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Rough Transitions (pg. 3)
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| dvd |
| waht do you mean counter weight? |
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| DJ TranceFormer |
| quote: | Originally posted by dvd
waht do you mean counter weight? |
That little weight that's at the end of your tonearm |
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| DJ TranceFormer |
| Anti Skate is that little dial at the base of your tone arm |
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| Eugene |
About anti-skate and counter-weight:
No matter how I play with these two knobs, I don't see any effects on any of my records.
The vinyl that wobbled, still wobbles.
The vinyl that didn't, doesn't.
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| dvd |
| yeah i know where the antiskate is, thanks. Yeah i agree it has no affect on the wobble thing. is it my cheap cartridge? i hav eno idea what brand..it looks like the stanton al500 but its white. hehe. |
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| Scorchio |
Well I used split cue only several times and thats because I wanted to broadcast to my friend through Winamp and it was late and i couldnt crank up the volium so I used the Split Cue.
Mainly what I do is get the 2 tracks matched,
then I start to mix, and lower the EQ in my phones, I raise the volium of the incoming track and mix with the EQ through the headphones.
And I just cant seem to match the two tracks with only one track in my headphones, maybe its because my speakers are ty. |
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| Jukx |
| quote: | Originally posted by Eugene
hehe, guys, I agree with you about the BPM counter, and i'm not using it anymore. The ONLY thing I'm using is the green/red/yellow lights that show if the beats match.
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you'd better not use those lights either. cover them up with something. only use your ears not your eyes!
you'll learn how to beatmatch much faster when NOT using those lights. trust me.
it's the same with the bpm-counter. dont get dependant of those things!! most clubs wont have a bpm counter nor will they have those lights.
Better stick with the basics: only use your ears. |
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| Spin Doctor |
| You really must heed the advice of the other TA’s who say to learn to mix using one ear. If you’re in a club situation where they have a split or fader cue then you’ll be fine but if you come to one that hasn’t your buggered. However, if your fairly competent at monitoring using one method it shouldn’t take you too long to pick up others. You’re in the best position if you can mix using all three types of monitoring. Remember, practice makes perfect. :) |
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| djsblaha |
| split cue... do you mean the PFL on the vestax that let's you hear whats playing out -- aka both channels based on volume/gain and not the actual pre-fader listen? on the pmc-17/pcv-175 it's right under the master gain. i haven't looked at every mixer but if that's what you're talking about, you're telling me not all mixers have those? |
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| DJ TranceFormer |
| But you still can listen to both CHs in ur headphones... |
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| Eugene |
Just an update on my DJ'ing:
Things are getting a little better now, I've re-arranged some of the tracks and can now get better-sounding transitions.
Still, many of the transitions sound rough when I listen to them AFTERWARDS (when you're mixing, everything seems so perfect in your headphone-ear, then when you expose BOTH ears to what's actually coming out, you realize how much you suck!! :mad: )
P.S. Maybe in one-two weeks I will post my first mix (in MP3, direct download). |
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