How To Beatmatch & Mix On Vinyl Turntables | Bop DJ 

No bells, no whistles, just clear theory and execution. Great video!

That was the most straight to the point tutorial I've ever seen! Very nice!

One of the most helpful tip’s i got back in the 90’s was to find the first clap or snare and match it with the first clap or snare of the phrase of the record playing. Now you can generally hear right away if the phrases are off because the claps only happen twice per phrase on the 5 and the 13 now another thing to point out is most genres of of dance music disco, house, techno, electro, jungle, Dnb, Uk garage, hip hop predominately 99% use this clap/snare placement and this i found to be the fastest way to phrase records. Now getting it on the right speed Take the pitch on the new record crank it to plus snd listen as you gradually push pitch down listening if the kicks are getting close tapping the dots on the platter to slow it down quick its always faster to slow a record down than it is to speed it up hence the reasoning for pitching it to +8 Once you got the tempo close find that clap and see how close you were. Mixing in key can only be done by ear if you’re tone def good luck take some music lessons see where that gets you. I know a few tone def producers and djs and all of approach it differently.

Mad respect to vinyl DJs coz this is a JOB 🫨

That 2nd tune he uses is ayo, one of my faves so far for2024. Great video:)

I learned the harder way, beat matching using just a pitch slider, and I was told not to touch the label, but rather run-out part of the record or give a slight nudge to the platter.

Literally the best and most straight forward tutorial on mixing Ive come across

This is AWESOME!!!! I think ALL new DJ’s should learn this before using CDJ’s and Controllers 🎶🎵

I've been sitting with my turntable next to me for the past few days trying to find the motivation to start learning again, when this video randomly got recommended. I've got years of experience with digital playing which comes naturally to me. I've tried riding the pitch fader plenty of times on CDJs to try to get a feel for it and that's easy, but man vinyl keeps slapping me in the face. I'm sure I'll get the hang of it, but your video just gave me the motivation to start trying again -- straight to the point with some tips, this is what tutorials should be

simple, clear and fundamental. the best tutorial I´ve ever seen! Well done Bop DJ

What a great concise video. Well done!

I was actually looking the other day for a fresh tutorial and couldn’t find any! Thanks man

Been playing digital for a year and a half and have wanted to give vinyl a try. This video is clear and a great help! 👏

Remember to read the grooves in your vinyl as well for breaks and vocal sections.Know your records.

Practice mixing without headphones. That's a great way to learn to beat match.

never played on vinyl, but maaaan does this gives you the proper motion and confidence to go and have fun trying it, so eager to! Thanks for the awesome video man, props!

Started on DDJ400, a while back moved onto XDJ XZ and today got my first reloop rp7000 mk2 from the shop, can't wait to add it as a third deck and have some fun, thanks for the great video!

try your best to learn how to only use the pitch fader

Absolutely great video. I've been doing DJ'ing on vinyl for two years now, but I started from the digital world. But I thought you can still learn and improve. So I did with this video, thank you very much 🙂

Perfect tutorial. Thank you.

it's a perfect 10/10 presentation with proper explanation💛💛💛

Many thanks from Germany. I realy understood your explanation in beatmatching and more. Well done ! For my beginning i use both the same records/bpm.

You make it look so easy! I need to practice more

This is priceless! Thank you for this video!

Got my SL-1200s from BopDJ, already many years ago. Great store! And great video, this one: methodical and clear.

Great informative video. Glad you’re keeping the vinyl tradition of djing alive. I do miss those days but I don’t miss lugging 2 bags and a box of vinyls into gigs 😂😂😂 Everything’s so easy now. Pocket dj”s be whipping out their iPhones to play their gigs 😂😂😂 Long live vinyl ❤

Awesome video! 🤩

Really good video bro, for real!

Watched this video and my decks caught on fire thanks

Fantastic sound when the 2 beats are bang on. I’m going back to vinyl and dvs

Thank you! Made it very simple

Super nice! Thanks for this 👍

what a great video, well done my man

Thanks for good teaching!!!!!!! Love Love Much appreciate it🔥🔥🔥

Ahhhhh nice! Didn't know you had a vinyl mixing vid! THIS is the video I have zero need to watch, but i did because i like your presence and aura!

really nice and smooth! ... and cool vinyls

Great video, simple & straight forward fundamentals. Maybe include pitch riding as an alternative/advanced technique instead of nudging record or dragging platter

Don't bother nudging, just use the tempo fader. Once mastered, it saves time and trains you to really understand what it does and be in control of it.

It is a great tutorial! You made the point quite well! :)

Great video my man!

Great tutorial - Vinyl Dance Music 'Rocks" 🕺🎧

Its very nice enough to call as ‘Guide video of DJ beginners’ !

Awesome tutorial!

cool video and very helpful! Thanks!

Very instructive!! thank you!

Best tutorial I’ve seen

Thank you!

