Three Turntable DJ Mixing Lesson BY Ellaskins the Djtutor

Alright guys, got another demonstration on mixing on 3-decks. This is not the way, the only way to do 3-deck mixing. This is an example. Okay so, major point. The one aspect of 3-deck mixing that is a must is of course to make sure that everything is in perfect time. If it isn't, then if you imagine, if you've got two decks going and one, hold on, let me just move the camera slightly up a little bit, that's a bit better. If you imagine you've got one deck that's slightly off, I mean very slightly off, as in 0.01 of a beat, then over time that's, the gap is going to get bigger and bigger so eventually it will sound completely offbeat. So, when using 3-decks, if you've got 2 that are slightly offbeat, it's going to get even worse.

Over time. So, what I did at the beginning of that demonstration, I started off this track here, and then let it play and I concentrated then on the 3-deck. Now even if the 2nd one was going slightly off, I wasn't interested because I was concentrating on the 3rd one. If the 2nd one had gone slightly off, I would then go back to it and then I would listen to it on headphones and bring it back into beat. So, what I did here, the main part of this lesson is when mixing on 3-decks, you've got one playing, you bring your 2nd one in. Get your 2nd one going, if you know it's perfectly in time and it works, then keep it in the mix. If you don't, then bring it in at the correct time you want to bring it in, then concentrate on the 3rd track,

Bring the 3rd one in, in time with the 1st one so you've got those two playing. If you then know that they're playing perfectly, in time, go back to the other one you brought in first and then that's your opportunity to jog it forward back a little bit. Make sure it's in banging time and bring it into the mix. Okay, because you've spent the time initially to bring it in, then so long as you bring it in at the correct phrasing, even if it is slightly out of time, all you're going to do is nudge it forward or back. To the beginner, that may sound like rocket science. To the intermediate or advanced, hopefully they'll understand where I'm coming from and I'll finish off with practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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