Originally Posted by
Fatlimey
Don't even bother to beatmatch unless it's for a special effect between tracks you know work together (OMD to Gary Numan, that kind of thing). Most 80's and Goth clubs I was dragged to^H^H^H attended just use "crash mixing" - just crossfade from one to the other quickly without any attempt at matching.
In fact, my buddy's early attempts at DJing an 80's club didn't even use a crossfader, he used the "quarter turn" trick on the SL1200s. It takes a quarter turn to get to speed, so cue up the track to the first note, spin it back a quarter turn and just hit "start" on the deck at the right time!
Now that's quality old school mixing.
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