AVOID making this BPM Mistake If you're A BEGINNER DJ!
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- Опубліковано 7 лип 2024
- If you're a beginner DJ, then you need to be particularly careful about making the BPM mistake. In this video, we'll show you how to avoid making this common mistake and keep your mixes sounding great.
Knowing what speed to play your tracks after mixing them together is a key skill that every beginner needs to learn. Here's exactly what you need to know regarding the BPM's of your songs!
Making the BPM mistake can really ruin your set, and it's pretty easy to do. So make sure you avoid this mistake and improve your DJing skills today!
In this video, we're talking about the BPM mistake beginners make when DJing. If you're a beginner DJ, then you need to watch this video!
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What software are you using on the laptop for that controller if you don’t mind me asking?
Ditch the digital for best sounding results I say
You can speed up during a build up or a break
New kids, dont know this...
Build up sounds the best
😏
This is what I do
Better when the break come up
Definitely a must know skill for beginner DJs is how to flow in and out of or progress through bpms.
Mystery Box Yes, and once you get more advanced, mixing by key can add a whole new dimension to your sets.
Great explanation! I've always took this knowledge for granted. Really important to do these transitions correctly. Only thing I'd add is sitting at +- 2% is not a bad thing and if you know that you want to get from 120 to 130 use what I call "transition" or "filler" tunes to keep inching you forward. For me a "transition" is a medium level energy tune that will keep the crowd happy until you get to one that will boost the current energy level. You could even use some instrumentals of old "bangers".
Perfectly said.👍
Thanks Jamie. I've played a couple of sets in public but this will help me be more adventurous and more confident. Cheers from New Zealand
Ever heard of using both pitch sliders at the same time? Slowing the first down while speeding up the next or visa versa. This technique I used with vinyl back in the 90's, with the BPM marked on the corner of the sleeve. Aaah the memories are coming back. :-)
Haha 😂 exactly. New era DJs should definitely experience pressed vinyl and how to not only beat match and mix, but EQ with classic analogue. At least if they are going to pursue djing as a passion or hobby. No better skill training then starting with crappy belt drive tables to keep ya on your toes😅
Gotta be honest, slowly speeding up a track to get it back to its original tempo is a bad call. as a pro club dj for over 25 yrs, i dont think ive ever done that. Im my opinion and i think its a fair call, if you are playing a track 125 and another that 134 with a step down that much, you're not selecting the right music and most likely crossing over between genre types. Most house tracks will range around 122-126, most tech will range 124-128 and anything above is becoming EDM or psy. A good rule of thumb is always start mid range to give a flex of pitch. for example, Tech house is 124-128 so a good start pitch is 125/6 leading up to 128 at the end of your set. then you wont have much pitch step between tracks. Always try to not cross over genres unless you are making a significant and purposeful change like House to Hip Hop! You also have to consider your undulation which a good dj will do to give the people change to catch a breath. For those who are wondering; Undulation is to move smoothly up and down which in this case is your pitch / tempo
This is kind of what I was hinting at. Slowing down over time or making fast adjustments seems to be bad track selection, but can work in a pinch and sometimes we are not playing in such a serious fashion. I like smaller micro-adjustments over a few tracks to go from like I said earlier complementary genres like Deep to tech house or House to Tech/Bass/Future House. I still would be very picky about finding good tracks to help me make those transitions and having a plan for those tracks still being able to play the rest more on the fly. I say that but I typically have a decent idea of the order I'm going play the majority of my set. I tend to agree with you though.
my best memory of a dj speeding up track was DJ Umek (circa 1999)..he was playing a track on one turntable move fader to the other, backspin,
quickly pitch up (quite a bit, it was noticablle, and that made it great!!) the first track and bring the fader back to first track...2 bars latter repeat, 2 bars latter repeat... I think we ended at 150bpms after 4 or 5 backspinss... People went crazzzy So He did it intentionally as noticable as possible..
As long as he wasent showcasing one of his infamous G out sets where he would run a solid 10 seconds of clashing train wreck.
Thx so much for existing man! You re so awsome! Keep up good work and God bless
This is great. Many DJs I know, don't even do basic beat matching; but I do, so this is totally relevant.
Wow! Great tutorial!!!! Thanks for sharing the knowledge!!!!!!
Great tips, I usually do big swing in BPM during non percussion breakdowns also. Then also the long tempo change trick so crowd don’t realize it
Thanks for all these great videos what help me to get to grips with using the ddj 400 as a beginner 👌🏻👍🏻
Thanks alot u keep us going
That was excellent Jamie!!
Thanks Nick :)
this is the best advice i have gotten on deejaying tutorials
Great details for beginners Jamie..Love from Canada 👍
Thanks for this information 🙂👍
Speed up the current track to about +2. Now it’s at 128 slow the incoming track -2 to 128. Then after the blending is done you only have to go up +2.
