Ministry Of sound DJ Academy Swiss Edition July 2011 ( S Ericsson ARC)

Here we are, Ministry of Sound course in Switzerland. And we have some of the students doing a bit of a back-to-back using the effects on the DJM 2000 and the CDJ 2000s. The whole idea behind the Ministry of Sound course is to help... The DJs can be able to promote themselves more, gain more skills and knowledge in all aspects of DJing. It's not just about mixing one track into the other. It's everything from tiny little effects, using a mixer correctly, using a CD player correctly, sometimes incorrectly because if you use it incorrectly at the right time you can get one wicked effect. Also, vinyl turntable Serato, Traktor, it's all here. First time ever Ministry of Sound have been abroad and it's in Switzerland. Have you enjoyed yourself so far? Have you enjoyed, yeah? Very much, yeah. Excellent. How to use the effects. Quite often a lot of people will tend to use effects like they're going out of fashion. In other words, every single effect under the sun.

In my mind, the whole idea of an effect is to add a tiny amount of little subtle difference to the mix or to the track. Sometimes less is more. So in other words, small hints of an effect is far better than having full-on three or four effects at the same time.

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