DJ Beat matching tutorial Using the CUE on a cdj turntable

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Step by step guide on how to use the cue on a cdj to aid you in beat matching.
toons are from cdpool house April 2009
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[@eddiemperor]

A Man who shares his knowledge to others who could use a bit of Help and actually takes time to show others his skills and tricks on this Musical Craft, to me is a True DJ. Everytime i need some tips I watch your videos mate, I'm a Jazz/Classical Musician and just started to DJ a while ago, to me it is as Beautifully Complex as Playing a Sonata!! It's about keeping Exact Tempo and working with your hands and Above all Mind. You my friend are a great teacher.Thank you very much.

[@ampoie]

this totally made a lot of sense for me as a beginner. i started with vinyl and every time i encounter an mp3 or cd mixer button, i get hella confused with the functions of the CUE and PAUSE/PLAY button. i will now practice and enjoi! THANK YOU!

[@xXVikingninjaXx]

i think its funny how you say hope thats been help... OF COURSE ITS BEEN HELP MAN! you are the only dude i can think of thats spends this much time helping the little people. all your videos are super helpful. respect

[@Iloveyoutube11]

Man.....where were you and KZbin 20 years ago when I started djing? Haha. Great videos my friend. I'm sure you've help at least a few newcomers quite a bit. Much love from Austin Tx. Take care.

[@RyanODon]

In fairness its not rocket science, it just takes messing around with the decks, practice and more practice. I started 17 years ago with no youtube and thats how I learned!

[@midnightcowboy717]

For those coming from turntable experience, this is a super clear intro in that que button!

[@ashleyisland]

this guy is a saint...he explains things sooo well!

[@Bronx11]

This beat matching technique is my favorite. Works sooooo well. I usually put the pitch on the incoming track real high to begin. How much I lower it depends on how much faster it is. If I go too far down, go a bit back up. Then I just fine tune. Love this technique.

[@jam-trousers]

Been looking for this as I’ve gone back to CDJ-850s temporarily so I can learn how to BM without quantization or automatic locking or visual cues. Bloody helpful. Thank you.

[@tonioroffo6414]

This is the style I picked up a few years ago by watching this video. It's truly the easiest way to learn beatchmatching.

[@00DJC]

as a total beginner this is my favourite way to practice beatmatching. It allows you to focus on first beatch matching by getting the speed of both tracks the same, then getting them 'in beat', and then you can play with the cross fader, effects etc etc all you like!

[@DanielJahrusso]

@ Timo van Vliet That is the one thing that drives a lot of peoples crazy. This needs a lot of practice when not using a BPM counter. A helpfull trick is to pitch the one u wanna bring in faster so you there is only one way you have to move the pitchfader. Move the fader up ( tune = slower ) and as soon as the beat matches for at least 30 seconds, you are good to go.

[@EJman05]

@AdobeExcel i think of it like this, the jog wheel is a temporary change in pitch, IE finding where u want the pitch to be, then the pitch control slider is a permanent pitch change, which u can adjust after uve found your bpm with the jog wheel.

[@JayCooperX]

Amazing man, can't tell you enough how much help you've been. Props!

[@yeesnaw]

yes, there is, i haven't even dj'd and i should be getting my midi either tomorrow or the day after, all i can say is that you won't always have the waveform infront of you so it's best to learn to do it without looking at the screen and using only your ears to beatmatch. The last thing you want is having relyed on that aid for so long that when you don't have it infront of you that you simply can't beat match at all, or even if you start using upper end equipment.

[@RaWstYle07]

You are the best man. Thank you so much. I'm watching your videos very carefully. I don't have my own equipment. My first gig is tomorrow. :) Thank you. Greetings from Austria.

[@Rayven_cat]

@angerfistzalig that's the best way to learn. I learned on belt-driven crap turntables. Learning to beat match by ear gives you valuable arrangement experience too. You learn when to wait and when to go with the next track.

