Smapling Your Voice with the Roll Effect over a Loop to Add to a DJ Mix

0:00 We've got the XDJ-XZ

Okay, so we've got the XDJ-XZ. I have my headphones plugged into the mic input. Now, yes, you can use headphones for a microphone, but when I say definitely can't, you can, but it's highly recommended you don't do the other way around, which is use a microphone for headphones. Even though you could theoretically have sounds coming from a mic, it's very likely that you can destroy your microphone, simply because headphones can take a lot more power. You know, they are in hundreds if not thousands of milliwatts, whereas a microphone, just don't even try. It's not worth it. Okay, so basically what I'm going to do here is I'm going to sample myself talking through the headphones. I've got the roll effect engaged. I'm on mic two, level depth to the 12 o'clock position.

1:24 One, two, three, four

I'm just going to have a basic loop on the one side, so something like this. Here we go. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. I can hear that slightly off. Let's do it again. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. There you go. Okay, so, all right, very simple here, but if you wanted what you could do is you could say something. So, you know, you could, I don't know, small rhyme or something like that. But again, I've set this to one bar, the count of four. Again, depending on how long you want the effect to last is of course how long that loop or that roll will last.

So I've just used my voice. But again, if you take it to many other levels, you can use another track. You can roll that, add it to the other track and so on. But it's a good way of maybe having a small sample of your voice over a techno or a house track. Now, again, you have to remember about timing because your timing could start to go off on the roll that you've made. But that's where the time dial comes in. And if you're very clever at using that, you can nudge it slightly forward or slightly back. So you could do like a really weird sound. So for example... Hold on, let's get the mic on. Make sure we've got... Right. Here we go.

There you go. All right. Again, the possibilities are absolutely endless. So just use a bit of a sample here from Grand Gyro Speed Up Club Instrumental from Karmic Power Records. And again, you know, these videos, some that I make are quite long, some are short. But hopefully a few tips and tricks in here. Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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