Beatmatching Psytrance music with Numark Total Control

[xygnal]

beginner dj here. one question, do you guys lock the master key when beat matching? is it ok when i'm trying to learn or will it not be good thing?

[fmfarkas]

@xygnal If you lock the key then for example you can turn down the tempo of the song without getting the sound lower. Usually DJ-s chose songs close in tempo to each other (like 1-5 bpm difference). If you do it this way you don't have to lock key. Locking key in that case is not preferred because it lowers the sound quality a bit, but if you want to mix a 120 bpm song with a 135bpm then you have no choices so you have to turn the key lock on. I hope I could help.

[CarwashBastard]

good work here - it is easy to understand the way you explained it. i also agree that you have to do it by your ears without visual or technical helps. otherwise it is no real djing in my opinon - it's cheating. sometimes i look at the bpm counter as well, but it doesn't feel like you really gained some skill, i feel more like fooling myself. doing it just with my ears feels so much better, because i actually achieved some skill and feel my talent.

[fmfarkas]

@CarwashBastard thanks! The question is you want to improve your musical skills or you want have significantly more time while mixing (using sync). Both have their beauties. I am glad I could help and good luck with your improvement!

[DocMohzus]

very well done

[fmfarkas]

@DocMohzus thank you man!

[yogiakaltv]

hi

[spacehippie]

Hey,

láttam az ozorás szalagod, miközben nézegetem a traktor-total controller videókat...

Psytrancehez akarok én is új kontrollert venni, eddig egy egyszerű m-audiot használtam...

Tapasztalat? Kezelhetőség? Megbízhatóság?

ciaooo

[fmfarkas]

@spacehippie Szeva! Jól láttad, idén lesz a 7. zsinórban. :) Szerintem ennyi pénzért nem nagyon tudsz mellényúlni ezzel, eddig semmi baja, de valószínűleg idővel a sok műanyag majd lassan megadja magát. Ha van több pénzed nézd meg a Reloop Digital Jockey 2-t, viszont lehet azóta már több új kontroller is van én már gyakorlatilag fél éve nem néztem körbe neten a kínálattal. Mindig keress teszteket, review -kat ha venni akarsz valamit!

[YoshiExcel]

great stuff mate. i usually just stick with the sync buttton on my NTC only because the pitch controls on the NTC suck! i get the basic idea of beatmatching and i kinda know what to do, but it just seems to difficult to do it on NTC, and you did it really good. For sure when i get a better controller or actual CD players then i can work on beatmaching. hopefully it wont be hard breaking old habits.

[fmfarkas]

Thanks Yoshi! I think you can break the habit but you see that one can practice beatmatching with the Total Control too! If you can do it on this with it's shitty pitch fader then you will have it easy with a CD player.

Btw Reloop Digital Jockey 2 has a good pitch fader with 24bit MIDI I heard!