With today's electronic music though it has become quite easy as they're all close in BPM and have long intros and outros designed for easy transitions.
@@kke the modern music being easier to mix in a typical set might be part of the reason why a well-mixed older classic track can utterly bring a house down to the foundations at the right moment
People who don't appreciate good DJs have never heard a really bad one!!! I've encountered so many at college parties. It was actually painful to hear the tracks change.
most dingdongs dont understand that the main aspect of being a dj is their track selection and music depth and knowledge..techhnical skills are only secondary
Evaese Not really, this depends from the genre you play... DnB culture for exemple relies on it a lot especially neuro lot. But I managed to keep a flow mixing Future Garage stuff like burial, with Clubroot and Seventh Stitch while there is a wide variety of tempos and keytones. You can mix two tracks if you know how to deal with effects what a time stretch is gonna do or a digital lofi filter is gonna sound on a track depends of you fucking around for years, most of the djs are bullshit lazy posers and want to look like they need a constant focus or they will screw up their mix while in reality they just tweak the mixer knobs and play a A deck over a B and that’s about it. Most of them play symmetric stuff and club dance shit that take little effort to prepare. Tracks that are made to fit perfectly with anything of the same range in the production process, they are made for festivals and clubs. You learn the most with music that is not fit for mixing because it requires a lot more creativity to blend it in it. And you cannot cheat because most of that stuff is made without any limiter so even beat sync will be confused. There is too many codes that djs comply for, fuck that shit open your creativity and musical ears, track selection isn’t that important... if two tracks are too different adjust the key on A put a huge fuckin reverb freeze if you know a B track has an ambient intro it’s gonna sound as perfect as if you tried hard to choose a track that has the same bpm, same key, just so you don’t have much to do. And I don’t even have a controller nor mixer + CDJs lol I’m mixing since 6-7 years if not more with a god damn keyboard.
@@jordanmeliani4621 I was calling somebody out for their blanket comment. You make some good points and we all have our own ways and opinions. I play both DnB and tech-house and techno. Track selection for me personally is important. I dislike hearing high pads or vocals (yes lol) stacked on top of each other, and to be honest a lot of DJs have no idea about keys and tune ranges. DnB is really fun, and offer good opportunity to double and even triple drop tunes, but again, it's about finding the right tracks to do so. I would say its selection then technical for me, it could be the way I was exposed to the music and what I grew up with tho.
As a professor and ex-DJ once told me: DJing is principally a performance. The DJ will turn knobs to impress the public, to give the impression that he/she is modifying the music. In truth, the talent of the DJ resides in his/her selection of tracks and his/her ability to keep a steady flow between the tracks without interruption. The goal is to keep the people dancing with strong beats, integrating well-calculated moments of higher and lower energy. A good DJ studies his/her audience. The beat-maker is a composer; he/she creates a collage of sounds. I've seen the terms "producer" and "beat-maker" used interchangeably with regards to electronic music, so I'm not really certain about the differences between the two. In traditional rock 'n roll, the producer is not the composer; he/she helps artists achieve the correct "sound" that they want. In this context, the producer can take on a similar role to a sound engineer. My impression is that this may be a bit different with electronic music which has a very different work-flow. There are also DJs who do live performances where they use pre-recorded sounds that they have to trigger themselves, and sometimes they also play keyboards or other instruments.
WELL SAID. Playing live Is about the public not YOUR mix, it's like playing guitar for yourself (your own enjoyment not caring about your audience) in a stadium full of people. The narcissistic era we live in will not understand this statement.
@@stevedl6787 BY PLAYING LIVE YOU MEAN: There are also DJs who do live performances where they use pre-recorded sounds that they have to trigger themselves, and sometimes they also play keyboards or other instruments?? BECAUSE I FEEL MOST CLUB DJS REALLY DO THAT PLAYING GUITAR FOR THEMSELVES IN A STADIUM THING LOL 😆THATS WHY I CROSSED OVER FROM THE DANCEFLOOR TO THE DECKS
Wow... just wow. Not wow at the video. Dude can mix just fine. I'm wowing at the obnoxious amounts of hate and ignorance in the comments section. Most of which is probably from a bunch of people who have never touched ANY DJ equipment in their life. Dudes not using sync. You see him adjust the pitch, you see him move the jog with his hand to correct the track. He's not syncing... oh and lets just pull out our sticks and beat the "if you're not using vinyl your not a real dj" horse some more. People with that mentality will never progress. This is the digital age. I grew up on turntables and vinyl myself but you know what? My vinyl sits in the crates in my closet now and doesn't come out. You know why? Because that shit was expensive and it wears everytime you drop a needle on it. Not to mention vinyl is fucking HEAVY. Mad respect for turntable djs and people who still get down like that but damn! Vinyl isnt the only way. Anyway, this popped up in my feed and I decided to watch it. Keep doing what you do and let the haters, hate.
Hell, most "vinyl" djs out there are only using a serato or traktor control vinyl. A-trak was one of the first to move to Serato. Lots of vinyl dj's out there aren't using their collection. No need anymore. Its all digital, but there will be people who call A-trak a vinyl dj, then someone doing the exact same thing a hack =p its sad really =p.
Actually final scratch was the first implementation of a DVS system. If I remember correctly it ran on linux only. I cant remember which big name rave dj I saw using it back in the early 2000s but it wasn't a-trak. I wanna say it was a DnB dj but that was so long ago. When turntables stopped being provided by the promoters it wasn't long until I got sick of lugging my 1200s from gig to gig to use with seraro. But I used to get it all the time: "you still spin the vinyl man stay true!" A majority of the audience doesn't know and if they do, it shouldn't matter. What matters is your abilities. Technical abilities, crowd reading abilities ect. People get too caught up in who's using what and stop focusing on whats important. The music.
I admit that DJ'ing requires it's own skill and competence, but producing an actual track or doing live performances on launchpad takes far more effort, time, and concentration.
@a w idk if that's really true though. I feel like most people end up dancing with closed eyes or looking at the ground or at the lighshows not caring much about the DJ's. Most DJ's I've seen are quite chill. But if they're having fun what's so bad about that? maybe I'm just going to the right places.
@Danny he have not even a good track selection, in my opinion. He is overrated 200% He may have a good taste, but he mixes whatever track with whatever track. He have such a bad homogenic track selection, so he is bad even with that.
Hey Arman, just wanted to say. DJing has been a childhood dream of mine. I have watched this video for fun all the time for the last 8 years because of how insightful it was, and last week I finally started DJing myself. None of my friends can believe that I immediately knew exactly what to do the first try, and neither could I until I realized that I had visually retained everything this video taught me. I can't express my gratitude enough for this video, I just played my first show last night and got overwhelmingly positive response. Thanks so much for your talent Arman 💖
BrainExploder It tends to get to be a bit of a heated discussion when talking about mixing. I wished it were more professional than just slamming each other about performance and technique. I feel I learned how to dj by instruction, viewing performances, watching videos, reading insightful articles, putting together sets, playing around, thoughts & ideas of my peers, watching & witnessing crowd reactions, etc. I don't feel some can just be born with the ability, but it might be possible. I say that because there are so many variables to the art. The biggest thing that gets debate is the Sync button, although that's only my perspective. I read these comments with respect and hope a community that is about music can go back to the real importance of what a DJ should be about, the music.
Honestly all the bashing and hate in the DJ community is getting old. First off let's look at the term "DJ". It means Disc Jockey (obviously), and anyone who plays recorded music for an audience is a DJ. You don't even need to mix. You can literally just play one song after another just like a radio DJ. So basically, the term "DJ" is super generic and covers a broad range of applications. With that said, it isn't hard to be a DJ. But it is hard to make a lot of money DJing, it is hard to become famous DJing, and it's even harder to gain respect DJing. But those are all separate entities, and that's where people get caught up. Some people enjoy talented and technical performers and think that should automatically equate to big stages, lots of fans, fame, and money. Wrong. That equates to respect. Big stages, money, and fame are a result of supply and demand, and the demand is decided by the masses. DJs in the DJ Mag Top 100 are entertainers, and if people weren't entertained, then they wouldn't go to their shows. Like I said, DJing covers a huge spectrum, so just because someone is DJing in a certain manner does not mean that defines the entire group of DJs.
You're right & wrong at the same time, DJ community is expanding, Everything is becoming digitized, most of the time smaller. A DJ is a craftsman who can mix & use sets of skills to perform for a crowd. You can create a mix of different songs to juggle around & use certain parts to create a whole new verse. Just because you play it from a computer doesn't mean your an "itunes" or "windows media player". You can just set up your phone for that. A disk Jockey is what sets the mood, creates an imagination as you dance or enjoy the sound waves of music blended into the next perfect song to give you goosebumps or even drop into a 10 second scratch session to drop the next song, leaving you astonished. A DJ is that break dancer you always wanted to watch tear it up at a dance floor, fluently drifting & floating around with the beats & vocals of music turning it into a sensation that you would just lose your mind. That is a DJ & no matter the tech or community, thats a TRUE DJ.
+PONYBOYonline I think it more comes down to what people define as a musician. They see no instrument and think that oh they aren't a musician for the same reason a vocalist isn't a musician they are a singer. DJs aren't musicians they're producers. (Not saying I agree, just where I think the hate comes from) They forget that, many musical legends today, got where they were not for any instrumental or vocal talent but they way they produced tracks. Dr. Dre, Michael Jackson, Prince, simply to name a few big ones. I think of DJs, more like conductors of digital orchestras
+Pierre Valentine more Quincy Jones than MJ, and I think Prince got as far as he did specifically for his talent with Instruments. He plays pretty much every popular instrument in music.. and WELL
Deadmau5 is more of a sound engineer and producer. It would take 14 hours to make one part of his song by hand live, so yes they do press play. DJ’s on the other hand are using already made songs, and what they do is basically what you saw in that video above. Two very different styles of performing live.
@@SpeedKiller198 my goodness, people need to know more about the distinction between producer and DJ/mixer. One can be both, but they're not the same goddamn thing!
