DJ Lesson Mobile DJ Mixing Techniques..3 using the Mic

0:00 Video number three on mixing for the mobile DJ

Alright ladies and gentlemen, video number three on mixing for the mobile DJ. Now first of all, a mobile DJ does not have to do continual smooth transitions. When a mobile DJ mixes, they could do a smooth transition, depends of course on the genre and the style of the music, but then again, they may do a chop, a cut, a transition using the microphone as well. Using the microphone. So we'll put the camera down there and we'll have a look. Right, here we go. Pressing the wrong button. Shouldn't press that one. There you go. Right, so the tracks we've got. Beds are burning. Bully bully boy or woolly bully. I think it's woolly bully. Sorry, yeah. Woolly bully, beg your pardon. Woolly bully. Right, so in this tutorial...

I'm going to do a bit of microphone work and it's probably going to be really difficult because you can't see that, that and the... Oh God. I don't know how am I going to do this now. I think what I'll have to do is sort of have that like that. Please hold tight camera. Just go about there. That'll do. So I can go down here. That'll do. Right, so let's imagine... I'm going to do this in different ways, OK? First of all, microphone. It is not a vibrator, it is a microphone. Do not be scared of it. Okay, this is possibly one of the most important parts of a mobile DJ's kit. If you're a mobile DJ and you do not have a microphone then I'm sorry but that's possibly half of the joy, the happiness, the entertainment you can give out to the public because

2:36 Microphone level, turn, sound

They want to hear you. You have to be an entertainer, so please use the microphone. Okay? Maybe we're going to have lots of shouting now because I'm a mobile DJ. I never use a microphone. Well, you know what? Try it. You might like it. Okay. Now then, first things first. What I'm going to do is just show you... The first thing I'm going to do, and this applies to whether the PA is 10,000 watts or half a watt. You'll notice I have my microphone level set Absolutely sweet football association, nothing at all. I'm going to turn it on and I'm tapping on the microphone, there's nothing there. What I'm going to do now is I'm going to go 1-2-3-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-2-1-2-1-2-3-1-2-1-2. There we go. Now let's imagine that the amplifier, the main output volume was set to the exact sound or the exact level I wanted it to.

By doing this and turning the microphone up in that way, it means that this won't happen. And I'll do it very quickly. I'll turn that off. I'll have the microphone up like that and I'll turn it on. Oh shit, that's really loud. That won't happen. That's called feedback. You don't want that to happen. So by having your microphone level all the way down, turning it on and then slowly turning the microphone level up, it means you will get the optimum sound that you need. And you won't get that nasty feedback. When you start hearing that whistling sound, it means you've turned the microphone up too high and you need to turn it down. Right, so I'm going to do that again. Sorry. Better proof if you want to practice. 1-2, 1-2, 1-2-3, 1-2, 1-2. There we go, that'll do me. Right, now I can turn it off and on and off and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and off and on and on as much as I want. Oh God, this is funny.

Well, for you, not for me. No, actually, this damn thing itches. Right, so let's just take that out again like that and put the camera about there. I need a more fishy eye lens, wide angle kind of thing. Oh, that's why it's like that because it's all cockeyed to the actress bishop. So, right. This is where we use the microphone. It's a little bit difficult for me because I'm like all shapes and sizes and screwing my head around the corner. Nothing like a good screw... Alright, and... No, we don't want that one, we want this one. Okay, now bearing in mind as well, I would have listened to the beginning of this. So... So what I'm going to do is, you know, maybe one aspect of what a mobile DJ will do.

5:30 We'll come to the end of the track

It's talk. We'll come to the end of the track. Right, track finishes there. So, ladies and gentlemen, a bit of beds are burning. This one here is for the lovely lady by the bar with the long legs. Thank you so much. If I've offended you, I'm very sorry, but it's your fault you've got long legs. Using the microphone. Okay, what was happening there? This track was finishing just as it was finishing. I was using the microphone. And then while I was still using the microphone, I brought the other track in. So there was a transition. The transition was me using the microphone. It wasn't mixed. It was a transition using the microphone. Also, there's communication going on. You know, that was a very stupid example. But talk about something in the room. Don't go, oh look, the plant pot's green.

6:51 The music was coming on

Oh look, there's a bowl of oranges over there and one of them is rotten. Not a good idea. Try and involve the crowd and at the same time while I was talking, bosh! The music was coming on. Also make sure that when you do talk, you bring the volume down. Now I'm going to give you an example here of how some DJs use the microphone. Right, here we go. Alright ladies and gentlemen, welcome to... Yeah, now we've got... Yes, come on now, let's have a go. Right, I hope you like the day and what a wonderful evening. Oh my goodness me, look at that lady over there with long legs. My goodness, whoa, isn't she big and hairy? Alright, wasn't exactly a very good example, but what I was trying to emphasise there is some DJs will talk through the microphone of course, the volume of the music is so high, no one can hear what they're saying, so...

Bring down, talk. And while you're talking, you could maybe have the music down like so much, take it up. So talk, music down, stop talking, music up. On a lot of mixers, including this one, DJM2000, we've got this button, or sorry, the button for switch, beg your pardon, for the microphone has three settings. Off, on and coffee. No, just kidding. Talkover. Talkover, what that will do is as soon as you use the microphone, the music will automatically dip, which in turn gives you free hands. You don't have to bring the volume down. I personally don't like talkover because I like to use the volume really quickly. I can turn the volume down and put it back up far quicker than the talkover can. But by using the talkover, it means that you've got one hand free.

Get dizzy. There are things called boom mics. No, they don't explode in your face. Or microphone stands. Of course, use a microphone stand. You've got two hands. Right, very random video. I hope it's been a help. But in this one... An angle now. Come on, you're pissed. This one is all about using the microphone. Don't be scared of it, OK? Ow! Don't be scared of it. It's a good piece of kit, especially if it wobbles. Right, practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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