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Posted by S-a-M-u-E-l on Aug-24-2004 21:23:

Does anyone ever do this...?

Does anyone ever take their headphones off and crank up the volume just to hear the tracks being blended out loud.

Posted by D Dubya on Aug-24-2004 21:46:

I usually dont have my headphones on when I am in the middle of a transition. I like monitoring outside of the headphones when blending tracks. I will frequetly check back in the cup to make sure that there are no little differences occuring, but other than that, I rely on the outside speakers.

Posted by auujay on Aug-24-2004 21:54:

Re: Does anyone ever do this...?

quote:
Originally posted by S-a-M-u-E-l
Does anyone ever take their headphones off and crank up the volume just to hear the tracks being blended out loud.

no, but whatever floats your boat.

Posted by Quantized on Aug-24-2004 21:56:

quote:
Originally posted by Dirk W.
I usually dont have my headphones on when I am in the middle of a transition. I like monitoring outside of the headphones when blending tracks. I will frequetly check back in the cup to make sure that there are no little differences occuring, but other than that, I rely on the outside speakers.

yup, same here

its amazing listening to good transitions on your sound system

Posted by Freak on Aug-24-2004 23:18:

erm
yes.
called monitors or 'a fuckoff huge club system'

Posted by dj chex on Aug-25-2004 00:18:

I sometimes do that too w/ my headphones and i always surprise myself on how powerful the empath's headphone amp is... yeah, i love the thought of how screwed up my hearing is for using dj headphones in loud enviroments.

Posted by S-a-M-u-E-l on Aug-25-2004 03:00:

i mean when cueing. Not actual mixing. Its good to hear the one in your headphones playing outloud with the other before mixing it in just to make sure its perfectly beatmatched.

Posted by Tranc3 on Aug-25-2004 04:35:

Yep. I also like turning it up really loud and seeing how close I have to be to the phones to accurately listen to the cued track.

Posted by dartman on Aug-25-2004 04:43:

Posted by dukes on Aug-25-2004 22:25:

quote:
Originally posted by S-a-M-u-E-l
i mean when cueing. Not actual mixing. Its good to hear the one in your headphones playing outloud with the other before mixing it in just to make sure its perfectly beatmatched.

you will find problems if you go into a club and there is a delay. i wouldnt sugest getting used to what you are doing. besides that is what split cue was invented for...so use it

Posted by ESMdjm600 on Aug-28-2004 04:17:

would it also be fair to say that auto bpms were invented for a reason so we should use them? heheh

Posted by D Dubya on Aug-28-2004 18:15:

I am guessing you're talking about using BPM counters. Time and time again it has been said on this forum not to rely on them.... Not to use them. That advice could not be any more true. BPM counters were created as a shortcut for the wannabe DJs that don't want to invest the time into learning how to beatmatch with their ears. But, they end up screwing over the people they were made to help anyways. They are inaccurate and unreliable. Not every mixer or club has one either. You have these people thinking they can mix because they rely solely on a BPM counter and it is ridiculous. Learn without one. Never look at one. And for God sakes, never depend on one. It's by far the worst invention in the DJ world -- that and the shock absorbers.

And ESM, I think and hope I sensed sarcasm in your last post

Posted by S-a-M-u-E-l on Aug-28-2004 18:46:

what?!?! bpm counters? where did you get that from. I assumed my post was reasonably apprehensible.

Posted by D Dubya on Aug-28-2004 18:59:

And if you had read my post and the one previous to it, written by ESMdjm600, you might have figured out the answer to your BPM counter question

Posted by progressivepey on Aug-29-2004 02:24:

i used to remove my headphones, start mixing, then turn up the volume on every mix until i started recording my mixes and realized i was ruining the transitions. i think it had something to do with the headphone volume being much louder than the volume from my speakers. (and i just really wanted to hear the mix super loud).

pEy