Beginner DJ Mixing Lesson with the Filter BY Ellaskins

0:00 This is a beginner DJ mixing lesson

Alright ladies and gentlemen, this is a beginner DJ mixing lesson. In this video I'm using a tune by Mr Kenny Hectic. It's the underground mix of Christine W, a track entitled Out There. There will be info in the description. We're using the Pioneer DDJ-RB. I'm using rekordbox software and we're going to be using the filter for a very, very simple transition. Again, I reiterate, this video is for the beginner DJ. So, simple transition using the same track on both sides with the pitch at the same position as well, which is very important. Also, I'm only using the speakers for the moment from the laptop. Now, a couple of things here we're going to be listening for. One is the phrasing, the correct time to bring the track in.

The other one, of course, is a nice smooth transition using the filter and also we're listening for the echo. Okay, so here we go. I'm going to start the left-hand deck, bearing in mind to make sure that the two tracks are aligned. So, if you're playing at the same speed, the same BPM beats per minute, make sure that on the controller that you've got the pitches are clicked into the centre point. And just to double confirm, have a look at the screen and on the rekordbox software there are the two virtual circles and each one of those has got 122.00 in the centre. So, they're both identically the same also underneath that 0.0%. That means that the pitch is not decreased by any percent or increased by any other percentage.

1:43 Filter hand, nine position, low-pass filter

So, I'm going to play with the 2-way pitch again. percent so I'm going to start the left hand deck one two three four now also on the rekordbox software we can see different colors and also we can see gaps now the gaps will signify some form of change in the track so if we listen there is a tiny gap coming up have a listen there okay that's the beginning of our new phrase so what I'm going to do now is I'm going to skip forward to just before the first break I'm gonna use my mouse pad on the laptop click down and I've clicked down just before the beginning of the break three two three four and I'm going to start the other track with my crossfade in the middle I'm going to set my low-pass filter to around about the nine o'clock

Position and start can you hear that echo now that's told me that's telling me that the track on the right is slightly out of time we need to get rid of that echo let's try moving the jog wheel clockwise we've got rid of it that tells me that I was moving the jog wheel in the right direction I'm now going to move the filter on the right hand deck to the 12 o'clock position with the filter on the left-hand side to the nine o'clock position there now we can pretty much do this for as long as the track is playing because we're in phrase bearing in mind as well we don't really want vocals over vocals but once again this is for a beginner DJ for practice filter now on the right hand side all the way down as far as it will

4:35 Time time, moving wheel, direction

Go which is 7 o'clock and this is to LPF low-pass filter I'm gonna do the same again right hand deck filter up to 12 left hand this time all the way down to 7 and back up again to 12 on the left and 7 on the right cue up the right-hand deck now that should cue up at the beginning of the track what I'm going to do now I'm gonna wait for the end of the next phrase and start the right-hand deck again put that filter at 9 o'clock moving the jog wheel clockwise make sure the kick is in time with the vocals filter up at 12 o'clock position on the right same at the left if you're unsure have a play around with the jog wheels maybe spin them forward spin them back now if you think about it if you're not familiar with those two tracks being perfectly in time then if it does go

Offbeat and you get that echo play around with the echo is the echo increasing because you're moving the jog wheel in one direction well then you're moving the jog wheel in the wrong direction so move it in the other direction so by moving it in the other direction is the echo now decreasing if it is then you're moving the jog wheel in the right direction now again this is a beginner DJ lesson something like this is great to practice at home by yourself notice I'm using the speaker speakers on the laptop there is no need to have a huge booming sound by default if you have a huge PA blasting your eardrums in your bedroom or in while you're practicing in somewhere in a club or your friend's house you're

6:56 Train crash, those posts, move pitch

Not going to get the correct sound you need for a little practice like this so let's let the left hand deck play now this is what it sounds like when I start the right-hand deck at completely the wrong time that's in time but out of time why is it in time? it's actually out of time first because the kicks aren't matching but it's sort of in time because the difference between those two kicks isn't changing because they're both the same speed now let's change that slightly alright again the left hand deck is at 122 the right-hand decks at 122 I'm not going to move the pitch on the right-hand deck a little bit slower I'm going to repeat the process that I did earlier on so they will be out of time but also they will definitely be out of time in

Fact they'll be out of time because I will start the right-hand deck at the wrong time with the left hand deck but also because the right-hand deck is now a different speed that echo will change I'm going to move the pitch down a little bit more actually so now the track on the right is 116 track on the left is 122. now this is what you do call a train crash or a train wrecks train crash but listen did you notice they seem to come together again now they're off listen they're getting together again they're together and now they're going off again so why is that why does it seem as though they seem to be getting back in beat but then off again so you'd have thought if they get in beat they're in beat they're the same BPM well that is not the case now I want you to picture in

9:09 Fence, walk along, eventually

Your mind you're walking along a country path and all of a sudden you look to your right and the farmer has put some posts in the ground in between those posts is barbed wire or netting of some description and these posts are perfectly the same distance between each other and then behind those posts there's a very very old set of posts there's an old fence that's decrepit and falling down but the first post of the old decrepit fence is it exactly the same position as the new one as you slowly walk along you'll find that the distance possibly because the old fence the distance between the two posts were slightly different than the new fence as you start to walk along you notice that the fence is a little bit longer than the old fence so if you start to walk along you notice that the

First one of course was at the same position but the second one may be slightly off the old fence may be slightly off than the first one and then there will be more of a difference in the distance between the two being off and then more and more and more but as you go along your walk eventually what will happen is that the two posts will line up again that's because what's happened is simply because one of them is either a shorter distance or a longer distance eventually over time they will catch up that's what's happening here and this is one of the big issues that a lot of new DJs face they think it's in beat but it actually isn't so for example if the first beats match together and they're both on the one then eventually when they come back

Together again you may find it sounds great and it's in time but your second time they're in beat could be in beat on the one and the two and at that point if you do eventually get it into beat and it stays in beat it will be in time but it will be out of phrase and out of bar so for example one two three four when you hit the one you can be on the two when you hit the two you can be on the three when you hit the three you could be on the four and that will carry on so eventually when you do come to the end of a phrase the beginning of a vocal or that crucial transition period it will sound in time in beat in key but it will definitely be out of phrase all right I hope that's a help check out mr. Kenny Hectic and the tune and all other information from him in the description

Practice and enjoy nice one

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