DJ Tutorials
One of the best DJ Tutorials is from Danny Rampling – Everything You Need To Know About DJ’ing & Success.
Danny has been DJing for past 20 years and he ‘s got experience alright.
It’s not just about mixing music, it contains almost everything, from marketing, dressing, acting etc.
There are some invaluable resources too. Top quality product this is.
This guide is excellent and over delivered, well worth the money.
Best Regards And Respect From DJ White Hawk
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DJ Mouse Controller
DJ Mouse Controller
I haven’t tried this myself but it does look interesting especially the mouse.
And there is the specially designed mat.
Looks pretty funky!
| DJ Mouse Features :
Left Click Functions:
Vertical wheel:
Right click:
Jog wheel:
Scratch Knob:
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| PRODUCT DESCRIPTION |
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Dj-Tech is proud to announce the first Dj mouse ( patent pending ), as it said, this mouse is fully designed and made for all DJ applications. With a selection of serious materials and having in mind the great aluminum and rubber feeling, discover how easy to manipulate songs and mix them. So funny to use the Automix and sampled sounds / jingles to get into the partys with PERFECT BEAT MATCH. The built-in Jog and the direct access to SCRATCH, will rock your computer and heat the dance floor. DJ mouse includes a special mat for optimizing the quality of your scratch performance. The Blue ring Led is so helpful to locate your position on the mat and drive your performance. |
There is a package with this mouse and DeckaDance software.
I am not a fan of DeckaDance , I tried the trial version a year ago and it didn’t come to my liking.
I prefer Mixmeister Fusion.
Okay so watch a video here:
Watch another short tutorial video if you like, here:
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DJ Tip – Tracks Of The Right Length
Another DJ Tip
A big problem is a track lasting too long usually meaning more than three minutes. It’s a double problem.
(A) Most dancers would prefer to have four 3-minute dances with four partners than two 6-minute dances in the same time.
(B) Many leads/men feel that their repertoire of freestyle dance figures is exhausted after two or three minutes, and they would much rather move on to something else.
Since many tracks are longer than three minutes, you have two choices: mix the track out at about three minutes, or edit out a central part to retain the original ending.
If so, then you’ll know that an earlier mix-out at 3 minutes is okay. But if there’s a definitive ending then you’ll edit out some central strains to bring the track down to three minutes.
If the track is four minutes long, you’ll listen through the piece several times searching for the minute which you can remove from the center without any harm to the track, usually a verse and chorus among many repeats of that verse-chorus.
If the lyrics are telling a story, you might worry about removing an important middle part of the story.
Don’t worry — dancers are too busy dancing to be listening to the lyrics.
There is plenty of software for editing middle sections out of music to make a 3-minute dance version.
Exceptions :
Some fast and exhausting dances might want to be shorter than three minutes, like a fast techno polka for instance.
Some dance traditions favor long songs, like salsa.
Good DJs ask what the dancers prefer, including track lengths sometimes. Dancers’ wishes always come first.
Peace