Gil Boogie NYC exactly the same as I was going to write! Haha 😄
@@oledahl. Seems like common knowledge to do it that way. Maybe they're saving that for their paid lessons.
Definitely used a few variations of this technique - good tip
this exact question was torturing me!! ESPECIALLY considering i mix hip-hop and there's lots of vocals there 👀
thanx again!
you guys are the best!
Great tips!
This has been awesome
Pretty awesome video Thank You
Nice video!
Crazy well explained. Thank you very much sir.
Glad you found it useful! Thanks for watching!
So useful!!! 👌
This video is very helpful thank you👍
Great advice... kinda started doing that with EDM and House Techno... by the way I need your Jumper!! :-)
yesterday i struggled with it. Now i find it very helpful
Thanks so much for interesting tutorial!
Glad it was helpful! :D
Great video 👍🏿
You are so clear it's amezing I'm going to practice these 🎧
For me, the song I’m playing I’ll change the BPM either 2 - 5 bpms down or above. The next track im playing is where I’ll drastically make the change if needed. Then using a filter or some effect to bring it back where it should on the break down etc.
also what I find that helps, while I’m bringing up the cross fader of the track I’m mixing in is bring up the Hi simultaneously to help the smoothness and making it sound that much better and less drastic of what’s coming in.
This tip has helped me so much. Cheers.
Another great tip
Sweet appreciate it
thanks for this
this video helped me so much!!!! :D
Sometimes if you need to do it faster than 30-60 sec, i use the filter if i must to do it faster you can cut high if need to go slower way you can slowly cut low and than faster coming back with filter in drop or in 4-8-16-32. Thanks! I found this tip by myself and think its working not bad...
smart! thanks
Thank you!!! Pro tips
VERY USEFUL
Great tips thanks
No problem!
Wooow thanks !
Thanks ❤️
About 20 years ago it was common for garage DJ's like EZ to play a tune at +7, everyone used to do it. In fact I probably havent ever heard them being played anywhere near close to their original BMP. Also Judge Jules used to to it quick drastically too. The overall vibe of the tune still sounds the same so wouldn't worry too much about it.
Big up EZ
Word!
Thanks bro.
Dope songs!
7:18 - Jamie says "techno" like it's a naughty word :)
because it is :]
@@michagorecki8893 No
Real techno is supposed to be naughty🕺🏻😈
I also say,
“When in doubt, echo out”
(Or reverb 🤓)
Probably very useful for new djs. Never something I have ever thought of but both techniques you showed in this video I already do.
I do BPM changes from Deep House switching into tech house. I have some higher BPM Deep House that I mix with the slower BPM tech house that mixes better with deep House then I will move into regular tech house, it takes a few tracks and minor adjustments are made. Planning at least the few tracks around that make up the transition still gives you the opportunity to mix a majority of the deep house and tech house before and after the transition more on the fly.
Good lesson
This is very useful! However I do wonder what you would do for songs which may change very quickly with buildups and drops like some drum and bass or drumstep tracks. I feel like you don’t have enough time to blend them together. Also I find this controller really annoying due to the bpm being so fiddly and difficult to get on a whole number of bpm.
Most CDJS and even some turntables do not change the pitch when you change the BPMS.I seldom use this feature though as I basically pitch my tracks to one of 5 BPMS I use.I put a color coded sticker on each record indicating how much I have to change the pitch + or - and arrange them in my record box according the 5 BPMS I use.
Thanks for the tip, can you do a video on how to EQ
You can do a spin back on the jog wheel if the bpms start running off
Worth pointing out that Master tempo plays part in how it sounds !! if you play high tempo record with 2% pitch up !! it will sound slow !!! but if you then play it again with master tempo off !!! it will sound fast !!
the reason for that is software locks the pitch to scale type , what happens then is the groove sounds held back ( Hi Hats ) not as natural flow , software can't render parts into scales it renders the drums everything , which takes away the natural groove flow👍
I don't use master tempo or pitch lock, ez
Thank you.
If you know your playlist you can start your first song at a faster pace or slower pace
I love Mr. Crossfader!
I always adjust the bpm at the build up part + a little filter.
key correction or master tempo means slower faster is not such a problem but sometimes if you are not careful you can end up at one end and then theres the wide pitch or ultra pitch and things can get tricky but fear not .If you find things going to far in one direction then a gap or slowdown in a tune is one way out .A carefully timed chop here and there or gradual speed changes or cue point that shorten a tune and you just get out the other end or you use cue points to get to bit with a gap or no beats for a change in tempo.Or even if worst comes to the worst just let the track play out or you can use a post fader echo out at the right moment.
pushing sync button creates consistency.. but if you already have the correct bpm without pushing sync button this creates versatility with transition.
