Newbie question #453636

I've been mixing for 5 months and see this round all the time as a dodgy technique for getting out of shit mixes.

But i've never seen it explained?

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i think its just taking the record that our mixing out of and spining it backwards really quickly so it goes "weeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiioooooooooooooooooo" then you throw the crossfader over to the new song.

I've never heard it referred to as a 'spinback', always as a 'backspin'. And yep, you just jerk it backwards (not hard enough to make the needle skip, obviously) and fade it out. It works, and people are actually impressed when you do it. Maybe it sounds & looks hard to do, I dunno..

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the key to the backspin is timing

if you do it 8 beats or something like that before a big bassline drops in and time it just right so it ends with the bassline of the next song dropping it sounds illsick

but if you do it wrong you sound like some amature playing with his fisher-price record player

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the key to the backspin is timing

Word. Before a change in bassline, or phrase, backspin the last 2 beats then cross it over.

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but if you do it wrong you sound like some amature playing with his fisher-price record player

that is SOOOO true, it NEVER sounds fine here...

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Originally posted by Push2005 Ik ben net terug begonnen met cassettes op te kopen... Die pitchcontrol is echt ongelofelijk !

when doing a spinback, i find it's best to turn the volume fader down to about half, and turn the bass down a bit too. also, a spinback sounds better with a 33rpm than a 45rpm record, because the beats are closer together.

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Originally posted by JohnSmith when doing a spinback, i find it's best to turn the volume fader down to about half, and turn the bass down a bit too. also, a spinback sounds better with a 33rpm than a 45rpm record, because the beats are closer together.

Cool... didnt know that of the 33 and 45 thing.

BTW: Do u use an special record for doing this??.. or a normal record of your collection ?.. this wont worn out a vinyl faster?

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Originally posted by CarlosM Cool... didnt know that of the 33 and 45 thing. BTW: Do u use an special record for doing this??.. or a normal record of your collection ?.. this wont worn out a vinyl faster?

basically what you're doing is taking the record you're mixing out and spinning it backwards quickly to end your transition

it does wear out vinyl, but you're not going to be doing a backspin after every mix
if you do, you deserve to be shot

i say MAYBE once during your set, unless you have a couple mixes where you know it'll sound good

i really only use a backspin when i'm in the middle of a rocking set at a club or something and the crowd energy is just amazing
then you do it and the crowd goes nuts

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Originally posted by DJ_Shockwav but if you do it wrong you sound like some amature playing with his fisher-price record player

hahaha

hehe i tried once at my home men i think it's not health 4 the needle and the vinyl .. you realy have to have muscle's to make it sound good

To make that spin good a little less bass and the right needle weight setup will help alot.

tezz