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any djs in SA willing to teach newbie?

42 surviving posts · 26 May 2004 – 8 Jun 2004 · archived copy

28 May 2004, 10:05am

#41

Brett James

Nu Skool

Quote:

Originally posted by hotdogpete
MTME is like a lucky dip , go to electric circus records in town and tell paul your story he will sort you out .

records generally don't skip ( if you have good needles),
you may not have enough weight on the arm .

Alternatively, take the Technics table back, and swap the HIFI turntables for something with a straight tone arm. Anti skip tone arms is quite handy, you can stand on the decks and they still wont move miss a beat.

8 Jun 2004, 12:45pm

#42

Offbeat

Registered User

check out the mix dvd called Intellect,its pretty good.Has heaps of interviews with djs/producers(mostly american mind you)and one of the discs has a dj trainer.The guy conducting it is annoying as all fuck but informative non the less.He guides you thru matching,phrasing,EQs,crossfader-all that stuff,plus he'll show you how to set up and how to balance your styli correctly-which comes in handy.As with what everyone else said find the sound you like and experiment,if you get taught i think that detracts from the magic of getting your first mix spot on and going"hey man that sounded sick n i did it all myself!!" Big Grin [/B]
And yes practice alot,ive had mine for about 3 years almost,and still suck most of the time coz i dont practice enough.... trainwrecks=bad news....
good luck,happy mixing

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