He means that everyone in the club is too fucked up to notice when you fuck up a transition. Only other DJs and people who really really REALLY like music will realize that you fucked up (if it isn't synced right not many people will notice however if you fuck up and there is a blank in the sound everyone will want to shit on U lol)
@@MrAlexfind I guess I'm just too much into music, I literally always try to notice mistakes inbetween transitions, fades, etc and they occur quite often to my knowledge
+Ryandrie Satria Well dude.... seriously... filter cut-off? Have you ever even touched a deck or done any production work before? Christ... Look up what High-Pass Filtering is. High-Pass refers to allowing only the high frequencies to pass the threshold line. So the higher you turn up the "Hi-pass" the higher you raise the threshold, in-turn cutting out more and more of the bass from the song. And of course that's usually what they do right before a huge drop, a bridge or a breakdown. It'd be cool if all these people criticizing shit actually at least had some knowledge of what goes into production and live music... Then it would at least make sense that you're criticizing it. I certainly agree with you, but that's because I know how hard REAL musicians work because I AM one. Unlike you clearly.
Yes, it is feel, it is energy and that my friends is the craft. anybody can press buttons, flange, reverb, delay or sample and etc ANYBODY can. To flow a room is a whole different story. Been doing it live for over 20yrs. be INTERESTED not INTERESTING.
Ostmacka It's pretty well the same. I'm a trap hip-hop and future bass DJ. It really just depends on the complexity of the mix, sure if you just mix the start and finish of songs you spend a lot of time doing nothing but if you're layering 3 or 4 tracks at once you'll be doing a lot more work
Ostmacka house can get pretty complicated too. it's just how hard you make it for yourself :) this is just basic beat mixing, nothing more. when you will add more excitement in the mix and maybe more tracks you'll be doing more then just mixing.
Ostmacka It's not the mixing skills which count, anyone can turn knobs and match a beat. You even have auto sync if u cant match the beat...the thing with mixing is finding a way to put songs together so that it sounds good and it has flow. and btw, that's not what dj's usually do.
The thing about DJing that most people don't understand is that it's much DIFFERENT than learning an instrument and playing in a band. You're pretty much completely on your own and completely responsible for the overall vibe of the party or show or whatever kind of event you're at. You need to have the knowledge of an entire library of music and how the songs mix with each other, and a good ear for frequencies so that your transitions will be clean and graceful. You need to be able to vibe with the crowd and take the set in a different direction if they're not feeling it. The list of skills that are exclusive to DJs goes on
@@gabele2386 The usb stick will not manage the vibe of a crowd automatically by itself, so you are wrong. This comment 7years old applies the same to USB sticks, mp3 on a laptop, CDs or turntables.
@@gabele2386 I get you. Well in some big names it may be true. In small clubs still the vibe is the vibe and no one cares the followers of the DJ on Instagram!
@@XaviMMMM That is a false statement, let me tell you that from someone whos around with promoters and promoting parties in Berlin for more then 15 years now ;)
When the fuck did people start thinking that spending 6g on Pioneer dj setup makes u a good dj? I just witnessed some kid drag his grandpa into the music store to drop 3 grand on a gold edition pioneer CONTROLLER and I bet he doesn't even know how to install a god damn driver.
+mnminnmn Actual performers should be running all of their own tracks midi stems in-DAW, and adjust synth parameters, filters, and other stuff with the knobs and faders on stage. Not just play a couple of fuckin audio files simultaneously. Not to mention audio files they didn't even create in the first place.
One of the best introduction to DJ'ing videos I've seen. With humour! Anyone who's just got some decks can learn a lot from this video. Well worth watching.
Thank you for doing this vid, lots of people think we just touch knobs without even turning them just to look like we are so talented and busy on the decks... In fact many of the knobs on the mixer are critical for smooth transitions xP Although I've seen one of my noob friends rock the mic gain knob thinking he needed to look busy with knobs and not knowing what it did... Kept looking back up at me to see if I approved, we give him shit to this day for it xD
I have a question...Do CDJ'S keep tracks on beat with eachother? Like each track he plays keeps on beat with eachother...Virtual DJ dosent do that, but do CDJ's do that on manual?
I believe it´s worthless, when you have bpm counting in the display. u can just slide the pitch till it reaches the same speed has the first track, then press play and do some adjustemnets if needed. it´s child´s play.
any diferecens in speed can be compensated by pressing the little arrow buttons. u need to have ears to notice this, but usually you know wich one to press cause the display reads something like 131.56 - 131.51. it doesn´t always gets to be tha exact speed, with each adjustment it jumps from 131.56 to 131.59 or something.
vitormatias1983 that is not correct, that is not what the arrow buttons are for. You are correct that you can save time by using the pitch sliders to make the bpm read the same, but you still need to listen and use your ears carefully, and make adjustments either with the pitch sliders or the jog wheels. This is because mp3s and the software are not perfect, so even when you have to tracks both at 125 bpm, one will start going off. You need to listen and beat match properly all the time unless you are using decks with a sync feature. I am going to make another video to demonstrate this soon. It is true that beat matching on CDJs is pretty easy, but I wouldn't go so far as to say its "child's play".
OurManVarjMusic it´s childs play to me :D you´re wright, about the softwares flaws and the autosync isn´t flawless too, but I don´t listen carefully, nor any other dj that does this for more than 10 years, it´s in the sistem and requires no effort. beatmatching is my second nature, I keep mixes for several minutes, the old way in turntables, so cdj and software are just unbeleavebly easy to handle about the arrows, I´m talking about pressing the arrows like giving a tap on the turntable plate. don´t know what you taking it for, but that´s its function, in traktor, virtualdj or cdj´s.
I always thought that when you were DJing would show up some QTE on your vision and you've got to press X, circle, square, triangle, L joystick, R joystick, R1, R2, L1, L2
for such an expert on sound, you think you might have had a direct in audio to this video, instead of using the camera mic picking up the speaker audio....
ive tried djing for years, its so hard!! reading the crowd the pressure the intensity the dj has to read a book to its children/fans its not easy, if it was that easy we would all be djs!
I agree with the video. It's a simple, but accurate statement. Too many DJs rely on software instead of getting to know music and the tools of the trade. They spend time posing with their hands on their mixers and flexing with their headphones on. Even worse, they pre-record their sets and play with knobs all night. But not all DJs are that way. Some of us are constantly working on our craft, and it's offensive to hear people say all DJs, or all EDM DJs are rubbish. But I get why they say it. Consider this: If you are served a TV dinner at a party, do you complain that all caterers are bad. It's not a real caterers fault that you were served a TV dinner. Pull a tooth and no one calls you a dentist. Fix a flat tire and no one calls you a mechanic. But put on a pair of headphones and .... I've been a dj for nearly 25 years. I started just before beat matching tech was available. All I had was the pitch slider. My first year, my mentor wouldn't allow me use pitch controls at all (he had them taped over). He wanted to make sure I got to know music. How it is created, built, layered - how it's all different and how it's all the same. He wanted me to learn how all the other tools on the mixers worked. All my mixes were cold or unbalanced. Once I got good at it, I was introduced to the sliders so I could manipulate the BPMs. Beat matching and pitch control are tools - like all the other pretty knobs and sliders - but if we don't know how to work without these tools, we shouldn't be allowed to use them. Many will now say that you've never heard of me, and I don't know what I'm talking about and I'm self absorbed. But it doesn't matter. I work full time as a DJ - Music is all I do, and I'm in fair demand. So I must be doing something right. And all you who said you're never heard of me - You can't say that any more, LOL. Have a great day! Corey D
I loved the little message you put here and there, so we can follow (at least a little bit) what you intend to do when touching the board. Thanks for this video, it's great to have a glimpse of what you do as a DJ
Does that look anywhere near inserting a CD and pressing play? Do you see any slot or hole where you can put a CD in? Why don’t you put that CD up your ass punk
shameful. the dj profession was never really that respected in the first place, but did start to get a boost in the disco seventies and the house nineties, is back in the crapper again. if what i see on a daily basis on Facebook and youtube is any indication. so many damn shit talkers talking about what they could do or what they did. it's all bull. the man did a pretty nice little vid and there is really nothing to be said about it. all this bashing and shit talking from idiots that probably are not doing anything. screw these fools, man. i thought your video was pretty nice and might have given some instruction to someone. keep ya head up and keep doing what you're doing.
Fucking thank you. This entire thread is a bunch of dudes sweating in their basement with nothing better to do than bash some guy on youtube for "not looking legitimate enough" or "Back in *my* day". Like, come on guys, let him do his thing on the 1s and 2s, and if it annoys you so much just move on. Quit bringing down what is fun for some people. @ourmanVarjMusic pay no attention to this comment or any comment here. This track was groovy as hell. Keep on doing you.
he's changing volume, and adding and taking away effects to either tone down the music or build it all back up. Being a good DJ takes some knowledge but it's all about "feeling" the music and knowing when and when not to build.
however, hearing some small things like a SLIGHT offset beatmatch is kind of nice because it makes the set feel organic and fresh. also avoid the sync button if you wanna get good at being a DJ. being a dj is not just about not making sure its a one consistent stream. using filters and effects to make the drop even deeper is good to do and using a bit of loops and halve the loop size over time as you transition into the main drop of the next song; is something also a good dj would take full advantage off. theres a lot more to it if you wanna get good at it such as: setting cue points, sampling, echo outros on transitions etc etc.
tbh this video got me started in using traktor pro and now i'm teaching djing to kids and others so they know that the true skill can be found in the flow created, and the music selection given by the pasion of sharing music. cheers!
I noticed a few people pointing out that "real DJ's" use vinyl. What difference does the format make? According to Wikipedia, a DJ is nothing more than "a person who mixes recorded music for an audience," a concept that depends less on the format, and more on the ability to cleverly blend music together on the fly. If that's the case, I'd say the CD is way more convenient to work with than vinyl; it's lighter, more durable, and easier to find an exact point to start playing. All vinyl seems to offer at this point is nostalgia value and the ability to scratch.
I was a vinyl DJ and I agree. The title DJ in terms of hip hop and rap music meant you had to have scratching skills. Watch any DMC battle and nobody is dancing to any of the sets, its like watching Nascar. You have to be a fan and understand the art form. Scratching to bring in the next song was fine but usually I used to fade songs in and out. It is all about the crowd and are they enjoying your set. Dude is simply showing what the posers are supposed to be doing. I can respect that.
Jay Stevens Don't get me wrong; I have nothing against any format used for DJ-ing, so long as it's used correctly. Also, I have high respect for people who DJ with vinyl as well as scratch with it (again, if done correctly). I only brought up the CD thing to support my argument, but I believe so long as you're achieving the purpose of a DJ (in essence, being the glue that holds a party together), you can use whatever method floats your boat.
In my opinion , no need for alcohol , no need for drugs , a good music is just enough to make me move , to keep me alive , to give and take positive energy and love , just music !!!!!
i thought it would be satirical or something, but this is fairly accurate. the only inaccurate part is the part where we have the budget to afford a turntable like that one.
