What does Sync enable YOU to do?

[Aleeeeeks]

@pastabox

bring in a track with a reverse beat roll, fade or filter in from 1/4 loop → 1/2 → drop, all in perfect time

really fun

Whaaataaaaaat. #mindblown #tryingwhenigethome

[botstein]

@The_Mighty_FV

It’s english for ‘roll a spliff’…thought that was known elsewhere too.

I had to google it.

[DubluW]

Stopping drunk people knocking the mix out when they fuck with the jogwheels going ‘‘Heeeey Wika wika im a DJ’’ when i turn my head for one second!

[Aleeeeeks]

@DubluW

Stopping drunk people knocking the mix out when they fuck with the jogwheels going ‘‘Heeeey Wika wika im a DJ’’ when i turn my head for one second!

Best reason yet

[epikeddie]

@DubluW

Stopping drunk people knocking the mix out when they fuck with the jogwheels going ‘‘Heeeey Wika wika im a DJ’’ when i turn my head for one second!

Lol!

This happened to me once when I get a reached into the booth and touched the platter on one of our decks…security escorted his ass out quick status…

[Jester]

when they do that punch them in the face and say “hey doof doof i’m a boxer!”

[photojojo]

To be better than I was in 1985 with a whole lot less effort. That’s not just sync, but DJ software in general.

[Stewe]

It was sync when traktor became pro version. Traktor 3 was beatmatching.

[manchild]

@Stewe

It was sync when traktor became pro version. Traktor 3 was beatmatching.

I’m guessing this means you beatmatched when it was 3 and started using sync when Pro came out…cause I was a lil confused. To anyone thats concerned, sync was alive and well in 3

[Stewe]

Honestly I think it wasn’t the best. I couldn’t grid all my tracks perfectly in sync and needed to bend a little in a while to keep them in beat. Pro fixed it.

[RaydogPR]

For me using sync gives me more freedom to use effects, loops and samples without really stressing with time constraints and having beat matching issues with the main track/s. I guess for me it just free’s up more creative time!

[haze324]

@haze324

Honest question – can we get some examples to listen to. I don’t ask this a non-sync troll question, my curiousity is wanting to hear what sound “good” when layering tracks. Normally that is the argument for sync — I have a bunch of things layered. I’ve seen Hawtin and others live and understand the concept, but my real curiousity is those that are not at that level (as I am not, and figure most guys here are on par with the average club DJ) I’d like to hear how the average DJ uses it. Especially intrigued with using Machine, I’ve thougth about using The Bridge with SSL and have heard some really good demos from some very talented guys.

Perhaps point out what you are doing so we can learn something vs. just saying “I layer multiple decks”

Someones got to have a good mix they can breakdown for us on using sync with multiple decks/layers/loops.

[avery]

Good topic (if it stays on topic)

1. And most important, gives me time to find the right tune. The tune that out of my whole library will fit most well into the mix and fit where I want the set to go.

2. Gives me more time to do the best mix I’m capable of. I was going to write, smooth, but that’s not always true. Sometimes you want to bang it in, and you can do that because as someone else mentioned, you can drop on cue with the volume up. That’s cool!

3. Do more creative stuff like mix in accapellas, samples etc. I never do any of this stuff because I am laaaazy and also because I’m focused on 1) and 2). I like having the option there though. And sometimes I do do it. That shit was impossible when I was doing normal beat matching on 1210s.

All of the above. And regarding point 3: Yes, exactly. As someone who learned on 1200s, when the only option was to learn to beatmatch and then babysit it for those long mixes.. The stuff we can do with sync now is just mind-boggling in comparison.

[DJ_Abide]

I’ve been doing quite a bit 4 deck mash-ups where A & B are down-tempo instrumentals and C & D are 4band/XOne EQ made Hip-Hop acapella. I’ll Sync A & C to adjust both decks tempo simultaneously to then manually launch the next instrumental waiting in Deck B with or w/o sync, sometimes immediately into the next acapella in D w or w/o sync.

[Chris_Macom]

I’d say the most useful reason to use sync is for looping and beat synced effects like delay. Maybe helping you drop a track at exactly the right time as well with quantized cues and loops.

[DemiAlex]

Instead of wasting time beat matching I can go ahead and transition a new track, use all 4 channels, make sudden drops a lot easier, allows me to take time to pick the perfect track to play since song selection is everything

[makar1]

@haze324

Someones got to have a good mix they can breakdown for us on using sync with multiple decks/layers/loops.

+1. Some real world examples would be great.

[ZxZDeViLZxZ]

It appears most of you are missing something it’s not just sync it’s quantize that helps you lots. Turn off quant and just use sync bet you miss your drops lots… Reason is quant along with sync allows you to drops right… I enjoy traktor for quant like really quant is what you really are taking advantage of. Sync is only partially useful:..

You can layer tracks and cue jump without sync as long as quants on. Turn off quant and try it then try sync without quant. Snaps a really useful tool if you have the patience a to manipulate it lots.

[botstein]

@makar1

+1. Some real world examples would be great.

Check out this video, about seven minutes in. It’s a tutorial in harmonic mixing, but Endo uses sync, quantize, keylock, etc in it to great effect, and is pretty great just generally. It sounds good to my ears.

DJ Tutorial: Learn Harmonic Mixing w/ DJ Endo

It appears most of you are missing something it’s not just sync it’s quantize that helps you lots. Turn off quant and just use sync bet you miss your drops lots…

Yeah, right. I bet not. I’m glad you like it though!

@DJ_Abide

I’ve been doing quite a bit 4 deck mash-ups where A & B are down-tempo instrumentals and C & D are 4band/XOne EQ made Hip-Hop acapella. I’ll Sync A & C to adjust both decks tempo simultaneously to then manually launch the next instrumental waiting in Deck B with or w/o sync, sometimes immediately into the next acapella in D w or w/o sync.

Sweet! Which of your mixes are like this? I’d like to hear some.

[makar1]

@botstein

Check out this video

I’m sure we’re all aware of what the pros can do, but I was looking for something more relevant to the topic title.