wuzzzer Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 I've DJ'ed quite a few weddings, grad parties, anniversary parties, etc in my day. They've always been for close friends/family. I've always considered it my present to whoever I'm Dj'ing for and haven't ever charged a dime for my services. I don't ever have anything too outlandish but I always was complimented on how good my music sounded and the selection I played. I used to use my Bose 401s and Definitive Technology satellite/sub setup. November 10th will be the first time I've DJ'ed in quite a while and also the first time with my Klipsch speakers. I can't wait to hear how they sound in a nice size room rather than in my confined basement. The friends who are getting married said as long as I play country and 80s rock I'd be golden. Good thing, since that's what 80% of my music consists of! I already have the songs picked out and ready to spin. I used the Apple Lossless format when I ripped tracks from my CDs onto my hard drive. Its a good thing I just bought a 320 gig external hard drive - most songs take up 40-60 megabytes each in Lossless! Anyway, it should be a great time. 4 1/2 hours of rockin' tunes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted October 26, 2007 Moderators Share Posted October 26, 2007 Sounds like fun, I did the same thing for my best friends wedding 30 years ago. That's where I met my wife Christy, and married her 1 year later. At the time I had a Akai reel to reel, and the couple came over for many weekends and we made a tape we could play so I wouldn't have to play records the whole time. Sansui 8080 and Yamaha turntable with the Akai, and a pair of diy speakers that were the same size and design as a Cornwall, horn mid and high freq. I had never seen a Cornwall, they were built from a book I had with parts from a store in New Orleans that repaired speakers for musicians. Have fun !.......... Maby you will run into your future wife ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted October 26, 2007 Author Share Posted October 26, 2007 Have fun !.......... Maby you will run into your future wife ? Well, I don't know if my current wife would like that! [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 wuzzer, You'll be using your Forte II's for the dance? Should be fun. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted October 26, 2007 Author Share Posted October 26, 2007 Yes, Forte II/SVS combo. If everyone thought my old system sounded good I can't wait to hear what they'll say about this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted October 26, 2007 Moderators Share Posted October 26, 2007 Have fun !.......... Maby you will run into your future wife ? Well, I don't know if my current wife would like that! [] Couldn't remember if you were married or not, it's still going to be fun. How big is the room ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted October 27, 2007 Author Share Posted October 27, 2007 I was there for a different wedding reception a few years back but I don't remember much about the room size. The seating area for guests was quite large but the area the DJ played was small in comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted October 27, 2007 Moderators Share Posted October 27, 2007 That small area where the DJ was placed may help the SVS, kind of like a corner ? Get that SVS placed where it would add some good bass and that would help out the Fortes fill that room nicely. That should sound 10 times better than your old setup. [Y] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted November 10, 2007 Author Share Posted November 10, 2007 Well, today's the day. Everything is ready to go. My best friend is helping me transport everything with his Suburban. He's also letting me use his Sony ES CD changer which in an A/B sounds light years better than my Oppo DVD player that I was planning on using. I was blasting "You Spin Me Round", Funkytown", "Jump Jive An' Wail", "Johnny B. Goode" among others last night making sure everything got recorded correctly and sounded good. I hope the Fortes and the SVS are up for 4+ hours of rockin'!! [8][H][Y][<)] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted November 10, 2007 Moderators Share Posted November 10, 2007 It's going to be fun! If they liked your bose 401's and the deaf tec sub you should blow them away tonight, with your new setup ! [H] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Spinner Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 I've DJ'ed quite a few weddings, grad parties, anniversary parties, etc in my day. They've always been for close friends/family. I've always considered it my present to whoever I'm Dj'ing for and haven't ever charged a dime for my services. I don't ever have anything too outlandish but I always was complimented on how good my music sounded and the selection I played. I used to use my Bose 401s and Definitive Technology satellite/sub setup. November 10th will be the first time I've DJ'ed in quite a while and also the first time with my Klipsch speakers. I can't wait to hear how they sound in a nice size room rather than in my confined basement. The friends who are getting married said as long as I play country and 80s rock I'd be golden. Good thing, since that's what 80% of my music consists of! I already have the songs picked out and ready to spin. I used the Apple Lossless format when I ripped tracks from my CDs onto my hard drive. Its a good thing I just bought a 320 gig external hard drive - most songs take up 40-60 megabytes each in Lossless! Anyway, it should be a great time. 4 1/2 hours of rockin' tunes! YOU ..... effin' bastid ... i Did ... try to get that dam bug on my screen ....