What else can I do to "up" my mixes?

[wrong chris]

Try doing live edits of some of the tracks by playing its parts in a different order when it's appropriate. You don't always have to play it all from beginning to end.

Dabble with keymixing if you wanna play melodies together.

yeah this is where 4 decks comes in real handy. you can use C + D like a sampler, apply effects, play with cueing or key. experiment they open up some new avenues if you take the effort to explore them.

using the same tracks that are playing in decks A + B is a great technique to get the effect of "teasing" the listener earlier on before your ready to mix out. this is great stuff!

[Gryz]

I would love to be able to use 4 decks, but I have my controller and it's effects set up for 2. It would be a lot of work to convert to 4, but I may have to...

[ctrld]

you certainly don't HAVE to. it has been proven many times that for a good dj, nothing besides 2 analogue decks and a simple mixer is required to completely own a party. 4 decks with all the digital bells&whistles won't help you if you don't "feel" the crowd and give them the music they want before they realize that they want it trust me on that, it matters more WHAT you play and WHEN you play it than HOW you play it.

also, if the more advanced stuff doesn't come to you naturally (meaning: unless you also "feel" your setup and operate all fx and other toys flawlessly without thinking) it's never gonna sound right and there's no need to push it.