"DJs AREN'T REAL MUSICIANS!!" To everyone who thinks this, you're missing the point. DJing like this in itself is obviously not that hard. The point is not to show skill, it's to play music that people can have a good time with. A lot of mainstream DJs do happen to be real musicians, though, but it's not through their ability to DJ, it's because they are actual music producers, and many of them can play physical instruments very well. Kudos to those who DJ nonetheless. It's a skill that is under high scrutiny and is hard to make a living with. Without them we couldn't vibe in the clubs the same way.
so in order to become a DJ you must: 1) DL a bunch of shitty music which sounds all the same 2) Buy a bunch of overpriced gear which makes it appear as if you're a sound engineer 3) Put a shitty mix on soundcloud 4) Bug the shit out of promoters to put you on a show 5) Play said music and pretend like you produced yourself 7) Have your hands raised 90% of your "performance" (don't forget to make the
LMAO at some of the commenters about this subject. You must not know what ELECTRONIC MUSIC (not edm) is all about. Experimentation. Discovering newer sounds. Not shitting on other people's work. Be positive & things will come rolling unannounced, WHILE bad DJs are playing BS & those faking it will feel super salty...
So become a DJ then if you think its that simple. Make music and post it on soundcloud, and try to perform at a festival with thousands of people looking at you.
DH KM How is it at nerve racking to be a dj in front of thousands of people? "Oh, I hope my pre-sets are all right so when i press this button it'll make the right noise." Try playing the drums or the guitar in front of thousands of people, and then you can talk about how its challenging to (pretend) play in front of thousands.
I've got a DJM250 (bottom of the line mixer) and it still has this feature. You can set the fader to "thru" which completely bypasses the crossfader and makes all channels active by their level slider.
I think DJing is simply mixing two tracks by matching beats. It's your music selection and audiance choice that matters the most. Rest all is unnecessary touching knobs while making moves as a DJ.
Just like someone playing the guitar and only playing "Jingle Bells" because that's what they learned. Actual skills are very different. Why do many DJs get paid a lot of money to perform? Because they are famous and do shit like a child learning a few skills. No.
DJing has always been how well you actually know the music. Making transitions that are pleasing to the ear. Even on vinyl it's easy to beat match, but making two or three tunes go together seamlessly is the art. Too many knob twiddlers now.
the channels are set to the "thru" setting (the little switch underneath each volume fader) which means that the crossfader doesn't have any impact on the sound only the volume faders do
I been a very casual deejay for about 18 years, house parties mostly. I loved this video. I ain't gonna go all deep, it was just a pleasure watching the mix and pop-up-video style explanations
Obviously 95% of the people commenting on this guys mixing arent DJ's because theres a respect in the industry between proper, knowledgable DJ's where you just dont slate another guys mixing. At no point did this guy claim that he was the worlds best DJ in both the Description or the Video. People saying he doesn't use the crossfader etc etc, you can disable it; end of. If you were proper and a respectful DJ or at least a human with some sort of mannerisms or respect you would give the guy pointers, tips or advice. Seeing as, which i stated above 95% of people on here dont know what they are talking about, they are really in no position to be slating the guy for his efforts. Its not exactly a "how to" video on DJ'ing or some sort of DJ masterclass. Its a simple video to show the very basics to DJ'ing to people that have most likely never seen the face of a mixer or CDJ/Turntable. Give the guy a break
Just my opinion about @1.25: i usually don't enter with a drum when the playing track is in the break part. You can hear that you are turning up the volume and i don't like so much.
Haha. I learned to walk when I was 6 months old. Now I ski down mountains at 70 mph. Same thing I guess. It is just standing after all. I think like most things in life, you can have a really simplistic view of it and never skim past the surface. Or you can delve deeper. Neither view is wrong. It’s just your view.
This was very simplified, DJ's can mix music live e.g. making mixes, mashups and remixes all in front of a crowd rather than just simply fading in different songs almost just pressing play, that isnt a DJ that is someone who wants to call themself a DJ.
Lol, OK. Clearly a simplified example did the trick for the 10M+ people who watched this video though. His mix was great, and you're incorrect. There's a big variety of DJ types, and some of the very greatest were "simply fading in different songs".
Ok .. so I haven't touch a deck in over 15 years.. and for the whole duration of this video I was waiting for him to hit the crossfader... Am I so out of touch that I do not understand how he is mixing only using the left side? is he even using headphone?? ( No hate, I'm legitimately confuse... )
So for the answer he is mixing with the faders and without the crossfader. Above the crossfader section there is a little thing for each line that allows you to bypass the crossfader or to assign it to A(left) or B(right). In this case he was using line 2 and 3 and you can see under the fader section the little thing is on the middle for both lines. So the sound goes thru the crossfader. Hope I explain it well :) Have a nice day
Well, a proper answer to your question is you don’t need to use a crossfader to cross between tracks... i mean, I think the cross fader is a pretty useless feature unless your “scratching”, he is easily blending the two tracks together by simply lowering the bass from one track, lowering the volume, and doing the opposite for the track that is incomming. So thats a real answer to your question... you dont need a crossfader to blend two tracks together #1 of DJing
Julien M I was wondering the same thing I've always dj'd on decks (tables) and have always used a 3 ch mixer this cdj shit is not for me...never has been! I feel like dj's are getting less and less talented
Love this, I am close to clueless when it comes to all the separate functionalities but this helped me develop a slight understanding 😅 there was necessity and method in everything you did! You weren't trying to show insane skill, just clearly displaying what must be done when mixing.
Laughed really good at this one, especially the part with touching knobs for no reason :D :D and now to give something in return. --- warning it will be a bit of a long story --- When I was DJing we had only MC tapes. Yes that plastic rectangle with two holes and a load of dark brown roll like mini toilet paper that had stored music on it thanks to magnetic technology. Some remember, some might know and some might have no idea. If you are the third one then Google it. Totally worth it :) Now imagine a tape player with two tape slots and a audio jack output hooked to an amplifier with some basic EQ settings and a load of home made speaker boxes since back then the real pro ones would be expensive as a brand new car. So we made up for the lack of output power with quantity. The more speaker boxes you can place around the room the better the sound will be. Given the circumstances. A similar effect like listening to your neighbor having some old low quality headphones train companies used to provide for free once and todays pretty much high quality silicone earplugs. To make the DJ setup even more interesting imagine you have TWO of those cassette players hooked up. One served you to rewind your tapes forward and backward to listen where your desired song was and prepare it for "press-to-play" start only, then move that tape from the prepping player to the playback player where one cassette is already playing and now hope for the best that you press the play button on the newly inserted tape perfectly spot on. Literally. There was no silently beatmatching through your headphones and then slowly adding volume. Nope. Just press the play button exactly right or miss it completely. I bet anyone can imagine now what an acomplishment that was each time it worked well :D once you enjoyed your few seconds of pure perfection it is time to throw out the cassette not playing anymore and start searching for your next song using the rewind function again, prep it for launching and putting it into the main player again... and wait for the big moment. With time you would figure out that it was possible to press rewind, hold it and slightly press play along. That way you were able to listen to the rewinding noise which could give you a hint of what you were possibly listening but most important where a pause was. That notified you about a space between songs and it helped a lot of finding the perfect starting position. And do you think that having a mismatched transistion was the worst that could happen? You have no idea what happens when the main cassette player decides to eat up your tape literally destroying your record collection on one cassette :D not to mention that when that happend silence just joined the party. Literally dead silence all over the speakers in that instant. That very moment you will become not only a DJ, but also a tech repair guy who has to fix everything like a speed demon. Usually switching audio jacks from the main player to the secondary one and press play on whatever tape you had ready for blending in did the trick. But it bought you only little time since you still had to fix your problem and prepare another tape for the next blend at the same time :D :D later we figured out a way how to join all audio jack wires so we would be able to have one play at max volume and the other one at almost no volume so we could beatmatch songs and slide the volume sliders synchronised in oppsite directions to fade out and fade in. Side effect was we had to use a third player for tape prepping. Todays technology is amazing in comparison what we had back then. And we had to make it all ourselves. The only thing we were able to buy were speakers and tape players. But it was a different time and this sort of music playback was pretty uncommon and everyone knew what it was like when a tape got shredded by your player. People were sort of more relaxed to this kind of mishaps. Not only because many knew the common problems with tapes themselves. When a problem took too long to fix a group started randomly singing and the others joined them while others rushed to your desk providing all sort of help to get you back running again :D PS: did I mention that the more speakers you added to your amplifier the bigger the electrical load was? Cooling was a big problem. You could have used more speakers but keep the volume a bit lower or fewer ones and have it a bit louder. To help cooling you had to take off the protective cover and literally expose all the internals including the 230V parts. With drinks and people around your table not really the safest thing to have. Keeping it outside was not an option and a simple fan contributed very little to the whole cooling situation. And when more people decided to show up you had mixed feelings. Yes it is a good thing you became more popular again but the bad thing was that more people equals to more heat which equals to worsening your cooling situation once more :D :D and then was that constant threat of your cassette player suddenly eating your tape and leaving you with a silent setup in the spotlight.
A good DJ can read the crowd, has the best tracks or in the old days suns. Do you need to be able to beat match these days or is it all done for you? I last djed in Dec 03 after 24 years of playing out all over. I really am clueless to the modern dj
Most club DJs should be able to beatmatch, since half the time you'll be on players with no combined grid display or whatever, but it's sometimes nice to pull off stuff using the bpm indicator that wouldn't really be possible without it
times change, it's always impressive to see people mixing on vinyl but it's more practical to mix like this. I would like to eventually learn how to mix on vinyl though.
