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Good question. To do headphone monitoring you need more audio outputs, otherwise the "cue" switch will be heard at your Master output. Get an audio interface with 4 outputs. Assign the two Decks to go out stereo pairs. Assign the DeckOne outputs to Ext. 1/2. Assign DeckTwo to output Ext. 3/4. Connect your audio interface to a DJ mixer with Outputs 1/2 into one channel and outputs 3/4 to another channel. Then use the DJ mixer headphone cue as usual. You can also use a multitrack USB mixing board for this, if it has two stereo channels (like 5/6 and 7/8). This basic intro to DJ'ing shows how to play a set of tracks where you know the music, you practice the mixes, and you want to play a beatmatched set with seamless mixes. It's not intended for cue'ing up tracks where you don't know what the music sounds like or where to make the mix.

Thanks! here's the link for my Mix InfoPack and the channel strip. store.mixitecture.com/l/mix-prep

@roymoxley2587 annnnnd for the people who cannot do that right this minute, I show them how to have lots of fun using their keyboard. Now. Right away without waiting.

@@dinfluence30 thanks so much! I try to keep it clear and simple

@@bjh15202 you're welcome. I'm glad it's connecting.

@alexbalayants8490 haha yeah that one is gonna get a Limiter in the mixdown

yup, makes it a lot easier

@@poelogan thank you, I will do that

@vxe1392 thanks! Glad you found some new stuff to play with

you're welcome. LMK if you have any questions

great track! Josh Butler "Got A Feeling", Bontan remix. I think from 2013 but it still sounds great, here's the video. Check on beatport maybe czcams.com/video/ZP-9-2RbdI8/video.htmlsi=st31YsYQDZQ_tFaB

thanks! Got the green mouse pointer setup, will double check my OBS param's

yes, make a balanced stereo mix first and export it with lots of headroom at the master channel. Then do a separate mastering session to make it louder. Glad you like the music! That track is an unreleased original beat I made for teaching

Use Tempo Nudge to match the metronome to the unwarped track. After the track is warped, you can use Tempo Nudge for beatmatching to a vinyl record or to another DJ where there is no Link and no Sync

you're welcome, thanks for the msg

You're welcome! That's why I do this, to have fun sharing cool ways to do it

@@AbletonHybridDJs As someone who has experience DJing with Ableton, where would you rank playing a DJ set with Ableton vs CDJs or other more popular tools? Any preference or gains to one or another?

@@sunjaculley CDJs are the global standard for DJ'ing, so it's important to know how to use them, when you bring your tracks on a USB flash drive. But Ableton allows us to do a much more creative performance. DJ'ing with CDJs will let you play in more locations, and it's great for jumping in to play a one-hour set with other DJ's. Ableton is good for longer sets, and adding multiple decks, FX, MIDI instruments, and especially using microphones in a set for singers, MC's, drummers, etc. Does that help? What kind of music are you making?

@@AbletonHybridDJs Thanks for sharing that insight! I'm making IDM and techno, and like to play techno, although I've only learned to DJ with Ableton so far. I built a fun 4-channel hybrid setup with midi controllers in Ableton and I've enjoyed playing the setup that I've built more than when I’ve tried CDJs, but I know I still need to learn to use CDJs if I want to play more places. This video has helped me understand how to play better b2bs with my CDJ friends though!

@@sunjaculley oh great! if you're playing your own original tracks and doing hybrid sets, Ableton is great! can you please DM me a link where I can hear it?

can you please tell me the timestamp in this video where you hear that? Curious what you hear. And yes, sometimes a little fuzz is noisy

Thanks, glad you like it! Episode 5 is ready, more fun stuff with loops czcams.com/users/live1Ey1g6KZObk?si=W8mMyNDEpIfH2n-F

@@AbletonHybridDJs I'll check it out. Do you know if that looping shortcut can work multiple tracks at once? I'm looking into DJing with stems and would love loop them all

@@OtisKanno the key mappings would not work for looping multiple tracks at once, but the answer is in episode 5! you cut loops in advance, for all the song sections you want to play with in your stems, then use the Master scene launch button to fire them off from Session view. you're gonna be a maniac!

