During live gigs, I've started to plan my set out almost entirely just before I get on. I spin techno, spending no more than 3 mins on each record, so I find that if I don't do this I run out of time... I am very indecisive and try to find the perfect record each time so it will take me a long time to sort through my record box. Beat-matching is not the problem as I can do that in about 20 secs or mix in and adjust the pitch within the first phase. Like how do DJs like Jeff Mills who mix in a new record every minute manage to do this?? How do you guys go about it?

experience?

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nice one mate...now do fuck off.

well,people like him,know their records top and bottom,the bpm,when all the breaks come in. If people spin hardstyle or hardcore or gabber...its more simple,since theres more of the kick going on than trance and techno has. So its jsut simple to switch off. It really matters what youre playing i guess. If the two mixing tracks match very well then you could just do a switch off by spinning the other track off to do the whirly scratch effect. Thats what i do alot..

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Originally posted by bass.exe nice one mate...now do fuck off.

hey, what the fuck did i do to u. obviously if u have that kind of experience it will get easier and just happen like natural, so chill.






damn.

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Originally posted by bass.exe nice one mate...now do fuck off.

yea dude DinoXpress is right, it comes down to experience and knowing the tracks really well. No need for that attitude.

actually, i don't think it's much about experience. you just have to be aware of what records you have in your bag. like when youre just browsing, checking what to play, you find a record thats right, but youre like "oh, right, i have this, this will work". you should be mixing in a track and saying "shit, this record will go great with this other one" right off the bat.

just keep listening to your collection, and memorizing the names, itll sort you out.

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Alot of techno djs that mix "a record a minute" really dont plan ahead that much, they just sort of wing it.

Thats the great thing about techno.

true, but unless you really know your records, are aware of which goes with which, trying to go all out on 3 decks with a record a minute can get ugly.

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Originally posted by Inertia actually, i don't think it's much about experience. you just have to be aware of what records you have in your bag. like when youre just browsing, checking what to play, you find a record thats right, but youre like "oh, right, i have this, this will work". you should be mixing in a track and saying "shit, this record will go great with this other one" right off the bat. just keep listening to your collection, and memorizing the names, itll sort you out.

I think you just explained a part of what experience is.

this is the point in time where I am at in mixing...finding what tracks go together, i spin trance so its kind of harder to find what will sound sweet when you do the transition

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I prefer to create mix sets. I killed off my short term memory in college so I don't always remember what every track sounds like. Sometimes when I'm drunk I like randomly grabbing vinyl out of my crate. It usually sounds pretty good, but the transitions don't sound as good as they could if I would sit down and practice them out.