Ozan from Tribe XR Explains Some of the New Features in the Virtual Reality DJ World Part One

0:01 First and foremost, I'd like to welcome you to TribeXR

Well, hey-ho ladies and gentlemen. First and foremost, I'd like to welcome you to TribeXR. Myself, Jonathan Ellaskins, The DJ Tutor. Right next to me is Ozan, one of the founders of TribeXR. Wow. And yeah, so this video really is about showing you the new features of Tribe, what you can expect, and I mean... Since we last spoke, it's moved leaps and bounds, Ozan, yeah? Yeah. Actually, just for context again, yeah, I'm Ozan. I'm one of the co-founders of TribeXR. And we started the company a few years ago as part of this effort to bring DJing to the world and bring music to the world or at least empower aspiring artists and DJs. And I know myself as an aspiring DJ, when I first got going, it was really difficult to get access to the equipment and access to...

Kind of learning content. I mean, I had friends at the clubs and everything, but to really get insight into how things worked, it was quite tricky. And the way I learned was from you on your YouTube channel. That was the thing that got me into it. That is so cool. It's an internet phenomenon. I mean, I saw you doing all the different clips and teaching all the different techniques in all the different ways. And I was like, oh, that was... The standout one for me was when you were teaching beatmatching and you're describing it as these two cars traveling down the freeway. and having different speeds and having to speed up and slow down in order to get the beat match yeah that was that was the one that really kind of it really got got into me and largely because of that anyway we started uh we we built tribe taking advantage of 3d technology computer graphics and the vr headset to build a simulation of all this equipment and we started with a rather simple set of cdjs but over time we have a partnership with pioneer dj now where we're their official vr partner yeah and we've implemented

2:27 Today is the kit setup, what

The club standard Pioneer DJ equipment. So we have the CDJ-3000, the DJM-900 Nexus 2. We also have the V10, which we can look at later on. But it's awesome. I mean, you can think of it as a flight simulator for DJing. It's got all the bells and whistles, all the functionality of that equipment. And we can show off some of it now if you're into it. Yeah, let me put... Hold on. Selfie. Just grab hold of this. So, you know, there you go, guys. So you see what we're looking at now. And what we'll show you today is the kit setup, what you can expect to see. So you've got a simulation here of the CDJ-3000. And like you said, this has got Pioneer DJ backing now, hasn't it? So you're allowed to just show the name and everything. Yeah, yeah. And we meet with them on a weekly basis with our friends Lars and Oli from Pioneer DJ to kind of go through.

Yeah, the latest updates in Tribe and virtual reality and the metaverse as it is. And then also they give us updates on what's going on on their end with the equipment and different events. And we've done a bunch of collabs with them, you know, like various conferences around the world at Ibiza and Miami and others. So yeah, it's been a great partnership so far. That is cool. Can we show now, what I'd like to show everyone is the other kit. So I'm going to go to personal view so you can see what I'm looking at now. So we'll go to content and let's go and check this out. Should we do four decks? Yeah. Okay. So here we go. Look at that. I know, this now is crazy. So let me go back to visuals. And where are we? Do front. Okay, so there you go. So here we've now got the four CDJ-3000s and the Nexus Mark II. Yeah, and the cool thing about it is that this gives you access to the state-of-the-art equipment. So this is all the equipment that's used at the clubs and festivals. All your favorite DJs are largely playing on this equipment.

4:38 We've got now we've got the V10

And in the real world, this would cost you upwards of $10,000 depending on the time of year, I suppose. It's like $2,000 to $3,000 per unit. And in Tribe, you get a preview of it. Albeit, it's not the real thing. It's not like physical. You can't touch it in the same way that you can the physical equipment. But you can learn all the layout and the flow and the muscle memory you need to be able to interact with it. Got all the audio processing and everything. And the idea is this is a training platform. It's a training experience that... It's just crazy. Let me put the The V10. Okay, so we've got now we've got the V10. Okay, so let me go back to visuals and let's do an overhead. So there you go. Now we've got the V10. I mean, this is just a monster of a mixer. Yeah, I mean, the fact that, you know, we built some of this is sort of a software thing, but, you know, we built all the core infrastructure for the audio processing. And because we're...

You know, basically all digital. We're able to then reuse a lot of that same technology and apply it to the V10. Which, you know, in the physical world, it's a much trickier business, right? You just have all the complexity of physical electronics. But in the software world, it's actually quite flexible. So anyway, we have a full-on representation of the V10 as well. I mean, something you said earlier on that struck a chord. And I get quite a few of these questions. Ask me is, you know, like DJ A, DJ B, anywhere, wherever they are around the world. They're like, Jonathan, you know, I'm going to be working in a nightclub in a month's time. And, you know, what do I do? Because they've got all the latest kit. And when you said that about the muscle memory, it just makes me think, well, you know, if you come into Tribe and you can use the kit, you can get to grips with it. And then that just...

