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Originally posted by Nemesis44 Err.. the reason why it's delayed doesn't really matter does it... that fact that it is, is the issue here. Lag is lag whatever the cause. What you are doing is just simulating it in your headphones by lifting it off slightly. I'm not saying this method will work for everone but it does help some people. For some reason when the sound of the club mixes with what's coming from the headphones it seems to lag the sound from the headphones a little. I find this helps but others may not. I am talking about situations where you have no monitors and no split cue options etc. Then you have to rely on the sound from the main system. Don't get me wrong, I know the reasons for the delay you have listed above are correct but there is more to it besides. I have played at tons of clubs in my career and encountered lots of different soundsystems that give loads of different issues, echoes, delays and phasing to name but a few. Speaker possitioning can mess you up just as much if not more than lag between hardware. Sometimes the monitors are wired up wrong and sometimes they are just plain crap. All you have to know as a DJ is that there is a delay and the best way to deal with the situation. That only comes with experience. Cheers Nem

Hi acdc, heh

Nem has a good pointers here and i do agree with him when he said to "lift the headphone away from your ear to create a slight lag between the sound and when it gets to your ear, just like the club sound".

With this i would like to add in that if one could adapt fast to the environment and actually get into the music and feel it as you are beatmatching and mixing, have the sound from the heads corresponse and go along with what you feel, things should be easier and sound good to the clubbers out there. Imho, if it happens, the night is yours.

That was what happened in the mainfloor that night and it wasn't exactly the same before you took over me, i didnt adapt as fast and the moniters seem to have a slight delay i believe, unlike the one which is so perfect in the mainroom.

Just my 2 cents.

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