I usually dont have my headphones on when I am in the middle of a transition. I like monitoring outside of the headphones when blending tracks. I will frequetly check back in the cup to make sure that there are no little differences occuring, but other than that, I rely on the outside speakers.

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Originally posted by S-a-M-u-E-l Does anyone ever take their headphones off and crank up the volume just to hear the tracks being blended out loud.

no, but whatever floats your boat.

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Originally posted by Dirk W. I usually dont have my headphones on when I am in the middle of a transition. I like monitoring outside of the headphones when blending tracks. I will frequetly check back in the cup to make sure that there are no little differences occuring, but other than that, I rely on the outside speakers.

yup, same here

its amazing listening to good transitions on your sound system

erm
yes.
called monitors or 'a fuckoff huge club system'

I sometimes do that too w/ my headphones and i always surprise myself on how powerful the empath's headphone amp is... yeah, i love the thought of how screwed up my hearing is for using dj headphones in loud enviroments.

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i mean when cueing. Not actual mixing. Its good to hear the one in your headphones playing outloud with the other before mixing it in just to make sure its perfectly beatmatched.

Yep. I also like turning it up really loud and seeing how close I have to be to the phones to accurately listen to the cued track.

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Originally posted by Dirk W. I usually dont have my headphones on when I am in the middle of a transition. I like monitoring outside of the headphones when blending tracks. I will frequetly check back in the cup to make sure that there are no little differences occuring, but other than that, I rely on the outside speakers.

this is pretty much what i do

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Originally posted by S-a-M-u-E-l i mean when cueing. Not actual mixing. Its good to hear the one in your headphones playing outloud with the other before mixing it in just to make sure its perfectly beatmatched.

you will find problems if you go into a club and there is a delay. i wouldnt sugest getting used to what you are doing. besides that is what split cue was invented for...so use it

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would it also be fair to say that auto bpms were invented for a reason so we should use them? heheh

I am guessing you're talking about using BPM counters. Time and time again it has been said on this forum not to rely on them.... Not to use them. That advice could not be any more true. BPM counters were created as a shortcut for the wannabe DJs that don't want to invest the time into learning how to beatmatch with their ears. But, they end up screwing over the people they were made to help anyways. They are inaccurate and unreliable. Not every mixer or club has one either. You have these people thinking they can mix because they rely solely on a BPM counter and it is ridiculous. Learn without one. Never look at one. And for God sakes, never depend on one. It's by far the worst invention in the DJ world -- that and the shock absorbers.

And ESM, I think and hope I sensed sarcasm in your last post

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