Andy Goodtimes
27-04-2011, 01:42 AM
Just wondered who uses Iphones and Ipods and how far have you gone with integrating them into your disco? Also what do you think of the quality? I use the highest quality and think its hardly noticeable till you get very high volumes…even then its prob me just being over fussy.
I have been pretty ignorant of all the Apple kit till very recently, my old Sony MP3 player broke and I bought an Ipod Touch and so far am very impressed.
I know there has been a lot of derogatory talk about Ipod DJs but I reckon there is a place for it if not taken too far. So far I have used mine for early on as guests are arriving and also during the evening supper and a week or so back I used it for “first dance” as the CD I had burnt from a purchased track from Itunes wouldn’t work…dunno why because it worked at home and it worked early doors when I checked it on the Pioneer players on headphones, anyway lucky I had the Ipod connected up and paused on the track in question.
For most of my residencies I have the code to get on the net and so far I have downloaded special requests twice and played them back on the Touch.
I will never set-up play lists and just leave them playing unless it is a quiet time such as early on, during the Wedding Breakfast or evening supper but I think it’s a fantastic bit of kit and it now plays a valuable part in my system.
Except for all that I am using it all of the time when not working. The new car has Ipod connection, I have a little Yamaha system in the bedroom with a dock on top of it, I have a denon system in the conservatory with an Apple dock connected up to that and then a wireless pair of little JBLs in the kitchen, a proper Bose dock that tends to get moved round the house and in the front room I have a Samsung system that picks up the Ipod automatically via blue tooth. I bought the 32gb and wish I got the 64 but it’s the Iphone next so chance to make up for it then.
Are there any useful apps for DJs? So far I have it controlling various bits of kit round the house and the big conferencing Pioneer screens and also the Matsui 32s that I use for Karaoke but not been able to find anything for the KAM karaoke machines.
I have been pretty ignorant of all the Apple kit till very recently, my old Sony MP3 player broke and I bought an Ipod Touch and so far am very impressed.
I know there has been a lot of derogatory talk about Ipod DJs but I reckon there is a place for it if not taken too far. So far I have used mine for early on as guests are arriving and also during the evening supper and a week or so back I used it for “first dance” as the CD I had burnt from a purchased track from Itunes wouldn’t work…dunno why because it worked at home and it worked early doors when I checked it on the Pioneer players on headphones, anyway lucky I had the Ipod connected up and paused on the track in question.
For most of my residencies I have the code to get on the net and so far I have downloaded special requests twice and played them back on the Touch.
I will never set-up play lists and just leave them playing unless it is a quiet time such as early on, during the Wedding Breakfast or evening supper but I think it’s a fantastic bit of kit and it now plays a valuable part in my system.
Except for all that I am using it all of the time when not working. The new car has Ipod connection, I have a little Yamaha system in the bedroom with a dock on top of it, I have a denon system in the conservatory with an Apple dock connected up to that and then a wireless pair of little JBLs in the kitchen, a proper Bose dock that tends to get moved round the house and in the front room I have a Samsung system that picks up the Ipod automatically via blue tooth. I bought the 32gb and wish I got the 64 but it’s the Iphone next so chance to make up for it then.
Are there any useful apps for DJs? So far I have it controlling various bits of kit round the house and the big conferencing Pioneer screens and also the Matsui 32s that I use for Karaoke but not been able to find anything for the KAM karaoke machines.