That is the stepping stone to the real McCoy. And like you said, all the features are exactly the same. It's just, it's in virtual reality. It's just not the physical. Yeah. And I would just add too that we also have this social phenomenon too because when you're in VR, it feels very immersive and I feel present with you. You know, despite the fact that you're in Wales, I'm in San Francisco. In San Francisco, I know. That's nuts. Yeah, it's nuts. I feel as though I'm standing right next to you shoulder to shoulder and I have all the butterflies, you know, like the kind of the social pressure or the social, what do you call it? Like the tension of a social phenomena, just like I would in real life. And so when it comes to performing, it's a great way of practicing your stage presence and getting over those like performance jitters and things like that. But we can play, maybe play a song. Let me play a song real quick just to get some music going here.

7:22 Able hear, beatport, hear everything

This tune by the way is from Karmic Power Records as well, so just to let you know guys. But again, when I started sort of helping out with Tribe, if I had music I wanted to play, you had to use my files, put them on your hard drive and there was a lot of to and froing but nowadays I can have a whole bunch of music on my hard drive and you're able to play them as well aren't you? Yeah, yeah, exactly. So we have this kind of networking protocol where we transfer the music temporarily, albeit, but that way I'm able to hear like we essentially stream the audio so I'm able to hear everything you're playing, you're able to hear everything I'm playing and the system handles all the beat syncing and the time coding across the internet.

We also have integrations with music stores like Beatport and SoundCloud, and we have others that are coming up. So if you had a, you know, if you had a Beatport account, I had a Beatport account, we could just download directly from Beatport and start playing that way as well. That is great. Well, Ozan, again, all I wanted to do with this video to explain to people... you know the new features um and then hopefully guys what we'll do is two or three more videos like this explaining a few more of the other features because i mean so much has gone on in the past couple of years yeah there's a lot of changes i mean a lot of it too has been kind of internet changes and social live streaming changes so in other words at first we just had the simulation of the equipment and it was a solo experience then we added a multiplayer experience like you and i are doing now

9:26 Is how in Tribe they've integrated DJ lessons and they're immersive

And then since then, we've added live streaming functionality. So you can stream directly from the VR app out into the world to Twitch, to YouTube, and you can join from the web browser. And it's really kind of a fun way of performing and engaging your friends that may not have VR. So a lot of that has been added as well. So there's a ton of new features that we can kind of go over. Fantastic. And hopefully the next video, what I'd like to show you guys, and of course Ozan will be in the video as well. is how in Tribe they've integrated DJ lessons and they're immersive. Like you said, it's not just, you know, you're reading text and you have to copy what the text says. There's literally, you know, it's crazy. It's like a game. You've got this kind of flow and someone's saying, right, you tap on the beats.

It's so easy to use. I mean, for new DJs, it's a must. Well, I mean, especially again, I remember when I was learning to DJ and it's pretty overwhelming to look at all these controls. I mean, there's so many knobs and buttons and sliders. And just to kind of get your bearings is kind of tricky. But what we've done is since we're all digital, we leverage some of the kind of classic game techniques. So we have essentially a Guitar Hero style interface that That shows these beat highways that prompt you to click the controls at certain times to learn the sequence and the flow and the vibe and how to get the energy going in the tracks. So we can show that off in the coming weeks as well. I was going to say, yeah, we'll show that. Okay, so let's leave it at that. So again, ladies and gentlemen, this is TribeXR. It's through the medium of Oculus. You do need some kind of headset to come into Tribe.

But like Ozan said earlier on, you don't have to spend thousands and thousands of dollars. It's a few bucks. Is it a few bucks a month? Yeah, I mean, it's 30 bucks on the store basically for a one-time purchase. But then if you want all premium content, then you can sign up for like a $5 a month subscription. Plus we have these workshops every day multiple times a day where you can jump in with a mentor. Here, let me just needle search this thing back a little bit. Get the music going again. Okay. You can jump in with a mentor and they'll show you the ropes. They can teach you all the flows and you can socialize, hang out with them. Again, you can live stream. As part of that subscription, you can use the live streaming feature to perform out into the world. That is cool. All right, guys. Ozan, it's been an absolute pleasure. You'll see me duck behind the decks now because I'm going to turn the record button press off. But thank you very much for watching, ladies and gentlemen. And can I leave you with the number one words?

DJ says at the end of each video. You know, all this hard work leads up to one thing, which is to practice and enjoy. Thank you. Nice one.

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