Ayrsawft Vinyl and cd mixing takes both skills and makes fun.. you can scratch and all the things with CDs now.. for me its more fun with Vinyl. but i know what you exactly mean :D time changes man
Bruh idk if you can see but the cross fader is on the left side, so just the first track can be "heard" technically, which means he recorded that before playing it in the actual video :))) "What DJs REALLY do" :)))
no man i disagree. its the easiest to do acceptable in. but in tech house there is so much mixing and simultaneous tracks going... if you fuck up one beat match or phrase point you have to commit and your screwed, same with if its off key. and it takes skill to make very repetitive tech house music (imo made to be mixed) and make it dynamic creative and bumping. if you ask me id say trap might be one of the easiest, all songs almost identical phrases, and your either doing a drop swap or playing them at the same time for maybe 10 seconds
The dj came to be because a lot of music is digitally produced these days. These songs rely heavily on digital effects on the sound being created. (filters, equilibriums, repeaters, etc) In reality a song is composed, and then there are changes in variables affecting the digital effects. The song can be rendered out with the sliders for the digital effects automatically changing. Then you would just have to press play and the song is final. What djs do is play the composed song in some sort of software, but will control the digital effects in real time in front of an audience. It allows the composers of computer generated music to share their music in concert and be able to engage in the performance rather than just hit play. I still prefer a band on the stage though... :)
DJs have been doing their thing since before electronic music but in terms of concert/festival performances you're quite right that the electronic music scene has made DJing blow up as a performance art. But many DJs do the whole club scene and have been for a while now without making their own music let alone anything to do with digitally produced music
Back in my day~ We had a thing called "Beat Matching" and "Phrase Matching" and even "Key Matching"! We didn't have these fancy tools to automatically beat match using a computer. We had to adjust pitch using our own ears! Better yet, we also had to pay attention to the phrase matching to know which parts to start fading into and the ability to predict where a crash would happen. For key matching, we had to make sure that our songs were within a good harmonic range as far as keys are concerned.. Oh, you kids today with all your buttons... You kids have it easy.
This is a good video and I really like your vibe but there's some things you do that i deem unnecessary. First, there's really no point of "fine tune beat match with pitch slider" if both tracks has the same bpm before mixing. If they're the same you just tune with the jog wheel. Second, bass should always be lowered on the track to mixed in, you did this on your second mix but not your first. The point of this is that bass of two tracks often doesn't mix well, so the playing tracks bass should be higher than the track being mixed in. Third, you should never tap the que botton as you count in, this is due to increased unnecessary wear on the button. I've played on shared gear and things breaks so much faster if someone is tapping the que. If you like to tap, tap at the side of the play button. Last small thing is Master Tempo. This should be on unless you are good at changing track key with the pitch slider. Master tempo makes the track keep its key no matter what bpm you change it to. This is important especially if you mix in key. This comment is not to undermine you or your skills but to give tips to those who are watching to learn how to dj.
Regarding broken cue buttons, as a former club tech, I can attest to the number of cue button switches I had to replace in my time. It's crazy that DJ kit manufacturers haven't used some sort of non-mechanical switches by now (I guess it's all the revenue generated from people ordering spares lol)
anytime I spun at clubs or raves years ago, when anyone said sick or awesome set, i always said credits for the records though, i didnt make the music I just chose and mixed it.
@madone 05 Because most of us can't just produce alone in a room for years without having fun with the ppl that enjoy what we do. Most real good DJ's are first of all producers and understand the technicality of it all and thus translate our love for the waveform in a natural way. Dj's that just play music of others just learn what this video is making fun of, the simple technicality of mixing... some dj's don't produce but while mixing they use 3 or even 4 songs at once adding another channel or two worth of effects and sounds to it all, becoming in a way producers themselves. Sry for the wall of text got carried away.
He really ain't lying. Even the technical stuff ain't really that technical. The reason being is that nobody is record scratching, there's no art in flipping records and all that. That type of stuff is over. I thought the modern day dj would be creating remixes live but they don't. They just blend a playlist of stuff together but hosts HUGE parties and getting killer money so which is cool if your playlist taste is good.
Chris Tetra also if people find out that all you’re doing is throwing shit in a DAW and calling it a night, they’ll hate you for it. It’s like pop artists being found out for lip-syncing.
The hardest part isnt the mixing itself but knowing which songs can be mixed well together
With today's electronic music though it has become quite easy as they're all close in BPM and have long intros and outros designed for easy transitions.
@@kke the modern music being easier to mix in a typical set might be part of the reason why a well-mixed older classic track can utterly bring a house down to the foundations at the right moment
@@kke Yeah but nobody wants to listen to long transitions in the club.
People who don't appreciate good DJs have never heard a really bad one!!! I've encountered so many at college parties. It was actually painful to hear the tracks change.
yep, mixing without key and bpm,just drop to drop lmao, yeah sometimes it's good and terible, but this classic mixing tech house phrases was insane.
"College parties"
😑omg I can relate
Practice makes perfect.
Nothing worse than the clipper de clop when it's all wrong lol
'i'm really dying to touch some knobs'...
nubs
That's gay...
Elliot Lamprecht haha
its 2016
Elliot Lamprecht Haha YES
most dingdongs dont understand that the main aspect of being a dj is their track selection and music depth and knowledge..techhnical skills are only secondary
@Degenerates Like You Belong On a Cross Word!
@Jon Treasure track selection is important you bellend. You cant just layer highs over highs.
Evaese Not really, this depends from the genre you play... DnB culture for exemple relies on it a lot especially neuro lot.
But I managed to keep a flow mixing Future Garage stuff like burial, with Clubroot and Seventh Stitch while there is a wide variety of tempos and keytones.
You can mix two tracks if you know how to deal with effects what a time stretch is gonna do or a digital lofi filter is gonna sound on a track depends of you fucking around for years, most of the djs are bullshit lazy posers and want to look like they need a constant focus or they will screw up their mix while in reality they just tweak the mixer knobs and play a A deck over a B and that’s about it.
Most of them play symmetric stuff and club dance shit that take little effort to prepare.
Tracks that are made to fit perfectly with anything of the same range in the production process, they are made for festivals and clubs.
You learn the most with music that is not fit for mixing because it requires a lot more creativity to blend it in it.
And you cannot cheat because most of that stuff is made without any limiter so even beat sync will be confused.
There is too many codes that djs comply for, fuck that shit open your creativity and musical ears, track selection isn’t that important... if two tracks are too different adjust the key on A put a huge fuckin reverb freeze if you know a B track has an ambient intro it’s gonna sound as perfect as if you tried hard to choose a track that has the same bpm, same key, just so you don’t have much to do.
And I don’t even have a controller nor mixer + CDJs lol I’m mixing since 6-7 years if not more with a god damn keyboard.
@@jordanmeliani4621 I was calling somebody out for their blanket comment. You make some good points and we all have our own ways and opinions. I play both DnB and tech-house and techno. Track selection for me personally is important. I dislike hearing high pads or vocals (yes lol) stacked on top of each other, and to be honest a lot of DJs have no idea about keys and tune ranges. DnB is really fun, and offer good opportunity to double and even triple drop tunes, but again, it's about finding the right tracks to do so. I would say its selection then technical for me, it could be the way I was exposed to the music and what I grew up with tho.
they are equal... not secondary...
As a professor and ex-DJ once told me: DJing is principally a performance. The DJ will turn knobs to impress the public, to give the impression that he/she is modifying the music. In truth, the talent of the DJ resides in his/her selection of tracks and his/her ability to keep a steady flow between the tracks without interruption. The goal is to keep the people dancing with strong beats, integrating well-calculated moments of higher and lower energy. A good DJ studies his/her audience. The beat-maker is a composer; he/she creates a collage of sounds. I've seen the terms "producer" and "beat-maker" used interchangeably with regards to electronic music, so I'm not really certain about the differences between the two. In traditional rock 'n roll, the producer is not the composer; he/she helps artists achieve the correct "sound" that they want. In this context, the producer can take on a similar role to a sound engineer. My impression is that this may be a bit different with electronic music which has a very different work-flow. There are also DJs who do live performances where they use pre-recorded sounds that they have to trigger themselves, and sometimes they also play keyboards or other instruments.
WELL SAID. Playing live Is about the public not YOUR mix, it's like playing guitar for yourself (your own enjoyment not caring about your audience) in a stadium full of people. The narcissistic era we live in will not understand this statement.
Was your professor/ex-DJ Dave Cliff by any chance? Reminds me exactly of him (professor who was an ex-DJ and developed an automated DJ software)
@@stevedl6787 BY PLAYING LIVE YOU MEAN: There are also DJs who do live performances where they use pre-recorded sounds that they have to trigger themselves, and sometimes they also play keyboards or other instruments?? BECAUSE I FEEL MOST CLUB DJS REALLY DO THAT PLAYING GUITAR FOR THEMSELVES IN A STADIUM THING LOL 😆THATS WHY I CROSSED OVER FROM THE DANCEFLOOR TO THE DECKS
Wow... just wow. Not wow at the video. Dude can mix just fine. I'm wowing at the obnoxious amounts of hate and ignorance in the comments section. Most of which is probably from a bunch of people who have never touched ANY DJ equipment in their life. Dudes not using sync. You see him adjust the pitch, you see him move the jog with his hand to correct the track. He's not syncing... oh and lets just pull out our sticks and beat the "if you're not using vinyl your not a real dj" horse some more. People with that mentality will never progress. This is the digital age. I grew up on turntables and vinyl myself but you know what? My vinyl sits in the crates in my closet now and doesn't come out. You know why? Because that shit was expensive and it wears everytime you drop a needle on it. Not to mention vinyl is fucking HEAVY. Mad respect for turntable djs and people who still get down like that but damn! Vinyl isnt the only way.
Anyway, this popped up in my feed and I decided to watch it. Keep doing what you do and let the haters, hate.
You, my friend, are absolutely correct. I wanted to post a reply and i think you nailed it.
Hell, most "vinyl" djs out there are only using a serato or traktor control vinyl. A-trak was one of the first to move to Serato. Lots of vinyl dj's out there aren't using their collection. No need anymore. Its all digital, but there will be people who call A-trak a vinyl dj, then someone doing the exact same thing a hack =p its sad really =p.
Actually final scratch was the first implementation of a DVS system. If I remember correctly it ran on linux only. I cant remember which big name rave dj I saw using it back in the early 2000s but it wasn't a-trak. I wanna say it was a DnB dj but that was so long ago.
When turntables stopped being provided by the promoters it wasn't long until I got sick of lugging my 1200s from gig to gig to use with seraro. But I used to get it all the time: "you still spin the vinyl man stay true!"
A majority of the audience doesn't know and if they do, it shouldn't matter. What matters is your abilities. Technical abilities, crowd reading abilities ect. People get too caught up in who's using what and stop focusing on whats important. The music.
Thank god for an educated comment.
I admit that DJ'ing requires it's own skill and competence, but producing an actual track or doing live performances on launchpad takes far more effort, time, and concentration.
Track selection is so Important
@a w idk if that's really true though. I feel like most people end up dancing with closed eyes or looking at the ground or at the lighshows not caring much about the DJ's. Most DJ's I've seen are quite chill. But if they're having fun what's so bad about that? maybe I'm just going to the right places.
enjoying is important
So true
@Danny he have not even a good track selection, in my opinion. He is overrated 200%
He may have a good taste, but he mixes whatever track with whatever track. He have such a bad homogenic track selection, so he is bad even with that.
