Very Basic Intro to Spinning Records and Beat Matching
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- čas přidán 22. 01. 2017
- Hello, everyone! This video is a very basic intro to beatmatching and what I like about it. The focus of the video is just for me to explain as simply as possible what is actually happening when someone is matching beats. I tried my best to stay away from debates about digital vs. vinyl because I actually spin digitally too, using CDJs or a midi controller. However, my first love and highest respect is for the practice of manually matching one record to another, with my ears only, and this is me attempting to explain why.
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This is the true and original way to mix vinyl Mixing one record to blend with another while keeping them in beat and not realizing that the new record has been mixed That is the fun of mixing Vinyl is the best
That would be the best!
Thanks for sharing to explain the REAL art of spinning! I started in the late 80's till 2001. I still have everything and practice. I love it!!
Much respect! Never stop!
the only video that really made it clear to me how to beat match tracks with different bpm. thank you !! i only have a dj controller but i still want to mix tracks the old way
Glad it helped!
Wow! This was a great video! I would love to learn how but had no idea where to start or what to even look up. This was a great starting point! Thank you!
Absolutely! I'm probably going to be expanding on this topic soon so check back once in a while! If I can ever be of help just ask! (Sorry it took me 11 months to see this comment lol)
Your video is great imho, and that's because your information delivery is honest and organic. I started to get into djing 3 years ago, and I have played with vinyl and tt's since then. Not an easy art to master but that's why vids like yours always help us beginners with enthusiasm. Take care
That’s very nice to hear. Thank you so much. I’m truly glad I could help. Remember everyone, even the cockiest djs were beginners once. They might have forgotten it, but it just makes them look bad. Remember that when you’ve been spinning for several years and you meet beginners. Always be cool to everyone! It’s not even hard to do, people are just so selfish and competitive it makes no sense to be that way.
Hi Scott ! I enjoyed your vid , I agree with all you say . Nice one !
So true, I've been banging away at this since 1989 and it took me at least 2 years to learn how to mix pretty fairly, the more complicated stuff took even longer. 34 years later I still need to practice every day to keep on the ball. If it was easy everybody would be doing it and those funny long lines on the computer would not be needed, lol.
Well said. Keep it up brother!
Scott…amazing, brilliant and to the point…you’ve nailed it mate …..feeling a bit more confident about the 1’s and 2’s now 👍
Great to hear man! Glad I could help!
This video was great. I really enjoyed it and I can tell you are a seasoned vet of the art and that is very respectable. One tip I like to give people starting out on vinyl is go with Trance, House or Techno. The 4 beat makes it easier to keep track of when matching (like you said). Also I find trance just fast enough to start to build the idea of speed and House and Techno slow enough to learn the counting and patience. Plus the tracks are longer than genres like breaks and hardcore so it gives you more time to get things lined up. I still have a lot to learn myself but mixing vinyl is one of my favorite things to do in life.
I agree! Well said! Whatever works best for them to understand that little bit of control it takes to balance in that crucial moment. That one concept is key to beat matching, not that difficult of a concept or thing to do, but a real challenge to explain to someone. But once they get it, they hopefully will feel exactly what is so fun about beat matching and be hopelessly addicted like the rest of us :)
@@ScottFergusonFRR I love that look in somebodies eyes when it finally clicks.
Thanks for this video I’ve just picked up some turntables I’m from the 90’s so grew up on vinyls but never been able to mix this is perfect I’m learning Spanish makina and that’s hard music to mix I think I’m improving and it’s been 2 days
That’s great I’m glad I could help! Don’t give up. Just keep it up until it becomes habit. Record yourself mixing and wait a few days and listen back to it and see how you can improve. It’s all a process and I believe anyone can learn if they just do it and keep doing it! :)
Thanks for the lesson!
Thanks for the great vid!
Scott I just watched your classic video! Everything you pointed out is so true! Before I loss my Dj equipments in 2017 because of Hurricane 🌀 Maria I just love to match my records bpm's by ears! What I was mastering quite well is to throw the other song into the other from the beginning of the 12" inch vinyl. I know of some DJS in Puerto Rico were MASTERS of that! As long as if the beginning of the track wasn't off, they mixed the songs into each right from the beginning of track! Some DJs will have to make maybe a minute of the track to be already playing, then they will cross the fader over! Love your video Brother Scott! Hope someday you'll post up another one!
Thanks for the kind words! I post stuff all the time, most are just DJ sets though but all of them have some good learning moments and some great tracks. Come back soon! :)
@@ScottFergusonFRR You're Welcome Scott! Thanks for giving me your feedback Brother! After I send you this message, I'm going to subscribe to your channel. I want to listen to your mixing of vinyls. Take care of yourself! And keep doing what you love my Brother! Peace ✌️ and Love ♥️
Nice vid. Very simple explanation for how it works.
