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I'd recommend never trying to judge the sound from the dj booth, either you're to far back from the main rig and can't hear the highs, and in a bass trap so it sounds unbelievably bassy (like FWD at Plastic People - it's mad bassy when you're in there, you can hardly hear or feel anything else!) and most booth monitors aren't run through the same compressors, amps and crossovers as the main rig. What I like doing is banging on your first tune you know well and just taking a quick trip round the front and hear what it's saying (or get a mate to do the same).

^ definitely that, get used to how the DJ booth/stage area sound translates into dancefloor/bar sound. This nearly catches me out at every gig, but its crucial.

Monitors. Get used to what the monitors are up to, but never rely on them. If there's a slight delay from the mixer to the speakers (normally caused by room acoustics) then make good use of the cue/master blend on the mixer.

And try not to redline it all night!

_cheef_ wrote:lol you'll be fine...if Tiesto can do it, anyone can!

its funny you say that... cuz when i got my buddy to make me a crazy myspace back in the day...(who really still uses it now?) my only guide lines were.... it had to look better then tiesto's lol

and

it did... lol

pete bubonic wrote:I'd recommend never trying to judge the sound from the dj booth, either you're to far back from the main rig and can't hear the highs, and in a bass trap so it sounds unbelievably bassy (like FWD at Plastic People - it's mad bassy when you're in there, you can hardly hear or feel anything else!) and most booth monitors aren't run through the same compressors, amps and crossovers as the main rig. What I like doing is banging on your first tune you know well and just taking a quick trip round the front and hear what it's saying (or get a mate to do the same).

Truth here^.

If you're using your own equipment, try and play a few tracks in soundcheck to make sure you know how far you can push the system. It's the worst feeling in the world to blow speakers, believe me.

Another thing is to make sure that you have good monitors and headphones. They will reduce the amount of ambient reverb and sound pollution that bounces back to you from the walls and such. The first time I DJed on a big system no one told me about the sound pollution factor, so I had a hard time beat-matching because I couldn't really hear the music in my headphones. I felt like a noob that night. Playing a few tracks in during soundcheck will help you get acclimated to the venue.

hey guys, quic question, is it alright to play vinyl rips that are uncompressed? I have quite a few high quality wav rips of some of my brother's vinyl that i cleaned and all that to try and get them to sound the best I could, would they be alright to play out? cheers

dont play shit tunes