How To Mix Better?
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Deadfunk replied on Mon Nov 5, 2007 @ 8:13am |
 Coolness: 153915 | yeah fishead, thats great, i used to sort them by genre/label, bouncy with bouncy, trancy with trancy, ect. its nice, but still when you are trying to find a track lets say on a b side, but the a side is not the same genre, you still have to go trough all your plates
and yes, i like b sides =P |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PitaGore replied on Mon Nov 5, 2007 @ 4:03pm |
 Coolness: 472715 | djs should have caddies like golf players do lol |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» fishead replied on Mon Nov 5, 2007 @ 11:16pm |
 Coolness: 76580 | Stunna... I'm pretty sure all the ultra-famous ones have someone that carts their shit around (they probably have someone else that washes their balls, too). The rest of us have to settle for carrying our own golf bags... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Etch_A_Sketch replied on Fri Nov 16, 2007 @ 10:52pm |
 Coolness: 44940 | Okay, so I wore out my first needle today, I'm starting to realise this is quite an expensive enterprise!!! But, I wore it all the way down, until the pimple was completely flat,....and apparently this is horrible because the needle gets sharper before it gets duller. My poor vinyl.
The thing is, I don't exactly have the best sound system, so I didn't notice distortion of any sort...and I don't own a microscope, so how is it that everyone knows when to change their needles? Shouldn't I be able to tell in my headphones? I read something else about scratching, it said I should set my anti-skating to 0, does anyone actually do this? I also read some statistic that says you get about 200 plays out of each record and I'm suddenly scared because....noone ever showed me how to set up needles, I just read the instructions. I understand the bit about balancing the tone arm properly without the needle and then turning it so much for the weight of the needle. I usually increase and decrease the weight at the opposite end of the tonearm depending on whether the needle is picking up dust or jumping grooves. I guess I should redo it all, but is there maybe something I missed? I apologize in advance for the rather boring questions, but everyone I know likes guitars better. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» fishead replied on Sat Nov 17, 2007 @ 2:42am |
| Coolness: 76580 | dig up the Technics 1200 FAQ... because what you've described sounds nothing like properly balancing a tone-arm... if the needle is picking up dust then you need to clean your records... if it's jumping grooves then you might be able to fix that by working with the anti-skate... which controls a spring that pulls the needle towards the outside of the record (to prevent it from skipping forwards)...
If you've got your tone-arm properly balanced and are just using it for playing records (ie: not scratching/juggling/back-cueing a whole lot) then you should set the anti-skate to the same as the tracking weight... if you do this and drop the needle on a piece of untracked vinyl (ie: the smooth side of a single sided record) it will stay in the same place on the record. If the anti-skate is too high it will pull towards the outside, if it's too low it will move towards the center. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Deadfunk replied on Sun Nov 18, 2007 @ 11:07am |
| Coolness: 153915 | fish has it, but i just wanna add something, the weight on the needle doesn't really change anything sound wise and almost anything wear wise, its just makes it harder to jump when back spinning and cueing, in the kind of music that we play with turntables, we wont loose any quality or almost, with a lot of weight, because the tracks are compressed, so there are less gaps between sounds, compared to classical or jazz, lets say
the thing with the 200 plays per vinyl cant be said quite like this, i mean, yes its a limited number of play, because the needle wears the vinyl everytime, but it depend on the quality of the vinyl and most of it what you do with it. example if a vinyl was only good for 200 times, really, then anyone who scratches wouldn't be able to finish their routines because they can play/cue the vinyl more than 200 times in a routine. but yes, the volume of the track diminishes a tiny tiny bit every time you play it, but you will almost never hear it. my father still has vinyl he usd to listen all the time when he was young, and they still play very fine. now i gotta eat, im sure other will have thing to argue or add in this subject, and its not a boring question, its an important question for everyone who wants to mix, they have to know how to use and set their gears properly, and what is the normal wear of the vinyl, and the needle |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cutterhead replied on Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 4:23pm |
 Coolness: 132505 | false, if you would have a scope and slept every night with your computer, youll realize weight is part of the sound generation, you have a car ? do you drift ? havent you notice you tire fucks off when you drift hard or when you have a gmc 2500 truck with the possibility of carriin a ton, and overload it, thell me
your sens tells you nothing wrong, and ill say your high as a kite, get it to fligh right the next time. THE TRICK TO MIX BETTER; ONLY LISTEN TO THE MUSIC YOU LIKE , AND DONT LISTEN TO ANY OF THE MORONS HERE, MISELF INCL, DONT WNAT TO TALK BACK ANYWAYS IM RIGHT. vinyl degen isnt a feature its a fact, when your not in lalaland ******* AND I HAVE A TECHNICS 1200 MK2 SERVICING MANUAL SO FUCK OFF ******** dennis leary inspires me |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» ONE.LAB.RAT replied on Wed Apr 23, 2008 @ 4:53am |
 Coolness: 77165 | obsecion is all u need . u r not #1 /// as a dj i fuck da muz in the ass and as a dancer da muz rape's me !!! beat to beat cue cue cue cue vynil cd waves mp3 8 tracks video dvd beta hd
and you r the master (#1)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Wed Apr 23, 2008 @ 5:06am |
 Coolness: 686500 | That's really the best way to go about things. Become totally obsessed with mixing untill you're your favorite DJ. Don't settle for second place; if you're gonna be a scratch DJ, make it your goal to be better than Crazy, Q-Bert, Mixmaster Mike, etc.. If you're gonna just mix, aim to be better than your "idol". The mindset that you're the best there is helps get rid of the anxiety of playing out, and makes you a hell of a lot more confident about what you're doing, so you're a lot less likely to fuck up 'cause you're nervous. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» ONE.LAB.RAT replied on Wed Apr 23, 2008 @ 11:45am |
| Coolness: 77165 | best? no! !" love? yes! obsessed about the math of mixing . i am more like a nerd whit a.d.d...
