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The Beginners Guide To Beatmixing On Turntables

This is all about learning to mix... from the equipment you will need and why you will need it.  This teaches the basic principles of beat mixing and will give you a series of exercises to practise.

Tools of the trade - the gear you’ll need and what it does

Turntable (also known as DJ Decks) – the different components on a DJ deck

1. Platter

2. Tone arm

3. Target light

4. Pitch fader

5. Quartz lock & strobe

6. Pitch bend buttons

7. Brake & motor off

8. Slipmats

DJ Mixer – the different components on a basic mixer

1. Channel

2. Metering & setting levels

3. Monitoring

4. The crossfader

Headhpones - There are many DJ Headphones available

This tutorial will show you all of the basic techniques you will need to have and learn as a DJ.  How to choose your DJ weapons (DJ Equipment), How to count beats and bars.  This tutorial will show you al about "finger positioning", including basic manipulation, cueing up a record and releasing the platter at the right time for the track to be "in the mix".

It will also teach you on how to get to grips with a mixer's crossfader and how to perform your first beat mix.

For the beginners guide to beatmixing. click the link below: 

http://www.kam.co.uk/media/file/tuition/BeginnersGuideToBeatmixing.pdf