DJ skills, tips, tricks and techniques

[Rasta Eddy]

[Cellsplitt]

A technique I use all the time (normally on intros of a set) is lower the Bass, and after 8 - 16 bars (depending on how long the intro is), I bring in the Bass back in. And another little technique I use when djing is lower the bass on the last 4 bars before a Drop or chorus of a track starts and bring it back in dead on the spot Thought I'd let you know what I do with bass'

[Johnnystorm]

Alright guys I'm new to the forum, and I'm sorry if this has already been posted on here. But I was just wondering, how would I be able to do better transitions as mine always seem to be terrible, and I end up bring the track in to late or to early. Any kind of help would be great, also can anyone point me to a website, video, or book on EQ. Thanks in advance guys.

[Rasta Eddy]

Alright guys I'm new to the forum, and I'm sorry if this has already been posted on here. But I was just wondering, how would I be able to do better transitions as mine always seem to be terrible, and I end up bring the track in to late or to early. Any kind of help would be great, also can anyone point me to a website, video, or book on EQ. Thanks in advance guys.

Hmm, I'm not a superstar DJ but reading your problem it sounds like it's just experience + knowing the tracks you are playing? If you know how both tracks are built up you figure out automatically what points you can start in the new track and on which point you can fade it in? I just DJ every now and then at small party thingies so I'm not a real DJ. I'm sure someone from here could comment on this!

[Johnnystorm]

Alright guys I'm new to the forum, and I'm sorry if this has already been posted on here. But I was just wondering, how would I be able to do better transitions as mine always seem to be terrible, and I end up bring the track in to late or to early. Any kind of help would be great, also can anyone point me to a website, video, or book on EQ. Thanks in advance guys.

Hmm, I'm not a superstar DJ but reading your problem it sounds like it's just experience + knowing the tracks you are playing? If you know how both tracks are built up you figure out automatically what points you can start in the new track and on which point you can fade it in? I just DJ every now and then at small party thingies so I'm not a real DJ. I'm sure someone from here could comment on this!

Thanks for the reply, its just hard for me to DJ. I'm sure I'll get the hang of it eventually.

[Rasta Eddy]

Alright guys I'm new to the forum, and I'm sorry if this has already been posted on here. But I was just wondering, how would I be able to do better transitions as mine always seem to be terrible, and I end up bring the track in to late or to early. Any kind of help would be great, also can anyone point me to a website, video, or book on EQ. Thanks in advance guys.

Hmm, I'm not a superstar DJ but reading your problem it sounds like it's just experience + knowing the tracks you are playing? If you know how both tracks are built up you figure out automatically what points you can start in the new track and on which point you can fade it in? I just DJ every now and then at small party thingies so I'm not a real DJ. I'm sure someone from here could comment on this!

Thanks for the reply, its just hard for me to DJ. I'm sure I'll get the hang of it eventually.

I completely understand, I had the same thing. Just keep on DJing. Things will make sense at one time, and when it does, the fun will start even more!

[KodeAM]

Alright guys I'm new to the forum, and I'm sorry if this has already been posted on here. But I was just wondering, how would I be able to do better transitions as mine always seem to be terrible, and I end up bring the track in to late or to early. Any kind of help would be great, also can anyone point me to a website, video, or book on EQ. Thanks in advance guys.

Hmm, I'm not a superstar DJ but reading your problem it sounds like it's just experience + knowing the tracks you are playing? If you know how both tracks are built up you figure out automatically what points you can start in the new track and on which point you can fade it in? I just DJ every now and then at small party thingies so I'm not a real DJ. I'm sure someone from here could comment on this!

Thanks for the reply, its just hard for me to DJ. I'm sure I'll get the hang of it eventually.

I completely understand, I had the same thing. Just keep on DJing. Things will make sense at one time, and when it does, the fun will start even more!

Agree with rasta eddy, seems you begining to dj. If you use traktor, or really any other software that shows you the grafic of the track (like a draw) you can easlly nail the transition, for instance you know that track on deck 1 is going to lose the "edge" 16bars from now, and the track on deck 2 only pumps in 16 bars from the begining, press play (deck2) and.. there you go!! You should get the endcome you expect, dont forget beatmatching, I think thats not your problem but just in case... dont forget, also, to cut the bass of the track you bringing in.. only one kick(bass) should be playing.This is really the basic stuff, practice and you'll see its easy. It resumes to knowing the tracks you're going to play. Than when you get more confortable try new thing, be creative

[Johnnystorm]

Alright guys I'm new to the forum, and I'm sorry if this has already been posted on here. But I was just wondering, how would I be able to do better transitions as mine always seem to be terrible, and I end up bring the track in to late or to early. Any kind of help would be great, also can anyone point me to a website, video, or book on EQ. Thanks in advance guys.

