DJ Mixing Lesson with Three Turntables Adding a Mash up in the Mix BY Ellaskins the DJ Tutor

0:00 Another one of my random demo stroke tutorials

Alright guys, another one of my random demo stroke tutorials. In this one what we're going to do is we're going to play one track, we're going to mix in two of the tracks in the mix while the last one's playing and then we're going to do a mashup. I'm also going to set some cue points on one of the tracks that I'm going to bring into the mashup and just have some fun really. The idea of this video is to maybe just get some ideas from it. Now first of all, again I do need to practice what I preach. I'm using a thumb drive and what I have found with not inferior thumb drives but the ones that maybe the transfer speed isn't fast, maybe it's 15, 10, 20 megabytes per second transfer speed is that there does seem to be a problem with the BPM. It seems to fluctuate. What I do recommend is if you've got players like this or any player for that matter where you can put an SD card inside the player, go with SD,

But also go for the higher transfer speed. Two reasons, one is that you will find that the tracks will get onto the player quicker. You'll be able to find them faster. But more well actually just as important is when you are transferring your files from your laptop or your PC onto your SD card, you'll find that when you want to get rid of tracks, you'll be able to delete them faster and when you want to load tracks onto your SD card, it will be a lot faster saving a lot of time. This one here is the Xtreme SanDisk 64 gig and it's 45 megabytes per second. That in the UK costs about 40 quid. And when I think that I used to have a Sony video camera with a 60 gig hard drive and now there's that. That. Look at that. You could lose that. Lose that in your pocket. I mean you know you could walk around and put that in your pocket and go I feel like I'm going to die.

I'm going to lose my music. It's in my pocket somewhere. Anyway, so I'll put that there. Right. Shit where's it gone? Oh there it is. Okay. So the tunes we have is hard drive deep inside. We have Le Rhythme Digitale, Jacques, your buddy. And we have over here Detroit featuring Marshall Jefferson. So have a listen. Bit of a jacking tune here.

2:30 The first hit of course you go back to the beginning second

Okay. So what I'm about to do now is something that you would be doing on your headphones. So I think what I'll do as well, I'll set a cue point right at the beginning of the track because instead of double tapping the hot cue and if you don't know what I'm on about there if you do want to go right to the beginning of a track and keep it in time if you hit a hot cue on the count of one it will be off time. You need to hit a hot cue on the count of maybe three in the first bar and then on the count of one again so it keeps it in time. The first hit of course you go back to the beginning second hit it starts and then of course while you've got your finger on cue you press play pause and away it'll go. So we'll do A there. Right so let's imagine this one's

6:17 Half minutes or so left so I'm going to bring this one forward

Playing here what we need to do now is we need to make sure these two are in beat whether it's me or not. Okay so I haven't beat matched those but I haven't beat matched them to the track that I'm playing so I need to do that with that one over there. I'm really doing this the wrong way around. No actually I'll be really awkward to myself, I'm going to move those now and I'm going to do it the other way around so play there. Okay make it awkward. Now again what we could be doing as well because I've got hot cues here ready, I can maybe slip this one in to try and bring a little bit of the flavour of the mix in. So I'll show you. Half minutes or so left so I'm going to bring this one forward. Now again if I'd have done this through Rekordbox, put the tracks through Rekordbox

7:36 Practice and enjoy thank you

I could quantise everything get perfect loops, perfect hot cues and pretty much sorted. Alright again it's a tiny, tiny point here or no not really a tiny point just another idea of expanding on your mix. Like I always say try and think outside the box, try not to just one track into the other, one track into the other. If you have got or can get your hands on three decks then use them just don't abuse them, use them if you can't do it don't do it. If you think you can do it give it a go. If it doesn't work that time first time it'll work the next time. Practice and enjoy thank you. you

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