STEP BY STEP PURE VINYL MIXING LESSON FOR THE NEW DJ 

There is also another way....: This is all very fine, but applies mainly to House, Trance, etc, which were produced with beatmatching in mind. I am mostly playing Classic and Northern Soul as well as vintage Boss Reggae, so no long instrumental intros or outros, nor extended breaks. So I beatmatch New York Style, like Cool Herc did in '73, fading over just the bass (i.e, kickdrum) from track B to track A, while fading out the bass of track A, so you've got the bass track of track B accompanying the mids and highs of track A. Let this run for a moment, and then fade out midst and highs from track A whilst fading in mids and highs from track B. This way you avoid clashing vocals, harmonies, melodies, keys, etc. Full kill on all 3 frequency ranges for both channels is a must for this, but if you can: try it. It's really something else, it's really fun and it really excites the punters!

This man really did teach/inspire a generation of djs 😭

Never seen anybody beat match without touching the platter (pitch fader alone). Amazing!

youtube just started to recommend your channel after 10+ years again and I realised how cool you are, I can guarantee you 111%

Quite happy to send you my heart dance mix just through my phone you send me your best mixed through what you've got Colt 45

The orchid was so funny man ! Great video. Thanks.

Straight forward and to the point. 👍

You man ... you make it look so easy. :D Great vid. Thank you.

This , ladies and gents is what a beginner lesson should be like. Simple and to the point ! Ive been on the decks since 94 and still learnt some good points ... That's a true teacher . 👍🙌

You can see the experience oozing out of this man. Been watching his vids since my 20s. Im 40 now

Always enjoy your Vinyl Mixing tutorials. I have been a DJ for over 30 years and nothing is more satisfying than to mix 2 records in perfect beat and key and keeping the flow of the music going. Keep up the Vinyl lessons, they are always helpful.

What are the greatest DJ teachers ever born or alive people this man

Took my turntables out of storage and broke out all my old dnb, attempting to knock the rust off after 15 years. Struggling to cue, beatmatch, phrase match and EQ properly again. Thanks for the refresher now it's just practice practice practice ftw.

Just stumbled across this video after going through a nostalgic rabbit hole of James Zabeila sets and as soon as I heard his voice I was like “hang on a sec…” I’m 40 now and was being taught to mix by this guy in the early 2000s!! What a legend that he’s still going! Thank you for all you taught me man!!

6:10 - I came specifically for this technique here, but it's brushed over xD

Honestly….. I taught my self to play vinyl over the past 2 years snd I feel I’m pretty good….. scratch that, I taught my self and saw some of your videos. You’re well versed and give good info in a short amount of time. We appreciate your info bruv. I wish I didn’t have to learn about spl the hard way. To those learning…. If appears from what Iv seen that some people have a natural musical mind. Beat matching vinyl is a little hard at first, making sure you’re in “season” with 8/16/32 counts is even harder. Those whose brain doesn’t subconsciously count beats/melody’s are at a disadvantage. To some people, the cyclic nature of music, the “law” that is that law for how ever long that track is, and the physical manipulation of media just does something to satisfy the neurons when that mix is just right.

Loving the scales analogy - flour on one side and coke on the other 😆👍

this guy right here is a blessing for anyone who wants to learn about becoming a DJ, thank you for posting and please keep it going.

learning vinyl after being a digital dj and is a whole new ball game, even more respect for OG vinyl spinners!! this is helpful , thank you

Grande 👍👍👍 Ti seguo da almeno 20 anni Ce sempre da imparare da te... Un saluto da l'Italy

Checking back in after 16 years, learnt so much from this man watching his videos in the local internet cafe and then going home to practice pitch riding. I'm now in my 40's and teaching my girlfriend to mix so came back for a teaching refresher.

Dude can I just say I’ve been watching you since I was a wee young lad, only ever laying eyes on gear in your videos back in the days of early RU-vid. You helped me grow into the DJ I am today more than I realized until now that I’m seeing your videos again for the first time in what feels like eons lol big love Ellaskins 🙏🏼 keep teaching and inspiring, maybe I’ll show my young pup your videos when’s he’s old enough to chop it up ❤️

Thanks for this video man, I'm 24 and currently learning to mix on vinyl with my mate! This video really helped me step in the right direction :)

Nice video! If you really get into trouble you could always cue the second track to beat three before the verse, then do a big spin back on the currently playing track then immedialely start the second track and flick the cross fader over so it comes in on beat one of the verse.

I started sodding about mixing music about 3 yrs ago and gone down the digital route, would of loved to have been a vinyl junkie but that's a bit hard to do if you haven't been collecting vinyl for years or your not lucky enough to find someone with a job lot to sell, I would of got bored very easily....I bought some controllers and a week later had over 9000 tunes to do some bad mixing with (and hand on heart, can honestly say that I've never used the sync button). So unless you all want to donate 10 bits of quality vinyl each and in return, i'll happily find space for some decks, please stop knocking us digital junkies just because we have newer stuff with more flashy light on 😉.....it should be about the music and atmosphere you provide. Peace 💛

Thank you mate. I've watched a lot of videos on this subject and you're the first DJ to speak about the musical side of mixing, not just the technical beat matching side of it. Awesome. Very useful.