Thanks! You might want to subscribe or at least check back in a few weeks because I am going to redo this soon and then expand on this topic
Nice one! Thank you for confirming that beat marching just takes lots of practice! Just starting my practice and it sounds like terrible clangers all the time, nice to know that just need to keep at it and practice to train my brain 🙂
Hi just finding this comment a year later, please give me an update! Did you stick with it?
My first experiences of mixing vinyl was on worn out soundlab decks in my mates shed in 1996.There was a big collection of now classic jungle records and after the pub or whatever a lot of us would be in there attempting to mix.
Eventually i went halves on the decks with my housemate and we taught each other to mix by buying heaps of secondhand house records,my mate got good quick and got 1210s leaving me with the decks to myself.
It took me 2yrs to master mixing vinyl i reckon.I was on crutches for a bit with nothing else to do and got it locked.
Played a couple of club nights 20 yrs ago and got into mixing jungle d and b mainly.
I remember selling decks to go on a much needed holiday and didnt touch vinyl for 20!yrs until a few months ago .
My wife found a turntable free to good homes and brought it home and gradually ive built a set up by aggressively bidding one piece at a time!
After a couple of weeks I could mix pretty much like the old days,ive got no desire to go down the digital route,i kept a tonne of vinyl for the last 20 yrs and i still love the tactile feel of vinyl mixing and lets face it its a hard won ability.
An elegant weapon for a more civilised age
That’s great to hear man. I’m happy for you. “It’s a hard won ability” This is so true. If I don’t mix for a couple weeks I am quite rusty. This used to be the great equalizer because even the top DJ in the world could have a bad night if he got cocky and didnt practice. Meanwhile a beginning local could rise up in the scene quickly by practicing insane amounts and sounding better than the pros on a given night. Now everyone sounds perfect by auto sync and the promoters don’t even need DJ’s to play at their parties because they can do it themselves and sound just as good, this makes DJs end up playing for free. It’s all disappointing to me that this is the way things have gone. Might as well have one of those touchscreen jukeboxes playing at most of these clubs/festivals. Prerecorded sets, models and influencers trying to DJ and DJs trying to model and influence. Bah humbug! I don’t even go out anymore lol
Totally get where you are coming from with this. I learned to DJ with Serato and became bored with how easy it was. Yes there are other tricks you can do but the real skill is doing the mixing without any help. About 3 years ago I bought 2 x 1210mk2’s and learned to mix vinyl. I haven’t looked back since.
I love hearing this! Keep spinning forever! Cheers!
Loved this video! would love to connect and learn more from you
Goodies on that wall 🔊🔊🔊
And thats why I wanna learn this.. instead of today's game! Thanks
Great video sir
Well done scott very very good vidéo i love
Thanks! Glad I could help!
Scott, we do know that learning and exceling on vinyl is a whole different dimension, and when you tell these 'new' device DJs that, they immediately get defensive, dismissive, and create their own reality. I also use digital too because I am not carrying around my records, when I play out, yet my preference is always records/CDs. For whatever weird reason I do not practice, I just get on the tables, warm up and then get busy.. Yes, to master mixing, juggling, and selecting tracks is a process than most people cannot make second nature. Now I will say this..I have had mixing/blending DJs over, and when I work the turntables they know good and well, it's another level, and It's rare I just stand around nursing a single record for a long time.I'm not on the decks to dance, and I think it's creepy to place more attention on yourself than the dancers,unless you're in a DJ battle.
I agree with a lot of what you are saying. I probably should make a deeper dive on this topic since I do have an appreciation for the digital as well and I didn't represent that side of me very well here. That being said, the amount of faking has only gone up with social media. To make matters worse people now have attention spans of only minutes and most DJ sets are at least an hour
Great vid - cool techno too!
Glad you enjoyed it
I recently had the opportunity to try mixing with records at a friend's place. I loved it! Also noticing the small imperfections and hearing the DJ correct the mix is wonderful. Unfortunately I don't think there is a huge audience for this kind of stuff. Most people simply don't give a fuck how you mix they just want to hear songs they enjoy. Which is fine. Times change. I will try to get better at mixing records, but for most crowds I will stay digital. 🌈
I won’t judge ya! I played digitally for a long time on one of the first controllers ever and I loved it. Digital is very practical and useful. But you’ll have to trust me on this for now, but once you can do the beat matching part without really thinking about it much it becomes a lot more fun than playing digitally and getting all of the help from the computer, and record collecting is also really fun and addictive itself. I know its not for everyone though, and I respect you :)
thats a great video
The greater magic lies in pulling the right record.
Thanks for the input, I respect your opinion but I disagree. I regularly do long sets where I’m picking random records and beat matching them and plenty of “magic” still happens. To me it has more to do with the way that two songs layer onto each other and interact. Some do work better than others but as long as they aren’t in horribly mismatched musical keys or drastically different bpm or something almost any two records sound awesome together if you do it right.
I love vinyl too.
Yellow Magic Orchestra up on the wall .. classic 😊
Good eye! Great record! I have two copies, a black one and a translucent orange one!
@@ScottFergusonFRR I've got the latter...such a great album way ahead of its time :)
So true. I stay away from computers. Love my 1200
Bravooo olé olé
Thanks!
