Beating matching is crucial by getting to know the bars of music and the BPM I use both the jog wheel on CDj’s and the speed control at the same to catch the beat. But DJING is MUCH EASIER FOR PEOPLE now than it was with turntables my best advice is take your time and your totally correct with two of the same records go back and forth. I remember doing this with my turntables back around 88’ and you will get frustrated you just take your time and I think people should practice with also instrumental house music it’s easy to hear the count of the beats to practice
Excellent tutorial. I especially like that you demonstrated matching beats without the beat counting feature of the CDJs. I learned to spin in the day of vinyl and turntables and can really appreciate what you're saying about not relying on the equipment to do the work for you. Nicely done.
+1. never rely on the beat counter,it's the easy way out! if you get the chance learn on SL1210's. you have to do it by ear,and every set is different, like learning to drive a car.
Dude! This is by far the best video tutorial on how to beat match! Thanks to you I have just been able to beat match!!! (or I think I have haha) Great video and easy to understand!
Best advice I’ve ever had about beat matching was match the claps or snares in your headphones to what’s playing on the sound system. Practice by playing same track on deck 1 and deck 2 reason being you know it’s gonna be same bpm just have to drop on beat and drag or push the platter depending on which way beat starts to drift.
I would argue the magic lies not in the way you "beatmatch" but how you mash your tracks together and then match that with the audience,.. With that being said, the art in being a great DJ does not lie in one single element, but the whole thing!
Thanks dude! I was always matching beats while looking at the beat table.. in Serato.. Since I'll be playing for the first time in public this weekend on CDJS I wasnt sure.. How I was going to do.. In 30 minutes I got the hang of it.. gonna practice till Saturday!
"How to use effects". Don't. At least to begin with. Then, once you think you know what you're doing, don't. Then, once you actually know what you're doing, still don't. Finally, once you're an expert, knowing exactly when, what and how, then you can use it a little - a little. By that time, you shouldn't need a tutorial though. :-)
The thing I have the most trouble with is identifying if i should speed up the song or slow it down with the jog wheels. Guess I just gotta practice more. Great video!
Start the new track a quite a bit slower than the current song, then you know you definitely have to speed up. Small adjustments going faster until matched
@@PanditaP then you would just write a note that the bpm of the song was xxx.x and when you make your set you have a card you put on the pitch slider that shows where it needs to be set to roughly match the tempo of the previous song, stick a sticker on the vinyl to mark where your cue point is and bam you have all the information that the screen provides. DJs have been using all these tricks for years before cdjs came out.
I'm from the old school using 1200's...I just purchased these 2000NXS2 and was struggling on the vinyl(I refuse to use the sync bottoms) but after using some of your beat matching techniques I now feel like I'm back using my 1200's....thx a 1000 x's
Flash Gordan I know what your saying not having the torque on the platter when I’m down pitching kinda messed with flow and rhythm I get when mixing I was happy when they started to put jog wheel tension adjustment on the CDJ’s. Even tried Denon CDJ with motorized platter but reason why professional use what they use and once you get tuned in on the Pioneers they stay locked in they don’t drift like out of tune Technics 1200.CDJ’s allow you to really be methodical with your mixing and snap the mix points rather than a rushed beat matched fade because you don’t want to risk being off when track drops out of a break that is rhythmless for 2 bars. Also always took me 5-10 records to feel out a pair of Technics that I never played on but the CDJ’s are consistent only variations are with model # .I found that turntables isolated from vibration and level made a huge improvement on how long they kept records locked on beat.
