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Posted by delusional on Apr-14-2009 03:39:

Just put it all together...

Man o man, I just put my xone 92 cdjs 1000's and krk's together. I got the chills when i first heard music through the headphones lol... Yes this is my first setup... Learning how to use everything will be daunting... Any tips ?

Posted by i got big pants on Apr-14-2009 03:48:

practice practice practice

Posted by delusional on Apr-14-2009 03:56:

Well, read the manuals inside and out. And then practice correct ? lol...

Posted by DizkokidD on Apr-14-2009 04:12:

quote:
Originally posted by delusional
Well, read the manuals inside and out. And then practice correct ? lol...

no just practice

Posted by delusional on Apr-14-2009 04:16:

1 question. Say you beat match 2 songs of the same genre over cause you are trying to play them both simultaneously. Will one song always speed up or slow down a little to make them out of sync ?

Posted by limin_li on Apr-14-2009 04:45:

Yes.

Posted by delusional on Apr-14-2009 05:11:

so how the hell to people mix 2 tracks @ once lol... for a given amount of time

Posted by Cro_Addict on Apr-14-2009 05:14:

quote:
Originally posted by delusional
so how the hell to people mix 2 tracks @ once lol... for a given amount of time

on your CDJs there are pitch sliders so you can slow one song down or speed one song up so that you get them to play at the same speed.

You can get it pretty spot on where the tracks can stay in sync for a long time. Long enough to do a transition. How long they stay in sync depends on you and your ability to beatmatch the to songs.

Posted by n3lly on Apr-14-2009 10:11:

http://www.recess.co.uk/index.html

If you're asking questions like that you should do a bit of reading first.

Understand what you're doing at least, or trying to do.

Then practise practise practise.

Posted by TranceOwnsLol on Apr-14-2009 10:52:

you bought all that and don't know the basics of DJing? I mean I also bought a Xone 92 and KRKs as my first but at least I already had an idea of how to use them from using Traktor.

Posted by Ted Promo on Apr-14-2009 10:55:

It's gonna be a bitch returning all of that.

Posted by n3lly on Apr-14-2009 11:07:

quote:
Originally posted by TranceOwnsLol
you bought all that and don't know the basics of DJing? I mean I also bought a Xone 92 and KRKs as my first but at least I already had an idea of how to use them from using Traktor.

I've been biting my tongue for ages, but i don't like to swoop down to the usual levels TA takes when someone like delusional comes along. We've all been very polite this time round actually.

Posted by delusional on Apr-14-2009 16:42:

Maybe I am delusional =]

But thanks I got the hang of it guys <

Posted by archaudio on Apr-16-2009 20:06:

I would have downloaded virtual DJ or something to see what it was like b4 i would have bought all that haha.. oh well start of good i guess.

Posted by Nemesis44 on Apr-17-2009 00:33:

My advice would be to forget all the bells and whistles for the time being and focus totally on beat matching. Until you have that down you may as well forget effects and other crazyness.

My reasoning is this.
If you are mixing, it makes sense to be proficient at BM, you need to get beats mathed as quickly as possible (and matched well), this will then trigger other creative aspects especially when you reach a point where you don't even have to conciously think about BM.

Learn a little about phrase matching too as this will assist with the BM process. It also makes good sense to understand musical aspects as this will give you better preparation with regards to getting the most out of your gear.

Cheers
Nem

Posted by delusional on Apr-17-2009 00:53:

Yeah I already began, right now I am learning how to beat matching similar sounding songs such ass 1999, and skipper. (tech house)

Those little djing for dummies videos on youtube were a great help as well.

Posted by woscar on Apr-17-2009 01:57:

quote:
Originally posted by n3lly
I've been biting my tongue for ages, but i don't like to swoop down to the usual levels TA takes when someone like delusional comes along. We've all been very polite this time round actually.

A bit too much I would say

To delusional:

Dude, you're a perfect example of the words WANKER and OVERKILL. You have absolutely no idea about what you're doing, yet you went out and got the best CD turntables in the market and a mixer that is way above your level of experience.

Sorry for being an asshole, but I can't believe nobody has said it already.

Posted by Shudder on Apr-17-2009 05:30:

quote:
Originally posted by woscar
A bit too much I would say

To delusional:

Dude, you're a perfect example of the words WANKER and OVERKILL. You have absolutely no idea about what you're doing, yet you went out and got the best CD turntables in the market and a mixer that is way above your level of experience.

Sorry for being an asshole, but I can't believe nobody has said it already.

at least he doesnt have to upgrade when/if he gets better lol

Posted by epdarks on Apr-17-2009 05:52:

pics or you don't own them

Posted by Cro_Addict on Apr-17-2009 06:03:

quote:
Originally posted by epdarks
pics or you don't own them

pics of you asking or you don't really exist

Posted by Cro_Addict on Apr-17-2009 06:03:

quote:
Originally posted by Shudder
at least he doesnt have to upgrade when/if he gets better lol

This is true.

P.S. Shoryuken!

Posted by Omega_Blue on Apr-17-2009 07:29:

fuck, i wish i could've afforded all that shit when i first started out. hell i wish i could afford it now.

seems like a worthwhile investment, dropping thousands of dollars into something you don't know how to do yet.

Posted by TranceOwnsLol on Apr-17-2009 08:06:

some people just have too much money...

Posted by IntegraR0064 on Apr-17-2009 16:32:

haha....and to think before I started mixing I read everything there was to read about the subject....and this was before spending $250 total for an old well used mixer, old used headphones, a used turntable and a open box turntable, and a small lot of used records off ebay , to use with my $20 computer speakers. That was 7 years ago, and I still would love to have the setup this dude has...

Anyway, to answer your original question - you have to do something called "riding the pitch". This is where every time you hear it start to go out of sync, you change the pitch momentarily to get it back on. Or on your crazy CDJ-1000's you can slowly move the jog wheel, and if you're off enough move the pitch slider slightly too so that it takes longer to happen again. With practice, you will hear it go out of sync way before anyone else does, so to everyone else it sounds good.

But for now just focus on getting the pitch as close as possible before bringing in the second track by beatmatching. With CDJ-1000's you should be able to get it basically spot on, since they have a very high pitch resolution. You could easily go 2 or 3 minutes mixed without having to touch anything if you beat matched well enough.

Posted by n3lly on Apr-17-2009 17:22: