hey hows it going ive been practicing and practicing for a few months now and i feel i have beatmatching down more or less i mean of course i need work esp on my eqing but now its a mattering of perfecting it rather than learning it i feel BUT here is my problem :
i dont know how you guys do it if it works for you fine its just i want to be able to beatmatchin in a variety of ways... ok heres the deal when i mix i have both channels playing in the headphones (and both cups over my ears) its alot easier to get the records in line as you can hear what the mix would sound like at in its peak and from that perspective its pretty easy to beatmatch... but something that totally throws me and has from the start is doin it like single ear monitoring i just dont understand if you have the beats coming in from 2 totally seperate outputs (like cued record in the left ear and outgoing track in the right) how you can tell if the beats are off, because you cant hear the obvious galloping as you can if you had both channels cued... its just like 2 differant songs in 2 ears, but anyway i really wanna learn so anyone got any tips?

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what mixer are you using? the djm-500 doesnt let you do that. My friends newmark i remember was able to do something like that. I dont think its something you really need to learn though. Most professional mixers wont let you do that anyways.

i had the same problem, but ive gotten used to doing it with monitor speakers, just a matter of training your ears!

jah I'm totally with you there! What I can't understand is why do all the Pros only listen in one ear. I mean, the quality and accuracy that you get when you have both earphones listening to the mix is 100x greater than listening to one ear and an outside monitor!!! The only benefit I can see is that you can actually hear how the mix is sounding on the main system.

Somebody please please please explain why all the Pros only use one ear!!! I'm lost. Is it just cause it looks cool?

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ok the best thing to help u out of that bad bad habit..if i read it right
is take your headphone..on one ear..a slightly move it forward..kinda making it have the sound come in a bit..and have the sound from the head phones
this helps me when i have a shitt monitor..and i have combine both..but it will help u if u have the problem..i think u do..its late

for me, when i have the cup on 1 ear its easier to tell which track is drifting appart then quickly fix it..

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jah I'm totally with you there! What I can't understand is why do all the Pros only listen in one ear. I mean, the quality and accuracy that you get when you have both earphones listening to the mix is 100x greater than listening to one ear and an outside monitor!!! The only benefit I can see is that you can actually hear how the mix is sounding on the main system.

yeah! so whats the advantage of it? is it that most mixers dont have that feature? cause i know you cant do it on rane ones too...

also in terms of your tracks being in SYNC more than beatmatched its so hard using this technique (single ear monitoring) cause like yeah its 2 differant sources? anyone know what i mean? you also gotta test your mix subtly, why i dont get it when you can use the double channel method? really curious to find out the main advantage? is it simply some mixers dont do 2 channels cued? thx for the replies guys

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ok..u didnt take my suggestion..so i give u


WAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

do like the rest of us..practice it

I just find it easier to use one ear, so I can listen to the monitors at the same time. I guess you can do that in the headphones too, but I just like the feeling of hearing it 100% live from the speakers. I think its just personal preference.

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i did take your suggestion dude im trying to 'perfect' it as we speak il let you know how it goes
thankyou

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Originally posted by YuVaL for me, when i have the cup on 1 ear its easier to tell which track is drifting appart then quickly fix it..

i totally agree...

i just use both ears to make sure that they are exact.

I use one ear. I like hearing it from the monitors more than from the headphones, and I know that is a bad habit to get into. I mean, if you play a show and they give you a shit mixer then you may have a bad set if you are not used to only cueing one ear. That and I like to be able to hear the people, since I usually only mix at small parties at my house, cus I can't take my nice "Compaq Presario" model mixer with me, lol. I like to hear what people are saying to me while I'm dealing with the music.

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