Hello everyone!!
My name's Daniel and I have been a bedroom dj for 2 yrs. I have been doing quite a few house parties and my first gig was a fashion show a week ago, which turned out very well. People were congratulating me and even the organizers and some designers want to hire me for other events and small clubs parties. Now I go to the main point of this post....I have had hearing loss 30db since I was 25 and I am 41 right now and some hyperacusis....so as much as I like djing I had to make some sad changes, I will never be able to invest on nice turntables due to my ear problems so I am sort of stuck with my DenonDJ MC4000 and Traktor Pro.
In order for me to take care of my ears and hearing I have to use Traktor's beat counter and visual aids frequently, I still use headphones to mix,cue etc...but the beat counter feature makes my ears be less expose to loud sounds. I try to beatmatch by ear as much as I can but once the hyperacusis kicks in I have to cut back on doing a few things by ear.
I also use custom molded earplugs 25db.
So after this whole mega speech. Would you consider that I am cheating?? If any of you has similar issues will you share them with us please?
Thanks. Sorry for my English but it is not my first language.
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