This is correct and good advice, but even when I started back in 1985, this was obvious to me without being told. And I'm not that clever of a guy. I would think this would be sorta instinctual, right??
Roger Walker definitely! 👍😂🤝
Yep. Same feeling here. Some beginners these days just don't want to think for themselves but want somebody to tell them everything how to do things.
Ian De Vos good point Ian De Vos!👍
Uhhm yeah, listening to the music you play really helps setting the tempo 👍
and back in the day, without key lock, was really obvious
I found on the DDJ 400, when I try to pull the tempo slider backwards it waits till I get to 0, then snaps back to the original BPM, it doesn't slowly wind down, even with BPM match turned off
another great video ! have you got Crossfader merch/hoodies/t-shirts for your fellow students ?
Merch is coming.... very.... very.... soon 👀
Good Video , I'll give some sound advise on this !!
in the vinyl era of DJ , we use to pitch records up faster plus 2% or more !!! give it bit of edge when mixing !! sounds better with the cross fader between records when switching ! example would be Kim English Nite Life (126) we use to pitch it up plus 3-4% to be near the 130 tempo area for mixing !!
Nice tutorial, does anyone know how to select tracks directly from ddj 200 and not from phone or laptop? thank you in advance
any tips on doing this with rnb, soul, or disco???
You're teaching man thnx a lot. Where can i buy those hoodies btw?
This is what the air horn was created for.
I don’t know about everybody else but I would like to see tutorials like this for difficult genres. Like banda
Lol
Just UA-cam Dj Netik. 3 deck vinyl analogue turntables flawlessly phrased , juggled and scratched into another 3 deck digital CDJ. From all styles of world, hip hop. Grindcore, happy hardcore, downtempo to dnb and country. You name it he mixes it. He has tutorials for all styles of hybrid mixing. Even was banned from competing in the world DMC championships yet was appointed as the ambassador and panel judge😅.
Great tutorial, thanks so much... Any chance you can show how to do a mix with reggae/dance hall /bashment music?.. A lot of reggae music has the same rhythm tracks but different artists recorded on them, theres a lot less beats in reggae music, so I find it hard to mix, I'm still a beginner, but do know the fundamentals of mixing... Thanks! 👍🏼
why not just watch some good djs in the style? ua-cam.com/video/FO6UboDqSqI/v-deo.html
Jamie is back
I'm thinking of making a come back, from a bedroom dj to a older bedroom dj 🤣🤣 I blame the lockdown.. and my midlife crisis 💯
I've not uploaded anything mix wise since 2013, and kind of fell of when the deep House bored me back onto call of duty again..
My question is, where do we go for our tracks these days? I've heard good things about subscription services, but I like the old wobblers, the jacking/ house & bass, I cant mix the minimal, or deep house genre, it's just not me, it bores me to tears.
I prefer the old skool, drum & bass and garage, but wanted the best quality available, and not the dodgy stuff that's not mixable 😁
Thanks for your time buddy 👍🏼
It's hard to find the older jackin music since bigtunesmp3 was closed down. We'd recommend looking on soundcloud, bandcamp and reaching out to some of the older producers directly!
I agree. I've found true gems on Bandcamp. I bought the whole discography of a record label that closed in 2014 for 10€ the other day. 80 albums of excellent sounding dub techno :D I like Beatport for the more commercial stuff. Got me some Rusko classics yesterday to have them in good quality. My ears were very happy about it.
Use traktor pro 3 and u can go up or down 25% on the tempo and the key lock is so good you won’t hear the difference
I think this all comes down to genres. I’ve been a mostly Hip Hop / R&B DJ for nearly 8 years and I would NEVER slow down a song…you can noticeably hear the energy draining out of it. In house music I can imagine it would be different. Just a tip from me!
I do slow downs and speed ups more often than most through my sets especially dropping down gives it a Texas style slowed down
I like doing long transitions with 3 tracks, no to little vocals and with key lock - I focus on percussion EQing, compressors and sometimes add drum samples. I just don't understand the issue with bumping the bpm (reducing can be a different thing because it stretches the sounds).
Please convince me.
I don't do it with vinyls or famous songs though. I don't mind listening to a techno song at +6bpm at all but I hate it when a DJ drops 3bpm too fast (you did it well though 👌🏼)
If it sounds good, it sounds good. Just a matter of knowing your tracks.
Great tutorial Jamie.
I have a question on when using sync Jamie. (I use the ddj400)
Why when used sync and then switch off can you not adjust the Bpm without having to physically push the tempo right back to the beginning and back again before it will allow you to adjust slowly again?? Is there a setting for how to get around this please what I am missing? I think if you take master tempo off it will allow you but I want it on?