Love that the cocaine joke finally appeard. Thanks for the help, so good content man. Best wishes

Great video - doing only vinyl too and in some case its rly different. What i like on djing only vinyl, is that u got something IN ur hands. Something that u can rly touch.

Please do a detailed video on mixing 90s jungle on vinyl from start to finish please!

Teach them because those who want to listen can obviously learn from this good up big man

8:40 Wait a minute, what does COCAINE have to do with DJing and parties? :D

I've been watching for four minutes and you repeat the same sentences over and over and over again. Get to the point.

How do you match the BPMs of two songs? Do you manually change the speed?

@ellaskins how did you do the fish-eye lens in this great video?

I've tried to show folk how to mix in my time with turntables. The hardest part is trying to explain music timings. For the majority of dance music its 32 or 64 beats. Theres 2 really important parts to mixing. 1. Make sure you have the same genre of songs, you can drop the occasional "different" tune to give a lift or break up the monotony. However, constantly changing your song genre makes it messy and youll have confused people on your dance floor. 2. Probably following on from above, know your records, know what direction you want to take folk. If you're playing weddings, have a collection of songs for everyone there. If youre playing a house night, make sure its house records and not pan pipe records. There's an art to this, but also you can have shoddy mixing and great tunes.

it always amazes me watching a dj on vinyl get a track matched together in less than 4 beats.

7:12 I would die laughing 🤣🤣

I've always thought, how am I gonna hear my headphones over the two huge subs and speakers on a stick... or the club soundsystem? But it's never been a problem. Next month we are gonna set up a pretty big system on the beach. Not 50,000 watts but at least 8 huge speakers are gonna be set up and I believe we are gonna have a blast :^) A friend of mine did 14 years in federal prison but the last year he has been out, and he has been pulling money out his ass and buying lasers, speakers, amps, etc. We are trying to have a successful liftoff in a town that has never had a big scene.

Would be great if you did a video specifically on how to know intuitively which track is faster or slower and how to speed it up/slow down accordingly.

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awsome, nice tutorial. I might just add that for knowing the song frazes and beats, its really important that you are able to hear it and count it in your head, knowing when 16 beats passed, or 32 when it comes for drop in. Without this rhythm, its hard to be dj.

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What decks are u using I’m tryna start mixing vinyls myself I’m 18 I mix hardhouse and 90s hardcore/happy hardcore. Want to know what’s best decks to get started

It's so hard to find a good tutorial on beatmatching with vinyl decks. Thank you!

wow this really explains everything!! now i understand why the DJ like always turning the vinyl back and forth while the song is playing

I recommend that you don't use that fish eye effect because the distortion makes harder to distinguish the parts of the table

Excellant video Jonathan! Thanks again for your information. I find vinyls, quite difficult for me to mix actually. These tips really help! 👍🏼

What a LEGEND! Great lesson. Hoping to pull off my first vinyl set soon!

still waiting for someone to show me best ways to mix eclectic, and i mean eclectic. from punk to rap, to glitch techno. to spoken word, etc Just blind picking what comes to hand and how to drop it in.

I mean really, dont stop😂❤

Dat scale analogy 😁

Great 👍👍👍 I've been following you for at least 20 years There is always something to learn from you ... Greetings from Italy

awesome video, 1st track ID? haha

Tremendous stuff man!! Thank you

Can I do this on DDJs? I’m trying to mix 90s jungle

Veteran Ellaskins !!!

Thank God/The Universe for Ellaskins! Your lessons are gold!

Hey there, I'm looking for some DJ advice. I have gemini Pt-2400's ..the mixer they came with, which I needs replacing and it all runs through an old JVC stereo stack system. I want to move from analog to digital and just don't know where to begin. I definitely need a new mixer. The set up I would like to have is one that enables me to record digitally, possibly stream and basically play my vinyl through a digital mixer and a laptop..with perhaps the addition of mp3, using DJ software. The JVC obviously needs to be replaced but I'm not sure what amp or monitors would be best. Wanting to make the transition gradually but just not sure how to even start. I'm guessing it would be with a new mixer. Any help or advice you can give would be really appreciated :) Thank you

This video, every so called DJ needs to watch. If you can mix using vinyl, the rest is a cakewalk. Pay attention young fellas

Jonathan, you convinced me to convert from digital to the real vinyl. Thank you very much. Now I have to spend another 2000 euro for gear. 🙄 Cheers mate! Great video, very helpful. Keep it spinning. 👌🙂

if you or anyone needs any shure m44-7 either carts or stylus. I have literally hundreds which I won in a storage unit auction. I have no use for them so please let me know if interested. thanks.

