DJ Keep Your Track in Time Even if You Add Some Effects

0:00 Quick demo here on the structure of a phrase in a track

Alright guys, quick demo here on the structure of a phrase in a track. The tune we're using is a track entitled Active, it's a clean mix, there will be info in the description. So what I've done, I've set two cue points. Now this is a bit of a trick, it's also a bit of a demonstration, but also what I'm going to show you is how you can use some hot cues and not lose the sort of timing, the phrasing of the track. Now what I have done in the past many times myself is I've used the hot cues and while using the hot cues, if you imagine if you set a hot cue, for example here, there. Now if I carry on touching that hot cue, the track will go back to that point. So in other words, the listener is listening to this part of the track over and over and over again.

1:13 What's happening there is I'm trying to keep in phrase with the track

Do they want that? Using this technique, but also if you let's say yourself expand on this technique then you can not only have fun with the hot cues, but you're keeping in phrase with the track as well. So I'll give you a demo first. Okay, there you go. So what's happening there is I'm trying to keep in phrase with the track. So even though I'm going back to that one cue point, as soon as I hit my next cue point I'm pretty much in time, forwarding time in the track as let's say I would be if the track was playing. Now of course admittedly we can use let's say the slip mode feature but everything I've shown you here you can do on a medium to high price controller as well as the CDJ. What I did there is I used the vinyl speed adjust, the touch break and I set that to 12 o'clock.

2:17 I hope that's been a help

So by pressing play pause, have a listen. It grinds to halt, so press the hot cue. There you go. I hope that's been a help. Check out the link in the description to CDpool.com and a big shout out to Get In The Mix for helping me with well pretty much getting the Nexus 2 series. So what I did I had the original Nexus series, the DJM900 and the 2000s sent them into Get In The Mix and I did a part exchange so if you are in or around the Europe area and you're interested then go and check out the link in the description to Get In The Mix and if you do have some kit that you do not want any more, maybe it's got to be working of course but maybe you want to upgrade then by all means go and give Get In The Mix a shout

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