i dont want be the best (i like to have ppl to look up to, craze,q-bert,jeff mill,hellfish,producer. u can be at the top but there no such thing as number 1. just try to be number 3 in a dmc contest(madness)!!! [ youtube.com ] |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» mAd-kiloZ replied on Fri Apr 25, 2008 @ 12:12am |
 Coolness: 92075 | mAnA in scratch kicks ass... d.j. mananananananamananananananaman
mana has a scratch school... [ soulmechanics-dj.com ] 3875-A st.denis montreal (514)575-7584 his studio is insane.. he built it from scratch... and he went through all sorts of obstacles to make his turf what it is... respect the mana man... |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» rawali replied on Fri Apr 25, 2008 @ 9:56am |
 Coolness: 141595 | heehe he built it from scratch
mana rocks... hes bloody nuts |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» MelooDie replied on Fri Apr 25, 2008 @ 2:36pm |
 Coolness: 249485 | come see him tonight @ vinyl! mana for FREE woot |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cutterhead replied on Fri Apr 25, 2008 @ 11:57pm |
| Coolness: 132505 | i think its the first time i see bleeding intelligent comments and no stupid pretentious shithead that drops in saying "hez" ze shit. but q bert is the shit in that vid, remind me of xmas santa, the alien and alll thos halluciningly funny and trippy work by dj who know what they play and how to play it.
you got a broken fader, and your poor as shit in the street call me thou, il take it apart and retweek the contacts inside :D (free pub of a struggling repairman whoz should make more money once in a while lolol) neko |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» ONE.LAB.RAT replied on Sun Apr 27, 2008 @ 3:01pm |
| Coolness: 77165 | im da shit(full of terd)tabarnak!!! |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Turtle replied on Mon Apr 28, 2008 @ 2:20pm |
 Coolness: 69215 | for beat matching i practiced sometimes with 45's and put them on 33 and beat matched like that,
i also beat matched the same records until i got those beat matched...I also integrated alot of diffrent musik while beat matching after i got my 2 records beat matched ( while doing it over and over until i got it) i would re-use one of them that i matched then take another of a diffrent style and beat match that one on top of the one i beat matched previously.... Hope that helps... Update » Turtle wrote on Mon Apr 28, 2008 @ 2:23pm i learned to mix by myself and still have ALOT TO LEARN Update » Turtle wrote on Mon Apr 28, 2008 @ 2:24pm i had a dj of 15 year alos show me a couple things....And now i am more comfortable doing what i do and now understand the music a whole lot better |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Mon Apr 28, 2008 @ 2:35pm |
| Coolness: 686500 | yeah that really helps also; mix stuff you wouldn't normaly hear together, mix it at diffrent speeds (drum and bass at 33 makes for some amazing breaks)
something that also helps is acapellas; beatmatch acapellas from hiphop tracks over your tunes. It gets you used to mixing using just sparse melodies instead of beats, and that way you get better at mixing "impossible" things or songs that have atmospheric/beatless intros. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Turtle replied on Mon Apr 28, 2008 @ 2:43pm |
| Coolness: 69215 | ya i also was able to beat match u2 on vinyl where the streets have no name with some track of preach it was a bit off but pretty good control.... |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Mon Apr 28, 2008 @ 2:44pm |
| Coolness: 686500 | yeah, finding stuff with a live drummer, but that was done to a click track, works well. I've mixed ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man, with some old hard acid before, and it sounds amazing. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Turtle replied on Mon Apr 28, 2008 @ 2:46pm |
| Coolness: 69215 | ya i have a full milk crate of that stuff old stuff from 80-90's on vinyl should really look into it... I have april wine hahahah and olivia newton john even funnier!!!!Just stuff like that i should really look at what i have....would be nice to fuck around with.... |
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