I’ve been doing YouTube mix videos for some time now, and still get many positive feedback from other DJ’s! I like that!
I’m not trying to be the illest DJ with the sickest skills, but I like being a good DJ who can make a fine statement in 10 minutes.
There’s no magic or cheating going on in my mixes, just some organizing, marking and visual reference.

The gear I use for recording a mix video are:
-pc for recording and editing
-2 or 3 digital photocameras with video option
-recording software, like Soundforge or Windows sound recorder
-video software for mixing audio and video to a movie, like Ulead Video or windows moviemaker
-some DJ gear for mixing tracks

1) Make a playlist
YouTube limits the lenght of their videos to 10 minutes each, so if you’re a regular DJ, like in a club, you’ll play 2-3 records in 10 minutes. That’s not much and I find it pretty boring for online viewers to hear only 3 songs in a single video. So what I like to do is making minimixes with lots of crazy tracks that match a certain genre or style. The first thing to start with is looking for music that matches a groove, speed or style. Just trying to find some records that go really well with each other. This can take ages sometimes. I keep on collecting until I have enough records for my minimix.
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Today, DJ’s are more and more using other kinds of tools to get a mix done.
Some use laptops and midi controllers, others use a laptop controlled with regular CD-players and turntables. Not every dj wants to spend a lot of money buying turntables, records and CD’s. (more…)

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The DJ world has made leaps and bounds over the past years. It was reported that turntables were actually outselling guitars and the hype doesn’t look to be slowing down anytime soon. However, as DJ’ing quickly became big business, the technology didn’t catch up until a few years ago. Eventually, specialized mixers and different turntable designs made there way to DJ booths around the world, and as with pretty much everything else it was only a matter of time before a computer would show up on stage too. There was a need for DJ’s to play digital music and there were many who were having big vinyl collections and a digital soundbases at the same time. The best way of combining these using traditional tools is by using a digital vinyl system.

[Vinyl emulation software allows the user to physically manipulate the playback of digital audio files on a computer using the turntables as an interface, thus preserving the hands-on 'feel' of deejaying with vinyl while allowing playback of audio recordings not available in phonograph form. This allows DJs to scratch, beatmatch, and perform other turntablism that would be impossible with a conventional keyboard-and-mouse computer interface. source: TraktorWiki ]

Digital vinyl systems consist of a soundcard (connected to a computer and a mixer) and special records that can be used in order to spin digital music files by using normal turntables. The records are supplied with a timecode signal and can be played via traditional turntables. The signal is routed from the interface to the computer where it gets decoded and rerouted to the mixer. This way it is possible to (more…)

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