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  • Mix Club - The Remedial Class

Had another great day just picking random records of a shelf and mixing them in with not a care in the world.

    303abuser I think the last time I saw a DJ whose phasing and mixing really blew me away was Ian Ossia, about 5-6 years ago. I think it’s partly the music of today - it just doesn’t seem to lend itself to mindblowing transitions in the way that records of 15-20 years ago did. At the same time though, it’s SO easy to be an ‘adequate’ technical DJ using modern tools and trickery, that a whole generation of DJs just don’t seem to have the knack of putting records together in a spellbinding way…

        vinnyt77 all good points. i think it’s a much different skill set than it was when everyone played records, i know it wasn’t the same for me.

          7 days later

          Changing the tempo settings to +/- 6 is a massive game changer for me - who knew?! Thanks @Amps.

          No drifting and was much easier and quicker getting things beatmatched properly - one positive I suppose is that it properly kept me on my toes before.

            Saw Ian Ossia at the last ever Renaissance at The Cross.

            He played b2b with Nigel Dawson all night and they were absolutely brilliant.

            Unbroken1 Also, and bizarrely, the colour when you have +/- 6 looks like some kind of warning that you’ve got it wrong.

              I’ve been mixing a lot yesterday and today. I honestly can’t believe the effect of the tempo settings. It’s so much more reliable and consistent - so much more enjoyable.

              Had grand ideas about a mix that meanders from about 110 through to 124 ish.

              Today just mixed between 118 & 124.

              Was liberating.

              Not what I want to do but probably a good way to learn.

              Steady lads you’ll be hitting the 130’s next. After that it’s full on nose bleed techno.

                Dubman
                My transitions are always roughly 200+, once I’ve expertly combined both bpms

                    Along_the_Wire Changing the tempo settings to +/- 6 is a massive game changer for me - who knew?! Thanks @Amps.

                    No worries.

                    If you stick at it, you should have a moment where it all becomes second nature, like driving a car, you won’t even think about it, thats when you can start really having fun.