Mixing with just the pitch control.

[wigglesworth]

anyone mastered this yet?
its so hard to do...but so useful.

[stringbeans]

aaron i can do it.. it just takes some practicing

its something i'd only do during a mix though... if im trying to beatmatch it before cueing in the record i'd just touch the record/platter

[soma]

i figured it out about 4 years ago.. no turning back :)

[MC Hammered]

The one and only JvB can do this as well.

[hardstylin]

i have not masterd it, my friend mixs like that, its kinda trippy to watch how each dj has there own way of working the decks,he also beatmatchs just using the headphones which i cant do, course never had to.

[Kraig]

Originally Posted by soma

i figured it out about 4 years ago.. no turning back :)

Soma is the master at doing this... Adam Freeland is well is quite the pitch mixer.

I have really been focusing on doing this as well. I totally agree with you Wiggles, EXTREMELY useful especially when mixing tracks with vocals.

[stringbeans]

the trick is to remember where you want to move the pitch back to after you make the adjustment... when i first started out doing it i'd always forget where i wanted to move the pitch to and so it'd totally go off

ie. if you're pitch is originally at 0 and you want to adjust it to 1, you move it up to maybe 3 for maybe half a second and then remember to move it back to 1 once its in sync

[wigglesworth]

Originally Posted by stringbeans

the trick is to remember where you want to move the pitch back to after you make the adjustment... when i first started out doing it i'd always forget where i wanted to move the pitch to and so it'd totally go off

ie. if you're pitch is originally at 0 and you want to adjust it to 1, you move it up to maybe 3 for maybe half a second and then remember to move it back to 1 once its in sync

sorry john...but... DUH!
just playing....you still practice?

[Wood]

i think it's fundamental, especially if you're mixing music where the mixes are intended to be long & smooth, ie breaks, house, trance, dnb. touching the platter while in the mix is wack. sometimes it can't be avoided, but every dj who wants to hold beat-mixes longer than like 30 seconds should be able to do this.

[soma]

thanks kraig:) lol

[Akeel]

i think everyone starts pitch mixing eventually sooner or later.

[twentyHz]

Originally Posted by Kraig

Soma is the master at doing this... .

Bret may be good at it.... but Andrew Spence aka Slim is the master. He is the king of never never touchin the platter or records.... he taught me the art a longtime ago... though I do rub the platter from time to time (if done right, no one can tell).
If you hear Andrew Spence even as much as slid a beat.... i'll give you $100.... and if you hear him trainwreck.... fuck.... i'll give you my turntables. Tighest DJ i've ever heard!

-soda

[soma]

True that, spence has got the skills

[Ree Fresh]

I love using it and very handing when dealing with volcals or sounds that change easly with the speed. The only time I touch the plater or spindle is if it needs the tinyest touch and I know the pitch is fine.
Like anything its just takes practice:)

[ebbomega]

I'll just echo what everybody says insomuch that it's a bit more versatile form of handling turntables.

I never start at zero. Always at the slowest speed, then go from there.

I saw Noah play once. He touched each record thrice. Once for the sendoff to start beatmatching, then he'd stop the table, move the needle back, cue it up again, and send it off, then he'd touch it to take it off the deck. Masterful work, that man. Course, if you've been doing it as long as he has, you damn well better have skills.

[ppcock]

i learned on digital pitch controls, i as well will touch the platter if i have over mixed.

[dj_zyx]

lol pitch control!? to mix

oh boy ive done that, althought im not into djing anymore full time producer

try pitch controlling your produced material its a pain in the butt

[ppcock]

dude.. i was going to hire you for some underground techno only

oh well.. Looks like i'll get the plastikman himself.

[klockwize]

like soma, i learned it a while ago! and it is the way i do it now! - i still touch the platter once in a while, but for the most part i only use the pitch controls! =)

[ppcock]

i really like digital pitch.. its rad its like +06.2

very good.. I realize that at no party I'll ever see a digital pitch control. But i've never had a problem yet.

except for that one party when i put a record onto a deck that was already playing. BUT I BLAME LARGE AMOUNTS OF DRUGS FOR THAT ONE!

[mapleleaf4ever]

^ hahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhaahah aah

[soma]

Originally Posted by dj_zyx

try pitch controlling your produced material its a pain in the butt

*quantise*

[dj_zyx]

dude.. i was going to hire you for some underground techno only

oh well.. Looks like i'll get the plastikman himself.

huh i never knew

[dj_zyx]

quantizing just sequences all the material together

imagine pitch controlling each sound sample at the same time and matching them up to flow with the sound of the music.

[AWOL]

are you considered a bad dj if you don't use pitch control?