It's good fun mixing. 🍀👍 EP 4 tracks are the best. 🌈

I’ve been using Technics SL1200s for 30 years. Trust me, never touch a record when aligning the bpms. Nudging a record is erratic, unpredictable and you can lose the mix or worse jump the stylus. What you need to do is use the pitch slider to sync the incoming track, always making minor adjustments until they become less and less. Sometimes you will have to give a sharp increase for a split second to realign. That is the equivalent of nudging the label of the record. This technique I’m explaining to you is more difficult and takes longer to learn, I’m not going to lie, but once you master it, you will eliminate the human error that occurs when you touch the platter and you’ll never drop another mix. I’ve just saved you 5 years.

very helpful thank you

Thanks bro..well done

Been thinking it's a complicated process to play on vinyl up until i watched this video ❤

Nice video 🙏👌

Great video thanks :)

It's important to train your ears to pick off which record needs a nudge in tempo, sometimes it can be confusing for a beginner to differentiate between the two and you could end up nudging the wrong record making the mix a complete trainwreck

great, one ergonomics hint though : align the front of the mixer with the front of the turntables. It's aligned to the back side now, which makes the crossfader and upfaders sit a little further away than necessary. Once you start doing longer sets, you'll notice the difference.

thank you

This a brilliant learning Video thank 😊 🙏 you very much , for next I might get 2 turn tables.

Im still a vinyl only dj. Got my first decks, soundlab belt drives in 1996. Got mk7s now. Vinyl is expensive , but i love buying and holding vinyl. A stick with a million tunes on just doesnt interest me. Its souless. But, unlike when i started, everyone wants it easy , cheap and convenient now. The world we live in. Long live vinyl.

I'd advise against using the centre label pushing to speed up a record; instead use the turntable platter as you do with slowing down. Reason is, many records might be pressed slightly warped and react stronger or weaker to pressure on the label, while the platter will always react the same. So it's easy to overshoot when you do it like in the video here, while using the platter will give you consistancy once you get a feeling for it and you'll be able to beatmatch much faster and more precise. Take it from someone who mixes on four turntables.😊

I suggest to teach hw to learn to mix witout touching a platter, just moving the pitch fader, like Louie Vega, Phil Weeks, Larry Levan, Frankie Knuckles use to do it, its a huge ramp up to compare withe the touchingbplatter method but at the end you will thank me, nice video.

Learned back in the late 80's and was taught Listen first, then ALWAYS tempo adjust and then nudge IF/WHEN you have too.

Vinyl mixing is the true art which every DJ should master else they aint no true DJ, nice vid explained well, now digi crew can learn without software doing it for them 👍🏼

thank you really clear introduction! so when mixing two tracks, you try to maintain the cue track locked into master track by nudging the vinyl and in the meantime adjusting its tempo fader until they are in time? that means your focus is on the cue track when listening and determinating if it's faster or slower

GREAT VIDEO...compare to all youtube video's....Thank you...DJM 250M2 my next buy what do you think..still a good buy

on your demo the right one still not perfectly nudged (in french free party we said "ça gratte un peu"). But it's a real good tutorial to learn how to do.

Vynl Real mixing! took me over a year to beat match. Also something I struggled with is when the pitch is on 0 . Nice upload good advice for up and coming djs out there 🙏🙏🙏

Good video

I'm a superstar DJ now. Thanks boss.

very guut tutorial 😎

Great video! how much does a decent set up for the equipment not including the vinyl cost?

My best tip is to slow the pitch on the record you’re mixing in so you can almost guarantee it’s slower than the tune that’s playing, because it’s a lot easier to push the record forward (and then adjust your pitch) than it is to slow it down.

Best video ever, cutting all the bullsh33t ❤

Ayo! 🔥

do you have any videos on constant knob twiddling like i see on all the posing djs?

I mean I know mixing is serious business but this guy definitely is giving out drill Sargent vibes as if we're about to enter the trenches and bomb some enemies.

good luck doing this with the technics 1210 quartz lock ^^

Big up!

But how does this affect the player engine? Does it cause problems with the original speed lag over time?

Got a question: what do you think of the new audio technica at lp 120X for mixing vinyl? Is it worth it for beginning?

Very nice video, one thing to add for beginners in the comments, try and follow the plus 2 minus 2 model, in that it's a good rule of thumb to not attempt two records that are so far apart in tempo that you have to be 4 pitch levels apart to match them, one of them or both may end up sounding pretty dumb and then it's also more difficult to match the third song, you basically dig yourself a hole. DJ TLM breaks it down in one of his videos quite well, about just scratch and hard cut over, basically knowing when and when not to try blend, although I get that with these house type beats that there's less of that and it's generally all blends. You can get away with it on instrumentals, it's usually when there's vocals that it sounds weird, even with level corrections to bass etc.

What are the 2 tracks? The were so good

How about beat matching when 70s disco or funk is being played? When a drummer was playing the tempo would vary slightly.

Does queuing while the record is spinning damage the stylus or record? Or should I que when the record isn’t spinning

Having some musical background (being a drummer, percussionist, keyboard player, etc) makes DJ equipment just another instrument.

2:26 is there an id for this one? I liked the 2sec I heard…

How do you know when to bring the 2nd track into the right phrase? I normally go for the first beat after the breakdown.

What is the acid tune you’re playing ?

Matching beats the old school way is fun and cool to learn. The only problem is that you can just do so much more with the digital.......

is the song on the right by gene on earth?

what are the tunes?

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brother what's the record on the right??? pls id :)

required DJs of the Disco 70s : good healthy ears and level of your musicality .

Even when im at my mates 505's im still playing them like vinyl...because its the way ive learned 25 years ago...the only way...

The moment I release the record on the second turntable at the cue, I can’t tell which track is faster or slower than the other. My brain just can’t separate which is which.

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carloh one moment loop background😏

nice like the tips, hope to see more of your videos

I do have a question which i think is important: while you are searching for the beat on a vinyl ( the one you want to introduce in the mix) I have seen you are searching the beat by rotating the vinyl while playing. In this situation, isnt it the needle scratching and deteriorating the vinyl while you go back and forth during the ascultation period of the upcoming vinyl? thanks