The Beat Pharmacy
Cookin Up Dat Dope
What happens if you go blind? LOL your DJ career is over.
BrownWonda
indians love hip-hop.
well... what happens if u go deaf? or u lose a hand? WHAT IF U LOSE BOTH? what if iran blows a nuke and the resulting emp wipes out our entire digital storage systems? il go to pure vinyl if that happens and say FP told me so
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Mkern_22
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Some of the most interested and exciting mixes I've heard have come from headphoneless dudes on ableton. (I know - some may say that it is not DJing...but they're naive.)
Bottom line is - it doesn't matter. The easier it is to beatmatch, the more creative you can be. ez. How you learn is a non-issue because technology is only going to make it more easy as time progresses.
Get Serato if you want. Get CDJs, get 1200s, get Ableton. Then learn whichever you choose. The more time you put into it, the more you'll realize that it doesn't matter because the end result is the same.
Read dj this, real dj that...are you people serious?
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robmixx
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A tree grows from the roots up, with that said, learn the most basic form of mixing (beatmatching) first. Use your ears, then evolve from there. Then no matter what format you choose, you will have no problems. Peace be with you............Rob Mixx
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Influential
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thats all you need to know, start with beatmatching without waves
as it will help you in the long run, but at the end of the day when your djing at the club, why not look at the waves once in a while, just to speed things up abit, alot of you "real" dj's are too narrowminded,
serato is here to stay, we never go back to the time we HAD to beatmatch by the ear.
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Johnpuga1982
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Influential;48778074we never go back to the time we HAD to beatmatch by the ear.[/QUOTE said:
Renaissance31
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God forbid you should have to LISTEN to music while you DJ when you can see the squiggly line it makes.
psi2fly
Tyler James
Well said, i learnt by ear on the old 100's, now days its too easy for people to become dj's the BPM is already there, the technology is good, and so it all comes down to $$$. For the guys out there who only know how to mix using equipment, what happens when you get asked to play a gig and when you rock up they have vinyl there waiting for you. A bit stuck i would imagine.
Learn the old school way, you just never
know when technology will FAIL.
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JSiQ
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I can't believe this post has so many replies... It comes down to this: buy serato and practice without looking at the waveforms, there's even a hidden feature to take them out! (YouTube it) I come from the days where I brought 5 crates to every gig, do I miss it, he'll no! U can't even beat match with waves anyway, **** is still off even if those damn things are aligned
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markmorgan10
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Can't beat using sound. Waveforms are quicker but I can't think when they'd ever be better
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DjDontStop
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I agree with robmixx ^^
learn with your ears using only vinyl's first, it will help so much! then any other method traktor/serato etc will be so much easier.
I think that a "dj" SHOULD be able to beat match before ever using an auto sync like in traktor or serato.
I dont think using traktor or serato makes u a cheat if you can actually beatmatch b4 hand
if u can't beatmatch then face it you are cheatin just a bit! with the help of new tech.But using traktor/serato autosync can free you up to do more things like effects, loops, cue, etc
If i had the choice of only one method it would be vinyl, sounds is strong vibrant u have more control/feel with the record than an mp3/wav but u do have a little more risk like needle jumping/bumps/scratched records.
still using numark Pro-TT 100's they waver a little/torque no-where near a technic but they get the jobdone
Words of wisdom: learn on vinyls, if u dont have vinyls don't use auto sync untill u have the beatmatching and beatcounting sorted. after u have that sorted. do what you want!
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