T4M*

Definitely helped. I see it now....

I see no stingray.

I found the footage. They were just regular locals. Their boxes weren't all that great back then: InShot_20240328_134727407.mp4 But there is a reason why they made it big and why I appreciate them. Video speaks for itself: InShot_20240328_134937534.mp4 Fun times. #supportyourlocalDJ

I fiiiiiiiiiiiinally found evidence of me and the squad taking over drawball : *The black and white era was dope, sadly that media maybe lost forever.

Very noble, thank you. And here I am today to tell everyone and the future that ya boi T4M* gots you.

Bump.

R.I.P

Bump.

That's the direction I'm leading @LUGR towards to (mash ups). It still can be done on vinyls, just requires a few new skills and patience. By having him mash 5 tracks in a small window, it will expand his way of thinking and start to have a better memory towards the tracks he plays. The mash up that @ndv posted is pretty dope and very easy to do in the digital world of DJ. Programs will tell you what key each track is set, so if you have a large library, you will see matching tracks and easy to bring them in to mix. I supported these box heads when they came out and went to their shows. Pretty dope to see they still out there mixing it up. Me, back in the day, mash ups were called "DJ Intro". You would mash up a bunch of songs, letting the audience know what songs to expect. Hella dope when trying to catch the attention of all your audience. Younger crowds like a full length of mashups, but as an experience DJ, it all depends on your crowd. Us older cats love music a little different than other folks, my crowd still appreciates mixes where most of the songs are played to their full potential. Today I only smash in the beginning, and end it with a smash drop.

Almost lookes likes Beats By Dr Dre Pill speaker, but weird combo to have there. Good find.

Jealous!!!!!!!

Ayyye! First Mix is on point and that's what we are after, clean transition. No one at the parties will hear your clicking noise so smash on! Second mix, it almost felt a little too quick on cutting the track, but everything is matching up! Great job! Yeah my man, you got it. Blend more tracks to built up your library of mixes. Here is a challenge: Blend in 5 tracks in under 2 minutes or so and have fun with it. This will improve your speed towards switching vinyls and cueing. @LUGR

Is that right?

Leggo.

I'll join ya! But gotta grill this chicken tho! (Lemon Pepper and Spicy shiiiiken)

Did not like.

How To Cue With Vinyls (Two Scenarios) Scenario 1 (Releasing Track On The Mark) * There is tracks that will have an intro, and right after, the beat drops. To have a continuous mix, you have to set CUE POINTS . Here is a diagram of what that looks like when setting a cue point for Turntable #2 : * The Red line represents when to release the track * The Yellow line represents the Mark (the mark consists of moving the crossfader towards the middle. If using volume knobs to mix, the mark consists of turning up the volume on Turntable #2) * When the beat drops, set your cue point at beat counter #1 * After setting your cue point, begin to match the TEMPO from Turntable #1 -Now that you have Turntable #2 ready to go, it's time to release the vinyl. For this scenario, we are going to release Track #2 during the OUTRO of Track #1 (before the outro, we are going use a track that has chorus) -Track #1 looks like this: -Here is a diagram of what everything looks like together : * With this method, you have two options on how to initiate the moves during the Mark * When you have Track #2 ready to go (TEMPO and CUE POINT), Option 1 is to release the vinyl on the Mark and than move the crossfader to the middle * When you have Track #2 ready to go (TEMPO and CUE POINT), Option 2 is having the crossfader in the middle, and than release Track #2 * If using Volume knobs, the idea is still the same * Because Track #1 is playing during the OUTRO phase, the song will fade out on its own or end at some point of time * Once Track #1 is finished, move crossfader all the way to the right (Volume knob #1 needs to be lowered all the way, Volume #2 needs be all the way up Scenario 2 (Releasing Track Before The Mark) -Here is a diagram of what that looks like : * Once you find CUE 1, rewind back 4 beat counters, and find CUE 2 * Once you find CUE 2, this new CUE POINT has to be released 4 Beat Counters before the Mark * You can rewind as far back as you like, as long as the beat counters match up * When you match the beat counters and have the right TEMPO, your snares or instruments will match automatically * Matching snares from both tracks is only a TOOL to guide you towards beat matching (having both tracks play at the same speed aka TEMPO) * At the end of the day, your beat counters has to match and TEMPO @LUGR

The guy mixing in the video above, you will notice he is using the volume knobs for mixing instead of the crossfader. I'm assuming the gains are set pretty high, but balanced to where I noticed that the volume knobs were only turned up half way. I don't have a lot of experience with vinyl sound quality, but I do know that in the digital world, most apps have a "Volume Match" Filter to avoid messing with trim levels. So, if you do have volume variations, turn your mixer gains up and mix with the Volume knobs. Set your crossfader in the middle, or turn on the "Scratching" knob (the flat line for cuts).

^^^ There is a song at 45mins that I really liked from RA.927, but no luck on the ID. Small little world, saw the homboy Gene liked the mix :

I'm having issues uploading pics again, will try later. Most of what I saw, have footage of some other cool stuff.