Join Phil Morse and the students of the Digital DJ Tips school, as they ponder a set of questions posed by the school's course owners.
Got nowhere to DJ but a corner of a small bedroom, facing a wall? In this Your Questions edition of the Digital DJ Tips Podcast I show you how to set up a DJ space when you're short on room - the right height for your controller, why a wall shelf beats a deep desk, where to put small speakers so you don't have to crank them (and annoy the neighbours), how to tidy the cables so one switch turns everything on, and the simple trick that stops DJing at a wall feeling weird.
I also answer more questions from our students, asked live in our studio audience: is it ever OK to play music made with AI in your DJ sets? Should you use vibe-coded hacks that add stems and gate cue to gear like the CDJ-3000 and XDJ-AZ? How does a new mobile DJ get their name out there? What's the best way to do karaoke and visuals? And if your controller comes with both Serato and Engine DJ, which should you use?
00:00 Intro
01:19 Is it OK to play AI-made music in your sets?
08:48 Mobile DJs: how to get your name out there
15:21 Using AI to help build playlists
18:01 DJ software crashing - should you update?
21:15 Karaoke and visuals: what to use
25:03 Vibe-coded hacks for your DJ gear - should you?
30:07 How to set up DJ gear in a tiny room
37:10 Serato or Engine DJ on the SC Live 4?
42:22 Outro