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Would Like To Start Dj'ing...
Where do I start? What tools should I purchase? Is it really difficult to learn dj'ing?
Please any help, I am lost...
Are you serious? (serious question).
The best place I know that can answer this is www.**********.com
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| Originally posted by DJ RANN Are you serious? (serious question). |
nah, it's the internet.
watch some youtube vids,
get something like traktor LE bundled with a cheap-ish DJ controller
learn a bit
then buy a better controller
learn a bit more
then get some CDJ 2000
Profit
T
PS - You'll need tunes too
So CDJ 2000 is the big boy, but you're suggesting me a path to the top.
And regarding "Traktor LE", this should be like the software version of the big boy that would teach me the principles?
yes. it comes free with many of the cheap controllers
back in my day you learned to mix on a mates technics 1200's and learned to DJ at house parties or to a few mates in your bedroom.
I've only been DJing for 2.5 years accumitvely and in my bedroom but I'll try to give you a hand. First off it's not rocket science, if you already have a background in production you should be able to learn basic mixing in an hour. I started DJing before producing so it took me awhile.
As for gear don't make a big investment in the beginning. You don't need CDJ 2000's to mix in your bedroom and realistically you don't NEED high end equipment of that calibur to get started gigging. I was an idiot and started with a numark mixdeck express which is very limited in capabilites and has no built in effects. Look into some cheap controllers with built in effects. The Pioneer DDJ series offers a wide variety of quality controllers for a reasonable price. http://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-DDJ-S...rds=pioneer+ddj This is the one I have been using ever since I got rid of that POS mixdeck express and I would reccomend it to anyone, I plan on using this till I can afford a CDJ 2000/DJM 1000 setup and possibly here and there after that.
Make sure you get a controller with a built in sound card if you are not wanting to shell out extra cash for an audio interface. Now another thing to consider is what laptop to use. If you already have one or even a desktop that will work for now, when you get more serious and think about possibly gigging you may want to invest in something more reliable and tuned to the purpose. I am a scrub and play on an ASUS gaming laptop though most of the people on here will probably flame me and say go Mac which if you are going to Gig live they are right. Windows crashes easily and also causes sound glitches. You also want to consider what software you are going to use for virtual mixing if you go the controller route as I have recommended. I naturally hate numark so don't ask me about Serato, but as for anything else they all pretty much do the same thing and I've used most of the big name ones. Depends on what you're mixing too. Virtual DJ is my go to. Traktor has alot of features that are made for certain Traktor specific controllers so if you want to get the most out of it I would check out some of the traktor specific controllers but otherwise I say VDJ FTW.
Now that you have your gear comes the fun part. Mixing. The first advice I can give has nothing to do with your decks, which is listen to ALOT of fucking music. all day everywhere,at work if you can,while your cooking,cleaning,studying...and be thinking about how the songs are built and how you could lead different ones into each other. There is this theory known as harmonic mixing which involves mixing songs by relative key but you don't HAVE to mix that way. Their are several other aspects of a tune that can allow them to blend well into each other, and there are also times when 2 songs may be in relative keys and sound fucking awful fading in/out of each other. When you start to think about gigging I also suggest listening to radio shows in you're respective genre as well as going to clubs and events and observing the dance floor to see whats hot and how people react to different tunes/styles.
When mixing.NEVER,EVER use the crossfader. Most controllers and mixers allow you to disable it but if not just leave it center and don't touch it. You wanna use you're up and down faders instead, It gives you a lot more control of how you come in and out of your songs.For starters, don't mess around with effects or anything. Try mixing different songs together 2 and 3 at a time or however long of a set as you'd like and just screw with the EQ's,get used to how they affect the track and how adjusting them can help the mix between the two tunes. I.E the kick is the low frequency aswell as the bassline,when coming into a mix assuming you have both tunes synces properly,your kick on deck 2 my be overpowering deck 1,you will want to lower the low on 2 to keep 1's kick while maybe bringing in the lead (usually mid) from 2 over the kick and bassline(lows) on 1.And tip...never do vocals ontop of vocals.It gets a little more complicated and I'm not going to write anymore about it because I'm not an expert myself yet but I hope I helped a bit.I apologize for poor grammar,bad terminology and etc...ahead of time. You might wanna check this guy out most of what I know comes from him https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr..._eA71X2quaKvziw
Get one of the pioneer controllers. Watch a few youtube videos on beat matching, phrasing, eqing, and how to dj. Get some tracks from beatport. And youre ready to be a super star!
