Is Using a Set of DJ CDJ's Like Using a Set of Vinyl Turntables?

0:00 Go to plus and minus 6% and you're sort of halfway there

Okay, so when is a CD player exactly like a vinyl turntable? Well, practically never because you can't play vinyl on a CD player and you definitely can't play CDs on a vinyl player as I demonstrated many years ago. Go and check that video out. Anyway, how are they the same? Well, you can actually make them the same. If you want to emulate the feel of vinyl or at least the ethics, how it used to be, what it was like, then all you've got to do is disengage master tempo. Go to plus and minus 6% and you're sort of halfway there. Alright, you don't have a big brick in front of you that you've got to play vinyl on and hopefully you don't scratch the records but you will be in the realms of let's say

2:25 This one here, track five, disc number two

Having to choose your tracks a little bit more carefully because with master tempo engaged, as I'll demonstrate now, slow it down, speed it up, seems to sound the same. Now listen. Now we can hear the speed not only slowing speed up but also the sound of the track seems to drop and rise. Okay this one here is track number two from disc number two. This is June 2021. What have we got here? Track entitled Cookies. Let's find something on this one. That sort of transition, I wouldn't call that a mix, that's the sort of transition that say you do if you were indeed mixing different genres because what you're trying to do is form some kind of connection between the music, the feel and the vibe. If we listen, we are indeed going to D&B. More jungle really. Okay this one here, track five, disc number two.

Which is a track entitled Out of Space. There you go, Out of Space. Not that one. Alright, let's find something else on... I'm gonna try and do something similar now. Okay, we're going to get a track four, just number two, which is Monster. Okay, we've got a break coming here, so let's do that now. Notice I haven't touched the pitch. So you've got that bit of an intro. Okay, what I'm going to do, I think, is let's go back a bit. I'm going to use some filter on this break. So try and filter it out so that the track here, the one on the left, I'm going to reduce the overall volume of that that will then enhance The volume of the track on the right, simply because the track on the right is quite low, there's not much of an intro and then bang it comes straight in. So I want to highlight the right track over the left track. So... Yeah, okay, that was better. Okay, find something on dish number one.

4:51 We've got another DMV tune here on the left

Okay, so we've got another DMV tune here on the left. So, which is track number six, disc one, Wilkinson and Amber Van Day, Keep Dancing. Alright, so we've got a break coming up here again. And again, these videos, if you're watching them for the first time, it's sort of sometimes I give demos, but it's really about listening to what's on the new releases. Don't forget there is a link to CDPool in the description if you want to get more info. On their new releases. Also, there's a code there. If you use that code, you're a DJ in and around Europe and you subscribe for the first time. I'm pretty sure you still get 50% off your first two months of downloads. Terms and conditions apply. It's not for everything, but 50% is still better than a poke in the eye. Okay, we've come to the break. Engage the filter now. Well, that worked. So really... Hold on, let me try something different again. Put this forward a bit.

6:49 I don't know, I actually prefer the first transition

I don't know, I actually prefer the first transition. Okay, yeah, track six, once again, keep dancing. Now, again, the Underground releases just all kinds of, you know, twisty, bendy, experimental tracks, including some D&B. Massive spin back. Boom! Straight into the next track. Track number six, Cringe. Sort of tune, DJ, I think she's in Australia, Ninja Richie you'll probably like. Go and check her out, I tell you what, she's shit hot. Okay, track 12 here from disc number one. I'm going to play one more off disc number two, and this one is Bicep featuring, let's see, The DJ Tutor is the best guitar player in the world. The DJ Tutor is the best guitar player in the world. Last thing I'll say in this video is when you're going to be using any kit without master tempo or without also what's known as key lock, you have to be a lot more careful with choosing the tracks.

When master tempo key lock is engaged, you can have a very big difference. You can differ the BPM quite dramatically because you're keeping the key of the track. But master tempo disengaged and anything above or below sort of 3%-ish and you're going to hear a difference. Now I'm at minus 0.24% here You can definitely hear a difference in the sound, the melody of the track. So always bear that in mind. It's a good way of practicing, you know, really stretching yourself. Hope that's helped. Don't forget to check out the link in the description. Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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