I would imagine that you're only as good as the variety of your collection / selection of LP's. Hence where would one source all these no-name electronica records? Of course, today it's all online or digital. But for those who want to pay homage to the old school way, where would one source these type of vinyls? Berlin? London? - based record stores or collectors?

simple thing .. hold the snare on a record , wait for the downbeat and release the record when snare hits . Means less chance of missing your moment . Between turntableism , jungle/dnb and garage / bassline i find it a useful way to mix

glued to the pitch with those digital pitch controls 😥

You can drop every song on a 1 but why not learn how to drop on any note?.......Not every song starts on a 1. Some start on a 4(I Wanna Be Your Lover, Prince). Some start on the half note &1&2&3&4(Sexy Back by Timberlake starts on a half note, the "&" between 4&1). If a song starts on a 4 and you drop it from the 1 onto the other 1 it won't sound as smooth as dropping it from the starting 4 onto the other 4

Few clangers going on there about what not to do. you get it a sec then lose it again. out of faze not fraze. No real beat mix in time for very long, no cutting just blending.I think you should focus on the beat, not the melody.

If I owned a club are had a nite going where I got djs in to play they would have to show me that they could mix on vinyl before I would let them play to show they are the real deal. Digital killed the real dj. Anyone can now jump on and play digital there is no art in playing anymore I'm not knocking digital but my belief is you should always learn to play vinyl before you call urself a real dj it's in the name disk jocky. There's nothing to set djs apart anymore vinyl took time to learn then to master takes 3 times as long and with vinyl u had tunes not many others had but digital you are able to get every tune everyone else has plus having it in your hand and the art work of the sleeve is just hard to beat. years ago there where alot less djs than there is now I think that why dance music isn't as big as it used to be

It feel like you skipped over the most important (and whole point of the video) @6mins by just doing it, without explaining what your doing !

Looking forward to another year w your tutorials and storys 🕺✌️

Thanks mate

do u have any insight into how i can run serato with only vinyl? seems to be lmiting my options

Amazing video! Any tips on not having the needle jump when cuing up the first downbeat? I believe I have my torn arm height and weight correct but sometimes the needle jumps when cuing on the first downbeat. Any tips?

thank you!!

You are making it fun. I love that! When you said "I would be deaf. Pardon?! " lmao 😂 Thank you for spreading the knowledge!

I was about to quit but because of you and this video I stayed the course... you sir are my hero!

check-check, vinyl lover mixer, I'm gonna share this to more people because it is good

Hi Jonathan. Do you find the PLX decks difficult to mix on? I’ve heard people say they don’t like the digital pitch but others have no problem with it like this guy: m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ph632VmXd4E.html

Awesome lesson. Cant believe ive been moving the pitch and the table same time trying to match. Haha. Oh yeah! Half hour agter watching this! 🎉🎉🎉. Thank you!

I have a question does your vinyl get ruined Quick? I’m not into scratching but I also know just by touching your vinyl it can get ruin. I want to get into mixing like this I just don’t know if your vinyls will mess up.

When it is essential that you start your mix at the correct place simply cue the 5th or 3rd beat instead of the 1st. This avoids the rather embarrassing error Ella made towards the end of video.

My mixing has gone out the window at the moment, had 6/7 years without decks, I will not give in even though I'm 48 lol

Great job done I really enjoy that, and I love vinyl all the way I know where he's coming from, he adds fun to his mixing which great and must always feel relaxed otherwise your mix will not stand out, have fun and, get it done...!! thanks. Bless you😇😇🙏🏿🙏🏿

I have one of those DJM 250 mk2's. I just use it for scratching now as the crossfader is awesome. No booth output sux though.

Searched for "vinyl dj fundamentals". This is first in the list. Thank you and have a good one.

Hi Ellaskins! When i start backcueing, my needle starts jumping on the record. Any idea?

Salute you Ellaskins….My Sensai Vet DJ teacher🚨🚨🚨🚨🤓Loves the teaching and pointers as Always….

Obviously we need people like you

After the first 9 seconds I could tell this was going to be a great video!

i like mixing vinyl but most of mine is in storage at a friends.I really miss them.

Question you have two records one starts playing you want to mix the other record with the one is playing what is the best moment (que point) of mixing them together in the song ? listning to the record that is playing .. and are you then remixing alsow ?

do you think the DJM 250 is better than the 450? I'm hearing a lot about how using too many FX in a set is a faux pas

Really hope this guy’s a music teacher, reminds me of my old guitar teacher. Always cracking banging jokes

i feel like a cheat using rekordbox and just using 16 bar outros and ups XD

He’s a real DJ not like now they are programmers. Back then the sync button was to do a great mix you don’t have shit do it for you.

I came to refresh some knowledge and man I forgot that basically you teach me how to DJ, you are the man

iv'e learnt 2 things. how to beat match and also the most efficient way to clean a vinyl

Dude its crazy i learned how to play on cdjs from you back in 2010-13 something. Keep it up!

Might be a silly question but do the vinyls have to sound or be relatively the same beat wise to mix or can you mix any vinyl ?

hi ellaskins just wondering I've been djing for 2 years now but I really want to move to vinyl and I have everything I need/ want and it comes out to about 800-1000 £ and I was wondering if you knew any gd websites or places to get records or cheaper deals? cheers

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