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Originally posted by elFreak i just jam, and tend to mix in and out more often than usual. If you always are doing something you stay on your toes and this is also great to make some nice discoveries in terms of track combos.

This.

I just spin a set for the sake of spinning a set. I don't plan anything out unless I've had an idea for a transition, mash-up, etc. during the day. I'll start with a certain tune depending on my mood and/or what type of set I want to spin, then I will just go from there. Simple as.

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Originally posted by woscar Whenever you do get the money, allow me to recommend the Vestax VCI-100. Awesome piece of equipment, and works wonderfully with Traktor. Not sure what software you're using though.

Using Ableton at the moment. I've had my eyes on the Evolution UC-33e, it's definitely nothing amazing, but it's really cheap and it's pretty much just knobs, faders, and some function switches, so I figure that'd be something nice to start with.

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Originally posted by idoru This. I just spin a set for the sake of spinning a set. I don't plan anything out unless I've had an idea for a transition, mash-up, etc. during the day. I'll start with a certain tune depending on my mood and/or what type of set I want to spin, then I will just go from there. Simple as.

+1

This works well. Also, playing the same transition over and over and over and over again. Helps you get to know two tracks at once. You know how one will end and the other starts. Do this with a few reords of varying genres/sounds and you get a good head for how to do things regardless of track.

Also the zero pitch thing, just dropping in and pitching and mixing at the same time. Can be a life saver if you need it for real someday. I can ride the pitch on one track thats probably not even close to the same bpm but if you do it with the right instrumentation in the track you can mix in tracks with greatly different speeds and not have it sound too fucked.