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you are going to learn how to DJ and I
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am going to teach you my name is toy I'm
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a music producer DJ and by nature of the
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business a content creator and without
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wasting your time your job as a DJ will
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be to play tracks and series but make it
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sound like it's one long continuous
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track obviously you can do something
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creative in the middle but before you
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can do that you need to understand the
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basics which is where this video comes
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in so what I have in front of me here is
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a DJ controller and these range from
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like $100 all the way to like 2,000 and
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more more but they kind of like cars you
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know some are nicer than others but they
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all get you from point A to point B I'll
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have links in the description for
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controllers at any price range if you're
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in the market for a new controller but
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just so you know for beginners the FX4
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is the best bang for your money anyway
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the one that I have here is the DDJ 1000
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from Pioneer and although all
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controllers are different the layout is
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more or less the same so on either side
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of the controller we have the deck or
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the player section and in the middle we
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have the mixer section on the player
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section or the deck this is where you
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play the track that you have selected
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and these are exactly identical to each
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other so everything that I say about
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this one will still apply to this one
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and then this big thing here is called
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the jog wheel
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this and this is a modern representation
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of a vinyl disc in many ways it behaves
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like a vinyl disc and like I said the
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player section is where you play the
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track that you have loaded and to load a
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track it might be different from
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controller to controller but on this one
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you use this knob so you use it to
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scroll you just spin it to scroll scroll
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and then you press it down to select so
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if I press here it selects and then
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scroll down if I press it again it loads
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the track and then down here we have the
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play button and it does exactly what you
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would expect so if you press it it plays
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and if you press it again it pauses like
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this and if I press it again the truck
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pauses play pause and then above it we
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have the Q button and this one is very
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interesting so if the track is playing
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and you press it it stops and goes back
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to the beginning and if the track is not
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playing if you press and hold it the
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track continues to play for as long as
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you hold and then if you let go it stops
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so again if the trck is
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playing if I press Q it'll stop just
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like that and if I press and hold the
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track will continue to play for as long
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as I hold it and if I let go it stops
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and then to the right of those buttons
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we have the performance pads we don't
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need to get into these now we just need
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to understand the basics and then to the
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right we have the tempo feder and we're
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going to get into more detail about this
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in a few for now let's move on to the
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mixer section which is this part here in
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the middle this is where you control the
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volume and other properties of the
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tracks that you're playing on the decks
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and then these knobs here in the middle
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the three in the middle are what we
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called the three band EQ so this one
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controls the low frequencies this one in
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the middle controls the mid frequencies
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and this one on top controls the high
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frequencies so if I play the
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track and let me just fast forward
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it if it's playing and I turn this one
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to the
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left the base and basically the low
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frequencies go out and if I turn this
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one to the left the medium frequencies
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mid frequencies go out and this one is
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the high frequencies which are the ones
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that are remaining right now and if I
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turn it down they all go out so this is
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mids this is
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lows and this one is highs
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keep in mind that we never use these to
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boost frequencies so they never have to
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go above the 12:00 position if they're
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in the 12:00 position then it means that
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they're at the maximum volume and if you
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turn them to the right then it just
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doesn't sound right don't don't do that
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and then right under that we have the
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color effects now on most controllers
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this controls the filter so this is like
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the three-bend EQ but with one knob as
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let me just so if it's selected if I do
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[Music]
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this it's the same as doing
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this
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really so it's like the three Bend EQ
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but with one knob and again as you can
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tell it says one here and here it says
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two so this controls deck one and this
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one controls deck two and then to the
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right of that we have the beat effects
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now this is different from controller to
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controller and what beat effect you
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might have depends on the controller
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that you have so if the track is
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playing and you select deck one here if
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you press this on off button and you
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raise the uh the
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level then the echo which is the one
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selected here can be heard
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basically and the effects that you have
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depend on the controller that you have
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like I said and then this thing here is
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what we call the volume fader so this is
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like a volume not but in the form of a
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fader so if it's all the way up then it
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means that it's at the maximum volume
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and if it's here then it means it's
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silent so if I press
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play and I turn it all the way down
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check goes away and if
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I it comes back up and then this one at
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the bottom here is what we call the
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cross fader and it basically controls
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what you hear either on the left or on
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the right so if it's all the way on the
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right and I press play you can't hear
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this track cuz it's on the left and if I
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drag it here then you can hear it but
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this time you wouldn't be able to hear
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that the track that's playing on this
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side cuz it's all the way to the left
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but normally you just want to keep it in
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the middle unless you're like a Scratch
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DJ then of course you'd be using this a
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lot but I am not a scratch DJ so I
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hardly use this thing just keep it here
