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how long for beatmatching
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| OurManFlint |
| I tried using the search for this and i didn't want to look through a bunch of pages, but I was wondering how long it for everyone to beatmatch. It's a lot different for everyone, but I'm going on about a month and a half practicing about 4-5 hours a week and I still have a lot of trouble beatmatching. I'm mostly spiining techno and tech-trance. I guess the question is How long did it take you to beatmatch? |
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| soundwave |
| I'll reply. I did it the way your not supposed to do. I started spinning trance and breaks using a crapy gemini mixer with a beat counter that had light off sets. This helped my ears to figuire out what to slow and fast sounded like. After about a month with the bpm counter I could get through a mix (4-5 hours a week). After a year with the same mixer i could go 7-8 deep of familier records with no mistakes. Then the mixer broke and i got a gemini scratch mixer with no bpm's and after a week I wasn't as good but i could mix with out bpms. I feel bpms help at first because if i didn't have them at frist I would have got so frustrated that I would quit. Now 3 years and thousands of dollars later i've got 1 teck, pioneer500 and 2 station str80-80's I can go 8-9 deep almost perfect. Familer records of cource. I did take 9 month break some where in there. Sorry for the long reply I just felt I had to share my struggle. It wasn't and isn't easy for me to learn. Pratice practice practice watch other djs and spin with other people. Good luck a perfect mix is a great natural high. Boat Drinks! |
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| Inertia |
within 4 hours of going at it, with unfamiliar records, i was able to consistently get it close. i got my first clean mix like 1 hour into mixing. sure, i had one of my best friends next to me who has been spinning for over a year and he guided me through, and ive listened to electronica for too long before trying to spin, watched friends and pros spin for countless hours... etc.
but still, if you put your mind to it, you can hit it pretty close within a short amount of time. unless youre like one of those kids who thinks is a super DJ, and is playing 2 house tracks, both 33rpm, yet one is at 45, and he cant tell whats wrong (yeah, i saw it happen). being a clean mixer will take time and practice, just keep going at it. also, have someone who can mix well supervise you every now and then when you're mixing. tell them to nag at you, that'll keep you from picking up bad habits, and they might throw a tip or two your way, some things that while simple, would take you quite some time to figure out on yourself. |
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| dinoXpress |
| quote: | Originally posted by Inertia
within 4 hours of going at it, with unfamiliar records, i was able to consistently get it close. i got my first clean mix like 1 hour into mixing. sure, i had one of my best friends next to me who has been spinning for over a year and he guided me through, and ive listened to electronica for too long before trying to spin, watched friends and pros spin for countless hours... etc.
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my story.... |
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| Boomer187 |
damn you people for not replying in the other threads.
one key is to record all if not most of your mixes. It sounds a hell of a lot different when you are mixing than when you hear it later. Some of your best mixes ever sound like poo poo....hehe, I hated that.
after some time you'll get it down, but never forget, great djs have outstanding track selection, so you could beat match up perfectly, but if the tracks sucks....so do you...hehe. |
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| nrjizer |
| few days, but I've been spinning mp3's for years. If I can get it reasonable close reasonably quick I can fine tune it down, no sweat. |
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| mezzir |
hope no one minds if i start up a side topic in this thread, since i was gonna make a thread with the same name almost :p
how long (like as in seconds or w/e) does it take you from when you get the second record on the turntable to get it cueued up right and all?
just curious |
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| cracka_DJ <> |
| quote: | Originally posted by Boomer187
one key is to record all if not most of your mixes. It sounds a hell of a lot different when you are mixing than when you hear it later. Some of your best mixes ever sound like poo poo....hehe, I hated that.
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very, very, very GOOD ADVICE :D |
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| TwoPlow |
In theory I knew how to beatmatch before I got my tables. I was actually able to do it somewhat consistantly after about a week.
The fastest I ever got a record cued was probably about 15 seconds, but it usually takes me about a minute. I haven't been mixing very long; not even a month. |
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| dj_alfi |
true story:
i bought my tts and a mixer.. plugged it up, hooked it to the the speakers.. threw on a choon, did a mix, and it was a prefect beatmatch!!! no bpmcounter or anything!!:D :D :D :D i am teh pimp!! |
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| soundwave |
| God I must be the most unaturally gifted bedroom dj ever. I suck. it took me to so long to learn. Bastards!!!!!!! Peace |
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