Open format DJing with the S4
Open format DJing with the S4 Posted on: 01.09.2011 by Karolis Petrauskas For the last 20 years I have been predominantly a house DJ. That said my original DJing roots began with Hip Hop. I'd like to play a bit more open format to see what doors open. My issue lies with the offset buttons on the S4 pitch faders. I admit I love the sync button because it allows me to concentrate on programming rather than adjusting the pitch fader. I use tempo sync because I still love to manually match my songs. The issue with the hard programming of the S4 is that the offset buttons can't be used to change pitch range. So here's the question...How are you guys using sync and changing tempo drastically? Lets say I want to mix a house song with a hip hop song and drop the tempo of the mix but still have a nice blend. What are your techniques? I have seen friends retreat to Sedative but I'd love to keep my S4 to get the results I want. | |
| Iliana Seanor 02.09.2011 |
Originally Posted by DaBeef
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| Karolis Petrauskas 01.09.2011 | For the last 20 years I have been predominantly a house DJ. That said my original DJing roots began with Hip Hop. I'd like to play a bit more open format to see what doors open. My issue lies with the offset buttons on the S4 pitch faders. I admit I love the sync button because it allows me to concentrate on programming rather than adjusting the pitch fader. I use tempo sync because I still love to manually match my songs. The issue with the hard programming of the S4 is that the offset buttons can't be used to change pitch range. So here's the question...How are you guys using sync and changing tempo drastically? Lets say I want to mix a house song with a hip hop song and drop the tempo of the mix but still have a nice blend. What are your techniques? I have seen friends retreat to Sedative but I'd love to keep my S4 to get the results I want. |
| Iliana Seanor 02.09.2011 |
Originally Posted by DaBeef
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| Oralia Bleyl 02.09.2011 | I have one of my gain encoders on either channel c or d (which i don;t generally use) mapped to control my master tempo so i can put a track in a loop and slowly adjust the tempo while keeping all my tracks in sync and then bring in my next track smoothly. |
| Iliana Seanor 01.09.2011 | I have a few slower tracks that I have prepped for beat juggling in a no bass section. As I beat juggle the slower track to the faster track bass line, I start to fade out or FX-sync out the fast track. Now I manually, with my fingers, move down the bpm range. It could be a simple: da, da, da, ,daa, daa, daaa, daaa, daaaa - before I release the track. It is very early in the morning - I hope you understand what I have written. |
| Karolis Petrauskas 01.09.2011 | Tx deejaysoul...I have to try some new things. Does anyone have any cool master tempo tricks? |
| Caitlyn Scarantino 01.09.2011 | Well, I usually do a bass drop with a fade out and/or with decaying delay. There's even the "Turntable FX" and do a classic power down. |
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