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Here’s a tip while waiting for a technical answer on the phones - mixing using higher frequencies is more accurate anyway eg: mixing with hi-hats is easier to hear and ultimately more accurate in terms of grids if you’re using software.

People get bogged down with “beat matching” when using the above method is easier. Just a personal preference and have done it since the belt drive days. Give it a try and see if it works for you 👍

    Mad_Cyril Yeah, as Liqui says, you don’t have to use the kick drum to beat match, you can use all of the track, high hats, snare, toms etc. It is useful to hear though when you are bringing a track in, so either get some other headphones that pump the bass a bit more, or do what every professional DJ would do and just turn it right up until your eyes shake!

    Don’t be afraid of the shitty commercial headphone though, they can be fine for use in the home.

    Personally I’m a big fan of the mid range Sonys that come in just over the £100 mark, have used them at home and in big clubs and festivals and they are fine for DJing in most environments.

    • -si- replied to this.

        Thanks folks, definitely don’t want overly amplified but its more the fear of what I cant hear that Amps touched upon.

        Have heard mixes from Dubbers and LT, and you both seem to do more than fine, so maybe i need to work on managing ‘the fear’ 👍

        • Amps replied to this.

          Amps have used them at home and in big clubs and festivals and they are fine for DJing in most environments.

          What clubs and festivals have you played at, amps? Are there a few lads on here who played out in clubs and festivals over the years?

              Mad_Cyril Maybe bump your mids a bit, you might hear more of the ring / boom of the kick drum which might help? Other than that, jsut stick at it, you ears may adjust a bit over time. I remember when I first started it all just sounded like a proper racket in the cans.

                Amps is woody allen and cyril is mixing like woody woodpecker?

                Was hoping he could sign my Airport 89 12″

                LT42 Here’s a tip while waiting for a technical answer on the phones - mixing using higher frequencies is more accurate anyway eg: mixing with hi-hats is easier to hear and ultimately more accurate in terms of grids if you’re using software.

                this works in loud environments, but only if the hats are locked to the grid. otherwise you’re beat-matching to a swung/shuffled pattern and that can be problematic, especially if you’re new at it. learning to beat match with lows and highs is a good idea.

                  -si- What clubs and festivals have you played at, amps? Are there a few lads on here who played out in clubs and festivals over the years?

                  A few lads on here have played the smaller tents at GlatonBERKry and BERKnicàssim.

                    Think the penny dropped tonight.

                    😁

                    Can see this getting very addictive!

                      Mad_Cyril If you are still playing prog, drop it immediately, go and get some stripped back techno ish stuff and get creative with the layering and phrasing 👍️

                          Amps
                          No prog. Mainly house.

                          Am a pre-prog clubber so was pretty much all house starting out.

                          Been fucking about with that for now as its a bit nostalgic too

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                            303abuser
                            Found a pretty easy way to blend without dropping energy/ levels.

                            And also found out how to use the cue/loop buttons to make it easier to match phrases. Had previously only used loops off the pads.

                            Not perfect by any means but have been shocking last few weeks so watched some videos and tonight it clicked.

                            Is good fun when every mix isn’t a complete horror!

                              12 days later

                              Buying Tunes

                              Interested in people’s process for buying tunes.

                              Do people;

                              1. Just throw what they like in carts, then select what they think will work together?

                              2. Just buy tunes, then try throw them together?

                              3. Follow labels / artists

                              4. Trawl

                              I like so many different things, but don’t have the skill to stitch together yer I’m struggling.

                              Also hard to know what will go together without getting on the Fisher Price.

                              Ideas appreciated

                              • Amps replied to this.

                                3 and 4.also, nabbing stuff you’ve heard in other people’s mixes.

                                I never buy tunes thinking about mixing them. I just buy what i like, then see which tunes work together.

                                2 and 3. I never buy two tracks specifically thinking they’re gonna mix well together. I buy stuff I like the sound of, then have a few spins to see what works with what…