this thing it has been around for a while called "everybody wants to be a dj"

i dont know if i am one those guys who felt in it...but i spent some of my savings for buy my gear and i've been mixing for a month...if what i am doing could be called "mixing" cuz i cant even beatmatch the tracks...

so what you think ??

btw...my gear is

2x cdj-200
numark dxm-06 mixer
pioneer headphones hdj-1000

Last edited by Palladium on Sep-17-2005 at 03:59

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Originally posted by Palladium this thing it has been around for a while called "everybody wants to be a dj" i dont know if i am one those guys who felt in it...but i spent for buy my gear and i've been mixing for a month...if what i am doing could be called "mixing" cuz i cant even beatmatch the tracks... so what you think ?? btw...my gear is 2x cdj-800 numark dxm-06 mixer pioneer headphones hdj-1000

Practice makes perfect, if you still cant beatmatch evey now and then after a month, you either havent practiced enough, need some more guidance (look for online tutorials and stuff), or perhaps djing isnt your thing

good luck

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Originally posted by Nic Practice makes perfect, if you still cant beatmatch evey now and then after a month, you either havent practiced enough, need some more guidance (look for online tutorials and stuff), or perhaps djing isnt your thing good luck

+1, if you wanna get your beatmatching down, it takes ALOT of practice. once you develop an ear for it, its all syle and knowing your records from there on out. if you are serious about it, keep at it man.

like Nic said,
good luck

Like they said. Practice alot. Some people just will never get it. I've had a couple of friends who went through the "wannabe" stage and eventually just gave up and sold their equipment. Once you start getting it, you'll know and then you just perfect what you do. I started off with two of the same records. Even though you just leave the pitch the same, you get the feeling for it in the head phoens and what it sounds like when 2 are playing together. Then move on from there.

yeah it took me like 6 months to learn how to beatmatch, and that was going from one track to another... and now like 4 years later im looking to add a 4th turntable because 3 isnt enough
im sure you will get it, i really do believe anyone can do it... its just how good they are... [some may say im wrong... so dont flame me]
but yes just practice everyday and sooner or later even if you dont get beatmatching you will notice a difference... things start to sound weird when out of sync... and thats a good sign, when its not just a bunch of shit thrown in a blender at least now your ears are starting to hear different stuff...
so all i can say is what iv heard around here on the TA boards "an hour a day keeps the train wrecks away"
dont remember who first said that, but it has stuck with me for many years
good luck

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Originally posted by Palladium this thing it has been around for a while called "everybody wants to be a dj" i dont know if i am one those guys who felt in it...but i spent some of my savings for buy my gear and i've been mixing for a month...if what i am doing could be called "mixing" cuz i cant even beatmatch the tracks... so what you think ?? btw...my gear is 2x cdj-200 numark dxm-06 mixer pioneer headphones hdj-1000

lol

I've been playing for like a year and a half now and i still feel like a wannabe dj! I keep saying to myself: "Once I play out, maybe it feel more 'real'." I doubt it....I'm sure once I get to that point then there will be some other goal that I'll need to reach to feel satisfied or feel like a 'real' dj.

The reality of it is, if you are jockeying discs, you ARE a dj!

Just keep playing!

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yeah i've been practicing everyday sometimes i do it so...so

sometimes i suck

but maybe in 5 or 6 months i'll get it....if i don't then i'll think in sell my gear

Give it a year then if you still can't mix maybe think about giving up. I really think anyone can learn to beatmatch in a year though, so don't give up before then.

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y have to let us know how much time and money you are investing in this to know. The real djs invest almost everything in it and you can tell. The wanna bes don't and you can tell.

it took me roughly 10 days of practising about an hour each day to get it. its funny too because on the 9th day, i was still heavily frustrated and i was going to sell my gear. then i woke up on the 10th day and suddenly, my ears just picked it up. from then on, its all about perfecting your skills and learning how to mix cleaner using your lines and EQ's. just keep at it.

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Originally posted by Boomer187 y have to let us know how much time and money you are investing in this to know. The real djs invest almost everything in it and you can tell. The wanna bes don't and you can tell.

I sold my Subaru to buy more vinyl. No regrets

ok....these tempo shit is freakin me out....

i set them on 6% range and match the pitch between the 2 cdjs....and then i cue in a start beat....so when i let it go matching with the other track goes ok...but then after 15 or 30 secs...wtf !!! trainwreck....and then i just get mad and turn all my shit off


then after a while....i start again and it happens again the same shit

what am i doing wrong ?