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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

How to CUE on a DJ Mixer - a Video Tutorial

When you're a DJ, playing on a DJ mixer that you're not familiar with can be a bit of an adventure. The most complicated part of learning a new mixer usually relates to trying to figure out how to cue music properly. Here's another DJ'ing tutorial video, for DJ's who are trying to understand how different manufacturers might set up their cue functions, and I used two popular brands (Pioneer vs Allen & Heath) to illustrate.

I have to say thanks to a friend of mine in London (UK), DJ Alex Black. She and I were talking about the challenges that DJ's face when switching to new mixers, so it was her that inspired the production of this video. She's a DJ that has some mixes online that I really, really enjoy, a mix of tech-house, deep house, and all that sort of style. You can follow her on Mixcloud at this link:

www.mixcloud.com/alex-simpson

If you like the sound of either of the tracks played during the breaks between sections, of them are available as free downloads. Go to SoundCloud and do a search for: "dj bolivia global underground"

I'm Jonathan Clark, known online as DJ Bolivia. Do you want to learn more about DJ'ing and music production? If so, visit:

djbolivia.ca/training

If you happen to enjoy techno tracks, most of my tracks are available as free downloads from this link:

djbolivia.ca/tracks

Thanks so much for visit, and for your support! I really appreciate the fan base that I've been able to build up over the years.

Also, if you want to visit any of my other sites, here are a few links:

YouTube: youtube.com/djbolivia

SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/djbolivia

Blogger: djbolivia.blogspot.com

Main Site: www.djbolivia.ca

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Learn to Use the Effects on a Pioneer DJM-600 Mixer

I just put together a video to try to teach you how to use the different effects on a Pioneer DJM-600 mixer. Although this mixer isn't really an industry standard anymore, it was for quite a few years. It will also be a good video for people with subsequent models to this mixer (such as the DJM-700, 800, 900, 1000, or 2000) because it will give you a basic understanding of how the effects on those other mixers originated. And actually, some of the effects on later mixers are the same.

Eventually, I'll put together some short update videos for some of those other mixers to give you information about effects that they have which aren't found on the DJM-600.

This is part of the "Learn to DJ" series that I'm working on. Check out my Videos page on my main website to find detailed videos about a variety of music-related topics, from audio recording, to DJ'ing, to audio software, to music production, to music videos. Here's the link:

www.djbolivia.ca/videos.html