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Posted by Greedy on Oct-06-2002 22:33:

PVD mixing Trixxxxxxx

In Mayday, I noticed that PVD likes to pause his sets. How is this done? Does he kill the volume, or does he actually stop the record.

This is my hypothesis:
My mixer has a switch to change from phono to line. At the instant I want to pause the record, i switch phono to line and stop the record with his finger to avoid hearing the record slowing down when stopping. Right before I want the record to come back in, i nudge the record forward to compensate for the torque and flip back to phono. Ive been doing this for about a month and still doesnt sound perfect and all of this happens in a split second so its not a simple task to do.

Does anyone know how this is done?

Posted by DJ-Kuza on Oct-06-2002 23:38:

just cut to line for the 3rd of 4 beats and bring it back right before the first of the next 4. Don't stop the record at all. He's just cutting out the last beat of the phrase.

Posted by Greedy on Oct-06-2002 23:43:

it seems to me that he paused the record instead of killing it. You think so?

Posted by Dj Flesch on Oct-07-2002 00:12:

maybe he killed it for 4 beats then?

Posted by DJ-Kuza on Oct-08-2002 18:03:

Maybe, but I doubt he stopped the record. I've seen him line switch before and he doesn't touch the record.

Posted by djmorph on Oct-09-2002 00:46:

example?

is there a specific set or song he does this in? let me know so i can hear it, thanks

Posted by Greedy on Oct-09-2002 00:50:

he does it several times in mayday.

I think he does it near the end of Rhythm Gangstar - Crowd song (first song).

Posted by trance_freak on Oct-09-2002 01:44:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ-Kuza
just cut to line for the 3rd of 4 beats and bring it back right before the first of the next 4. Don't stop the record at all. He's just cutting out the last beat of the phrase.

yes i think this is exactly what he does

ive done it a couple times myself!

and also you can use the volume faders as well

neat trick!

Posted by djmorph on Oct-09-2002 02:13:

kill switches

Ah yez, i just listened to a PvD set, I think i can do that with my kill switches on my mixer. Couldn't that do the same trick kinda? they kill Highs, Mids or Lows, or all if u want.

Posted by Alccode on Oct-09-2002 03:40:

No, he doesn't pause the record.

As mentioned above, what PVD does is cut the line (using volume, or x-fader, or whatever, it's all the same if you do it fast enough) for a bar, then puts it back up.

Posted by hey cheggy on Oct-09-2002 15:15:

Re: kill switches

quote:
Originally posted by djmorph
Ah yez, i just listened to a PvD set, I think i can do that with my kill switches on my mixer. Couldn't that do the same trick kinda? they kill Highs, Mids or Lows, or all if u want.

No, cos if you just hit the kills, you are still going to get a bit of volume still coming through. You just either flick the line selector switch, or as they've said, the channel fader or cross fader if you don't have anything playing on the other deck. It sounds better with techno

Posted by Greedy on Oct-09-2002 15:32:

if you use the xfader, youd hear the sound fade in if youre not quick enough. I think he uses the line switch.

Posted by deejay_naku on Oct-10-2002 09:11:

Re: Re: kill switches

quote:
Originally posted by hey cheggy

No, cos if you just hit the kills, you are still going to get a bit of volume still coming through. You just either flick the line selector switch, or as they've said, the channel fader or cross fader if you don't have anything playing on the other deck. It sounds better with techno

What mixer are you using? Ideally by having all the frequency filters on no sound should be audible. I think this is one of things to look for when buying a mixer. Or maybe you only have cuts that don't go to infinity? I don't know...My own mixer is a real piece of shite and doesn't have any of these features!

Just use the phono/line switch and you should be fine!