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What is Armin doing in this video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXAW...%20van%20buuren


Call me noob, but, I never owned or touched a Pioneer CDJ before. In the middle of the video, he taps the "cue" button (I guess)..I was wondering does CDJ-800 or 1000s have this system where you tap the "cue" button(or some other button) to match the BPM of the new track in the player with the current playing track on the other player? Like any other older BPM tapping softwares(tapping using each mouse click) to count the BPMs?

I know CDJs have own BPM counter on top but was wondering if by tapping cue button(or whatever button that is), one could change the BPM of the track automatically without using tempo slider?

Thanks for any help

My guess is that Armin is fast forwarding/rewinding the cd and preparing the track so that it drops at the right time (cueing it, for short):

The picture is for reference.

"cue" is basically a start point for a track thats about to be mixed. while one track is mixing you pop in the second one and usually skip forward until the first beat drops and press cue, you then wait until you feel its safe to mix out of the first track and press que again to return to that spot (where the beat dropped in the second tracl) in order to mix into it.

I guess he's doing that (ie tapping) to get a more precise cue-point.

Kindof what turntablist do, ie dragging the vinyl back and forth in rythm, to get a 'feel' for the tune.

Say you want a cue-point on the 32'th bar of a tune.

8 bars ahead, you start tapping the cue-button. You tap it 8 times, so the cue ends up at the 32'th bar. geddid?

Bah, you guys are thinking too much. When you tap the cue button on a cdj, it goes into "stutter" mode so you hear the cued track play (from the cue point) as long as you hold down the button. Let go and it returns to the cue point.

What armin was doing was just tapping the cue button, then he hit play at the start of the phrase to let the cue'd track play. It's totally unneccessary, but it's fun and you usually get the release a bit more accurate that way. I do it all the time.

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Originally posted by PutBoy I guess he's doing that (ie tapping) to get a more precise cue-point. Kindof what turntablist do, ie dragging the vinyl back and forth in rythm, to get a 'feel' for the tune. Say you want a cue-point on the 32'th bar of a tune. 8 bars ahead, you start tapping the cue-button. You tap it 8 times, so the cue ends up at the 32'th bar. geddid?

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Originally posted by Ryan0751 Bah, you guys are thinking too much. When you tap the cue button on a cdj, it goes into "stutter" mode so you hear the cued track play (from the cue point) as long as you hold down the button. Let go and it returns to the cue point. What armin was doing was just tapping the cue button, then he hit play at the start of the phrase to let the cue'd track play. It's totally unneccessary, but it's fun and you usually get the release a bit more accurate that way. I do it all the time.

what he said! i think pretty muchany one that uses cdj mode does it?

Vinyl mode all the way

It's just a habit while using the CDJ's in CD Mode so you can cue. I've seen DJ's like M.I.K.E. get hard into the music and start tapping the cue button like 8-10x like crazy.

Moving the jog wheel around is like speeding up or slowing down the CD a bit and when he moves over to the right he's moving the pitch control up and down just like a regular vinyl would.

he is just working his asot magik.... we are the few and lucky ones who has seen the man @ work thx to this video... id like to thank you for posting it and whoever took it.... id be willing to give him a bj

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Originally posted by Ryan0751 Bah, you guys are thinking too much. When you tap the cue button on a cdj, it goes into "stutter" mode so you hear the cued track play (from the cue point) as long as you hold down the button. Let go and it returns to the cue point. What armin was doing was just tapping the cue button, then he hit play at the start of the phrase to let the cue'd track play. It's totally unneccessary, but it's fun and you usually get the release a bit more accurate that way. I do it all the time.

Exactly I do it alot

he's just firing the first beat after the cue into his headphones

like backcueing the first beat just before you drop it with vinyl

i do it all the time, especially when i'm really into the set i'm playing

it's useless but helps the dj get a feel for when to drop it

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Originally posted by nchs09 id be willing to give him a bj

where did u get that video? does anyone have a whole set of armin or any other dj's playing up close like that?

Check google video or youtube for more vids like that. Just search for Armin.

yeah.....sooo....




































What track is he playing?

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Originally posted by MikeyN yeah.....sooo.... What track is he playing?

i thought it sounded like some remix of thrillseekers - affinity. i could be wrong though.

sum armin vids!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALKW4OeAcTg&search=armin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El3x-l-JN5s&search=armin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlcBaZweZJM&search=armin

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Originally posted by Omega_Blue i thought it sounded like some remix of thrillseekers - affinity. i could be wrong though.

It's Mark Otten - So Serene (Menno De Jong's Heading South Dub).

Cue-Cue-Cue-Cue-PLAY!

and after that he adjusts tempo on the jog dial slightly to match it perfectly while adjusting the master tempo slider on the far side.

thats cueing for ya!

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Originally posted by DJ RJT Cue-Cue-Cue-Cue-PLAY!

on that note sometimes ill cue it at the beginning, store it to memory, then go forward in the song to vocals, raise the levels up, and bounce on it for some mixing technique i like.

for instance if it says "if i could fly" ill bounce with the beat of the track playing so underneath it you hear:
"if" "if" "if" "if i" "if i" "if" etc to the beat for shits.

then bring it back to the original cue and slam it and when it gets to vocals people look at me like

this huge database of information i have from the 2 whole house parties played for friends


take it for what it is

haha i was standing right next to that dude taking that vid

that's funny.. I was there that night standing right next to that guy.

TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

he is finger banging the cdj's

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Originally posted by miamitranceman It's Mark Otten - So Serene (Menno De Jong's Heading South Dub).

+1

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Originally posted by CRZtoshi he is finger banging the cdj's

lol

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