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i believe they rock over the first beat and cue it that way as when on vinyl if you just hit play there will be the lag when the vinyl is speeding up. but on cdj's and controllers i can't see the issue with doing it that way

ok thanks for all the replies guys, i have an idea of a few different techniques now, just gotta find what works for me i guess!

^^ agree with Hobbers, i'm finding it much easier to beatmatch with both tracks in the cans. Cheers Jaz. On a side note, unfortunately no good way to emulate split cue in traktor, will just stick with cue mix for now i guess!

not bad, can hear that bit out on a couple of transitions at the start, but from cry just a little on im liking it looping lmfao through to the end sounds pretty cool

yer i have been beatmatching in my headphones getting it right then bringing it in. thats what i was meaning with beatmatching one ear on and one off to the master output i always seem to be that bit out for some reason and don't know why, i would like to be able to do it both ways eventually though

being a povo student = dealing in cash = no money given to gov'ment = no thrill of receiving part of my own money back. lol

ok so thats basically what im doing except with the cue mix, as i don't have split ability on my controller. Makes me feel better ha All the tutorials i see, they never seem to use split headphones or anything, but you think its fine to mix like that? do pretty much all mixers have the ability to mix cue and master? if they do i guess it doesn't matter too much then what technique i use

hey there guys, i've been practicing beatmatching (on my cheap controller). I have read that if you find it easier to learn with both tracks going in the headphones, learn that way then switch to using one ear as soon as you can, in case you end up playing on a mixer without cue mix, easier to distinguish tracks from each other, etc... What I have been doing when beatmatching is bringing the cue mix in a bit so i can hear the master track as well behind the cued track, as i'm finding if i leave the headphones fully on the cue track, when i bring the crossfader over i will have the tempo pretty close, but the beats will be a bit off each other, and need to nudge the platter one way or the other to get them in sync. However i can beatmatch them fairly good if i use the cue mix.. I have also been turning off the computer screen once i have the tracks loaded, as i think i was subconciously cheating by looking at the waveforms+BPM which i was trying not to do (and don't want to, i want to learn properly in the first place, even if i'm not on proper equipment atm). Any tips on avoiding using the cue mix and using the one ear on/off method, as it must be easier to distinguish between the tracks that way, which i also presume will help me decide whether i need to speed up/slow down track. atm i will have a listen then guess one way, listen then figure out if its better or not, and move it the other way. Hopefully that made some sense, sounds kind of rambly. Probably just need more practice, but any pointers would be great. Cheers

agreed, i use mine with traktor, much better. i don't get why they bundle it with vdj in america though. strange. o well bonus for us over here anyways on topic, what i see when comparing the two: RMX benefits over mixtrack: -eq kills -gain knobs -pitch reset buttons -sync button is smaller, therefore less likely to get in the way as it is not needed mixtrack (pro) benefits: -traktor bundled instead of VDJ (in aus at least) -larger platters are much better -better control over loops -better effects control -pitch bend buttons - (although questionable whether these are needed, i don't use them) -better hot cue buttons -i personally like the layout better for capfive's sake

the mixtrack comes with traktor. mixtrack pro (same as mixtrack with sound card inbuilt) comes with VDJ (although may come with traktor in some countries i think? ive only ever seen bundled with VDJ) rmx - VDJ

lol @dim. the default traktor mapping has the three hot cues mapped as eq kills, just so you know. but hey whatever floats your boat, right?

mixtrack pro is similar price range it does a decent job as a cheap midi controller with a soundcard

o yer, i thought it was spelled differently. however google proves me wrong. again

@STREETCLEANER nice effort on that pic there, you do that yourself? it is worthy for my avatar ha.

Hi all, have seen that posting an intro thread about yourself is encouraged so here it is. My friends have dubbed me as "DJ Fudd", (not sure how gay that sounds but its all i got atm!) I bought a cheap mixtrack pro about a month ago to muck around on and see if DJing was for me, and I love it. Currently saving up for some real equipment as i know im going to stick at it now! Played my first 'gig' (if you can call it that) at a friends 18th on the weekend, and they were fairly impressed on the performance for the extremely short time i have been practicing. Currently living on nsw/vic border on the murray river, very limited number of DJ's. however have just rang a couple and have some 'work experience' kind of thing t'd up to try and learn some stuff in person instead of forums and youtube. So I guess that's all i have to say about myself in terms of DJ'ing. I have been browsing these forums for a week or two now. Heaps of good advice on here guys keep up the good work!!