The first step - counting beats:

When you start practicing beat matching, first pick up an electronic dance record that is not too difficult and weird as the first track. On one of the two record players, assuming it is the one on the left, place it and press the Start button of the record player to let the record player start to rotate. Carefully place the stylus on the record. While playing, mentally count the loops of the track on the left: "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8~22345678~32345678~42345678... 12345678..." and keep looping.

Remember: If you can’t hear this loop, you can’t become a DJ. The recognition of loops can be trained by counting 1234 silently in your mind while listening to music. After all, every DJ comes here slowly.

The second step - song selection:

The next step is to work on the second piece. Pick a dance record whose BPM differs from the first one by no more than ±8% of the Pitch control range to play. But in fact, it is generally best to have ±4 BPM. There are also two songs that should not be too different in type. It is best to You can choose the same type of music. For example, if you want to combine Techno with Techno, if you want to combine Breakbeat with Techno, you have to wait until you are completely proficient in the technique.

The third step - find the cue point:

Now the monitoring headphones come in handy. When wearing headphones, you can only wear them in one ear, and the other ear is responsible for monitoring the audio track currently being played; so what you hear in both ears are completely different songs. As for whether you should wear the left ear or the right ear, it depends on your preference. The next step is to grab the cue point.

For the sake of convenience, the track currently being played by the speaker is called CH1 (assuming it is the record player on the left), and the track appearing in the monitoring headphones is called CH2 (assuming it is the record player on the right). ). First, switch the monitoring switch (cue) on the mixing console to CH2, that is, let the music in the headphones be the song selected in the second step. Press the Start button of the record player to start the turntable, and carefully place the stylus on the record. At this time, use headphones to monitor. If there is a drum sound as soon as the stylus touches the record, you need to lift the stylus and place it further outside the previous stylus contact point, that is, look for the beginning of a song. For the first drum beat, use this principle to find the cue point (some DJs will grab the fourth or third beat; in my case, it will be the second beat, because if you are not familiar with the dance music being played, you are waiting for the next beat) Go out and catch the first beat of the dance music. Once you miss the Mix point, it will be difficult to catch up). Usually, in most music like house, there is a drum beat at the beginning of the music. In this case, the cue point is the point where the music bursts out at the beginning; other electronic dance music with strong musicality may have an empty melody in front of it, and the cue point It's harder to find. There is a characteristic of records, that is, the tracks with drum beats are sparse, while the tracks with empty beats are denser. If you master this characteristic, the first drum sound will be easy to find. Once you find the cue point, don't let it escape. At this time, put your hand on the CH2 record player and push and pull the record back and forth to make the first drum beat appear repeatedly. After catching the cue point, it is best to push and pull the cue point of CH2 with the beat of CH1 so that the drum beats on both sides can overlap (when pushing the record, the drum sound is normal; when pulling the record, the drum sound is normal) is the other way around).

The fourth step - adjust the pitch:

Count the loop of CH1 silently in your mind. At this time, the cue point of CH2 is pushing and pulling back and forth with the beat of CH1. Always pay attention to the CH1 loop. The first beat of each loop is the only chance to push out the first beat of CH2. In other words, if you miss the first beat of this loop, you have to wait for the next beat of the loop. One shot. If the cue points of CH1 and CH2 go out at the same time, the difference in the beats of the two songs will be obvious, and it is time to adjust the pitch.

First of all, determine whether the speed of CH2 is faster or slower than CH1. This requires the accumulation of experience.

If CH2 is relatively slow, push the record on the record with your hands; if it is faster, use your fingers to gently apply lateral force on the edge of the turntable to slow down the turntable speed. While changing the speed of the record player with your fingers, the other hand adjusts the pitch according to the speed.

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7. Other matters needing attention

1. Contact selection:

Usually a piece of music has a climax and a low point. In the climax stage, there is usually a melody or a particularly obvious timbre, and sometimes there is also a vocal. At this time, it is not suitable to fade in the next song; on the contrary, at the low ebb, there is usually no lingering main melody, only drums, hi hat or bassline, and at most only one or two more timbres. At this time, it is Excellent contact points, most of which appear near the end of the music or in the middle of a song.

2. The journey of DJ set:

In a party, a DJ set lasts about two hours, so how to use the overall Tripping to highlight the characteristics of a DJ is a very laborious task. In two hours, about thirty tracks can be played. Therefore, the pursuit of the journey must be based on the principle of playing the same type of dance music within a certain period of time. If there is any music in a set or a short period of time, If everyone wants to let it go, it will easily make people confused.

