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Stage 3 Beatmatching Course 2 of 4

The Controls That Do the Work

Beginner 8 lessons · 54 min

Beatmatching is pitch, jog wheel and cue button, and most beginners misuse all three. What each one is for, when to touch the platter and when not to, and the small nudge-and-move habit that stops you chasing the beat around.

By the end of this course you will be able to

  • Use the pitch fader to set tempo and the jog wheel only to correct phase
  • Beat mix without touching the platter at all
  • Drop a track in on time using cue and play
  • Use master sync knowing exactly what it is doing for you

Lessons

  1. Beat mixing without touching the platter

    5:35

  2. What the jog wheel is actually for

    7:28

  3. Using cue and play to get the beats in time

    7:04

  4. Beatmatching with the cue button

    6:13

  5. Beat mixing on a pair of CD decks

    6:43

  6. The move-and-nudge habit

    7:11

  7. A smoother mix at the green light

    8:26

  8. What master sync is really doing

    Optional 5:15

    Worth watching before you decide whether to use it.

The stages are the way through

Below this line is the back catalogue, newest first. Useful for browsing, but it is not a course - the videos are in the order they were filmed, not the order to learn them in. Work the stages instead: each one assumes the one before it.

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