😆😆good one.
Hey Arman, just wanted to say. DJing has been a childhood dream of mine. I have watched this video for fun all the time for the last 8 years because of how insightful it was, and last week I finally started DJing myself. None of my friends can believe that I immediately knew exactly what to do the first try, and neither could I until I realized that I had visually retained everything this video taught me. I can't express my gratitude enough for this video, I just played my first show last night and got overwhelmingly positive response. Thanks so much for your talent Arman 💖
Inspired
this is an awesome comment
You can express gratitude by playing with Armans' "knobs"
hell yeah man nice
he was really excited to turn those knobs ;)
What is the name of the second song that I put the dj
@@johanrudas4042 bigger than prince hot since 82 remix
I just came here to read the comments.
I really didn't expect you to be here....
I am a fan of UA-cam.
BrainExploder At least somebody is.
BrainExploder It tends to get to be a bit of a heated discussion when talking about mixing. I wished it were more professional than just slamming each other about performance and technique. I feel I learned how to dj by instruction, viewing performances, watching videos, reading insightful articles, putting together sets, playing around, thoughts & ideas of my peers, watching & witnessing crowd reactions, etc. I don't feel some can just be born with the ability, but it might be possible. I say that because there are so many variables to the art. The biggest thing that gets debate is the Sync button, although that's only my perspective. I read these comments with respect and hope a community that is about music can go back to the real importance of what a DJ should be about, the music.
now thats a top comment lol
Honestly all the bashing and hate in the DJ community is getting old. First off let's look at the term "DJ". It means Disc Jockey (obviously), and anyone who plays recorded music for an audience is a DJ. You don't even need to mix. You can literally just play one song after another just like a radio DJ. So basically, the term "DJ" is super generic and covers a broad range of applications. With that said, it isn't hard to be a DJ. But it is hard to make a lot of money DJing, it is hard to become famous DJing, and it's even harder to gain respect DJing. But those are all separate entities, and that's where people get caught up. Some people enjoy talented and technical performers and think that should automatically equate to big stages, lots of fans, fame, and money. Wrong. That equates to respect. Big stages, money, and fame are a result of supply and demand, and the demand is decided by the masses. DJs in the DJ Mag Top 100 are entertainers, and if people weren't entertained, then they wouldn't go to their shows. Like I said, DJing covers a huge spectrum, so just because someone is DJing in a certain manner does not mean that defines the entire group of DJs.
+PONYBOYonline People on radio are called "On-Air Personalities". Radio DJs are the DJs that come in and actually DJ for mix shows.
ROCKSTARR DJ KayPlaya Yes, there are DJs who come in and mix for special hours or what not, but people who host music shows are also considered DJs.
You're right & wrong at the same time,
DJ community is expanding,
Everything is becoming digitized, most of the time smaller.
A DJ is a craftsman who can mix & use sets of skills to perform for a crowd.
You can create a mix of different songs to juggle around & use certain parts to create a whole new verse.
Just because you play it from a computer doesn't mean your an "itunes" or "windows media player". You can just set up your phone for that. A disk Jockey is what sets the mood, creates an imagination as you dance or enjoy the sound waves of music blended into the next perfect song to give you goosebumps or even drop into a 10 second scratch session to drop the next song, leaving you astonished.
A DJ is that break dancer you always wanted to watch tear it up at a dance floor, fluently drifting & floating around with the beats & vocals of music turning it into a sensation that you would just lose your mind.
That is a DJ & no matter the tech or community, thats a TRUE DJ.
+PONYBOYonline I think it more comes down to what people define as a musician. They see no instrument and think that oh they aren't a musician for the same reason a vocalist isn't a musician they are a singer. DJs aren't musicians they're producers. (Not saying I agree, just where I think the hate comes from) They forget that, many musical legends today, got where they were not for any instrumental or vocal talent but they way they produced tracks. Dr. Dre, Michael Jackson, Prince, simply to name a few big ones. I think of DJs, more like conductors of digital orchestras
+Pierre Valentine more Quincy Jones than MJ, and I think Prince got as far as he did specifically for his talent with Instruments. He plays pretty much every popular instrument in music.. and WELL
“We all hit play” - Deadmau5
Out of context af
@@toyota4847 Funny af tho'
Deadmau5 is more of a sound engineer and producer. It would take 14 hours to make one part of his song by hand live, so yes they do press play. DJ’s on the other hand are using already made songs, and what they do is basically what you saw in that video above. Two very different styles of performing live.
@@SpeedKiller198 my goodness, people need to know more about the distinction between producer and DJ/mixer. One can be both, but they're not the same goddamn thing!
Frank Yu I hope you’re with me because I’m supporting both of them
For like the first minute and a half, I literally could not tell that any of his actions were making any difference.
Grindstone use headphones
tru
Is the audience a DJ would be performing for wearing headphones?
... well the audience would have a much better speaker setup than a $200 desktop speaker setup.
That means he's doing the job right if you don't notice the transition between songs
I was very cautious with my mixes and transitions until I realised nobody cares cuz they all faded in the club
Jane Wilmont what do u mean
facts
He means that everyone in the club is too fucked up to notice when you fuck up a transition. Only other DJs and people who really really REALLY like music will realize that you fucked up (if it isn't synced right not many people will notice however if you fuck up and there is a blank in the sound everyone will want to shit on U lol)
Not in a Techno environment
@@MrAlexfind I guess I'm just too much into music, I literally always try to notice mistakes inbetween transitions, fades, etc and they occur quite often to my knowledge
All I know DJs now just do filter cutoff and said "Make some noise!" , done.
- Cedervall look, this is one of them
+Ryandrie Satria Well dude.... seriously... filter cut-off? Have you ever even touched a deck or done any production work before? Christ... Look up what High-Pass Filtering is. High-Pass refers to allowing only the high frequencies to pass the threshold line. So the higher you turn up the "Hi-pass" the higher you raise the threshold, in-turn cutting out more and more of the bass from the song. And of course that's usually what they do right before a huge drop, a bridge or a breakdown. It'd be cool if all these people criticizing shit actually at least had some knowledge of what goes into production and live music... Then it would at least make sense that you're criticizing it. I certainly agree with you, but that's because I know how hard REAL musicians work because I AM one. Unlike you clearly.
+山岡アンドリュー You're wasting your time.
+山岡アンドリュー No need to write a paragraph about the technical aspects of music to someone who probably doesn't care
+Ryandrie Satria Hey you dont know how hard it is to press the "Play" button
What good Djs really do is knowing good music and knowing what to deliver and at the right time. The technical aspect is just a detail.
How do they know? Out of curiosity.
@@LittleKittyCat just gotta feel it lol youll know
@@LittleKittyCat by listening them before playing.
Anyone can do that.
Yes, it is feel, it is energy and that my friends is the craft. anybody can press buttons, flange, reverb, delay or sample and etc ANYBODY can. To flow a room is a whole different story. Been doing it live for over 20yrs. be INTERESTED not INTERESTING.
*IM REALLY DYING TO TOUCH SOME KNOBS*
;)
We got alot of knobs around here, .... maybe you can ask to touch them.
I read boobs☺
@Sidharth Murali
“don’t mind me, just twisting my turntable’s boobs”
@@diremolt8251 that must hurt
So many buttons, I don't think I can do this.
😂😂😂
If you want to start out DJing, you won't come near to this kind of deck! Try an entry level controller! :P
yes you can,before i had the same thought
what kind of controller would you guy's recommend?
How's it working for you so far?
Instructions not clear AUX stuck in my cat.
Lol
*When video didn’t even contain instructions*
Didn't even contain instructions. moron
wait. so aux goes into cat yes or no? someone please hurry and get back to me on this
@@alexavenia9949 r/wooosh
Why am I searching this when I already know how to DJ
Literally me
@@jingerrose1970 lol
Dj
Because we sometimes like to go back to the roots, always learning and re-learning what we’ve already learned.
same
thats all dj does when they mix house. but not in stuffs like trap, dubstep, drumnbass and does stuffs.
Ostmacka It's pretty well the same. I'm a trap hip-hop and future bass DJ. It really just depends on the complexity of the mix, sure if you just mix the start and finish of songs you spend a lot of time doing nothing but if you're layering 3 or 4 tracks at once you'll be doing a lot more work
Ostmacka house can get pretty complicated too. it's just how hard you make it for yourself :) this is just basic beat mixing, nothing more. when you will add more excitement in the mix and maybe more tracks you'll be doing more then just mixing.
Ostmacka Man double drops and lfo juggling, that's where all the shit's at my bass bro
Ostmacka It's not the mixing skills which count, anyone can turn knobs and match a beat. You even have auto sync if u cant match the beat...the thing with mixing is finding a way to put songs together so that it sounds good and it has flow. and btw, that's not what dj's usually do.
Dude, the drop is the flow, like man.
The thing about DJing that most people don't understand is that it's much DIFFERENT than learning an instrument and playing in a band. You're pretty much completely on your own and completely responsible for the overall vibe of the party or show or whatever kind of event you're at. You need to have the knowledge of an entire library of music and how the songs mix with each other, and a good ear for frequencies so that your transitions will be clean and graceful. You need to be able to vibe with the crowd and take the set in a different direction if they're not feeling it. The list of skills that are exclusive to DJs goes on
lol 7 years later and you dont need to know shit anymore. You just need to have a usb stick.
@@gabele2386 The usb stick will not manage the vibe of a crowd automatically by itself, so you are wrong. This comment 7years old applies the same to USB sticks, mp3 on a laptop, CDs or turntables.
@@XaviMMMM thats is true. However, techno becoming cool and Instagram are managing the crowds vibe these days. In a pretty sad way.
@@gabele2386 I get you. Well in some big names it may be true. In small clubs still the vibe is the vibe and no one cares the followers of the DJ on Instagram!
@@XaviMMMM That is a false statement, let me tell you that from someone whos around with promoters and promoting parties in Berlin for more then 15 years now ;)
When the fuck did people start thinking that spending 6g on Pioneer dj setup makes u a good dj? I just witnessed some kid drag his grandpa into the music store to drop 3 grand on a gold edition pioneer CONTROLLER and I bet he doesn't even know how to install a god damn driver.
ask him how to replace the wav cartridge for the midi fader lololol
best thing ive ever fucking seen!!!
what if he did though?
well he is a kid and want to learn
Miroljub Ilic you never start with something that expensive. Would you buy a ferrari as your first car?
just use spotify crossfade lmao
Thx for making my day
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Team VaZ also Fritz thats the joke...
