Need help jumping into this DJ scene

[BradCee]

I also want to learn how to do effects and different tricks, but dont know where to go to learn about them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsdT4...x=0&playnext=1

don't know if you've already watched these, andeven if you have, watch them again. will answer that bit no problem. watched them several times myself to get the full picture.

what have you got for the rest of it so far?
beatgrids?
load markers?
using sync or by ear?
know how to cross fade?
know how to mix on channel faders?
have you experimented with different cross fade 'cuts' when mixing 2 songs?

that's pretty much the 'basics' as i see it, bringing in fx from there is 'simple enough' just takes a bit or practice and trial & error to get them as you want.

for example;
try a chained filter/digital lo fi/iceverb, when mixing to next track, drop some filter, bring in a bit of lo fi to crush things up, then hit with the iceverb to add some extra depth to it all, hit stop on the deck where you'd normally cut the x-fade and leave the iceverb to trail off (maybe help it with channel fader) for first few beats of next track.

[sparktite]

I was trying to work effects but i was told in the video for aerodynamic beat juggling, to do specific things for the effects, i tried it and nothing. I messed with the fx myself, and nothing. The knob will turn the effect up and down, but the effect doesnt do anything or make any kind of changes to what im playing. Even followed the vid u linked, did what it said but the effects just dont work.

But i did notice my effects dont look like they do in that vid. (this was after messing with some setting and not putting it back to the way it was when i was watching the vid.)


This is just another one of the many problems ive run into.

Ive messed with beat grids and made some, need to work on that a bit more.
Ive been syncing, i can do stuff by ear but i hate beats that dont sync up perfect.
I know how to use a cross fader, but the other stuff u mentioned after that flew right over my head 8P

Thanks for every ones time n help so far 8)

[nicolas]

Practice, Practice Practice!!!
It's supposed to be fun...

[eastcoastams]

Yeah patience. The best way to learn buildups, drops, breaks and all that is really just listening to the music really carefully, learning to identify what producers/ dj's are doing without being able to see it , there are countless youtube videos you can watch, peoples ten minute mixes, they will demonstrate really basic to more advanced mixing techniques and it's helpful to be able to watch them while you listen. You cant expect to just drop 1,000 bucks on equipment and just be a superstar DJ, unfortunately it takes time...have fun with it, nothing ever really worth getting frustrated over, ever failed fx combo is just learning what doesn't work, it will get you closer to what does. So yeah, patience lol

[Hippie]

Have u been activating the FX unit for the deck u want the FX applied to?
See the Decks, Loop Control, Fader, EQ, X-Fader image in this link http://www.traktorbible.com/en/midifinder.aspx
As you've got 4 FX units showing u should have buttons for FX units 1,2,3 and 4 (he only has 2 in his layout) above the gain knob. U need to click the number for the FX unit u want to apply to that deck, it will change colour when active.
In the video BradCee posted, Ean has FX unit 1 assigned to the left deck and FX unit 2 assigned to the right deck permanently thoughout the demo (see Ean's screenshot at 35seconds).

Like the others have said practice makes perfect dude and videos like these from Ean http://www.djtechtools.com/category/...torials/?all=1 to give u more to practice at
Recording yourself and playing it back on the way to work or whatever (away from the decks) is important imo too, to get an idea of whether your mixing is any good.

[BradCee]

But i did notice my effects dont look like they do in that vid. (this was after messing with some setting and not putting it back to the way it was when i was watching the vid.)

you're using 4 fx banks, in the vids ean only has 2. if you switched it to 2 banks it would look the same

[Kupujte_Pytle]

man.. srsly, forget about the effects and jugless and all. First get comfortable mixing 2 decks like you would use CDJ.. that mean ONLY EQ, Crossfader, channel volume and gain, cue play, cue pause, pitch and pitch bend!!!!

no.. 4 exclamation marks, weren't enough... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!11

when you do that and face no problems, then there is time for MANUAL. i mean you and especialy you ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO READ MANUAL FOR TRAKTOR. because i am one million percent shure that you just missed some tiny thing in hook-up or setup or you misintepreted something a little. If you still face those technical difficulties, return to us, explain in detail what is wrong and then we can help you.. and we will!

face it, Eans videos are great and all, but almost all of them require you to know GUI of traktor, and where is everything to setup.

pleeeeaaaase return to the advanced traktor techniques when you know the basics

[BentoSan]

You should check out the Sticky that is titled Read Me - FAQ and Recommended Reading.

+1 !!!!

[photojojo]

Let me take this opportunity to post up for the first time and reiterate the advise that's been given. I'm sort of a newb as well and in the two weeks that I've been lurking pretty much all I've played with is the Queen/Tipsy routine and pretty much nothing else. I would say I've spent several hours a day juggling those two songs, watching the video, rolling random posts, watching more videos, juggling, looking at mappings, rolling more random posts, listening to the ZeMIXX podcasts, googling unfamiliar phrases and equipment references, and most recently I wrote down by hand everything in the midi fighter mapping and changed it to work on my keyboard number pad. That process opened my eyes to a lot of the how and why of Traktor. And now I have a pseudo midi fighter and thanks to Sharpie it's even color coded.

The point being is pop a Riddlin and study, absorb all this info like a sponge. After two weeks of practice this morning was the first time I did the Queen/Tipsy juggle for someone other than myself. My fifteen year old son (yeah I'm old) and he was mildly impressed. I can tell because he watched me more than halfway through before he got bored.

[sparktite]

Alright thanks for all the info guys, ill get back into my book even tho its overwhelming lol. Gonna check out some more vids on youtube too.
I just wish i knew what im doing wrong with the effects. I never really messed with them until recently but in that screenie is what my fx setup has always looked like.

Thanks for all your time.