No.1 Skill needed for Digital DJ'ing

[jfd6812]

beat matching.

[DJew]

@DJdyve....yeah thats a good point dude...because we can literally assign anythin with our midi controllers....it makes everything we do so individual and unique....

@Virtual Unknown....ye man can imagine so many dj's just wana pull out tunes they love that may not be known to everyone....but gota do a few crowd pleasing ones!

[padi_04]

#1 for digitalDJs : IMO is to get a good midi mappings and know your stuff well!

better yet, make good midi mappings

[DJew]

ye man...tailor made mapping!!

Although the DJTT ones are good!!

[procks]

track selection.

[sarasin]

Number 1 skill?

mmm....knowing where you are in your set at all times.

Which Mode you in etc....

Gotta keep your head above the water!

[fullenglishpint]

beat matching.

as an ableton user, surely you don't really think that's still a DJ's key skill??

[Ciar2001]

Jesus Pose imho! ;-)

[looneygeorge]

@photojojo......love that comment mate, so true, had so many dj's here in manchester that i know saying "learn on some real hardware etc"....and these are the ones who barely get gigs!!

It's true that they are ignorant, to a certain extent. What they probably mean is to learn how to beatmatch and control music without having a guided waveform telling you where you are in your track.

Traktor gives you the possibility to DJ fresh tracks that you might have only heard once or twice because you can see alot of info from the waveform :-)

#1 skill (for me), is to always be prepared for the worst (gear wise and mentally). always be able to act fast with a backup plan. Be it CDJs, Turntables, another laptop or a simple iPod. If your PC (Macs never crash ) gets the infamous bluescreen midset, you dont wanna be the person standing in the DJ booth when the floor is packed, and no music is coming out of the speakers at peak time, 2:00 am.

PS: Your DJ name is a big lol! love it!

[ponyboy]

IMO #1 will always be track selection. If your track selection is garbage, everything else will be garbage as well.

You can't make butter out of shit.

You can make butter out of sh*t but it will be sh*t flavouired butter, it'll still spread but it won't taste good.

I've tried. Chocolate spread it ain't.