If you use sync to have more creative time

[photojojo]

Not great mixes by any means, but as examples of what I do to stay busy they'll work.

[Citizen_Insane]

I tend to use sync and find myself with 3 tracks going quite often, 4 sometimes too. Basically syncing allows me to have the time to get all of it going and lets me push easily out of the box of traditional A -> B mixing. It also allows me more time for playing with the eq's / getting it all balanced nicely, using effects (usually of the more subtle variety), layering different parts of the tracks (sometime I'll have a few decks of one track) and thinking of tracks I might play next or later in the mix.

[mattmangrease]

I like having two tracks synced up so I can then dick around with cue points on a third deck.

[haze324]

I like having two tracks synced up so I can then dick around .

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Props to Photo for stepping up and posting two vids. Great work man. I will add though, that I think the use of sync in those vids are really more because of the equipment you have choosen --- and it makes sense, they X1's are easy to work with and VERY convenient. Thanks for posting those.

up for more vids, recordings.

[IznremiX]

i use sync. heres some of my stuff. im far from being ean golden or carl cox but yea

[mattmangrease]

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Props to Photo for stepping up and posting two vids. Great work man. I will add though, that I think the use of sync in those vids are really more because of the equipment you have choosen --- and it makes sense, they X1's are easy to work with and VERY convenient. Thanks for posting those.

up for more vids, recordings.

noooooo.. I'm doing fun stuff with samples and effects. Like chopping up Michael Jackson acapellas so they sound more like instruments instead of words.

[haze324]

IZN....man those are really good man! Are those planned routines...how long does it take you to really nail a routing like that and wow much of your nightly set would say you play like that.....if alot, why not just make these in ableton and produce your own remixes.

[haze324]

noooooo.. I'm doing fun stuff

just messing you with you man. I thought you meant really fun stuff like slamming a shot with some chicks!!

[Emery]

Good mashes IZN, I can see why you would choose to use sync. If/when you play gig's I can't imagine you do that much mixing - correct me if I'm wrong.

Side note IZN - It would be hard to beat match without using headphones

[IznremiX]

IZN....man those are really good man! Are those planned routines...how long does it take you to really nail a routing like that and wow much of your nightly set would say you play like that.....if alot, why not just make these in ableton and produce your own remixes.

thanks man, I think I still have a long ways to go though

when I play out, pretty much my entire set is composed of mash ups sorta like the ones up there, but they're defo more danceable. these mashes are preplanned but when I gig the mashes tend to be on the fly. I don't play the 99 problems one out very much as it isn't the most danceable chune, but I play wub wub chop chop almost every time and people have always gotten down to it. It really spices up djing for me tbh. As for ableton, I haven't really tried it, but I think traktor works really well for my current work flow

Good mashes IZN, I can see why you would choose to use sync. If/when you play gig's I can't imagine you do that much mixing - correct me if I'm wrong.

Side note IZN - It would be hard to beat match without using headphones

i do spin a lot like that when i mix live, but its a lot more danceable and a little less brosteppy