What would you do in this situation?

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Posted by Mebot on Aug-08-2003 21:51:

What would you do in this situation?

Got a question for all DJs out there:

When i was spinning at school i was transisting between tracks. I had the beats matched and i was just easing the crossfaded over to the other track. The beats started getting off a little, so i reached over to adjust the pitch.

I dunno how other ppl have their setup (like the turntables tilted up scratch battle style or just conventional side by side with mixer in the middle) but due to limited space the decks were set up in battle mode so i had to reach over the spinning record to adust the pitch.

A drop of sweat fell on the spinning record near the middle of the track. SO heres my question.... what do u do in this situation?
i didnt want the needle to pick up any wetness and short out but i culdnt just leave the drop there.
so i stopped the record and quickly dried it up with my cleaning cloth. i tried to get the record back in sync but the damage was done and the mix sounded horrible.

anyhoo, i learned from my mistake and now i make sure to wipe my sweat off before i do anything.

Im just curious as to what someone else would have done. Thankx for the feedback

Posted by Luke Terry on Aug-08-2003 22:16:

even if your sweat had stayed on it would have made no difference, so long as your cleaned the record and needle afterwards

Posted by JohnSmith on Aug-09-2003 00:44:

i'd have just let it play. like luke said, even if it went right through the sweat, it wouldn't have "shorted out" the needle, it's not like it's electrical, it's just a vibration.

in any case, i wouldn't have done ANYTHING while in the middle of the mix. I'd have just kept going, and maybe tried to dab it up later.

Posted by Tony Morello on Aug-09-2003 05:33:

i was djing in a club
mid-mix i took a swig of beer and it foamed up and splashed a bit on the record, i just let it play and cleaned up after

Posted by djdawn on Aug-09-2003 08:07:

had similar problems at Loveparade 2001, people with super-soakers shooting at you and also it started raining at some point. Just keep spinning
That's what your records are there for, anyway!

Posted by Martin McG on Aug-09-2003 09:20:

quote:
Originally posted by djdawn
had similar problems at Loveparade 2001, people with super-soakers shooting at you and also it started raining at some point. Just keep spinning
That's what your records are there for, anyway!

sounds like a good laugh

Posted by ChavezHype on Aug-09-2003 15:15:

Posted by Flash Bastard on Aug-09-2003 16:32:

hehehe .. the vinyl is plastic so no problem if it's get wet i guess

Posted by Ghostface on Aug-11-2003 03:10:

surely though if there was too much liquid on the record then the needle would lose traction and skip across?

Posted by Tiger777 on Aug-11-2003 10:19:

Water is no problem, on the contrary, I've seen a dj spoil water (deliberate) on his record (I got an explaination why he did that, but, I forgot it ) and I couldn't hear any difference.

But when sweat dries, it leaves staines, and they may cause a dissortion. So, next time, whipe it off when you take the record of the tt...