Sorry, that's my fault for talking too fast. Do you have a question I can help you with?

@@AbletonHybridDJs nothing to be sorry of. It’s not your fault i’m slow. I left ableton 6 years ago, i’m back acting as if i was here the whole time. I set my expectations too high. We’ll definitely talk soon enough.

thanks, this is super fun when you play with it :)

oh wow, sorry about that. Didn't realize the mouse was missing! Thanks a lot, I'll check it out

thanks a lot, glad you liked it

thanks. I will do the next episode on using Push.

Does The template runs in Ableton live 12 ?????? Thanks for yout advices and expend your time making this videos!!!!

Do you know voodoo live tools from max4life? Im shure It should be very useful in your future templates

@juangonzalez-gt6wu yes, it works in Live12

yes, it's even easier than you think! There's a little button in the warp section to double or half the speed. Look for the '2x' button

good question. the level is going up because I put automation in the EQ and compressor effects. The automation shows you an example of gain staging in action. Then you get to do it yourself, right there inside the project. That's how I build my tutorials, you follow along inside Live

@@AbletonHybridDJs So you're not clicking on it?you're just hovering the mouse over to show it. lol I was looking at the wrong thing. Gain staging is a concept I have yet to fully grasp, even though I have a degree in audio engineering. A few semesters in actual upper level audio classes is not enough to fully grasp these concepts and no one in pro audio really focuses on Ableton Live.

In that video clip I was clicking the Peak Reset button above the meter, to show how the peak level was changing. Gain Staging is pretty simple when you change one concept: look at it as a process of constant measurement, rather than a setting to be fixed in place one time only. Probably easier if you just download the whole lesson and go through it. Here's the free intro so you can see what I mean store.mixitecture.com/l/msfb

the Akai LPD8 is also good because it's small and cheap. I got two of them and set them up where one was for track launching, beatmatching and scene control, the other was for looping and FX www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/LPD8mk2--akai-professional-lpd8-mk2-mini-8-pad-usb-controller

£25 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 wow

@@yeah-I-know thanks @MrPhotoDudeYo, the fun thing about my templates is how they come with built-in lessons that guide you through the whole thing, so you get a template to play with AND instructions on how to use it. Thanks for the comment.

hi Martin, thanks for the comment. Solved that by increasing the bit rate of my streams. Thanks for the note.

the template is not ready yet but I will be happy to make one for download at a small price. Thank you!

thank you

Thanks. You can get the whole project from this video, with a built-in guided lesson, at the link in the top comment

Thanks Roy! I have so much fun with Session View, gonna do more of these videos on the topic

yes, it's on the way. I'll post the link in a comment as soon as it's ready :)

Hi Yassine, here's the link to the new template store.mixitecture.com/l/DJ1

totally agree, thanks!

btw, where can we hear your music? Drop a link to a set, I'm always looking for new beats. Thanks! Steve

Brilliant! What laptop do you use to DJ?

@@RockstahRolln I first built this DJ set on a 2012 MacBook Pro with 8gb ram it doesn't take a lot of processor power :)

How do you in real time slide adjust tracks you just loaded 2 seconds ago in Live, @dylvasey? You cannot do "everything a normal DJ can do" in Live, you can do other things, but you seem misinformed or don't know enough DJ programs if you come up with blanket statements like that.

thanks Juan

Bro, what part of Spain? We may be moving to Malaga

Im living in Vigo, Galicia in The north of Spain, Málaga its a nice place to be, good weather, Sunny days... I Hope you spend a good time there guys!!!

I use Fab filter for an easy dynamic EQ and sound design. EQ 8 for actual mixing.

Thanks Alex!

Happy to hear that, thank you!

yes, I promote my lessons because they help people learn... with hands-on Ableton projects. the fun way.