DJ Tips: Learn How to Sync Without Using Sync
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
- In this tutorial, DJ Ravine and Ben Bristow teach you a hack to get your tracks in sync using the CDJ bpm counters without them drifting at all.
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I don't care about sync I care that you can rock a crowd with your music collection
Thats right exactly❤
Well then stand there with your spotify and show them your music. Don't stand behind a deck claiming you are a DJ.
My point exactly.
Absolutely, track selection is key. There is such a stigma with using the sync button that just doesn't deserve the bad rep it has. Like mentioned in the video it is important to know what to do from the basics up, beatmatching by ear, beatmatching by looking at the decks/software tempo and grid, and then using the sync button. The key is to know you do not have to rely on any one thing working (other than the decks actually playing the records!). Learning all methods also opens more possibilities and gives a wider perspective. But ultimately, techniques and methods are just a tool to make it easier to get the desired result. The true art of DJing comes from being in the moment and brining positive energy to the dancefloor, I guess from good awareness of the crowd and track selection.
I’am so happy to have learnt to be dj a long time ago without computer and software, it’s a very long ears training ! Practice and enjoy
I still prefer to use my technics with serato even though I have cdjs I much prefer the feel of turntables
I think is sync is fine. What makes me mad is prerecorded sets. I checked some videos of pystrance dj's at the Universo Parrallelo festival jumping around twisting some effects nobs and thats it. No track selection or beat matching going on at all.
what makes me mad is psytrance - prerecorded or not
I've found a lot of psytrance don't even have to intros anymore
and they even get payed 🤑🤑
Using sync is fine imo because it’s just something that speeds up time provided you know how to beatmatch without using sync if the need ever arises. For example, the system might read the bpm/grid wrong and doesn’t sync properly in which case you have to beat match by ear. If you can do both methods, then I see no problem in using sync because it gives you more time to set up cool transitions and play with some effects to keep the crowd interested. DJs only hate using sync because of their egos, but the crowd won’t know whether you’re using sync or not, thus your main focus as a DJ should be on making your transitions clean and smooth.
I would argue transitions are not that important. If a DJ is playing to people in a club that are drunk they won't notice a 'bad' transition, or if they do they probably won't care. What is more important is keeping a fairly consistent tempo (not jumping BPMs) and keeping the right sort of energy going in the crowd, which arguably comes from track selection alone.
Right on.
Facts .
Great advice! I can beatmatch and sometimes use the sync button. I'm a beginner Dj. I have the DDJsx2.
You Say - If you can do both methods, then I see no problem in using sync
I Say - If you Push One button to turn it on then there is no method....Some Skill that is ..
Really interesting technique here, and something that I wasn't aware of. Thanks for sharing!
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the only people who thinks about this is the "other djs" who cares, i sometime use sync to rest the ears from constant beat matching on high volume , after long gigs ,
I used to do this with CDJ-1000MK3s about 10 years ago. I even find CDs to STILL be more accurate than rekordboxdj software with beat counter. I moved to Traktor for a while also and found that to be more accurate than rekordbox too...
I'm currently using a DDJ-1000 and it's not as good.
Wow 👏 amazing thank u
Thanks allot
Thanks I'm a beginner and just mixed these tracks together at the same bpm and then I look up and they were drifting and I was like wtf lol I knew there's some way to fix this obviously
I think the phrase is "how to beatmatch"
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AMAZING CONTENT
Excellent
DJing is all about using the tools you have and creating something memorable. Beat matching is fallback skill for sure but there is absolutely nothing wrong with using Sync. Case in point I've DJed for 25 years and I can beat match by ear so well now that if I beat matched manually I'd still arrive at the exact same point that just pushing "sync" would do. it just takes longer! So now I just hit sync and use that time to be more creative with loops, stems, longer seamless mixes, etc.
I've heard plenty of people trying to be a DJ that push the sync button and their mixes still sound awful, their choice of tunes is well off and their ability to the read the crowd is non-existent, THAT is where real DJing skills come in to play.
it's really just an extra too to assist, although it feels. good to know how to beat match
DJ for almost 30 years. I use sync in a few situations. I just created a two hour set where I switch from UK speed garage to DNB, and I use it to lock in both tracks and control the speed of both with the master tempo. Also, I have in past sets have like 15 minute sections that are mixed very fast, I sometimes have l between 16 and 32 bars to drop in the next track to keep the short mix of many tracks on a short amount of time.
But, one problem I have with beat sync is getting stuck. It's happened on a pair of CDJs where the button stopped working. But it's just a tool. You have to know how to best match. There are many edge cases
Beat setting on the fx was useful . Muchas Gracias 👊🏾✨️🌟💫
Nice tip 👍
I’m only discovering this now 😢 What a hack! 😂
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I’m trying to get more into DJing and I use sync because I’m predominantly mixing dnb, however I use a traktor s3 and when I go for doubles or triples using the bpm slider takes too long and makes going for those borderline impossible, how do I use my controller to match the beats quicker than the pitch slider without sync
Just use your ear man,the old fashioned way,once you master it ul have two tracks together in about 50 seconds
And once you master that you can include all these other techniques too
@@weximan1 I phrased my question wrong, beatmatching by ear I know how to do but I can’t bpm match quickly with the slider. Is there a quicker way to do that?
