303abuser the more you do it, the less active attention is required to keep the tracks running together, then you can focus on making it sound good because you’ll here more detail
Great point, very much agree.
And yeah, if you play on a good bar system you will just about cope, but your first time on a proper club or festival system, you won’t be able to hear a fuckin thing and will probably shit yourself. Clubs more so than festivals / stages / tents due to the space.
a bit dated with regards to the technology now, but i remember reading this a long time ago and finding it helpful …
303abuser that would be my advice too - if you watch a lot of DJs its the final twiddle with the bass which adds the punch and they sometimes knock off the bass a bit on the outgoing track 2 bars early so as to provide the contrast for the bass injection of the new track. the other thing is that some tracks output volume is quite variable and just sound quieter when the flashing lights suggest otherwise …
Is there a better setting for jog adjust for starting out and do you guys use vinyl mode most of the time?
Along_the_Wire Its worth checking your channel fader set up too (If you are using rekordbox, as I presume) You have 3 choices as to the fader curve. I generally have mine on expo as it doesn’t cut too quick or bring in to fast, unless I want it too obvs, but there are 2 other choices, see what works best for you.
that’s a good point too. if available, i preferred the flattest curve possible so you don’t have to get the fader 80% of the way up to hear the incoming track. gives you more room for nuanced volume control.
Along_the_Wire Again, its preference. If you learned on vinyl its easier. I find I don’t need to concentrate as much when I’m NOT in Vinyl mode as I have an extra hand with which to fiddle with the pads or buttons and look like I know what I’m doing lol. I also find it easier using the sides of the platters to jog, rather than the top, however, thats probably because I haven’t used vinyl for a looooong time.
I’ve been putting all this shit into practise and been on the XZ for 6 hours. Absolutely fucking magic. Thanks fellas.
Along_the_Wire I bet the wife was overjoyed you were banging it out at 8am!
Along_the_Wire Excellent news, because that three paragraph post nearly melted my head! 
Kumquat Birthday weekend, she’s had to suck it up!
Along_the_Wire happy birthday mate
The big five o? Congrats!
Mad_Cyril See loads of comments about people listening to, editing tracks, adding cue points etc. whilst prepping mixes and cant get my head around how long it must take.
To do this id have to fire up the laptop and spend hours trawling through tunes. Am I being stupid or is this as time consuming as it sounds ?
With a bit of organisation and planning it surely isn’t difficult to get through loads of music per week. Pre-COVID, I must have consumed two hours of music (of all genres) per day getting to and from work, and doing an evening walk for exercise or being on the subway or in a taxi to the pub (I never speak to taxi drivers, they are always total cunts in any country). Add in the odd time at home when I’m doing some work or fannying about on here with music in the background.
With careful planning, anyone could probably get through 14-16 hours of new music a week just going about their normal week?
Homegrove Tuesday, but this was the weekend - I had a party booked with Damo, Dan and Nick Muir on the decks. Gutted.
bosstrabs you’re right of course, but it can be a right pain in the arse.
Along_the_Wire ..hopefully we’ll get to dance another day mate
That’s a shitter mate. Happy 50th all the same