I mainly use sync if messing with acapellas and want a perfect mashup but then need to say quickly mix into my next track soon after.
Thanks 🙏
Question please. I have my software install on my laptop and I'm using sb2 controller . When I use online it works , but when I turn off my wifi on my laptop it freezes t and it doest open the software.
What about the good old days when we was using vinyl? We never had all this technology then
A y esta chido como mezclas
200 bpm and higher boii. Aint got no time for slow music
Lmao😂🙌🏽
Omg I made this mistake so much and when I listen to my old old recordings. I’m like wow this sounds terrible
Whenever I spin the jog wheel, the Song pitches up or down for a little short moment, is there any way in rekordbox to get around this?
You should do this video again.. but with ,
Hardcore/Gabber..😁 😆
i haave a problem, sometimes when mixing you know the BPM always show on the top of the jog on your computer.........but sometimes it just show blank, like for an istance you are mixing 89.5 bpm on one go on when mixing the bpm will not show again, i sometimes bring the song in a gest way.
and again my other problem is if i am mixing 83.2 bpm song i will mix perfectly but it some times change if i load a song of 89.2 bpm then when i load another song again that have the same bpm but it sometimes chang to 103.5 so i find it difficult to 89.2 from 103.5 bpm
for an example if am mixing [Nicki Minaj - Right by my side feat. Chris Brown] of 82.0 bpm and i want to mix [mims_-_this_is_why_im_hot] of 80.0 bpm it change to 109.8 bpm so i find it difficult to matcth it up even they are the same bpm. please sir i need your help.
Please teach some techniques for transactions between
House music (specially 'bass house') 126- 130
Trap or Dubstep 140 - 150 &
DnB around 180
On controller and player both if possible
🙏🙏
House is 120 to 130 I would say
@@gabemusicofficial5448 yes sir thats true.. i actually asked for 126 128 cuz i have wide range of collection between that bpm range and mostly i play around them
174bpm😉😉
transitions? use the pitch. +7% one -7% other. Use 45/33rpm buttons. get tracks of all bpms. You can use half time or double time to pitch larger increments.. use a 65bpm track after the 130bpm track, pitch up to around dubstep/trap speed. Pitch that up and mix some juke or jungle. Then pitch that up and mix some dnb and hardcore. Then pitch that up and mix some breakcore and terrorcore. Etc.
@@psilocybinting6103 lol
Keylock baby! #Serato worth its weight 💪🏾
It's definitely another tool for sure that can come in handy, especially as you move genres. I'm still careful not to over use that or use it in all situations. But great pointl
For people who don't know: Dutch Bubbeling started by playing some Jamaica music at too fast rates. It's become a whole genre. Playing Afrojack Moombah (Afrojack) too slow became Moombahton...
Please make a video for mixing future bass video with progressive house video
What’s the equipment you have above the pioneer fjx4 mix board?
Hi! Can answer to why you cant zero out / make the BPMS equal everytime? My friend can do this with no problem using his mixer but with the DDJ400 I cant.
forums.pioneerdj.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360040361732-DDJ-400-Tempo-Slider-Sensitivity give this a read, I found the same thing
In long build ups, like in "Seek Bromance", in order to bring more tension and make the drop sounds better, I like to slow the bpm, making the buildup longer, and carefully bringing it to where I want to.
2.5 minutes in. Let's go.
Who can tell me how possible its to download music from Spotify and what is name of site?
Hi Jamie i bought DDJ SB3 and used dual rca male to 1/4 in male to connect to my sony xp 700 speaker (only input/output) I am getting a lot of choppy sound lately, i changed the cables multiple times and the problems persist. I do not know if the problem is my SB3 controller or Tidal (where i pull my music from) or the speaker (its brand-new and works very well when i connect from iphone via Bluetooth) which integrates with Serato. Any guidance would be appreciate it
Hey Albert, choppyness and latency are usually due to the DSP (digital signal processor) of the speaker. A lot of speakers have this unfortunately. I can tell you one speaker that is widely used and coveted by the DJ community are though Minirig 3 portable speakers. The bad news is since they are hand built with quality parts in the UK they are damn pricey. They also make a portable subwoofer too and you can daisy chain them together. Check em out if you are really serious about getting a nice little speaker to mix on. Cheers 🥂
Rules are meant to be broken, use your ears, Fatboy slim used to slam Techno records at 45RPM because why not. But make sure to develop taste before attempting things like this in a live situation.
Last good one I heard was Taki Latex mixing down "Your Name" by Swedish House mafia at 140bpm from a techno tune.
That's why vinly was better the bpms where printed on the label so you knew what records went with each other