Something that is very important to understand is that a DJ is not only responsible for putting music in a long, continuous piece of music, but rather is responsible for educating and entertaining (yes, educate, it sounds pretentious, but who but the dj's is the source where we find new genres and proposals).

BASIC MIX 1: PREPARATION

The DJ is responsible for carrying out a good selection of music and how to raise it beyond the order also the technical sense of musical approach, which we will call SET and that at some point also structurally involves breakdowns and atmosphere, without in the strict meaning as the music stops. The DJ is also responsible for a good time to give the audience, beyond selfish and personal entertainment. This does not mean you have to be complacent, but rather part of a communion between DJ and audience.

WEAPONS OF DJ

Speaking on the technical side, what we hear from the speakers comes and builds the following basic equipment call: a pair of turntables or CD player, a DJ mixer, headphones, monitors and obviously disks as CD or vinyl Seine. First of all our turntable motor should be direct, as this will make much easier the manipulation of vinyl, as the engine turntable band as a league, they tend to loosen with use and his answer is always slow even further. Linked to the use of the turntables we need a pair of slipmats, which are felt boards that allow us to stop the disc without stopping the motor of the turntable, this in order to carry out quick starts or manipulation without the vinyl harm.
Hearing aids are also a very important and allows us to listen to the songs discretion we will schedule without the public having to learn what we plot. However, the instruments must meet certain characteristics, such as playing a good, powerful, accurate sound make it much easier our transitions from one song to another. Our hearing aids should be comfortable and resilient, as we bring in the head by some accounts hours and occasionally whipped on the floor or your cable jalaremos without risk of breaking it.

THE "MIXER".

One of the key elements and where all the work develops djworkin4 "plumbing" is the mixer ... also known by its English name, "the mixer". This is where the sound work, giving a bit more profit if the track comes in, coloring equalization for frequency or enhance ration, working with the crossfader, the effects of the same if any, or the ever useful sampler. The mixers are usually two inputs per channel and how much with a slip switch that lets you select the source that we will enter the same channel, either a CD player, a phono in, or some other device that is connected (the phono in is for turntables). It is very important that we be careful when we are connecting the machine, since the mixer has assigned a preamplifier phono channels and not in the case of line in. Imagine what happens if you connect a turntable to a line in and a cd player into a phono in, is invested, just imagine it ... or try it if you want your speakers or your stereo survive.

MUSIC AND PRACTICE.

The most important are the discs, either CD or vinyl. Without these there is no music and no music in which to practice. The music is a free choice of DJ, and gender is completely open to individual discretion or taste, whether techno, trance, house, breakbeats, or whatever has been invented or not (and I speak for those who believe that bringing a generator, which in most cases not even move from concept) depends on what the DJ wants to play and probably will always find someone to do it.

BASIC MIX 2: Configurations

In the home setting our team will be connected directly to the master output to our home stereo or audio system, and this is a point where you have to pay close attention as the master out of the mixer should be connected to the line is in the phono stereo and not in, it could have a situation similar to what we discussed in previous delivery, given that we are witnessing in phono pre-amp one for the turntable, in addition to the line we can use the aux in, if it is present.

In the case of professional settings is important to note that in the mixer have multiple outputs, one of these is the monitoring, ie what will be our reference signal and can be present in the mixer under the name of monitor out , booth or zone, we also have the main output is the amplification will turn to public speakers of the track, this output is known under the names of master out, main out or house (which has nothing to do with the musical genre). The professional configuration allows us to wean our mixer outputs to have separate volume of the dance floor, which is what the audience hears, and the reference that we have. This is mainly for two reasons, first is that if we try to monitor directly from the speakers on the track, the time it takes the sound reach our ears cause we had a delayed and this derived reference errors on our part, the Second, if we had the monitor outputs from the same master, could not decrease as the master would lower down the monitor, but also the volume of what the public hears, and it definitely is not something we want.

Once you connect our team is following him out to walk, in other words, turn it on. This process, as well as shutdown, require much attention once they are involved in the use of electric current, therefore, that if we neglect the order in which the on and off peak we can send a signal through the system that can lead to result in damage to any of our components. To turn on or off the equipment is very important to have the volume to zero, totally under. The first opportunity to display a download is when we turn on the mixer, so we must make sure that everything else is off. Once we turned on the mixer, proceed to turn the amplifiers (or at least the stereo), the turntables can ignite at any time since they have the ability to store electric charge, that is, if we or remove the tablets or needles with the channel open ... hang on, secure download.

It is very important to know the ground wire carrying the turntables in the ground pole carrying the mixer on the back (this due to static electricity I'm sure we've all heard), if not connected perceive an annoying noise through our speaker systems, whatever it is. Once on the team, now if we go up the volume gradually and we're ready to start ringing.

To turn off the computer power we reverse the process and started down the volume of the amps and the master, then turn off the amplifier and then the mixer, turntables and other devices can be switched off at any time as long as their faders are down. It is important to mention that if we are using our home stereo, the risk of occurrence of a peak or a discharge is not as high or as dangerous, but for professional amplification must be very careful with the components of the amplifiers.

By: Ramiro Puente