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| Alekss |
Hi!
I am into trance/dance/house/techno and all that...and I'd like to start mixing music but I am don't have too much knowledge about it...can you guys point me in the right direction..where and how to start.?
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| CosmoKid |
What a broad question. Your question can be best answered by actually reading the forum you are posting on. Every topic is related to that question including techniques, tracks, hardware, software, etc.
You are basically asking us to do the work for you.
Most people on these forums are pretty helpful, but I couldnt begin to answer that question with anything less then a 10,000 word answer.
Anything specific you want to know after reading the forums feel free to ask. |
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| Soliman |
| quote: | Originally posted by CosmoKid
What a broad question. Your question can be best answered by actually reading the forum you are posting on. Every topic is related to that question including techniques, tracks, hardware, software, etc.
You are basically asking us to do the work for you.
Most people on these forums are pretty helpful, but I couldnt begin to answer that question with anything less then a 10,000 word answer.
Anything specific you want to know after reading the forums feel free to ask. |
+1
Anyway you should try playin with software, cd, and vinyl...
and see what you are more comfartable with then get some decks and start learning: 1.beat matchin 2.eq 3.harmonic mixin etc...
no one can point you... you gotta point yourself
peace,
Soliman |
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| Boomer187 |
1. Buy 2 turntables, mixer, and apparatus to play music out of.
2. Buy vinyl
3. select vinyl in a specific order you want.
4. adjust each track to the same speed.
5. creatively fade out one track while creatively fading in a new track
6. ???????
7. Profit. |
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| Synbios |
The first step in becoming a DJ is learning how to listen to extremely loud electronic music for extended periods of time late at night.
Start an mp3 collection of all your favorite techno songs on your computer. Get DSS DJ (an mp3 player) and use that to play two songs at once and mix between them. Learn the functions of the software mixer. (pitch, effects, cue/play, etc) Once you get that emulator down packed you can then buy some actual hardware.
At this point, you should not invest any money into any products yet. All you need is available for free. |
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| Alekss |
| quote: | Originally posted by Synbios
The first step in becoming a DJ is learning how to listen to extremely loud electronic music for extended periods of time late at night.
Start an mp3 collection of all your favorite techno songs on your computer. Get DSS DJ (an mp3 player) and use that to play two songs at once and mix between them. Learn the functions of the software mixer. (pitch, effects, cue/play, etc) Once you get that emulator down packed you can then buy some actual hardware.
At this point, you should not invest any money into any products yet. All you need is available for free. |
true true thanks
i have a huge collection of music..mostly dance and trance
my friend has a turn table and some vinly so we r thinking of doing it together |
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| DJ_Octane |
I started wanting to DJ in 2001 and it wasn't until 2004 that I took it seriously enough to buy the equipment and do it.
I downloaded a bunch of tracks I liked and just made mixes with Acoustica MP3 mixer. The pitch adjust sucked so I ended up just cutting in and out. They were crude, but I learned tracks that way.
If you've already done that and still want to go for it, then buy the other deck and vinyl and do it. You know if you love it enough to do it. Good luck. |
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| DJ Joshua H |
1) love it
2) learn it
3) do it |
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| dartman |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Joshua H
1) love it
2) learn it
3) do it |
that pretty much sums it up |
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| dinoXpress |
| quote: | Originally posted by Boomer187
6. ???????
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yeha im about right here.. |
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| ô§§|E |
read virtually everything in these forums, most of these guys ACTUALLY know what they're talking about and are very helpful if its clear u have put the work in to reasearch.
i read these forums for months before buying my gear, every view, review and opinion, once i had a decent idea of what they were talking about i sent some PM's out to people that made posts i was interested in, chatted a bit, and the repeated this process over and over.
Also spend the time to compare the stats of lots of equpiment, i spent a LOT of time doing this!!!
good luck :D |
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| las3rjock |
| A good starting point for what this DJing thing is all about is the book How to DJ Right: The Art and Science of Playing Records (the UK title is How to DJ Properly) by Frank Broughton and Bill Brewster. |
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