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Originally posted by Schadenfreude it is possible to mix without headphones...it is called timing and knowing what you are doing.

yes and ableton lets u mix without headphones...u don't even need to know what u're doing either!!!

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not true
i dont know what im doing in ableton and i cant mix with it.

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Originally posted by JPlay yes and ableton lets u mix without headphones...u don't even need to know what u're doing either!!!

I wouldn't go that far.

there are people who abuse it and others who use it to the fullest.

Yeah sure it takes the beat matching out. But it doesn't make up for good track selection, EQing, and overall good mixing.

Honestly i only see it opening doors and making even more possibilities for unique stuff on the fly.

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Originally posted by JPlay yes and ableton lets u mix without headphones...u don't even need to know what u're doing either!!!

you can mix with cdjs without headphones just as easily if you know your tracks.

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Originally posted by Schadenfreude you can mix with cdjs without headphones just as easily if you know your tracks.

um,

most djs wouldnt know their tracks that well.

Lets say all of your tracks start on the first kick. If you know the exact BPM of all of the tracks you play and do the maths in ur head, ur being a bit silly or you dont know your tracks very well.

Oh and memorizing the key's a bit silly too.

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Originally posted by BradMiller I don't mean in the booth, I mean around the club to pick up woman or to look cool Hey I've seen people do it lol!

Actually, I totally see what you mean now, cans outside the booth = tool like behavior. It should never happen!

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Originally posted by Abhay um, most djs wouldnt know their tracks that well. Lets say all of your tracks start on the first kick. If you know the exact BPM of all of the tracks you play and do the maths in ur head, ur being a bit silly or you dont know your tracks very well. Oh and memorizing the key's a bit silly too.

speak for yourself

any slight imperfections are easily fixed with the filters, and if you are only playing tracks you don't know you are a pretty shitty dj to begin with (aka people obsessed with only playing new stuff that they have barely ever listened to themselves.)

I'm not saying that everyone should do this, only that it is possible and not even that hard. Danny Howells for instance mixes sans cans quite a bit.

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Originally posted by Schadenfreude speak for yourself any slight imperfections are easily fixed with the filters, and if you are only playing tracks you don't know you are a pretty shitty dj to begin with (aka people obsessed with only playing new stuff that they have barely ever listened to themselves.) I'm not saying that everyone should do this, only that it is possible and not even that hard. Danny Howells for instance mixes sans cans quite a bit.

I didnt mean to offend you, I wasn't specifically referring to YOU, as a DJ, by you i meant anyone.

I dont think anyone plays tracks they don't know. I'm saying it's stupid to memorise BPM and Key and do calculations in ur head...

using filters won't hide poor beatmatches and trainwrecking to anyone who knows what to listen for.