@Vaz Theodor 13 that's the joke you twit
@Vaz Theodor 13 r/wooosh
The songs:
Hot Since 82 - Knee Deep in Louise
Green Velvet - Bigger Than Prince (Hot Since 82 Remix)
3AgL3 DeeJay thank you very much good men
real DJ's pre-record, play with a couple knobs while counting their millions in the DJ booth, in between fist pumping.
You really hate Djs dont you
+mnminnmn Actual performers should be running all of their own tracks midi stems in-DAW, and adjust synth parameters, filters, and other stuff with the knobs and faders on stage. Not just play a couple of fuckin audio files simultaneously. Not to mention audio files they didn't even create in the first place.
+Alucard DJ sets are more fun than livesets 90% of the time tho
+mnminnmn True story xD
KiNK is ONE act that falls within the 10% he mentioned dumbass.
This is helpful for me. I want to learn how to dj and I have always been curious of what DJs really do being a bassist.
And if anyone knows is dubstep hard to mix
It ain't hard :)
it's not hard at all if you have a proper setup, but on a beginner setup, it'll probably be difficult
It's really not that hard.
French Kangaroo just pretend to touch some knobs repeatedly then headbang.
One of the best introduction to DJ'ing videos I've seen. With humour!
Anyone who's just got some decks can learn a lot from this video.
Well worth watching.
So what I learned in this video is that djs really like knobs. Nice :D
Well, edm djs are kinda scared of them for some reason. But pretty mutch every other genre of djs loves them knobs !
Yeah true
Deserboi I take knobs home 🎛
I finally know where to look for a girlfriend. I'm a big knob...
He only touched the left deck like once
Thank you for doing this vid, lots of people think we just touch knobs without even turning them just to look like we are so talented and busy on the decks... In fact many of the knobs on the mixer are critical for smooth transitions xP Although I've seen one of my noob friends rock the mic gain knob thinking he needed to look busy with knobs and not knowing what it did... Kept looking back up at me to see if I approved, we give him shit to this day for it xD
hahaha mic level adjustment FTW!
Actually most of the video you can see him touch the knob and didn't even turn it at all.
Lance Vance
i am turning them very slowly which is what you need to do to mix smoothy. watch carefully.
And yet this guy is literally doing fuk all on these decks! Mixing one tune into another does not make someone a DJ! Not a good one anyways!
exactly!!! but a lot of people think that way because they dont know that djs should be mixing smoothly!
I have a question...Do CDJ'S keep tracks on beat with eachother? Like each track he plays keeps on beat with eachother...Virtual DJ dosent do that, but do CDJ's do that on manual?
These CDJs do not have a beat sync feature, but the CDJ2000 Nexus model does.
I believe it´s worthless, when you have bpm counting in the display. u can just slide the pitch till it reaches the same speed has the first track, then press play and do some adjustemnets if needed. it´s child´s play.
any diferecens in speed can be compensated by pressing the little arrow buttons. u need to have ears to notice this, but usually you know wich one to press cause the display reads something like 131.56 - 131.51. it doesn´t always gets to be tha exact speed, with each adjustment it jumps from 131.56 to 131.59 or something.
vitormatias1983 that is not correct, that is not what the arrow buttons are for. You are correct that you can save time by using the pitch sliders to make the bpm read the same, but you still need to listen and use your ears carefully, and make adjustments either with the pitch sliders or the jog wheels. This is because mp3s and the software are not perfect, so even when you have to tracks both at 125 bpm, one will start going off. You need to listen and beat match properly all the time unless you are using decks with a sync feature. I am going to make another video to demonstrate this soon. It is true that beat matching on CDJs is pretty easy, but I wouldn't go so far as to say its "child's play".
OurManVarjMusic it´s childs play to me :D you´re wright, about the softwares flaws and the autosync isn´t flawless too, but I don´t listen carefully, nor any other dj that does this for more than 10 years, it´s in the sistem and requires no effort. beatmatching is my second nature, I keep mixes for several minutes, the old way in turntables, so cdj and software are just unbeleavebly easy to handle
about the arrows, I´m talking about pressing the arrows like giving a tap on the turntable plate. don´t know what you taking it for, but that´s its function, in traktor, virtualdj or cdj´s.
honestly loved this video.. felt like I was shadowing a DJ to learn what their day-to-day is typically like
Where is the X Circle Square and triangle button
This ain't freQuency
I always thought that when you were DJing would show up some QTE on your vision and you've got to press X, circle, square, triangle, L joystick, R joystick, R1, R2, L1, L2
basically what we expect from dj`s is to entertain us. To make us shake and dance. Nothing is more professional than that.
Tru
for such an expert on sound, you think you might have had a direct in audio to this video, instead of using the camera mic picking up the speaker audio....
+Harry D. haha good point.. its not that hard to route even an external device via usb, a mixer, rcas etc.
+EvTheProducer So you're saying that it takes an audio engineer to record system audio......someone help this child please.
***** You really shouldn't even try to.
***** Yes I am
+Harry D. $6000 worth of gear but can't afford a $9 RCA to jack cable.
ive tried djing for years, its so hard!! reading the crowd the pressure the intensity the dj has to read a book to its children/fans its not easy, if it was that easy we would all be djs!
Practice and consistency makes perfect.
" I really want to touch some knobs" bruh
thats why i got so mutch respect for drum and bass dj´s they work for real
Its kinda wierd to watch this whille shittin
Just sayin'
charlloss123 actually I am doing that now hahahahah
@@clarencea3498 lmao
Hahahahahah same here
@raul castillo I have not shitted today... I will let u know tomorrow
charlloss123 that’s the purpose of UA-cam tbh
I agree with the video. It's a simple, but accurate statement. Too many DJs rely on software instead of getting to know music and the tools of the trade. They spend time posing with their hands on their mixers and flexing with their headphones on. Even worse, they pre-record their sets and play with knobs all night. But not all DJs are that way. Some of us are constantly working on our craft, and it's offensive to hear people say all DJs, or all EDM DJs are rubbish. But I get why they say it.
Consider this: If you are served a TV dinner at a party, do you complain that all caterers are bad. It's not a real caterers fault that you were served a TV dinner.
Pull a tooth and no one calls you a dentist. Fix a flat tire and no one calls you a mechanic. But put on a pair of headphones and ....
I've been a dj for nearly 25 years. I started just before beat matching tech was available. All I had was the pitch slider. My first year, my mentor wouldn't allow me use pitch controls at all (he had them taped over). He wanted to make sure I got to know music. How it is created, built, layered - how it's all different and how it's all the same. He wanted me to learn how all the other tools on the mixers worked. All my mixes were cold or unbalanced. Once I got good at it, I was introduced to the sliders so I could manipulate the BPMs. Beat matching and pitch control are tools - like all the other pretty knobs and sliders - but if we don't know how to work without these tools, we shouldn't be allowed to use them.
Many will now say that you've never heard of me, and I don't know what I'm talking about and I'm self absorbed. But it doesn't matter. I work full time as a DJ - Music is all I do, and I'm in fair demand. So I must be doing something right.
And all you who said you're never heard of me - You can't say that any more, LOL.
Have a great day!
Corey D
only the real ones last brotha keep up the work
That's right @Corey D tell it like it is!
Where the fuck is DERSTROY THE WORLD button?
/watch?v=uOVdNpdhSiQ
on the MK3 it will be the new feature
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Sold Seperetaly
Bean Bag england is my City.
*salty comment*
*COMMENT ANGRILY DEFENDING HIM*
*COMMENT STATING BOTH OF YOU ARE WRONG AND I AM RIGHT*
I loved the little message you put here and there, so we can follow (at least a little bit) what you intend to do when touching the board.
Thanks for this video, it's great to have a glimpse of what you do as a DJ
You have it all wrong. They insert pre-mixed CD and press play.
And touch knobs for no real reason
True DJing at it's finest.
Does that look anywhere near inserting a CD and pressing play? Do you see any slot or hole where you can put a CD in? Why don’t you put that CD up your ass punk
@@kartikeyaverma4736 lmao. It doesn't work like that. the "CD' part
CDs 😂
DJing is really easy guys. I learnt it from sims 4. great resource to learn from
When I saw "I really want to touch some knobs though" appear on the screen it was very hard for me to take anything else in this video seriously lol
Keep doing what you're doing. Fuck the haters
6 years later and I still come to this video to listen to those sick beats!
Hot Since 82- Knee Deep In Louise
Green Velvet- Bigger Than Prince (Hot Since 82 Remix)
there ya go :)
@@gelatinous6915 best tech house music ever, no doubt
shameful. the dj profession was never really that respected in the first place, but did start to get a boost in the disco seventies and the house nineties, is back in the crapper again. if what i see on a daily basis on Facebook and youtube is any indication. so many damn shit talkers talking about what they could do or what they did. it's all bull. the man did a pretty nice little vid and there is really nothing to be said about it. all this bashing and shit talking from idiots that probably are not doing anything. screw these fools, man. i thought your video was pretty nice and might have given some instruction to someone. keep ya head up and keep doing what you're doing.
^^^ This
Fucking thank you. This entire thread is a bunch of dudes sweating in their basement with nothing better to do than bash some guy on youtube for "not looking legitimate enough" or "Back in *my* day". Like, come on guys, let him do his thing on the 1s and 2s, and if it annoys you so much just move on. Quit bringing down what is fun for some people. @ourmanVarjMusic pay no attention to this comment or any comment here. This track was groovy as hell. Keep on doing you.
man this is my favourite video out of all UA-cam
Where is the pendrive
there's a usb plugged into the port at the top-left? doesn't have to be a thumb drive
... i didn't even notice
Eku s
In the side of the mixer up
its called a mixer, not to make it sound rude, but its not a mixer up, its just a mixer
This video literally changed my life 7 years ago.
I can't hear any difference except volume when you're doing all the stuff
he's changing volume, and adding and taking away effects to either tone down the music or build it all back up. Being a good DJ takes some knowledge but it's all about "feeling" the music and knowing when and when not to build.
Not hearing the difference between the songs is what makes a good DJ. If the whole thing can sound like one consistent stream you have done your job.
