3 COMMON DJ MISTAKES YOU MUST AVOID

Mistakes are bound to happen when you mix, but what counts the most is how you handle them. And in this video we’re gonna go about 3 tricks that can save your DJ mix!

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Now, let’s say you’re mixing, and you’re having a bit of trouble beat matching or finding a way to mix in the next song - like you wanna change genre’s or go to another BPM range.

What can you do to do just that in a synch?

Well, we can implement method number 1 which utilizes an echo effect, and a properly placed cue point.

So it works like this:

While the currently playing song is playing, make a cue point on the next track, at a section where the song really begins - like when its vocals drop, or when a familiar melody kicks in.

Then when you plan to mix in the next song, simply activate an echo effect on the currently playing song, and bring down its volume fader, then as the echo lingers, play the next via the cue point we just made.

Do you ever find yourself mixing the next song in and you realize that you’ve triggered and played the next song too early or too late in a mix?

Now, you can’t go back in time, and re-cue and play the track at that perfect transition point, so we need to find a way to offset those number of beats - so this is where trick number 2 comes in.

I call this the emergency loop trick and it works like this:

When you realize you’ve mixed in too early in a song, simply make a 4 beat loop on the song you’re mixing in

And if you realized that you’ve mixed in the next song too late, just make a 4 beat loop on the song you’re mixing from.

Now, one of the reasons why you may mix in the next song too early or too late in a mix, could be because of your timing. Perhaps you simply didn’t trigger the next song on time at the transition point.

So to assist with your timing, we’re gonna use trick number 3, which is to activate Quantize.

Now, what quantize does basically, snaps cue points and loops to the currently playing songs beat grid.

And this concept is easier demonstrated than stated, so here’s a quick example of a how a track will react when I trigger its cue points with quantize disabled.

And here’s how the track will react with quantize enabled

Notice the difference? So the software will try to fix your timing so that when you trigger a cue point -when a track is currently playing,

the software will make it align perfectly with the master decks beat grid which should be the currently playing song.

And this will help greatly when triggering the next song and even making perfectly timed loops.
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[leehaiber]

Another great trick is to use beat jump function if you mix in to early or to late.

[djwalkerfemaledj]

Very good DJ Carlo👏🏾👍🏾🤘🏾 I liked you using the echo button on your controller

[Dhruvinator]

when i’m playing bollywood, since most of the songs have recognizable intros, i try to avoid mixing and mainly echo out and cue/scratch drop songs in and it’s worked so far at my gigs

[raynixv]

Have you ever tried making music yourself on DAW’s? Many DJ’s have also tried producing music

[cjthedjnola]

Ive been djing since the 80s but your videos are still helpful to us OGs. Thanks

[TEHEPICBROS]

Hey mate, super useful video as always! Just a quick request, could you do a video about song selection while playing live? I've got a huge gig coming up in December and I want to make sure I smash it and make the dance floor happy! (please go over things like: How to read a crowd, how to choose the next song based on what the crowd is doing/feeling, what to do if no one is dancing and things like that!)

[ampedturtle]

Emergency auto loop was definitely my favorite

[tivasthegamer]

Thanks for sharing! You are a good teacher! I have improved my skills a lot since I started watching your videos.

[LucaPacchiarotti]

I use often the first trick, having traktor i use a delay in single mode (not group) with freeze enabled. Is a fantastic trick.

[TonyHogan]

The 3 tip was mine, I keep my quantize on permanently now. Thank you for all the tips.

[mauriceball]

I stumbled on to the first and then started practicing it....and the third one I use a lot as. Another solid video.

[sibasishchoudhury]

Thanks a million this video is Very very important for me you are such a great teacher in my whole life ❤ thanx

[isaacbourn]

The worst mistake for me is probably the easiest to do, loading in the song on the wrong deck... Especially while using dual decks like the ddjs

[testing_oscar]

Already put this to use... It definitely saved my mixes!! I like the new silver DDJ-400. I have a black one

[TrizziTV]

i love the 1st person demonstrations. ive learned so much in just one video. thank you

[djaynok]

Where did u get that silver ddj 400. I like the color

[MrPrice-bbgn]

ive been binge watching your vids all morning. great tutorials dude!

[_PV]

I mostly can't use your tricks as I'm mostly into loooong mixes without effects and don't like using cue points because I have the time not to, but the loop tip is GREAT!

[Smythpete]

I always forget about quantize haven’t used it much. Cracking video as always Carlo

[whostroubled]

Damn Bro. I really got a playlist with damn near half of your videos🤣. I legit have learnt basics from you my guy I would love to send you videos of what I can do from what you been teaching 🤣shoutout from LDN 🇬🇧