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I don’t think there’s any shame in it, I’m like MC, I just want to learn to beatmatch well

Dubman same here, you just sounded like you were apprehensive to use it based on a warped perception that it’s “cheating”. What does that even mean anyway? Fair enough if some megastar is rocking up to the booth, syncing everything and walking away with 10k but somebody starting out? No chance. All this cheating nonsense comes from vinyl purists anyway who think tech is the devil, bampots to a man. Drive on, MC.

    LT42
    Not at all chaps.

    Was a tongue in cheek shocked face!

    All good here

    LT42
    I don’t think it’s cheating at all to be honest and I’ve used both vinyl and digital. I’ve now gone back to just using vinyl and a two channel mixer. It’s all about how it sounds at the end of the day. No matter what you use.

    Never touched the sync button and never will but everyone has their own ways of getting enjoyment from djing. If that involves using sync then there’s nothing at all wrong with that.

    Unless you’re a professional DJ of course, then in that case, you’re either a fraud, or a lazy cunt.

    • LT42 replied to this.

      And like Hannu mentioned its a great addition when using extra tech, mixers, or systems you have. Anybody can “mix” using sync so the challenge then should be how to make your mixes stand out amongst all the noise. That’s motivation in itself which is why the “cheating” line sounds so silly. Track selection, programming/flow have always been higher up the skill ladder than beat matching anyway. I learned to beat match on a pair of belt drive Kams so when anyone threw that shit at me I just laughed in their pathetic faces. It’s all creative no matter what way you do it.

        Along_the_Wire Not creating loops. Most of the tunes I mix with have a minimum 60 second mixing intro, but usually 90-120 seconds. 32 beats (not bars) is gonna work out at roughly 15 seconds if your tunes are around the 120bpm mark. If you’re mixing for 2 minutes, that gives you 8 distinct EQ adjustment points through the transition. If it’s a shorter mix, I’ll still stick to the main adjustments being on the 32 beat mark, but will make smaller adjustments between.

          LT42 me the same with the KAMS…had to essentially spin the record myself at the right speed with the spindle during my epic 3 min transitions

          4 days later

          Today I realised playing tracks with less going on makes it easier to learn.

          So digging out the prog.

          So boring to play but gives me space to learn

            Mad_Cyril minimal techno works well too, lot’s of percussion and space between sounds will help with layering.

            Mad_Cyril mix music your into….you’ll enjoy it more…plus you’ll know all the drops.

              Dan
              Its only for learning a bit Dan.

              Once I’m more confident I can go back to house, the extra vocals and wide variety i like is making it tricky to learn anything at the minute 🤦‍♂️

                Mad_Cyril i spent my first month mixing the same 4 records, found that to be a good strategy to learn, minus getting completely sick of those records of course.

                  303abuser
                  Guess a lot easier with a laptop. Have got myself a learning method now.

                  Found a video on EQing thats helped loads.
                  Find my intro phrase and create a loop.
                  Match that with current tunes phrase
                  Whilst doing balance the EQs
                  Try and find a place to mix in
                  Panic and fiddle with the knobs a lot.

                  Cuing up both channels really helps too, was on using one past week.

                  The phrasing means I don’t have to fuck about trying to up and down tempo too much whilst still keeping energy going.

                  Good fun.

                  Just need to get my tunes sorted now, too much of a magpie!!

                  Apologies for the long post