^ Exactly. The fact you can;t hear a difference is testament to him being a good DJ.
however, hearing some small things like a SLIGHT offset beatmatch is kind of nice because it makes the set feel organic and fresh. also avoid the sync button if you wanna get good at being a DJ. being a dj is not just about not making sure its a one consistent stream. using filters and effects to make the drop even deeper is good to do and using a bit of loops and halve the loop size over time as you transition into the main drop of the next song; is something also a good dj would take full advantage off. theres a lot more to it if you wanna get good at it such as: setting cue points, sampling, echo outros on transitions etc etc.
Mu'izz Siddique idiot
The on-screen comments about your intents are hilarious! Over all well done.
What's cool about being a dj is that you don't have to dance at a party because you are the party!!! LOL xD
DJs who don't dance are a bit like chefs who don't taste their food
That's actually what I dislike about DJing. I still dance when I get a chance but way less than the crowd
@@hectordelarocha10 if you don't enjoy the music enough to actually dance maybe you're mixing the wrong music
@@by-romancing Or I'm too focused on not fucking up?
@@hectordelarocha10 Dunno, it should just flow after awhile... Don't judge yourself too badly.
tbh this video got me started in using traktor pro and now i'm teaching djing to kids and others so they know that the true skill can be found in the flow created, and the music selection given by the pasion of sharing music.
cheers!
I noticed a few people pointing out that "real DJ's" use vinyl. What difference does the format make? According to Wikipedia, a DJ is nothing more than "a person who mixes recorded music for an audience," a concept that depends less on the format, and more on the ability to cleverly blend music together on the fly. If that's the case, I'd say the CD is way more convenient to work with than vinyl; it's lighter, more durable, and easier to find an exact point to start playing. All vinyl seems to offer at this point is nostalgia value and the ability to scratch.
I was a vinyl DJ and I agree. The title DJ in terms of hip hop and rap music meant you had to have scratching skills. Watch any DMC battle and nobody is dancing to any of the sets, its like watching Nascar. You have to be a fan and understand the art form. Scratching to bring in the next song was fine but usually I used to fade songs in and out. It is all about the crowd and are they enjoying your set. Dude is simply showing what the posers are supposed to be doing. I can respect that.
Jay Stevens
Don't get me wrong; I have nothing against any format used for DJ-ing, so long as it's used correctly. Also, I have high respect for people who DJ with vinyl as well as scratch with it (again, if done correctly). I only brought up the CD thing to support my argument, but I believe so long as you're achieving the purpose of a DJ (in essence, being the glue that holds a party together), you can use whatever method floats your boat.
In my opinion , no need for alcohol , no need for drugs , a good music is just enough to make me move , to keep me alive , to give and take positive energy and love , just music !!!!!
Same, all my friends get fucked up at the club but I only go for the music, having only a beer or two
Right on right on
i thought it would be satirical or something, but this is fairly accurate. the only inaccurate part is the part where we have the budget to afford a turntable like that one.
That's club standard equipment right there. In fact, it's a tad bit outdated even. Original cdj2000s and a djm800
"DJs AREN'T REAL MUSICIANS!!"
To everyone who thinks this, you're missing the point. DJing like this in itself is obviously not that hard. The point is not to show skill, it's to play music that people can have a good time with. A lot of mainstream DJs do happen to be real musicians, though, but it's not through their ability to DJ, it's because they are actual music producers, and many of them can play physical instruments very well. Kudos to those who DJ nonetheless. It's a skill that is under high scrutiny and is hard to make a living with. Without them we couldn't vibe in the clubs the same way.
they are musicians as I'm one I play guitar drums and bass and I am grade 4 in all. You need music theory to DJ
im only 13 and im on the radio too
so in order to become a DJ you must:
1) DL a bunch of shitty music which sounds all the same
2) Buy a bunch of overpriced gear which makes it appear as if you're a sound engineer
3) Put a shitty mix on soundcloud
4) Bug the shit out of promoters to put you on a show
5) Play said music and pretend like you produced yourself
7) Have your hands raised 90% of your "performance" (don't forget to make the
4) Earn Millions of Dollars
pays my bills just fine ,,,,
LMAO at some of the commenters about this subject. You must not know what ELECTRONIC MUSIC (not edm) is all about. Experimentation. Discovering newer sounds. Not shitting on other people's work. Be positive & things will come rolling unannounced, WHILE bad DJs are playing BS & those faking it will feel super salty...
So become a DJ then if you think its that simple. Make music and post it on soundcloud, and try to perform at a festival with thousands of people looking at you.
DH KM How is it at nerve racking to be a dj in front of thousands of people? "Oh, I hope my pre-sets are all right so when i press this button it'll make the right noise."
Try playing the drums or the guitar in front of thousands of people, and then you can talk about how its challenging to (pretend) play in front of thousands.
are you bypassing your cross fader or something?
yes
OurManVarjMusic FrogOrgans Pioneers can do that. and OurManVarj, did you ever tried to mix on DJM-2000? :D
PredatorNet
no never, it looks scary! too many buttons, screens, and doo-dads! I like my DJM 800 and 900 is good too.
I've got a DJM250 (bottom of the line mixer) and it still has this feature. You can set the fader to "thru" which completely bypasses the crossfader and makes all channels active by their level slider.
I think DJing is simply mixing two tracks by matching beats. It's your music selection and audiance choice that matters the most. Rest all is unnecessary touching knobs while making moves as a DJ.
Just like someone playing the guitar and only playing "Jingle Bells" because that's what they learned. Actual skills are very different. Why do many DJs get paid a lot of money to perform? Because they are famous and do shit like a child learning a few skills. No.
DJing has always been how well you actually know the music. Making transitions that are pleasing to the ear. Even on vinyl it's easy to beat match, but making two or three tunes go together seamlessly is the art. Too many knob twiddlers now.
Now with vinyl.
go watch his vinyl vid then
His crossfader was to the left?
confused me too
the channels are set to the "thru" setting (the little switch underneath each volume fader) which means that the crossfader doesn't have any impact on the sound only the volume faders do
+Charles G thanks man
i thought i´m the only one seeing it
ahh now i see why's that...
Gets harder than this when you're actually mixing 2 tracks at the same time or even 4.
I been a very casual deejay for about 18 years, house parties mostly. I loved this video. I ain't gonna go all deep, it was just a pleasure watching the mix and pop-up-video style explanations
Obviously 95% of the people commenting on this guys mixing arent DJ's because theres a respect in the industry between proper, knowledgable DJ's where you just dont slate another guys mixing. At no point did this guy claim that he was the worlds best DJ in both the Description or the Video. People saying he doesn't use the crossfader etc etc, you can disable it; end of. If you were proper and a respectful DJ or at least a human with some sort of mannerisms or respect you would give the guy pointers, tips or advice. Seeing as, which i stated above 95% of people on here dont know what they are talking about, they are really in no position to be slating the guy for his efforts. Its not exactly a "how to" video on DJ'ing or some sort of DJ masterclass. Its a simple video to show the very basics to DJ'ing to people that have most likely never seen the face of a mixer or CDJ/Turntable. Give the guy a break
Check Jeff Mills or Carl Cox in the early 90's, you'll probably think different about those button pushers.
Grandmaster flash to that list, and a bit of Todd Terry..Tall Paul...Derrick Carter and the like. Bring back fucking vinyl.
He really enjoyed getting to touch those knobs
Just my opinion about @1.25: i usually don't enter with a drum when the playing track is in the break part. You can hear that you are turning up the volume and i don't like so much.
0:58 "i'm really dying to touch some knobs"
I can't be the only one that saw that the crossfader was set to Deck A and didn't move at all right?
TheDarkKnightGaming he will have set his Crossfader to passive meaning it’s essentially not being used. He’s mixing purely with the EQs and volumes
Haha. I learned to walk when I was 6 months old. Now I ski down mountains at 70 mph. Same thing I guess. It is just standing after all.
I think like most things in life, you can have a really simplistic view of it and never skim past the surface. Or you can delve deeper.
Neither view is wrong. It’s just your view.
I love that even today, the same love/hate/mis-understandings have carried on.....
This was very simplified, DJ's can mix music live e.g. making mixes, mashups and remixes all in front of a crowd rather than just simply fading in different songs almost just pressing play, that isnt a DJ that is someone who wants to call themself a DJ.
Lol, OK. Clearly a simplified example did the trick for the 10M+ people who watched this video though. His mix was great, and you're incorrect. There's a big variety of DJ types, and some of the very greatest were "simply fading in different songs".
@@rebecca_stone I have actually since changed my mind over the years so Dw I am with you
Ok .. so I haven't touch a deck in over 15 years.. and for the whole duration of this video I was waiting for him to hit the crossfader... Am I so out of touch that I do not understand how he is mixing only using the left side? is he even using headphone?? ( No hate, I'm legitimately confuse... )
So for the answer he is mixing with the faders and without the crossfader. Above the crossfader section there is a little thing for each line that allows you to bypass the crossfader or to assign it to A(left) or B(right). In this case he was using line 2 and 3 and you can see under the fader section the little thing is on the middle for both lines. So the sound goes thru the crossfader.
Hope I explain it well :)
Have a nice day
Well, a proper answer to your question is you don’t need to use a crossfader to cross between tracks... i mean, I think the cross fader is a pretty useless feature unless your “scratching”, he is easily blending the two tracks together by simply lowering the bass from one track, lowering the volume, and doing the opposite for the track that is incomming. So thats a real answer to your question... you dont need a crossfader to blend two tracks together #1 of DJing
Julien M as for the headphones... yes he is using headphones u can see them by the reflection on the mixer at 1:14
Hprop and you can quite clearly see them plugged in
Julien M I was wondering the same thing I've always dj'd on decks (tables) and have always used a 3 ch mixer this cdj shit is not for me...never has been! I feel like dj's are getting less and less talented
Love this, I am close to clueless when it comes to all the separate functionalities but this helped me develop a slight understanding 😅 there was necessity and method in everything you did!
You weren't trying to show insane skill, just clearly displaying what must be done when mixing.
Finally someone who understands the purpose of this video
iwe been using some Numark;Traktor and ddj200;400; had sb 1 2 and now im using sb3... but..on this djm800; you had that fader far the left(deck2) ....
