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One thing I did when I first got my gear was; I fired up Traktor, started a song and made a 4 beat loop. Then I tried to beatmatch the record to the loop. Once I got it fairly well matched, I would reset the pitch on the table and change the pitch on the Traktor loop and do it again.

if your just working on beat matching, it might be a good idea to use tracks that have the basic percusive elements at the beginning and end of the tracks, to use for reference. Also, to speed things up, don't wait for the song to play though the middle, just skip to the end where you want to mix in, that way you can mix more times per hour.

Practice practice practice

For the needle. Put some weight on it! It wont kill ur records that fast...it'll kill your records like 2 minutes earlier than it would with the weight on lightly. Just take the needle and put it on the vinyl...or put the arm up high on that adjuster thing...then move it over then drop it with the up and down thingy (sorry, it's morning and I just woke up...not thinking yet)

Start at the lightest on the weight...just move the vinyl back and fourth a few times...if the needle skips or moves, put the weight a little higher...keep doing that till you get it right.

Dont finger fuck the record if it starts trainwrecking... Learn to control the speed by using the pitch shifter. Helpful if you ever get stuck at a house party with shitty ass NuMark turntables, trust me

heres my Rs. 2. (Rupees)

what everyone else said, all good adive

also

practice cueing in on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th beats, until u can cue like a crazy person, it doesnt seem like the most amusing or readily useful technique, but it will help u and will allow you to become very comfortable with vinyl. for a least a half hour a day i practicing catching and re-cueing beats systematically, even mor ehelpful now that im gettinginto turntalism

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Originally posted by dinoXpress heres my Rs. 2. (Rupees) what everyone else said, all good adive also practice cueing in on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th beats, until u can cue like a crazy person, it doesnt seem like the most amusing or readily useful technique, but it will help u and will allow you to become very comfortable with vinyl. for a least a half hour a day i practicing catching and re-cueing beats systematically, even mor ehelpful now that im gettinginto turntalism

Can you say more about this please if you dont mind? I mean go more into it, I kinda dont get it!!!

well, normally you are cueing in on the 1st of four beats, you count in your head, 1, 2, 3, 4, then you drop the beat on 1 again. Try having the second beat ready, and counting, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, then dropping the second beat in on 2, ive been on tables where it wont cue up on the first beat keeps popping out, no matter what weight or setting it is on, so you have to be able to accomodate. if you have any battle/break records, practice catching the beats, you you know at what exact point a beat goes under the needle etc etc



become one with your vinyl and tables.

Thanks!

http://www.djsource.co.uk/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=4

look at the stickies at the top of this forum.

check out the calibrating you turntables thread.

never ever try to fuck your equipment.

i had to learn the hard way

tnx to every 1 who gave me a advice and i want to say to all ppl who says : mixing is aesy peasy
its hardest things i ever seen
needs a good good eyes and hearing it makes me like i put my stuff away
but i still try and try ...

after afew month i cant play two tunes without any making mistake
i cant find out how to beatmatching the tune and i completly f**ked up . its do my heading . how i can put to songs together
love mixing but its make me .....

dont worry one day you will get the ear!

i thought it would never happen but it did!

try using your pitch shift more often.

but i heared using pitch controler will makes decks out of adjustment
so im trying to beatmatching without using the pitch controler

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Originally posted by Project 7 Just keep practising and practisin and ... practising learn how to beat match, it will take ages to master, depending how long you work on it bassically plenty of practise

Ages? Took me 15 minutes to pick up beatmatching.

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Originally posted by Zenn but i heared using pitch controler will makes decks out of adjustment so im trying to beatmatching without using the pitch controler

It isnt possible to beatmatch 2 tracks together without adjusting the pitch. Most records arent produced at the same BPM - sometimes you will have to slow a track down, sometimes you will have to speed it up, this is where knowing the tracks well comes into play.