Hmm, I'm not a superstar DJ but reading your problem it sounds like it's just experience + knowing the tracks you are playing? If you know how both tracks are built up you figure out automatically what points you can start in the new track and on which point you can fade it in? I just DJ every now and then at small party thingies so I'm not a real DJ. I'm sure someone from here could comment on this!

Thanks for the reply, its just hard for me to DJ. I'm sure I'll get the hang of it eventually.

I completely understand, I had the same thing. Just keep on DJing. Things will make sense at one time, and when it does, the fun will start even more!

Agree with rasta eddy, seems you begining to dj. If you use traktor, or really any other software that shows you the grafic of the track (like a draw) you can easlly nail the transition, for instance you know that track on deck 1 is going to lose the "edge" 16bars from now, and the track on deck 2 only pumps in 16 bars from the begining, press play (deck2) and.. there you go!! You should get the endcome you expect, dont forget beatmatching, I think thats not your problem but just in case... dont forget, also, to cut the bass of the track you bringing in.. only one kick(bass) should be playing.This is really the basic stuff, practice and you'll see its easy. It resumes to knowing the tracks you're going to play. Than when you get more confortable try new thing, be creative

Thanks for the reply, and advice. I haven't had practiced djing in a while to be honest, been busy with other things such as school and working on a new track. I'll try and get some in tomorrow or something if I have some time, if not then by the weekend for sure, thanks again.

[iSephMusic]

heres a facebook group we can use to talk about it and share videos, ect

https://www.facebook.com/groups/335536509801387/

[rwainwright1]

guys, i just purchased a pair of the pioneer 350s, and i just can't get my head around the beatmatching on then, normally as i understand you change the pitch, put the song on beat and move the jog wheel to get them perfectly on beat, but when i move the jog wheel it doesn't do much, should i put it on a different mode?

alsooo is there any way i can use the hot cues in rekordbox on them??
the internet hasn't helped me, i just keep getting videos of avicii.....

[Rasta Eddy]

guys, i just purchased a pair of the pioneer 350s, and i just can't get my head around the beatmatching on then, normally as i understand you change the pitch, put the song on beat and move the jog wheel to get them perfectly on beat, but when i move the jog wheel it doesn't do much, should i put it on a different mode?

alsooo is there any way i can use the hot cues in rekordbox on them??
the internet hasn't helped me, i just keep getting videos of avicii.....

I've never touched those 350's so I don't know how the jog is feeling on there, but they do support the use of Pioneer's Rekordbox software. I guess this guy shows you how a few basics work:



Just don't forget to export your tracks to an usb device!

[rwainwright1]

guys, i just purchased a pair of the pioneer 350s, and i just can't get my head around the beatmatching on then, normally as i understand you change the pitch, put the song on beat and move the jog wheel to get them perfectly on beat, but when i move the jog wheel it doesn't do much, should i put it on a different mode?

alsooo is there any way i can use the hot cues in rekordbox on them??
the internet hasn't helped me, i just keep getting videos of avicii.....

I've never touched those 350's so I don't know how the jog is feeling on there, but they do support the use of Pioneer's Rekordbox software. I guess this guy shows you how a few basics work:



Just don't forget to export your tracks to an usb device!

yeah man i know how rekord box works, but there doesn't seem to be any way of using the loops and pre set hot cues on the 350s, and yeah the well i still need some help with the jog wheel problem :/ but thanks for the help

[Maven]

Well moving the jog wheel from the sides is moving the beat forward or backwards very slightly, it is used to align the beat if you hit play couple ms late or early.

[rwainwright1]

Well moving the jog wheel from the sides is moving the beat forward or backwards very slightly, it is used to align the beat if you hit play couple ms late or early.

Awesome, I did actually work that out haha have you got the 350s do you know if you can use the hot cues etc on the 350s???

[Philippe]

i dj @ cdj 350 regurlary at our student association and have to say they are pretty precise. not much difference with 2000 if you just look at the beatmatching part.