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in the middle and then above the volume
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faders we have the C buttons now these
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allow you to listen to music that the
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audience cannot hear as a DJ even if the
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volume fader is all the way down I can
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still hear the track on my headphones
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I'm just going to play it now and you
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cannot hear anything right now but if I
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bring my headphones to the
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microphone hopefully you were able to
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hear that so that will make a lot of
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sense once we get to the transitioning
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for now we're going to get into beat
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matching and to beat match we obviously
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need to load the second track here on
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Deck 2 and like I said this is the knob
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that we use on my controller it might be
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different on yours so I'm just going to
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scroll down here and tap on it or click
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it to load the second track and this is
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what it sounds
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like just going to scroll to
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the the track sounds like that now if
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you take any two tracks and play them at
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the same time this is what you get
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or if you go somewhere in the middle of
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the tracks you get something like
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this yeah that doesn't sound good and
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you shouldn't do that ever so the reason
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why that happens is because the tracks
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are running at different speeds so this
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is at a BPM of 125 and this one is
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running at 122 the higher the BPM the
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faster the track and the lower the BPM
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the slower the track so before you can
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play two tracks at the same time you
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need to make sure that they're running
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at the same speed and that's where the
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tempo fader comes in so you can either
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lower this one down to the speed of this
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one by moving it up or you can speed
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this one up to the speed of this one by
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dragging it down to
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125 so if it's playing at 125 and this
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one is playing at 125 then the songs are
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playing at the same speed and if I play
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them at the same time right now
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it should be at least good to listen to
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so now as a human being you can never be
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on time every time that you press the
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play button and that's where the jog
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wheel comes in so if this trck is
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playing and I press play on this one but
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not on time maybe like
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this it's it's
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it doesn't sound good but the tracks are
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playing at the same
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BPM so what you can do when that happens
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is to either speed up or slow down the
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track periodically using the jog wheel
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so if the track is playing and you do
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this you are speeding up the track but
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as soon as you let go of this thing it
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goes back to its original speed and if
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you turn it anticlockwise then you're
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slowing it down and if you let go it
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goes back to its original speed so kind
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of like this
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if I do
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this the track speeds up and if I let go
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it goes back to its original speed and
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if I do this it'll slow
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down and then as soon as I Let Go it
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goes back to its original speed so it's
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very different from the tempo fader
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which does
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this slows it down and then speeds it up
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but it stays there
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so that so depending on whether the
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track is ahead or behind of the one that
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you're playing you might need to speed
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up or slow down if it's behind you speed
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it up to catch up and if it's ahead then
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you slow it down so the other one can
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catch up so I'm going to bring this
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track to the same speed again
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125 and press play on this one
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so if I press play on this one
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it's behind so if I do
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this it is now perfectly in time with
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the other track and if it's ahead like
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this I will need to slow it
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down kind of like
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this and now the tracks are in time with
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each other but like I said your job as a
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DJ is to play the tracks in series but
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make it sound like it's one long
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continuous track so while track one is
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playing you as the DJ are preparing
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track two and you match the BPM and you
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make sure that it comes in at the right
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time so I'm going to give you steps that
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you can take to do this effectively so
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Step One is obviously to match the BPM
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of track one while it's playing step two
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is to kill the lows of track two before
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you bring it in so that the tracks don't
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Clash cuz if there's two bases coming in
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from two tracks They will clash and it
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doesn't sound nice step three is to
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enable the headphones so that you can be
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able to hear the track on your
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headphones and beat match step four is
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to press play at the right time on track
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one and then step five is to beat match
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using the jog wheel either clockwise or
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anticlockwise depending on whether the
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track is ahead or behind and then step
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six is to slowly bring in track two cuz
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all this time you're listening to it on
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your headphones and you beat in on your
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headphones so the next step is to bring
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it in slowly not like that just slowly
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so that it Blends in nicely and then
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step seven is to wait for the right time
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and switch the low frequencies of track
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one with those of track two so you take
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out the lows of track one and bring in
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the lows of track two and then step
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eight is it eight or nine you slowly
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take out track one like that and just
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like that you you've completed a
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transition I will do it now so that it
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makes a lot more sense but for a more
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in-depth tutorial where every step is
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guided you can check out my modern DJ
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course which is on my website I also
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have a laptop only course for those of
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you who don't have controllers yet the
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link will be in the description so now
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I'm going to do the mix and I'm going to
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show the steps that I told you about on
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the screen so that you can see exactly
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what I'm doing so
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[Music]
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and that's how you complete a transition
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and then you do that over and over again
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and and you have a complete DJ makes
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it's it's very simple like I said if
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you're in the market for a new
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controller I'll have them linked below
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at any price range along with my DJing
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course for those of you who might want
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to take it to watch more videos from me
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click here and I'll see you there peace