[@driveinshowbunnik]

@JonesBurway if you have a pioneer player, you have to pause the track and then move the jogwheel untill you have the place where you wan't the next cue point. than just keep your hand on the plattern an press cue and the point is set !

[@HydroRaver]

Just wanted to say thanks! that cue trick is pretty sweet! I mix Drum and Bass, so i have a 32 bar section to use the cue trick before i drop a 32 intro on for the double drop! Used to get stressed trying to beatmatch on one 32 bar section! Now i have 48 bars to mess with it! Thanks mate!

[@StaffRecordPlayer]

The software BPM detection on the CDJ 400 from Pioneer is, in my opinion, really really near to perfect ! It does not fluctuate with 90% of all songs and its so precise, that if you set the Bpm of two songs to the spot where it jumps from e.g. 126 to 127, just at the "break even point", then the beat will stay even if you go away for at least a minute ! Try it out, it works for me !!!! Saves my mixes when Im drunk lol : D

[@FrOsTyBeArKiD]

This was incredibly helpful and laid back too thank you for uploading this!

[@MarioEZugasti]

I bought a numark ns6 just a home hobby. All the help I can get. This is very helpfull.

[@azfiu]

SO much respect for you man, many thanks for your countless videos helping others!!!

[@crazy4music1988]

Love the video buddy I'm just starting out I've been djing for for a few months and this really helped me our for trying a new side of things... Now I'm getting pretty good at mixing tracks thanks too you.... Keep up the good work I love your stuff

[@blurrrrz]

@JonesBurway you can pause the track on where you want it and then hit cue and that'll be the current cue point

[@Tomasu321]

Depending on your brand/models etc. But on the Denon DNS-3700 and other Denons i belive, you change the cue point by stoping the music with CUE; moving the plater to the point you want, then hit play. this changes the cue position on my denons atleast, hope it helps :)

[@TomTrustworthy]

adobeexcel, yeah your right about the pitch control. So in the middle its set to 0, if you move it up it makes the 'record' spin slower then if you push it down it goes faster. So if one song is faster you can move the pitch control down to make the slower song be just as fast bpm wise. The jogwheel just will move you to different points of the song, but if the pitch is at 0/middle it will always move the same speed. 120bpm vs 130bpm would require pitch change to stay inbeat

[@ginnungagap3]

these tutorial are the best. You save a lot of money by taking lessons in dj schools and shit

[@Rayven_cat]

@MsTrance1 because if you just move the jogwheel, the pitch will eventually be off again because you did not adjust it. You could just use the pitch, but that requires a little more of speeding up and slowing down and vice versa.

[@Rayven_cat]

@rondamon22m22 this is where learning how to beatmatch without seeing the BPM counter is essential. Put some tape over your BPM counters. Learn how to tell if the song you are cuing up (headphones) is going slower or faster than the track playing outloud. When they get really close it is hard to tell if your new track is moving slower or faster. This is where you need to practice the most. It took me about 3-5 months of solid practice to be able to lock it in real close. Practice is key.

[@newmicro]

Dude, this is a VERY helpful tut. I learned about 3 or 4 new tricks. Thanks!

[@TripLikeIDo86]

Unless you're doing a complex style like Drum and Bass. Some D&B tracks will be read at 172 bpms for example and some at 84 bpm. You cannot match the clocks since one track will sound completely crazy and awful if sped completely up or down. But you have to remember the drum and bass matches the snares and hi hats rather than the kick drum. That can change the dynamics a bit. But you still use these basics of beat matching.

[@brayitonnfilms]

@MrN03yeomana apart from CDJ's most clubs now use Serato, because with Virtual DJ it beat matches for you, so that takes the purpose of djing away, with serato you still have to beat match but you have your laptop so you can still see the soundwaves with specific lines of where the beats are so you can match visually as well as by ear. and trust me this is coming from a guy that started with virtual dj, but when i wanted to start playing at clubs i HAD to learn how to use Serato.

[@tubedude1973]

Great. Absolut noob looking for "cue" button function. This really helps.

