A Dj is not possible to be replaced by any AI app. No app, now or in the future, will be able to read the guests mood and put the right music. So, a good dj is the dj that knows his library very well and can read the mood of the guests. And what about warm up session…the most important one??
I agree on that use case for stopping mixes clashing by being able to remove elements. I just don’t agree with the sheer amount of hype around it as if nobody was able to mix 2 tracks prior to it.
Facial recognition cameras can already do this. It’s already there.
Soon you’ll be able to plug some basic demographic info into a computer and the AI will tap into localised streaming data and play music based on that, it’s highly unlikely to fail.
And in 50 years from now, the guests will dance and make events in other planets. Stu sorry but you llook too far. The discussion i thought had to do with the present time. And facial cameras what will read in a maske or halloween party???
No, definitely not the case. VirtualDJ has been able to apply FX to individual stems for quite some time now. No Rane One mkII required.
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I agree, no one waited for stems to be able to mix tracks and create a DJ set.
However, it must be admitted that the arrival of stems revolutionizes the way you mix.
In this respect, I believe it’s a real game changer in the way you approach DJ mixing.
The best thing, in my opinion, is to be able to combine the classic EQ method with parallel stem management.
That’s why I’m a proponent of leaving EQs where they are and encouraging the use of stems via pads rather than assigning stems to the EQ knob.
Because even with stems, you may still need EQs at some point.
I meant before the arrival of stems, not Rane One MKII.
That’s exactly what I meant; VDJ has been allowing it for a very long time. Rane One Mk2 just makes things a little more intuitive in terms of how it’s programmed/mapped.
But you can actually do it on any hardware.
Maybe there’s a translation error here.
Clarified, thank you. 
That should be burnt onto the retinas of the public
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No, few cameras around the room will do. I don’t need to see people faces as a DJ: people moving their butt and waving their hands in the air tells me a whole lot…. Unifi (a router, switch, camera and IP phones brand) already has functions on their camera range to judge if an individual passing your camera behaves suspicious or not…. Just saying, AI is getting more powerfull, fast!
On top of that, the smartphone addicted generation will gladly vote each song you play up or down, in some Kahoot style webpage… Or do requests digitally, requests are a valuable source of info about what music will work for the crowd…
The tech is already here. We are just waiting for someone to put it together…
Sadly, I believe you to be on point. This generation is as you described in just about everything. I’m thinking they’re just going to go with the flow as they’re doing in many other aspects of life. There’s a young bloke I know whose favorite expression for everything sums it up: ‘It is what it is’. I feel the true art now has a rapidly approaching shelf life.
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Hopefully the revival of Vinyl and people rebelling against phones in clubs etc can turn it round a bit. I do fear for the scene though.
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It’s become a sport to bash auto mix but I use it when I have to run to the toilet in the middle of a gig
I just put a longer track on and ask someone to mind the decks so nobody touches them
Automix can be useful at the opening of a club in the early evening when you are waiting for the first customers to arrive and you are trying to convince the owner why he should buy Denon instead of Pioneer while having a drink with him 
I have some mixtapes of me, recorded with audience mics, which captures the cheering of the crowd. Even better if you want to impress the owner 
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