I'm a beginner dj and I would like to learn this technique. I have a Pioneer DDj SX2 Mixer. I can use the sync button and beat match by ear. I know how to adjust the bpm by using the tempo slider. I'm confused on how to practice this beat matching technique. Thank you.
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I like to loop tracks when mixing as a transition through out my mixes. But even with using this method; for some reason when looping the out going track for long periods, the track begins to drift. If not looping , for long periods, they stay synced. Anyone know a fix for this?
you may not have looped an exact amount of bars
I'm a beginner, I always looped 8 bars. I hoped that help.@@liamjones246
Learn first on vinyl and anything else is easy
ive been djing 40 years...to this day.Never had an issue mixing and matching.I use....my ears.
what cdjs are u guys in the video
2000nexus 2
sync is actually a helpful tool. to deny the use is limiting. there is nothing inherently wrong with using sync. beginners quickly learn that it is not a cheat code and to rely on it in place of your ears is foolish. silly how being able to see the wave forms, key of a song, using the bpm counter, loops, hot cues AND not to mention having access to your entire music library by scrolling on a screen is OKAY but god forbid you use sync. unless you use cdjs exactly like a vinyl turntable, suggesting that a dj who uses sync is somehow inferior is a complete hypocrite.
When are Nexus3s coming out?
„Looking“... Yes, indeed! But the pioneers are working much better... When I played with the Denon‘s I had the feeling the pitch isn‘t as tight as it should be...
@@ricogoudsblom5923 must of been broke than ☺
its not always using the same bpm some songs might be 130 and a 90 bpm match with it
don't think can always go oh this is 130 let me put this one in 130
130 and 65 ? or 90 ?
Still just doing the same thing a sync but slower.
It is no question of "cheating". Djs should have as much technical "help" as possible because their focus should be on the choice of music (tracks or loops) and not on the "geeky" technical details.
Track selection is 100% the most important part of mixing
I agree. You get more time to do the important things.
Depends who your audience is. Sure in a club, nobody gonna care, sync away. There's a lot of us who care about hi-fi in djing, rotary, vinyl and high quality audio being a big interest to some of us. And with listening bars becoming more popular, this will only grow. It's as much about enjoying the actual act as it is the track selection. There's a balance between the two.
Maquette Music you are just primitive
@@comady25 Clearly you haven't seen a sh!tty dj play good tracks. Track selection is very important, but not 100%, thats simply untrue. The only people who say that are people who don't know how to beat match.
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lol the sync debate has been on for more than a decade now... just get over it and accept that ppl use it. If one thing i love to have a sync button and i can mix fast without pitch riding. this condescending attitude towards it just makes the scene toxic when it should be about the music and the acceptance of others smh
To almost achieve what he fails to do you must be able to see two decimal places.
When Pioneer show you 2 decimal places the controller is unable to hit every point at the second decimal place.
When Pioneer give you a controller that can hit every point at the second decimal place, they give you display with one decimal place. Why they making it difficult.
To win, use Serato. Be quick they are trying to hide that feature in Serato now they almost own it
All Djs use auto sync because it cuts the time but they know how to do it without
So the musician, probably used autopilot on the way to the music studio.
Used MIDIto clock the time making the music, while using his phone to auto remind him things, but god forbid the dj uses anything AUTO when mixing…right!
Why not first learn it without the loop function. Just counting, tap, and learn to recognize the 4,8,16 bars in a song and feel get a feel of bpm and song matching. I you know the songs, how the buildup is made, those loops are more for fun effects.
Gonna copy and paste as it relates exactly to the last comment I replied to.. "That would require EFFORT and TIME, people ain't tryna hear that, they want instant gratification. Look at me!! i'm a glorified Itunes playlist!" and yes sir you are correct in everything you have said.
What's the point in finding that particular point in the BPM when the sync button will do the job for you?... DJ snobbery gone mad.
Get your track selection right, have a full dance floor, and who gives a toss if the sync button is selected.
Sometimes they sync and sometimes they don't.
Djs don't use sync it takes the whole fun away from it
Bullshit
Bullshit
Every "dj" with cdjs just Cue the shit out of each track to get on beat. As far as the grid... simple.. just look at it. If you need a Tutorial to beatmatch on cdjs... you REALLY shouldnt be a dj. 😆
some people don’t even know what beatmatching is and this would be helpful for them. Having been DJs for so long I think we tend to forget that beginners don’t come with this information preprogrammed into their heads😂 They have to learn from somewhere.
Don't forget that everyone is once a beginner.
People care about sync?
Sync without “sync.” Wait, you mean actually deejaying? That’s crazy talk. Try doing it proper, with vinyl...
Yeh its easy to learn how to mix wax. Just gotta practice and stop being lame. I can layer 3 turntables up using headphones.
That would require EFFORT and TIME, people ain't tryna hear that, they want instant gratification. Look at me!! i'm a glorified Itunes playlist!
@@bkidmore rookies... No wonder the art form loosing itself
@@thisall4real lol, drive your horse and cart and call it skill.
@@AntiTrollable its all good.
. You kiddies dont dance now anyway. Just there for photography on phone. Why bother putting in work. 😉