日DJ只需按一下按鈕就可以混音和刮碟了。擁有智慧的DJ們如Cash Money重新定位唱盤技術（對戰手法），面對唱臂與轉盤向前無法倒轉的阻礙而使DJ在手法上進行思維，這些DJ藝術正逐漸被淘汰。科技正在改變我們的思維方式，達到我們不需要思考的程度。電腦DJ軟體為我們做識別歌曲所有內容，為DJ文化發明一些簡單手法(像Iphone使用般便利)，卻封閉了批判性思維。這樣的數位DJ革命性改變。DJ app和控制器反而阻止了人性思考與手工的唱盤DJ文化。
作為一個35年的老兵，我可以自信地說，數位DJ的好處是會付出代價的。如果您擁有一個控制器，但從未體驗過在唱盤上DJ的感受，現在是時候問問自己以下3個問題：
1.在開始混音之前，我是否在眼睛一直偷瞄筆電螢幕以確認兩首歌曲的bpm是否匹配？(恭喜你獲得Serato Face成就)
2.是否更喜歡用視覺而不是聽覺來完成一項基本的技術，比如說丟歌(過歌／切歌)？
3.我能在不使用數位cue點(提示點)的情况下做出beat juggle嗎？”
如果你對這些問題中的任何一個都回答“是”，你可能想重新考慮一下你想要抓住這些科技公司推給你的每一件閃亮的新玩意兒的願望。(意思是你沒有數位科技也能把DJ做的很好)
學習如何用耳朵和手去接觸混音有不可估量的好處。無論是Mista Sinista's "Catch The Beat"還是我的 "Welcome To The Terrordome"，這些經典的段子都給我們帶來無與倫比的實質感，超越了Serato基本功能帶給的一切。事實上，今天我們使用的DJ軟體和花哨的混音器僅僅是一種框架把我們限制在之前DJ使用黑膠就早已創造出的DJ文化歷史技能，且讓我們無法再更進一步思考成長。
不要誤會我。我相信科技，我完全支持它，但决不會讓電腦軟體或強大混音器硬件决定我創造力的界限。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPWeyJ-F7-s
As we stand on the cusp of the 2019 NAMM Convention, it's hard not to appreciate how DJ technology continues to evolve with each passing year. Today, "DJs" can mix and scratch at the press of a button. Technical skills that took yesteryear's DJ painstaking time to advance, can be acquired in an instant. The mental resourcefulness from DJs like Cash Money to reposition a turntable (i.e. "battle mode") in order to remove it's tone arm from obstructing their hand movement towards the turntable's platter is gradually being phased out of DJ art. Technology is altering the way we think to the point we don't need to. Computer coders do the discerning for us, feeding DJ culture gizmos that discourage critical thinking. Talk about game changing. DJ apps and controllers are antiquating the turntable right before our eyes.
As a 35 year vet, I can confidently say, the perks of digital DJing do come at a cost. If you own a Controller but never experienced what it feels like to DJ on turntables, this is the time to ask yourself the following 3 questions:
1. "Am I looking at my laptop screen to confirm the bpm of two songs are matched before introducing a mix?
2. "Do I favor my sense of sight over my sense of hearing to perform a task such as basic as dropping?"
3. "Can I Beat Juggle without using cue points to reset myself at 12 O'clock?"
You might want to reconsider your desire to get hold of every shiny, new piece of gadgetry pushed upon you by these tech companies if you answered YES to even one of those questions.
Learning how to mix by ear and scratch by hand bring with it benefits that are immeasurable. Whether it's Mista Sinista's "Catch The Beat" or my "Welcome To The Terrordome", such classic routines bring with them a texture that's unrivaled by anything we've concocted since the advent of Serato. In fact, the DJ apps and fancy shmancy mixers we use today merely serve as a means for refining the skills both of us have previously attained back when we were "limited" to using vinyl.
Don't mistake me y'all. I believe in technology, I completely support it, but never to the extent that I'll let a computer coder or a mixer's firmware dictate the boundaries of my creativity.
🎥 Courtesy of Battle Sounds : Hip-Hop DJ Documentary #turntabletuesday #daoddcouple #djrobswift #mistasinista