[8-)] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattevt Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 I've DJ'ed quite a few weddings, grad parties, anniversary parties, etc in my day. They've always been for close friends/family. I've always considered it my present to whoever I'm Dj'ing for and haven't ever charged a dime for my services. I don't ever have anything too outlandish but I always was complimented on how good my music sounded and the selection I played. I used to use my Bose 401s and Definitive Technology satellite/sub setup. November 10th will be the first time I've DJ'ed in quite a while and also the first time with my Klipsch speakers. I can't wait to hear how they sound in a nice size room rather than in my confined basement. The friends who are getting married said as long as I play country and 80s rock I'd be golden. Good thing, since that's what 80% of my music consists of! I already have the songs picked out and ready to spin. I used the Apple Lossless format when I ripped tracks from my CDs onto my hard drive. Its a good thing I just bought a 320 gig external hard drive - most songs take up 40-60 megabytes each in Lossless! Anyway, it should be a great time. 4 1/2 hours of rockin' tunes! YOU ..... effin' bastid ... i Did ... try to get that dam bug on my screen ....[8-)] ha ha glad I'm not the only one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 Hey Wuzzer, You been e-mailin' to Arfandbark? Looks like cyber-fleas to me........... Boy, they breed alot, and they bite....Dam Things, can't get rid of them, nothing seems to work ........ Guess I should be thankful, ..... could've been Ticks !!!!!!! .............. [*-)] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted November 11, 2007 Author Share Posted November 11, 2007 YOU ..... effin' bastid ... i Did ... try to get that dam bug on my screen ....[8-)] [8-|] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 was driving me crazy. Thought it was a gnat on my screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormin Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 That was a good one Wuzzer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted November 13, 2007 Moderators Share Posted November 13, 2007 Well how did it go ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted November 13, 2007 Author Share Posted November 13, 2007 Sorry I didn't post the follow up! It turns out that the room was much bigger than I remembered - good thing I had some efficient speakers! I had several compliments on the music, selection and volume was perfect everyone said. Unfortunately my friend's CD player skipped when the bass notes hit hard so I actually had to turn my SVS off and run the Fortes only. They did a pretty awesome job considering the task at hand. I have another friend getting married April 5th. I haven't offered him my services yet but if I do I'll make sure to use a CD player that can handle some bass beats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Sounds like a great job! When I was in college, I had an Akai GS-747 open reel. Used 10 inch reels. I spent hours and hours, dubbing a bunch of music onto a full reel, something like 6 hours. Faded each song in/out... I also had marked on a list just where each song began in time (as counted by the tape counter) I'd put on some frat parties or dorm parties, drag my LaScalas in, set everything up click "play" and have fun. If someone wanted to interject something, I also had my cassette deck and turn table with me so they could bring it and we could blend in anything else. When done, I simply hit play on the RTR again. Nice thing about that is being on tape, there weren't any feedback issues. Tape was dbx encoded so it sounded just about as good as what ever source I originally used (vinyl). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyKlipschFan Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Most of you have no appreciation for how much work goes into this... But a sample of the kinda stuff I used to do... Then you mix in current stff with this.... it's cool. (Note, I did not do the clip.. just showing the style...) http://www.radiotrip.net/index_2.htm Now crank it up and get some housework done!! heheheheheheehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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