Plato3520
27th June 2004, 05:48
Post all your little Tips and Tricks here for neophytes to learn from
If you plan on talking during the show to announce songs, record it FIRST in windows record. And before you do that, open up notepad and type in what you say, then read it. It's human nature to say 'uh' and other vocal oddities, but it doesn't sound good, once you have it recorded and saved, just slip it into your playlist where you want it, and noone is the wiser ;). It also saves you the trouble of pausing the playlist. Don't think its DJ Auto-Pilot though, stay at the station in case something goes wrong, please.
Hopefully I can start a thing here, I'm going to post my coveted Crossfade settings. If yours just don't come out sounding like you want, try out mine or some other peoples, they might be just what you are looking for.
Fade In:
Time 2.1 sec
Level: 100%
Fade Out:
Time 5.4 sec
Level: 100%
X-Fade: 65%
In DJ controls, see 'Smooth Beat Fade' and 'Beat Fade'? When your not on the radio, play some playlists, and crank those back and forth for a nice addition to your cross fader. I keep my Smooth Beat +1, and my Beat inbetween +3 and +4.
Learn how to use Deck A and Deck B to juggle different songs. No doubt with a bit of practice, this will prove very useful for various DJ tricks and effects.
If your the adventurious type, try playing with manual fade between songs, it allows for you to personally run the fade, it takes some practice, but its much more powerful. If you know a song starts up a bit late, you can compensate for that with manual fade.
~Plato
If you plan on talking during the show to announce songs, record it FIRST in windows record. And before you do that, open up notepad and type in what you say, then read it. It's human nature to say 'uh' and other vocal oddities, but it doesn't sound good, once you have it recorded and saved, just slip it into your playlist where you want it, and noone is the wiser ;). It also saves you the trouble of pausing the playlist. Don't think its DJ Auto-Pilot though, stay at the station in case something goes wrong, please.
Hopefully I can start a thing here, I'm going to post my coveted Crossfade settings. If yours just don't come out sounding like you want, try out mine or some other peoples, they might be just what you are looking for.
Fade In:
Time 2.1 sec
Level: 100%
Fade Out:
Time 5.4 sec
Level: 100%
X-Fade: 65%
In DJ controls, see 'Smooth Beat Fade' and 'Beat Fade'? When your not on the radio, play some playlists, and crank those back and forth for a nice addition to your cross fader. I keep my Smooth Beat +1, and my Beat inbetween +3 and +4.
Learn how to use Deck A and Deck B to juggle different songs. No doubt with a bit of practice, this will prove very useful for various DJ tricks and effects.
If your the adventurious type, try playing with manual fade between songs, it allows for you to personally run the fade, it takes some practice, but its much more powerful. If you know a song starts up a bit late, you can compensate for that with manual fade.
~Plato