DJ no headphones

shervington · Post by **shervington** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:50 pm

your time bruv, jus listened to your podcast, big up, you played so many old school bangers!

"your listening to the dj with no headphones! thank god i got serato, still clanging it"

joker

lucid · Post by **lucid** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:46 pm

I listened to it while I was stuck in christmas traffic. he did a lot better without headphones than i expected, serato or not. good tunes too.

deapoh · Post by **deapoh** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:38 am

I love mixing without headphones, of course it's not as tight but when you have vinyls and hear the hats or whatever from there and using that for reference it's fun!

dubloke · Post by **dubloke** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:23 am

how the fuck do you dj without headphones? just pitch adjust when you can just about hear the track on the system?

rev · Post by **rev** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:26 am

Dubloke wrote:how the fuck do you dj without headphones? just pitch adjust when you can just about hear the track on the system?

know your records well, and pitch adjust when you hear the track on the system..

dubloke · Post by **dubloke** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:30 am

seen, i may have to try it cos my headphones are gone

was hoping for some for crimbo but to no avail

deapoh · Post by **deapoh** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:35 pm

Dubloke wrote:seen, i may have to try it cos my headphones are gone was hoping for some for crimbo but to no avail

Likewise, 2 months later "Your headphones are still in repair", I should have taken them back and bought the same ones, would have been so much cheaper.

I never DJd on a loud system without headphones, but at home it's fun!

__________ · Post by **__________** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:46 pm

Deapoh wrote: I never DJd on a loud system without headphones, but at home it's fun!

def. its made my mixing better too. i like to go for quick mixes and no headphones helps cos you CAN'T spend 3 mins cueing.

__________ · Post by **__________** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:47 pm

rev wrote:
Dubloke wrote:how the fuck do you dj without headphones? just pitch adjust when you can just about hear the track on the system?

know your records well, and pitch adjust when you hear the track on the system..

and put your ear next to the needle

listen for the hats

lucid · Post by **lucid** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:47 pm

rev wrote:
Dubloke wrote:how the fuck do you dj without headphones? just pitch adjust when you can just about hear the track on the system?

know your records well, and pitch adjust when you hear the track on the system..

he was using serato as well which allows you to see waveforms of the tunes as you are cueing them up and playing them... so he wasn't completely out in the dark.

thinking · Post by **thinking** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:55 pm

v good mixing practice, teaches you to rely on the monitors, not your cue mix. obv watching the waves on serato is a cheat.

dubstepper · Post by **dubstepper** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:16 pm

£10 Bag wrote:
rev wrote:
Dubloke wrote:how the fuck do you dj without headphones? just pitch adjust when you can just about hear the track on the system?

know your records well, and pitch adjust when you hear the track on the system..
and put your ear next to the needle listen for the hats

Yep thats the 1, i do this often, i have even put my ear so close to the record/needle that its kncked the needle haha, sept you cant have your master vol to high or you wont be able to hear the hats and shit

pandaia · Post by **pandaia** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:30 pm

i did this once at a house party but only because the set up was ghetto like that. someone left the headphone jack dangling outside their car trunk and the plug was fuuuuuukkkkked

i think it was good practice though! someone told me, the worse your setup is, the better it goes when you actually have a nice one, and it's true!

thump rat · Post by **thump rat** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:46 pm

I done this on my first Pirate set... Fucking joker! Just had to cue up, kill the bass and mid and pitch chase sehr quickly.

Also played at a house party (granted there was only about 13 people in the room) with no headphones... whats worse was it was dnb, they weren't my records and i was fucked on ketamine. Needless to say i fucking smacked it.

__________ · Post by **__________** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:46 pm

beat matching is overrated anyway. i'd rather be a good selector than a good beatmixer. both is preferable but selection is key! authentic reggae selectors manage with one deck and a laser noise.

vs

guerillaeye · Post by **guerillaeye** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:54 pm

Pandaia wrote: i think it was good practice though! someone told me, the worse your setup is, the better it goes when you actually have a nice one, and it's true!

learning to swim with weights on.

serato can go outside of vinyl emulation. you can bpm, hot-cue, mix and sound like a DON on ONE TABLE. You can drop the needle anywhere on the record and it is cued up and beat matched before you even let it go. Its cheating.. not DJ'ing.

Its understandable if you are out of options and just want to rock.. but if this is how you spin standard, get the fuck out with that.

Littlefoot · Post by **Littlefoot** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:46 pm

ive never been able to afford decks, so ive taught myself to DJ on traktor with no phones! just learning to cue stuff up from memory and improvise a lot!

Im not brilliant, but ive done a little mix just for my mates really, try it out here, i wonder what people who know what they are doing have to think about it!

it will be uploaded in 20 mins.

pdomino · Post by **pdomino** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:30 pm

Fuck the digital shit

damn I said it.

Ive been mixing off walkman headphones and borrowing some cans for couple month up until xmas.

Put your ear to the deck like its whispering sweet nothings to you

drquynh · Post by **drquynh** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:44 pm

Dubloke wrote:how the fuck do you dj without headphones? just pitch adjust when you can just about hear the track on the system?

I do this a lot while talking on the phone with my girlfriend...
"just got some music playing in the background... I'm paying attention"

standard.

dubloke · Post by **dubloke** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:49 pm

Pandaia wrote:i think it was good practice though! someone told me, the worse your setup is, the better it goes when you actually have a nice one, and it's true!

My set up at home is pretty shit, and then i go to my mates house whos got everything and it actually makes you better, but i find that im used to my mixer and decks

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