I personally beatmatch only with the pitch, some people like to manually slow down a track by lightly touching it or grabbing the little metal nip that sticks out where you slip your vinyl onto and spinning it backwards. You will find what works for you.

My only personal advice is, for some this comes easy, for others not so. It will be very frustrating, but stick with it. One thing I have to be honest about, is some people just arent musically gifted to do it - mentally they want to be able to, but physically they lack the musical ability to do it.

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Originally posted by Vlad My only personal advice is, for some this comes easy, for others not so. It will be very frustrating, but stick with it. One thing I have to be honest about, is some people just arent musically gifted to do it - mentally they want to be able to, but physically they lack the musical ability to do it.

I disagree. I think anyone can do it. Not perfectly, but I think anyone can get to the point where they could play in a club and 95% of the clubbers would think they were beatmatching perfectly.

Now as to how long it takes to get to that point, and whether or not you can get beyond that point, that depends on the person.

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Originally posted by Zenn but i heared using pitch controler will makes decks out of adjustment so im trying to beatmatching without using the pitch controler

So if you're not changing pitch...what exactly are you...beatmatching?

Using the pitch controller will not mess up your decks.

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Originally posted by Vlad Ages? Took me 15 minutes to pick up beatmatching.

oh man thats amazing . you learned it in less than 1 houre
i practise more than 2 hours but still cant find out how the hell i should start the nxt tune



spend 1200 pound for my set and now .................... omg
i smash my head to wall now !

Relax... Take a deep breadth and keep practising. Beatmatching won't take you long, i picked it up the first few hours of practise. Also learn to ride the pitch, a skill all DJs should know and use.

Hey Zenn, it takes time. I was practicing for three months on the average an hour almost every night. I thought I was wasting my time but for some reason I kept trying. All of a sudden, one night about three months later I kind of started figuring it out. From there on, it was a much quicker progress. It has a very steep learning curve.
You keep trying and trying without going anywhere and then you hit the sweet spot and from there on it becomes fairly easy.

What I found very helpful was to use the split headphone function (if your mixer has one). Arrange it so that you hear the left turntable in the left earcup and the right turntable in the right earcup. Then start them up and try to align them with the pitch controls only. It is very hard in the beginning but if you keep doing it (even if it doesn't make any sense) you will one day be very surprised.

This thread is good.. i dont know why, b ut its not as bad as most of the begginer threads.


I picked up beatmeatchin failt quickly, i was listening to edm long before i started mixing, ive been into edm since i was 12/13.. i suggest listening to your tunes a lot, at the beginning, you have to know ur tunes like the bakc of your hand, so u can get it all right etc.

i personally and not a huge fan of mix cds, i like some but not a large amount, but some people say listenin to them helps you learn what good mixes sound like etc etc... who knows.


but again, work your ass off. however, dont expect to be world class.

im not trying to stomp on your dream, or anyones dreams, including my own. but im sure if you wanna make it in this field. ur gonna need some natural talent. i dont know what im trying to get at in this post, but you have to be a kickass dj, to be a kickass dj.

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Originally posted by dinoXpress but you have to be a kickass dj, to be a kickass dj.

haha classic line man.

em it wasent really that long since i first started useing decks really, but i picked it up very fast, this was just basic stuff and wasent that good but it was still mixing on beat (for a few seconds anyway)

i used always end up picking bad songs to mix and i dident have the ear are brains to sus out what tracks to play after one another.

i kept at it and every so ofter i was learning new skills, improving my mixing, improving the amount of time it took me to match the beats and most of all , my ear was after ketting better i know what a lets say 125bpm would be if i heard it and so on with a 140bpm i never knew this when i started and never thought of it.

that ment that i would be trying to mix songs with a huge bpm difference. but wuth time you get good with these proplems and sort out the whole thing.

it wont happen over night like you wont wake up one monring able to mix like (insert you fav dj here). you will slowly get better and better, its like riding a bike man more you try the better you get and the faster , mose skills you will know.

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