So who's a DJ?

[nowaysj]

as long as your decks pitch fader doesn't need a tune up

I've got a 1200 mk3, and my pitch fader does need a tune up. Is that something I can do myself?

[ResetTheAtari]

You're going to the wrong clubs. Or maybe it's just where you live. Start your own club and kick folk out if they are dicks.

[nowaysj]

I'm gonna start in on this dj thing. I'm frothing to get started. Just need to get some equips. Trying to figure this all out.

[grooki]

Bigup the dj thread!

[honey-d]

I'm a pretty newbie DJ so don't eat me alive, but I have a question:

What's up with riding the pitch fader? I keep hearing people just keeping it adjusted but that doesn't make sense to me. Wouldn't you want to do little inbetween fixes with the jog wheel and have the pitch fader locked when you've got the tempo?

I'm pretty much learning DJing 100% by myself so sometimes I hear you guys say things and I'm just like...

wait wtf.


Anyway, big ups on the DJ bible, if you guys can help my DJing as much as the production bible helped me with production we'll be best friends <3

[grooki]

I'm a pretty newbie DJ so don't eat me alive, but I have a question:

What's up with riding the pitch fader? I keep hearing people just keeping it adjusted but that doesn't make sense to me. Wouldn't you want to do little inbetween fixes with the jog wheel and have the pitch fader locked when you've got the tempo?

I'm pretty much learning DJing 100% by myself so sometimes I hear you guys say things and I'm just like...

wait wtf.


Anyway, big ups on the DJ bible, if you guys can help my DJing as much as the production bible helped me with production we'll be best friends <3

instead of touching the platter and making it obvious that you're adjusting the record, use the pitch fader to keep the record in time for more seamless mixing.

for me The only time when it's like "yikes the record is being adjusted!" is when there are pads playing. I can almost visually see the pads wobbling around lol.

[deadcell]

I'm a pretty newbie DJ so don't eat me alive, but I have a question:

What's up with riding the pitch fader? I keep hearing people just keeping it adjusted but that doesn't make sense to me. Wouldn't you want to do little inbetween fixes with the jog wheel and have the pitch fader locked when you've got the tempo?

I'm pretty much learning DJing 100% by myself so sometimes I hear you guys say things and I'm just like...

wait wtf.


Anyway, big ups on the DJ bible, if you guys can help my DJing as much as the production bible helped me with production we'll be best friends <3

instead of touching the platter and making it obvious that you're adjusting the record, use the pitch fader to keep the record in time for more seamless mixing.

for me The only time when it's like "yikes the record is being adjusted!" is when there are pads playing. I can almost visually see the pads wobbling around lol.

yeah man pads and vocals give it away totally

[kontrol]

I'm a pretty newbie DJ so don't eat me alive, but I have a question:

What's up with riding the pitch fader? I keep hearing people just keeping it adjusted but that doesn't make sense to me. Wouldn't you want to do little inbetween fixes with the jog wheel and have the pitch fader locked when you've got the tempo?

I'm pretty much learning DJing 100% by myself so sometimes I hear you guys say things and I'm just like...

wait wtf.


Anyway, big ups on the DJ bible, if you guys can help my DJing as much as the production bible helped me with production we'll be best friends <3

instead of touching the platter and making it obvious that you're adjusting the record, use the pitch fader to keep the record in time for more seamless mixing.

for me The only time when it's like "yikes the record is being adjusted!" is when there are pads playing. I can almost visually see the pads wobbling around lol.

this is spot on really !!

but heres a little demo if your still unclear

[Basic A]

Riding the pitch is a vinyl thing, on cdjs, it basically does make more sense to set and lock pitch to matched and then make small corrections with bend/wheels vs. on decks, you have factors like motor tremble, that mean your riding it.

[jameshk]

Literally just started DJing properly, I mix atleast a couple of hours a day now, have been doing so for a few weeks. Got my first mix in my signature, would love to hear feedback. Hit me up lads.

-hk

[wub]

as long as your decks pitch fader doesn't need a tune up

I've got a 1200 mk3, and my pitch fader does need a tune up. Is that something I can do myself?

As long as you don't mind invalidating any warranty they may have, yes.

