i've taught myself using 2 cups at once, but lately i've been using a mixture of cup and two.

It's always a good idea to know how to do it both ways.

I prefer both cups ,and as many have said it's a personal preferance.

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Originally posted by kixalot I've been djing for about a year now and recently I heard that you're only supposed to beatmatch with only one cup over your ear. Is this true, and if so why? What advantages are there over using both cups?

It really just depends on what works for you and the environment your playing in, and of course if the mixer your mixing on at the time allows 2 ear monitoring. If you do use the 2 ear monitoring, remember to come out from the headphones once in a while during the mix to check to see if it sounds good.

I used to mix in both cups but then I learned how to do it one cup and I haven't gone back. I can get the beats matched quicker and I can tell which way I need to ride the pitch because the signals are in separate ears and I know which channel corresponds to which ear. It was kind of a guessing game when I used to the two ear method.

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Its one and one only. Stop being N00bs. You cant spin music only listening whats in your heads phones. Shit sounds differently in a room, club, hall, etc..... You have to make sure everything sounds correct. People only use two because the booth or club is too loud and listening for cues and because their probably trying to save the hearing throughout the night....thats exaactly the oppsite whats going to happen if you continue to mix in your head phones.

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i started with two cups and my mixer dosent support split cue, but ive progressed to one cup, i feel the music more naturally that way rather than loads of concerntration, but then to two cups just to check everythings ok.

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Originally posted by DJ STEEVROCK Its one and one only. Stop being N00bs. You cant spin music only listening whats in your heads phones. Shit sounds differently in a room, club, hall, etc..... You have to make sure everything sounds correct. People only use two because the booth or club is too loud and listening for cues and because their probably trying to save the hearing throughout the night....thats exaactly the oppsite whats going to happen if you continue to mix in your head phones. Your Boy SteevRock

i guess sasha is a noob then???

stupid geeks

both way are good

one ear cup is easyer to know witch tune you have to ajust

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Originally posted by DJ STEEVROCK Its one and one only. Stop being N00bs. You cant spin music only listening whats in your heads phones. Shit sounds differently in a room, club, hall, etc..... You have to make sure everything sounds correct. People only use two because the booth or club is too loud and listening for cues and because their probably trying to save the hearing throughout the night....thats exaactly the oppsite whats going to happen if you continue to mix in your head phones. Your Boy SteevRock

i guess sasha is a noob then???

stupid geeks

both way are good

one ear cup is easyer to know witch tune you have to ajust

For those who say that you get better precision in two cups are full of shit, IMO. With one cup, you can spot differences in tracks before you hear them in two cups, since you hear both songs separately.

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Originally posted by 3xx3r7 For those who say that you get better precision in two cups are full of shit, IMO. With one cup, you can spot differences in tracks before you hear them in two cups, since you hear both songs separately.

You can if you have split cue. I'm not sure if you are referring to that as using two or not, some people tend to forget about it if they're mixer doesn't support it.

one cup lets know know exactly how fast each track is playing seperately

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