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Followed the tutorials there, and PRACTICED a lot.

I just scratched back and fourth across a beat, let it go, moved the pitch up/down according to whether it sounded too fast or slow. Went back to the beat, and did it again. Again. Again. Until it sounded half alright.

I can't remember fully, but I had no help , nobody I knew was into DJin, I hardly knew what a turntable really was, and I didn't have very good access to the internet, had to teach it all to myself from what I heard in DJ sets that I got from the radio.

I was all alone.
**goes and cries in the corner**

I sat and thoguht about it for a minute or two. Then tried it out.


I guess thats why I still suck after 2 years.

I haven't yet lol

I understand the concept and how to do it, I just CAN'T

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practice

but reading that recess tutorial and watching some djs play will help you to understand the concept.

I knew the basic principles: line up the beats and speed up/slow down the cued track until they are the same tempo. When I actually got to use a friend's CDJ-100s, all it took was a little lesson on how to cue, how to pitch bend, and I dove right in.

I guess I'm one of the lucky ones because it seems to come naturally to me. It really only took me about an hour to get the hang of it. Just a bit of practice and it all fell into place. The only thing I had difficulty with was discerning which track was faster and which was slower. However, I got around that by making adjustments to the cued track and going off of whether my adjustment made it better or worse (ie. if I slowed it down and it sounded worse, I know I need to go the other way). I still have trouble discerning which is the faster track, but I've gotten better.

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always in a state of trance

moved the pitch control up and down

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i used to work with acid pro quite a bit for some projects, and the tools in the program helped me figure out beat and phrase matching. then i got some decks and started messing with the pitch sliders. then just practice nonstop

razzi

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recess gave me the theory.

i got some techs and a mixer, threw two copies of the same record on the decks, and figured it out in a few days. I still haven't perfected it though, i can usually get the beatmatch REALLY close within 5 to 10 seconds, that part is easy. the fine tuning down to where it sounds out after 32 beats, that part is still screwing me up sometimes.

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I learned by my self from internet guides and a book in barnes and nobles thats called "How to become a DJ" I read it and it helped me alot understand what I was doing etc.