8. Postscript

The job of a DJ is not just about connecting songs together on the surface. A truly powerful DJ should have a deeper understanding of music. That is, playing music is actually like creating your own music, and investing your own emotions in it. You must focus on the music you are playing. In this way, no matter what music you play, it will have vitality. Track has a soul, and whether dancers can reach the realm of High is only a matter of time. May you have a nice trip!

2. Hardware understanding

Turntable 12-inch vinyl record (LP) dedicated turntable requires Pitch (speed correction). It is recommended to buy Technics 1200 or 1210, which are unanimously recognized by all DJs as professional DJ turntables.

CD Player is a special turntable for laser discs (CDs) and requires a pitch.

Mixer mixing console must have the following basic equipment: more than two tracks of output/input, and master volume adjustment; headphone output, and can control the headphone monitoring terminal (cue) and its volume; a set of microphone inputs . PGM level (output track volume decibel indicator). Of course there is also a set of crossfader control sliders. It is best to have an independent track equalizer (EQ), as well as built-in effects and sampler (sampler).

Monitor monitors the speaker. Placed on both sides of the DJ booth to avoid time differences caused by the venue exceeding the echo limit of 17 meters, which would cause the DJ to run away during filming. The subwoofer must be strong enough and the sound level must be clear to avoid time lag during monitoring due to muddiness of the subwoofer and treble.

Headphone monitoring headphones. The subwoofer must be strong enough and the sound level must be clear to avoid time lag during monitoring due to muddiness of the subwoofer and treble. It is best for the headphone cover to be as big as the palm of your hand, making it easy to put on and take off. Nowadays, some DJ-specific headphones have to be clamped with your head tilted to one side when using them (there is only one cable and one earphone).

Cartridge cartridge and needle. It is better to use a DJ needle.

Slipmate Turntable is a special anti-static slider; otherwise it will be difficult to capture photos and scratch.

3. Minimum requirements and recommended equipment

Recommended equipment for beginners

Technics SL-1200 MKⅡ×2. The second-hand market price is about 8,000 for two units at 70% new. , including Stanton 680 cartridge and anti-static slider.

Gemini PMX-16 Mixing Console

JBL Control-1 Monitor Speaker

Gamma LH-115 Monitor Headphones

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Technics SL-1210×2 + Stanton Trackmaster×2 turntable and needle

Pioneer CDJ-5000 CD turntable

Pioneer DJM-600 mixing console

JBL Control-5 Monitoring Speakers

Senheiser HD-25×1 Monitoring Headphones

4. Hardware Assembly

1. Place the equipment on Set up the equipment on a rectangular tabletop about 120 centimeters long, 50 centimeters wide, and waist-height to facilitate your future practice and use. It is also important to note that the DJ booth needs to be specially designed to provide shock absorbers to avoid needle skipping.

2. Connect the volume output terminal of the Turntable to the "Phono" input terminal at the back of the Mixer; the left Turntable is connected to the Phono of Channel 1 behind the Mixer, and the right Turntable is connected to Channel 2 Phono. The red connector goes to the red jack, and the white connector goes to the white jack.

3. Connect the U-shaped ground wires of the turntable on both sides to a GND rod-shaped spiral input terminal behind the mixer. Both ground wires are connected to the same input terminal. ※Note: This step is very important. If you ignore it, you will hear AC noise!

4. Use the same method as step 2 to connect the volume outputs of the two CD Players to the Line input on the rear of the Mixer.

5. Connect the Main output end at the rear of the Mixer to the power amplifier. Then connect the power amplifier to the monitor speakers. Connection methods and required wires vary depending on the equipment.

6. Connect the monitoring headphones to the headphone input on the front of the Mixer.

7. Connect the power supply. Since Turntable and Mixer, as well as power amplifiers and monitor speakers all require independent power supplies, the extension cord must have a voltage stabilizing function. In addition, you need to pay attention to the issues of 110V and 220V.

8. Next, pay attention to the sequence of powering on and off: because the mixing console is a front-end device and the power amplifier is a post-amplifier, you must turn it on in the order of "mixing console, power amplifier, and monitor speakers"; When shutting down, follow the reverse order of "monitor speakers, power amplifier, and mixing console" to avoid damaging the hardware.