In this chapter we are going to explain you 2 very good DJ practices proposed by DJ Sergei Rez. 2 exercises that will help you enormously to improve your skills. 🙂 In order to develop great DJ skills, you need to train a lot. In the long run, the more hours of practice you accumulate, […]

In this chapter we are going to see what Loops are, how we can use them during mixing, some looping transition situations and the 2 ways to create them: Manual and Automatic. 🙂 1. What is a LOOP? A loop is a continuous repetition of a portion of the track. We choose where we want it […]

In this chapter we are going to learn about HOT CUEs, what they are, how they are used and what we can do with them. At the beginning it is quite normal not to know very well how or what to use them for. Let’s see what they are and their different uses. 🙂 Hot […]

In this chapter we are going to see how to use headphones to help us mix. To understand it we will see what is the concept of pre-cueing or pre-listening. 🙂 DJ using pre-cueing for mixing 1. What is Pre-Cueing? Pre-cueing consists of listening to one or several channels without the signal coming out of […]

In this chapter we will learn how to use equalizers during mixing. Making proper use of them will give a lot of elegance to your mixes. It will help you achieve a virtually seamless transition between tracks. 🙂 You must keep in mind that this cannot be understood as something strict and closed, as in […]

In this chapter we are going to talk about the CUE button, what it is and what it is for. An extremely useful function when it comes to making your mixes like a professional DJ. 🙂 Pioneer player When mixing, as we have already seen in previous chapters, our goal is to achieve a synchrony, […]

In this chapter we are going to talk about the PITCH Control, the tool that manages the Tempo, or what is the same, the BPM at which the track will be played. We will also see a related parameter such as the Pitch Range and the Master Tempo function. Understanding the three functions will be […]

In this chapter, we will see in detail what BPM is and its relationship with other musical concepts such as Tempo and Pulse. We will also know how to get the BPM of the tracks we want to play, what are the usual BPM in the main genres of electronic music and we will see […]

In this chapter we will go a little deeper into the structures of electronic music and how to recognize the parts by counting the music. We will see how to count beats, bars, musical phrases and thus differentiate the blocks properly to be able to make mixes like a professional DJ. 🙂 1. Beats, Bars […]

In this chapter we are going to see an introduction on how to DJ mix music like a professional. 🙂 DJ Mixing with a Pioneer Controller In the previous chapter we learned about the buttons, functions and basic elements of a mixer, controller or DJ software. How to start mixing music like a DJ? What […]