Thanks for nice tutorial, what brand vinyl cabine ist in the back ? or its custom build ? I looks much better than ikea kallax and much easier to go through records.
Thanks! I actually made it
Question, how do you feel about vinyl now after 7 years from when this was filmed. Do you prefer vinyl or the digital stuff?
Definitely still prefer vinyl. By a longshot too, not even close. There are a couple upsides to digital, I like the immediacy of it if I make a track I like I can spin it right away, I also like that I can have my whole music collection in my pocket essentially. However the feel, the mixing, the collecting, the enjoyment, vinyl is leaps and bounds ahead in my opinion.
Before I sold my Technics years ago, I could beat match, recently bought some Stanton due to budget, I'm struggling to beat match, hopefully it will come back to me in time
I'm sorry I somehow wasn't notified of this comment! How about an update? Did you stick with it? That would've been my advice. Now that you know the key to doing it you just have to do it a lot and you'll get good
Just starting out and glad to know I just need more practice haha 😂
Sorry it took me 6 months to reply but I hope you stuck with it! :)
It's a great art mixing vinyl technically, I think lot of it is forgotten with performance djs today, pitch and using your ear, the best decks are original technics sl1200 1210 mk2, analog pitch, it's the best for mixing records, pioneer plx1000 is digital pitch and most turntables today have this, not great for mixing records as analog pitch had finer adjustments so records would lock in time longer
Plx 1000 are solid deck mate serious great to mix on for sure
OMG, you have a vinyl of Mark Farina :D
What a lucky guy u r
Yes I have lots of Farina! He is one of my favorites!
@@ScottFergusonFRR Unfortunately I just have a few CDs . Records, they are rare and expensive. You know that you have a "small" fortune?! Keep going ;)
Which vinyls is the right one? (seen on video; left one standing behind the table)
Hi Jasper! I'm just getting around to these comments! I apologize for how long it took!
The one on my left as I stand behind the tables is I think Involve 005, Regal, Chaos EP The one on my right was SOMA 444 Rebekah, Confined Heart EP
Cheers
Nice video and nice fucking techno ;)
I think I've bought the first track but not on vinyl ^^
Many thanks! What is the second track? (right turntable)
Hi Jorge! Sorry it took me 2 years to see this! haha
The one on my left as I stand behind the tables is I think Involve 005, Regal, Chaos EP The one on my right was SOMA 444 Rebekah, Confined Heart EP
Good video. Do you have any Scott Ferguson records?
I think I do have at least one. Very talented guy. If we are talking about the same Scott Ferguson there's a song of his called Dump Days and I think that is on a 2xLP of Doc Martin I have. I think I have another one but I can't remember which
Wave forms in serato draft off too lol..
If the computer is keeping sync, then WTF are they doing? 😂❤
Where's a good source of 12" house and techno records?
Discogs is the usual go-to as it has a huge database of new & old records with sellers all over the world. Red Eye Records is another good site I've used before for dance music. If you know a particular label you're interested in then check if they have a website (like Soma records) or a bandcamp (MORD, Perc Trax, Monnom Black) and you will get stock straight from the artist themselves that way. Also local thrift stores often get given records and sell them off at a really low price!
Hi Ryan, sorry I didn't see this comment! I'd say discogs as well though, so you got some good advice :)
Happy collecting!
What gear is being used?
In this video I am using two Technics SL-1200 MK2 turntables, and a Pioneer DJM600. The needles I am using are Shure M44-7. I can't remember if my headphones are shown, but they are from a brand called AIAIAI.
Have you ever tried mixing jungle?
For sure! I am not great at spinning it but I do have a small collection of Jungle records that are mostly ones I liked in the 90's/early 2000's. Are you a junglist?
@@ScottFergusonFRR oh that's cool! Yeah I have a few oldskool jungle records, ranging from more euphoric oldskool types of tunes, into dark Amen beats, and then also some ragga too.
@@wh0586 Very cool! I need to get some more jungle records now :)
💁♂when buying music cost more than the equipment.
It certainly does! By a longshot too, it’s not even close! Then again my MP3 collection is pretty expensive as well to be fair, not even close to records though.
Nice job describing how dj's beat match man. This is a truly a lost art and is sad that dj's rely on computer software to keep songs in sync.
Darren Winsor thanks, I agree
Vinyl every time
vinyl all the way goa-psy-trance mainly have 88 vinyls atm 😏
Way to go! Keep going!
@@ScottFergusonFRR thanks man i will .. need more dnb tho 😌
yo is that kermit? jk buddy. good tutorial
HA so mean :( jk cheers!
Take my sub sir
I must agree with everything u said, thanks for that video. I start my record mixing journey few years ago and its so much fun when it click and u made it that two records are locked. Thanks for spreading good word and now i know that i showed my friends proper technique 🫡 have a great week
Rock on! Glad I could help!
@@ScottFergusonFRR thats the spirit, thanks yoo