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+1 more on practice
no one ever gets it right off the bat
since its brand new to you theres no use in trying to jump ahead of the game and get into all the really detailed stuff
with DJing its like any other instrument, gotta take baby steps at first, if you try to start running before you can walk you're gonna fall down and get upset - where alot of beginners throw in the towel
im no expert by any means but this is the pretty simple stuff that alot of beginners overlook when learning to beatmatch - most (im guilty as well) just go str8 for the matching... that is, we set the needle on, let it play and the primary goal is for the beats to match, you get them somewhat matched and try to do your mix right there by either crossing over or raising the upfader, problem is, as youll notice, it seems like everythings happening at random times and it sounds embarassingly painfull, congrajulations on teaching yourself Trainwrecking 101 - Choo Choo!
-this part took me a good month or two to figure out when i realized, "hey, maybe it helps to wait before i start trying to match"
so here it is -
Learning to walk
trance, house, dnb, techno, whatever you're spinning more than likely has a 4/4 beat structure which is pretty cool because if you have the right idea, it isnt too hard to get down at all and you'll slap yourself for not having thought about it before
Phrase matching- basic idea
cue up a track and youll notice that if you count 8 beats 4 times (32 beats) theres usually something that happens right after that last (32nd) beat... like a hi hat or a crash symbol or synth or deeper bass kick...
that 33rd beat is were alot of things start/stop/change/do something diff
simplest way to not get lost while counting beats is to just count to 8 and keep in mind how many times youve hit 8, its pretty confusing to count all the way out to 32 when youre trying to listen to two diff tracks at the same time
anyways... find the first beat of track 2 and hold it, helps to push it back and fourth some under the needle so you can hear that youve got it where you want it
with the first beat of track 2 in mind/on hand wait for that 4th count to 8 on the playing track and let track 2 go right after you hit that last 8....
....4, 5, 6, 7, 8, go!
if that made any sense whatsoever and if you did it right you'll find that all your little hi hats and other changes happen at the same time on both tracks assuming you have them matched with the pitch adj
some ppl pinch the spindle alittle to slow down a track and then make adjustments to the pitch fader, some go str8 for the pitch to slow it down/speed it up as needed, its prolly best to teach yourself to ride the pitch right from the start so that you dont end up teaching yourself 5 diff ways of controling the speed to end up riding the pitch anyways - like me, i had a bad habit of neglecting the pitch and keeping a finger on the record to slow it down/speed it up... my excuse is i have belt drive cheapo decks and i question the reliability of my pitch faders
for the most part there are no wrong ways to go about DJing, however there are some things that are indeed not how you do something
so practice makes perfect, only if you are practicing correctly, otherwise you become very good at doing it wrong
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*Fav tune at the moment*
Vector Burn - Paradise Lost
"This is the life we chose, the life we lead. There is only one guarantee - None of us will see heaven"
| quote: | Originally posted by RickyM
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