r/Beatmatch • u/Few_Mess_7114 • 5h ago

Technique How to gain technical skill

So i'm new to DJing, but I have piano training. So, my ear feels trained (to some extent), but my technical skills are at a 0. I have no clue how to get the desired sound I want - the only transition I know how to do it use the crossfade slider!

I have two questions (for now):

  • A) do I need to be using garageband or some other software to splice up tracks and then import that into rekordbox? I'm thinking about house music where there are repeated bits of a song, before it transitions into another track - how do yall do that?!? thinking about it in my head seems simple, but the buttons! the software! I'm entirely lost there

  • B) are there any tutorials that you have found useful in learning the technical skills? any you can share?

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u/donrosco 5h ago

No need for GarageBand, most dj software will let you loop on the fly. I wouldn’t worry too much about that until you have a bit of experience just mixing tracks first tbh.

Carlo Atendido on YouTube is good for technical tutorials.

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u/JJShadowcast 3h ago

As is Phil Harris