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Originally posted by Skipper A question about "sensing" which track is going faster or slower... I can do this ok - been DJing for about 1.5yrs now - but if I put the headphone to my ear and listen to one track only, I can't, for the LIFE OF ME, figure out which one is off.

Try practicing with out headphones. just keep both tracks at full and the xfader in the middle and make sure they are eq'ed. rock the cued record over the beat in time with the live one and let em go....its just a different way of hearing it..

hey mate what i would say is practice, practice and more practice.
hearing both tunes at once (one in each ear) is a skill that takes time to master. Just keep trying it should come naturally after a while. Your ears just need the training.

Cheers=)

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Ok as most people have explained beatmatching is a matter of finding the right pitch for a track so both have the same rhythmatic beat. Now lets take this a step further into Djing.

One easy way to work on beat matching is first Listen to the music. Lets say you are playing a Trance tune you should notice that it changes every 32 bars.


Let me use a song for an example of what I mean by change. Dj Tiesto - Flight 643 right at 28 seconds into the track it changes then at 42 seconds it changes again. These are what i call 32 count changes in songs. You can hear A major change at 1:51 in the track. I am using winamp to get the time for them, you can also use a regular cd player.

Now after listening to music for a while you can just hear these changes. Now let DJ Tiesto - Flight 643 start playing then you will have another track you want to mix in. Find the first beat on the vinyl the VERY first beat and just release the track and find the pitch so beat matching is spot on. Then go back to that first beat or any 32 count transition and hold it there and be ready to drop it in right when you hear the 32 count of the next song happen. Match those up and listen to the transition at the same time.

Practice this while beatmatching you will be killing two birds with one stone

wow you guys, thank you so much for all this advice. I will be sure to put it to good use.

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Originally posted by we_R_DNA One easy way to work on beat matching is first Listen to the music. Lets say you are playing a Trance tune you should notice that it changes every 32 bars.

What DNA is talking about is bar matching. He says the music is changing every 32 bars, I am sure he meant beats. Most trance and electronic music (if not all i have ever heard) is in 4/4 time. That's 4 beats in a measure, 4 measures in a bar. In theory, every 4 bars a big change is supposed to happen. Most changes happen every 2 bars to avoid a repetitive feel. Like DNA pointed out, bar matching is JUST AS IMPORTANT as beat matching. I have heard some people that get a great pitch lock, but then they don't match up bars. They try and throw a song in on an even numbered bar (2 or 4). This causes changes every bar in a transistion and is very noticeable. It can completely wreck a good mix even though they might be perfectly matched on beats.

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Last edited by D Dubya on Mar-30-2004 at 01:42

Tracklist for your first set?>

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Originally posted by Algenis Tracklist for your first set?>

1) Andain - Ave Maria
2) Timo Maas - Shifter
3) Forgot
---Store manager had to make announcement--
Started over with a bunch of random tracks that felt right at the time.

1) Andy Hunter - Go (Antillas Remix)
2) Agnelli & Nelson - Holding Onto Nothing
3) H Foundation - Tonight (K Britt Remix)
4) BT - Mercury and Solace
5) Sarah Mclachlan - Fallen (Gabriel and Dresden Anti-Gravity remix)
6) Motorcycle - As the Rush comes (Sorry I had to )
7) Depeche Mode - Free Love (Deep Dish Remix)
8) Sasha - Wavy Gravy (The transistion wasn't as bad as I thought)

that's it.