Laughed really good at this one, especially the part with touching knobs for no reason :D :D and now to give something in return. --- warning it will be a bit of a long story --- When I was DJing we had only MC tapes. Yes that plastic rectangle with two holes and a load of dark brown roll like mini toilet paper that had stored music on it thanks to magnetic technology. Some remember, some might know and some might have no idea. If you are the third one then Google it. Totally worth it :) Now imagine a tape player with two tape slots and a audio jack output hooked to an amplifier with some basic EQ settings and a load of home made speaker boxes since back then the real pro ones would be expensive as a brand new car. So we made up for the lack of output power with quantity. The more speaker boxes you can place around the room the better the sound will be. Given the circumstances. A similar effect like listening to your neighbor having some old low quality headphones train companies used to provide for free once and todays pretty much high quality silicone earplugs. To make the DJ setup even more interesting imagine you have TWO of those cassette players hooked up. One served you to rewind your tapes forward and backward to listen where your desired song was and prepare it for "press-to-play" start only, then move that tape from the prepping player to the playback player where one cassette is already playing and now hope for the best that you press the play button on the newly inserted tape perfectly spot on. Literally. There was no silently beatmatching through your headphones and then slowly adding volume. Nope. Just press the play button exactly right or miss it completely. I bet anyone can imagine now what an acomplishment that was each time it worked well :D once you enjoyed your few seconds of pure perfection it is time to throw out the cassette not playing anymore and start searching for your next song using the rewind function again, prep it for launching and putting it into the main player again... and wait for the big moment. With time you would figure out that it was possible to press rewind, hold it and slightly press play along. That way you were able to listen to the rewinding noise which could give you a hint of what you were possibly listening but most important where a pause was. That notified you about a space between songs and it helped a lot of finding the perfect starting position. And do you think that having a mismatched transistion was the worst that could happen? You have no idea what happens when the main cassette player decides to eat up your tape literally destroying your record collection on one cassette :D not to mention that when that happend silence just joined the party. Literally dead silence all over the speakers in that instant. That very moment you will become not only a DJ, but also a tech repair guy who has to fix everything like a speed demon. Usually switching audio jacks from the main player to the secondary one and press play on whatever tape you had ready for blending in did the trick. But it bought you only little time since you still had to fix your problem and prepare another tape for the next blend at the same time :D :D later we figured out a way how to join all audio jack wires so we would be able to have one play at max volume and the other one at almost no volume so we could beatmatch songs and slide the volume sliders synchronised in oppsite directions to fade out and fade in. Side effect was we had to use a third player for tape prepping. Todays technology is amazing in comparison what we had back then. And we had to make it all ourselves. The only thing we were able to buy were speakers and tape players. But it was a different time and this sort of music playback was pretty uncommon and everyone knew what it was like when a tape got shredded by your player. People were sort of more relaxed to this kind of mishaps. Not only because many knew the common problems with tapes themselves. When a problem took too long to fix a group started randomly singing and the others joined them while others rushed to your desk providing all sort of help to get you back running again :D
PS: did I mention that the more speakers you added to your amplifier the bigger the electrical load was? Cooling was a big problem. You could have used more speakers but keep the volume a bit lower or fewer ones and have it a bit louder. To help cooling you had to take off the protective cover and literally expose all the internals including the 230V parts. With drinks and people around your table not really the safest thing to have. Keeping it outside was not an option and a simple fan contributed very little to the whole cooling situation. And when more people decided to show up you had mixed feelings. Yes it is a good thing you became more popular again but the bad thing was that more people equals to more heat which equals to worsening your cooling situation once more :D :D and then was that constant threat of your cassette player suddenly eating your tape and leaving you with a silent setup in the spotlight.
Bruh no ones gonna read that
That was a smooth ass transition dude
Thank you for giving the details of what you do, it's much more understandable now for a knob like me.
Noob, I mean noob...
A good DJ can read the crowd, has the best tracks or in the old days suns. Do you need to be able to beat match these days or is it all done for you? I last djed in Dec 03 after 24 years of playing out all over. I really am clueless to the modern dj
Most club DJs should be able to beatmatch, since half the time you'll be on players with no combined grid display or whatever, but it's sometimes nice to pull off stuff using the bpm indicator that wouldn't really be possible without it
I love how he grooves and jams as he plays lol
Where is the vinyl?
Rib Swrie - Pundilum okay lel
Rib Swrie - Pundilum Or people that really know something about DJ'ing and have real skills.
ibuprofen303 Amen
times change, it's always impressive to see people mixing on vinyl but it's more practical to mix like this. I would like to eventually learn how to mix on vinyl though.
Ayrsawft Vinyl and cd mixing takes both skills and makes fun.. you can scratch and all the things with CDs now.. for me its more fun with Vinyl. but i know what you exactly mean :D time changes man
wow he's so talented... I think I could train my dog to give it a bash
Ouch
fucking destroyed.... you should quit youtube
Bruh idk if you can see but the cross fader is on the left side, so just the first track can be "heard" technically, which means he recorded that before playing it in the actual video :))) "What DJs REALLY do" :)))
The easiest genre to DJ
that's not a genre though...
+Yoon Lee (ButterEatFace) he meant music genre
this genre is...?¡?¡?
+Cristian Ochoa It's Tech House I guess
no man i disagree. its the easiest to do acceptable in. but in tech house there is so much mixing and simultaneous tracks going... if you fuck up one beat match or phrase point you have to commit and your screwed, same with if its off key. and it takes skill to make very repetitive tech house music (imo made to be mixed) and make it dynamic creative and bumping. if you ask me id say trap might be one of the easiest, all songs almost identical phrases, and your either doing a drop swap or playing them at the same time for maybe 10 seconds
Who else has the urge to twist one of those knobs
The dj came to be because a lot of music is digitally produced these days. These songs rely heavily on digital effects on the sound being created. (filters, equilibriums, repeaters, etc) In reality a song is composed, and then there are changes in variables affecting the digital effects. The song can be rendered out with the sliders for the digital effects automatically changing. Then you would just have to press play and the song is final. What djs do is play the composed song in some sort of software, but will control the digital effects in real time in front of an audience. It allows the composers of computer generated music to share their music in concert and be able to engage in the performance rather than just hit play. I still prefer a band on the stage though... :)
okay sure
Random Twat
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DJs have been doing their thing since before electronic music but in terms of concert/festival performances you're quite right that the electronic music scene has made DJing blow up as a performance art. But many DJs do the whole club scene and have been for a while now without making their own music let alone anything to do with digitally produced music
okay sure you must be slow 😂😂 DJ been around forever
DJ stands for Disk Jockey... People used to do this legit on records before anything digital was available... so yea do some homework kiddo
Back in my day~ We had a thing called "Beat Matching" and "Phrase Matching" and even "Key Matching"! We didn't have these fancy tools to automatically beat match using a computer. We had to adjust pitch using our own ears! Better yet, we also had to pay attention to the phrase matching to know which parts to start fading into and the ability to predict where a crash would happen. For key matching, we had to make sure that our songs were within a good harmonic range as far as keys are concerned.. Oh, you kids today with all your buttons... You kids have it easy.
We didn't have no fancy mp3s either. We used big slabs of plastic called "vinyl." Say it with me, now...vai-nal! vaaaiiiii-nalllll
boomer shit
also kool kids use wav files :sunglasses:
This is a good video and I really like your vibe but there's some things you do that i deem unnecessary.
First, there's really no point of "fine tune beat match with pitch slider" if both tracks has the same bpm before mixing. If they're the same you just tune with the jog wheel.
Second, bass should always be lowered on the track to mixed in, you did this on your second mix but not your first. The point of this is that bass of two tracks often doesn't mix well, so the playing tracks bass should be higher than the track being mixed in.
Third, you should never tap the que botton as you count in, this is due to increased unnecessary wear on the button. I've played on shared gear and things breaks so much faster if someone is tapping the que. If you like to tap, tap at the side of the play button.
Last small thing is Master Tempo. This should be on unless you are good at changing track key with the pitch slider. Master tempo makes the track keep its key no matter what bpm you change it to. This is important especially if you mix in key.
This comment is not to undermine you or your skills but to give tips to those who are watching to learn how to dj.
Regarding broken cue buttons, as a former club tech, I can attest to the number of cue button switches I had to replace in my time. It's crazy that DJ kit manufacturers haven't used some sort of non-mechanical switches by now (I guess it's all the revenue generated from people ordering spares lol)
When people think DJ’s “make” music
anytime I spun at clubs or raves years ago, when anyone said sick or awesome set, i always said credits for the records though, i didnt make the music I just chose and mixed it.
@madone 05 Because most of us can't just produce alone in a room for years without having fun with the ppl that enjoy what we do. Most real good DJ's are first of all producers and understand the technicality of it all and thus translate our love for the waveform in a natural way. Dj's that just play music of others just learn what this video is making fun of, the simple technicality of mixing... some dj's don't produce but while mixing they use 3 or even 4 songs at once adding another channel or two worth of effects and sounds to it all, becoming in a way producers themselves. Sry for the wall of text got carried away.
@@so2fast4u2 average djays play music good djays put on a performance
They do the just upload it on the dj board an play around with eq and others
@Sora brown what the hell are you talking about I've been a DJ for 38 years and I've always said DJs "are" musicians.
*Want to know what DJ's really do*
-Press the sync button
-Lower track 1 volume/Increase track 2 volume simultaneously
-Voila
He really ain't lying. Even the technical stuff ain't really that technical. The reason being is that nobody is record scratching, there's no art in flipping records and all that. That type of stuff is over. I thought the modern day dj would be creating remixes live but they don't. They just blend a playlist of stuff together but hosts HUGE parties and getting killer money so which is cool if your playlist taste is good.
but if youre playing a live show you do this beforehand, right?. example you can do all of this shit with automations in FL
Thomas Sund Well... you don't
Thomas Sund you definetely know nothing about DJing
Just4Beat nope i dont
Thomas Sund hahaha it's ok, and answering to your question, no, DJs don't do the mixes beforehand :)
Thomas Sund I think they would prefer that people didn't know how this can all be done with software and a mouse. The board is just for show.
whats stopping someone from just stitching all the songs together in some daw and calling it a night..
Chris Tetra also if people find out that all you’re doing is throwing shit in a DAW and calling it a night, they’ll hate you for it. It’s like pop artists being found out for lip-syncing.
What, the joy and pleasure of being a DJ is the magic of using music to control the crowd. I think of DJ ing as having sex. Not to be weird.
99% of all "DeeJaying" is going to weddings and old peoples parties and hitting play on a playlist. Then cashing in €500 and go home.
@frank grimes so its 100 then.
You have to choose different tracks live based on the crowd
Less is always more. Play to (and with) your crowd.
in school we used 2 €10 mp3 players, the old pendrive ones with 256mb back in my day. and flipped between those two on a €15 mixer.