[Tango-L] Idea for DJ's

[Andy Ungureanu]

Am 14.10.2007 07:47 schrieb Tango Tango :
> -Or one could take the job of DJing seriously (especially if one is being
> paid for it) and DJ instead of dancing.
>
> Neil
>   
Dear Neil,

Actually if you pay the DJ, you don't pay his time during the milonga, 
you pay only a very, very small amount of the time and money he invested 
in CDs, Hardware, and learning. It is absolutely irrelevant if he is 
babysitting the equipment or not, as long as the result is OK. He may 
sit all the time behind the mixer and produce a lousy  music, or dance 
all the time and  deliver a perfect  mix.
>
>
> On 10/13/07, Tango Mail <tango at springssauna.com> wrote:
>   
>> How about someone with connections or the electronic-know-how develops a
>> small box that you'll plug between the computer/cd-player and
>> amp/sound system.. you pre-program a decibel level that you know works
>> well in that particular space and something that's easy to change up or
>> down depending on amount of people and their white noise.  If a recording
>> happens to be a bit on the quieter side the box automatically
>> cranks the volume up a bit to the pre-programmed decibel level and if the
>> recording is new and loud it would lower the volume level.
>>
>>     
This is  called Compressor / Expander/ Delimiter and it is available as 
Hardware or Software plug-in. That is what every radio station uses.
The better solution is to pre analyse the songs and define a "replay 
gain" based on the RMS level of the song. That's what iTunes and several 
other programs do.

Regards
Andy