DJ Tutorial, CDJ-1000MK3, Reverse Mode on Two Turntables

Alright folks, a bit of a demo stroke tutorial on the direction feature on the CDJ-1000M3. Now I'll give you a demo first, then I'll explain exactly what I was doing. Bearing in mind, you can do this on the fly, in the mix. Here we go. Okay, so what happened? Well basically I was listening to the timing, counting 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4. What did I do? I reversed this one, counted 1, 2, 3, 4, 1. To like so, and then I reversed the other one. So basically what was happening is one was going in reverse while the other one was carrying on going in the forward motion. Then the other one was going reverse at the same time as this one, and then I switched them both into the forward motion. Now if it can be done correctly, it sounds absolutely brilliant. Two very, very important things though you need to take into consideration. One is you do need to have your headphones on.

Particular track you're monitoring through your headphones, you need to have your hand on the jog wheel ready just in case the two tracks go slightly off beat. Basically what that means is that if you're monitoring one of them, it means you should theoretically be able to judge if the one is slightly faster or slower when you bring them both back. Hope that's been a help. If you can follow that video, theoretically, you should be able to understand it after a couple of times. Practice and enjoy.

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