Use serato, not traktor
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| Originally posted by Vida1003 I've only been DJing for 2.5 years accumitvely and in my bedroom but I'll try to give you a hand. First off it's not rocket science, if you already have a background in production you should be able to learn basic mixing in an hour. I started DJing before producing so it took me awhile. As for gear don't make a big investment in the beginning. You don't need CDJ 2000's to mix in your bedroom and realistically you don't NEED high end equipment of that calibur to get started gigging. I was an idiot and started with a numark mixdeck express which is very limited in capabilites and has no built in effects. Look into some cheap controllers with built in effects. The Pioneer DDJ series offers a wide variety of quality controllers for a reasonable price. http://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-DDJ-S...rds=pioneer+ddj This is the one I have been using ever since I got rid of that POS mixdeck express and I would reccomend it to anyone, I plan on using this till I can afford a CDJ 2000/DJM 1000 setup and possibly here and there after that. Make sure you get a controller with a built in sound card if you are not wanting to shell out extra cash for an audio interface. Now another thing to consider is what laptop to use. If you already have one or even a desktop that will work for now, when you get more serious and think about possibly gigging you may want to invest in something more reliable and tuned to the purpose. I am a scrub and play on an ASUS gaming laptop though most of the people on here will probably flame me and say go Mac which if you are going to Gig live they are right. Windows crashes easily and also causes sound glitches. You also want to consider what software you are going to use for virtual mixing if you go the controller route as I have recommended. I naturally hate numark so don't ask me about Serato, but as for anything else they all pretty much do the same thing and I've used most of the big name ones. Depends on what you're mixing too. Virtual DJ is my go to. Traktor has alot of features that are made for certain Traktor specific controllers so if you want to get the most out of it I would check out some of the traktor specific controllers but otherwise I say VDJ FTW. Now that you have your gear comes the fun part. Mixing. The first advice I can give has nothing to do with your decks, which is listen to ALOT of fucking music. all day everywhere,at work if you can,while your cooking,cleaning,studying...and be thinking about how the songs are built and how you could lead different ones into each other. There is this theory known as harmonic mixing which involves mixing songs by relative key but you don't HAVE to mix that way. Their are several other aspects of a tune that can allow them to blend well into each other, and there are also times when 2 songs may be in relative keys and sound fucking awful fading in/out of each other. When you start to think about gigging I also suggest listening to radio shows in you're respective genre as well as going to clubs and events and observing the dance floor to see whats hot and how people react to different tunes/styles. When mixing.NEVER,EVER use the crossfader. Most controllers and mixers allow you to disable it but if not just leave it center and don't touch it. You wanna use you're up and down faders instead, It gives you a lot more control of how you come in and out of your songs.For starters, don't mess around with effects or anything. Try mixing different songs together 2 and 3 at a time or however long of a set as you'd like and just screw with the EQ's,get used to how they affect the track and how adjusting them can help the mix between the two tunes. I.E the kick is the low frequency aswell as the bassline,when coming into a mix assuming you have both tunes synces properly,your kick on deck 2 my be overpowering deck 1,you will want to lower the low on 2 to keep 1's kick while maybe bringing in the lead (usually mid) from 2 over the kick and bassline(lows) on 1.And tip...never do vocals ontop of vocals.It gets a little more complicated and I'm not going to write anymore about it because I'm not an expert myself yet but I hope I helped a bit.I apologize for poor grammar,bad terminology and etc...ahead of time. You might wanna check this guy out most of what I know comes from him https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr..._eA71X2quaKvziw |
count beats and hit the sync button lol
Remember you need to link the cdjs in order to use the sync button 
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| Originally posted by PaULiN0 Remember you need to link the cdjs in order to use the sync button |
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| Originally posted by discobiscuit You do mixes in ableton lol |
I def dont any of your garbage tips. Learn how make some proper kicks. Lets see if you can make abetter mixdown then me if not then stfu.
Juan Paulino - Forever In Time (WIP) by Juan Paulino
LMAO
Your plain garbage.
Maybe if you get at least more than 40 downloads a week, I might just listen to one of your tips.
Maaybe one you'll find a decent fan base. Right now nobody likes your shit man, so stfu.
Here look 50, 000 plays and close to 5,000 downloads.
http://www.house-mixes.com/profile/juanpaulino
ok in sound cloud i have almost 2 thousand downloads and 12,000 plays.
I-tunes i can't check, i deleted it from my hard drive. I hardly put anything up there actually thanks for reminding me.
I get so much feedback in dj mixes on productions and remixes. Oh juan your the greatest blah blah. You don't get not didly squat.
It has a crappy playback engine, I don't ever use it. My 2nd ever completed track was signed and honestly i only made about 35 dollars. I haven't submitted anything else to anyone yet. If anyone ever looks back on your productions their gonna say you were garbage at the beginning and to me you still are. You haven't progressed one bit, same puny kicks, structure and synths. Your old and have been doing for a long ass time so get it together. Obviously you haven't read all my entire feedback, to start with the read the first on my profile idiot.
Oh Palmy Palmy when will you learn...
Paulino you are so fucking lame u probably account for 99% of your streams and downloads. I can literally see you sitting there downloading your own tracks hundreds and thousands of times. You have several accounts on TA. You prob have several accounts on soundcloud and everywhere else. You live in a self serving fantasy world. Its all just a show u put on to make yourself look/feel better about yourself.
You're a fucking joke upload one picture of you DJing in a club in front of people and I will eat my own shit. Im that confident itll never happen.
You fuckin troll newbs "oh hey dont forget to link your cdjs to sync" and you do mixes in ableton. You have some serious mental problems if you dont see how pathetic you are.
You can't fix a problem until you admit there is one. Wake up
Ehh yeah buddy, i waste my time redownloading my own sets because i would like to be cool as discobiscuit. Give me a fucking break you commercial djing prick. Try not to waste my time with your posts. You can't even find something worth saying that will eve get close to an attack LOL. I'm done with this idiot.
Im guessing you have an IQ in the low 90's.
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