Take the top plate off, and clean the pitch fader itself with one of those little wirey electrical brush cleaner things you get from Maplin (think Wilkinson's do a cheap version as well). Give it a bit of a wipe afterwards with an anti static cloth to remove any crap and try it again.

Also, if you're so inclined, you can open the top plate off of the fader mechanism itself and remove the ball bearing. This will stop the deck 'clicking' at exactly zero pitch.





DJ wise, been doing it close to 10yrs now, still enjoy it more than making tunes if I'm being honest. Am being flown out to Arizona in a couple of weeks to headline a rave out there

[honey-d]

Riding the pitch is a vinyl thing, on cdjs, it basically does make more sense to set and lock pitch to matched and then make small corrections with bend/wheels vs. on decks, you have factors like motor tremble, that mean your riding it.

whew yeah I've got CDJs. I don't even know if my pitch fader can stay up to date like that though. There's a slight delay between when I change the pitch and when you hear the pitch change, you know? Like I'll throw it all the way to slow down and it won't react for like .7 seconds. I guess getting a really really cheap deal on my CDJs has it's downsides. My desire to learn is much larger than my bank account =(


EDIT - And on the double drop note I've very rarely heard or tried one that sounded good but one time I was just messing around and did a double drop with Trolley Snatcha - Scattah and Skream - Filth that sounded pretty cool, but I'm sure someone with much better eqing skills could do it more justice.

[nowaysj]

as long as your decks pitch fader doesn't need a tune up

I've got a 1200 mk3, and my pitch fader does need a tune up. Is that something I can do myself?

As long as you don't mind invalidating any warranty they may have, yes.

Take the top plate off, and clean the pitch fader itself with one of those little wirey electrical brush cleaner things you get from Maplin (think Wilkinson's do a cheap version as well). Give it a bit of a wipe afterwards with an anti static cloth to remove any crap and try it again.

Also, if you're so inclined, you can open the top plate off of the fader mechanism itself and remove the ball bearing. This will stop the deck 'clicking' at exactly zero pitch.

Look at this pic:



Do you see the pitch slider is bumped up like .75 past 0? Right there the table is spinning at 33 1/3, but it should be at 0, right? HOW FIX THIS?

[wub]

as long as your decks pitch fader doesn't need a tune up

I've got a 1200 mk3, and my pitch fader does need a tune up. Is that something I can do myself?

As long as you don't mind invalidating any warranty they may have, yes.

Take the top plate off, and clean the pitch fader itself with one of those little wirey electrical brush cleaner things you get from Maplin (think Wilkinson's do a cheap version as well). Give it a bit of a wipe afterwards with an anti static cloth to remove any crap and try it again.

Also, if you're so inclined, you can open the top plate off of the fader mechanism itself and remove the ball bearing. This will stop the deck 'clicking' at exactly zero pitch.

Look at this pic:



Do you see the pitch slider is bumped up like .75 past 0? Right there the table is spinning at 33 1/3, but it should be at 0, right? HOW FIX THIS?

Ok, take the deck top plate off to get access to the pitch fader unit. Carefully unscrew the top plate off of that as well, assuming it's the original part which it probably is, then you should be able to move the fader itself back to the 0 point.

[nowaysj]

Sorry man, haven't slept for days. I'm getting confused just trying to breath.

You mean after I take the fader unit out, I can put the fader back into the 0 position, and that will now actually be the 0 position?

Thanks for bearing with me!

[wub]

Sorry man, haven't slept for days. I'm getting confused just trying to breath.

You mean after I take the fader unit out, I can put the fader back into the 0 position, and that will now actually be the 0 position?

Thanks for bearing with me!

Pretty much, yes. If you are going to do that, ignore the first bit I said about taking the ball bearing out though. You'll need the click as a reference pointer.

[nowaysj]

Sorry man, haven't slept for days. I'm getting confused just trying to breath.

You mean after I take the fader unit out, I can put the fader back into the 0 position, and that will now actually be the 0 position?

Thanks for bearing with me!

Pretty much, yes. If you are going to do that, ignore the first bit I said about taking the ball bearing out though. You'll need the click as a reference pointer.

I got an m3d, I don't think it clicks into place at 0, am I right in thinking this?