[@Yaotsu5356]

man these videos are so good im planning on getting decks and theese vids have helped me get an understanding

[@Rayven_cat]

@MsTrance1 you need to re-press cue in your instance. matching bpms by the number just means they're going the same speed, it doesn't mean the two tracks are magically aligned. You still have to do that part. Listen on your headphones and adjust the track you're bringing in to line up with the track playing. Watch more ellaskins, he's a good teacher! Let me know if this helped! PEace

[@whookares]

pure legend! thank you master

[@RelocateTheBeat]

Thank you! This is the video I needed. It's finally clicking for me

[@Rayven_cat]

@rondamon22m22 You have the right mentality, listen to the headphones with one ear, listen to the outside with the other. I'm 'right eared', meaning my right ear is the one I listen to the headphones with. My left ear concentrates on the music that is playing over the speakers. When your ears are trained well enough and you are able to separate the cue track (headphones) with the playing track, you can then determine if your cue track needs plus or minus speed. headphone volume is key too.

[@partycity55]

THANKS MAN THAT WAS AWESOME . i was trying to do it the hard way !

[@Leow369]

Ellaskins man I just wanted to say your vids have been awesome, so much so that through your guidance and bizzare hats :) I have been successful in landing myself a Residency So thank you, massivley appreciated I practised, enjoyed and now im reaping the benefit. Top Tutor!!!

[@Phantasia.Official]

Thank you so much for this info, searching this for years, and you brought it to me, in a single video: Awesome!

[@ezeone2]

Man u are a great teacher... Thanks

[@madsuser]

There is usually a CUE button above the slider for the channels, on the mixer :) When it's lid, its playing through the headphones, just make sure the slider is down :)

[@bitchsillyjimmy]

any cdj with hot cues are awsome.. the first cdj i brought had 3 hot cues and was so good to chop and beat match.. then they discontinued the machine and i can no longer afford most cdjs with hotcue functions.. back to the old skool way of mixing for me ! ha

[@thomassttt9650]

@ellaskins hey dude. Cool videos.. just one point that I have always wanted to know and cant seem to find out how. How do djs get booked such as a techno dj from UK? or even is there a database and do you request payment upfront? A video of this would be really helpful

[@Marineio]

@HjalmarGuitarMaster The light on the top is no relation to how the CD is spinning in the deck. The player actually analyses the track to get the BPM (and I'm guessing), stores the track in memory if it's not too long so that the player is not effected by any jolts/bumps like your home cd player.

[@ccricers]

So true, I wish CD players had a way to disable bpm counting. I only use bpm readers for effects to keep them in sync with the music, I find that fair.

[@wickfordboyz]

yer helped alot thanks mate i got the gemini cdj203 just aving abit of trouble getting the beat to start on the cue button coz when i try to fine tune it with the jog wheel it just skips where as in this video it dont got any ideas of other ways to do this as you can probaly tell im a begginer lol : )

[@ellaskins]

never thought i would like using them, but for ease and functionality they are great!, I still love to use vinyl and hope to get Serato soon, Just watch this space as the days of MP3 may dwindle, think! why have mp3 when you can get a 5000 gig and above H Drive, WAv will be the way forward. j

[@bevboyz]

lifesaver got a gig in a few hours and i havent used cd decks before. brought the trusty vinyl just in case tho!

[@FrOsTyBeArKiD]

pretty much, I cue up the "one", move the pitch til it matches well, and i play the cue as close to the beat as i can. sometimes I'm a little off but I cant find anyway to fine tune it closer together til it's an almost exact match

[@Caminero10]

Good video mate. Keep up the good work.

[@csselement]

the only lesson you need from an OG

[@SIsForSteppi]

@HjalmarGuitarMaster When you spin the deck on the side, its a very smooth spinning = so it spins very slow if you spin the deck on the top it normally spins very fast, but it pretends on how fast you set up the spin-speed for the deck.

[@monat_son]

been whatching you for a long time, helped me a lot in at the start. Thanks

[@yooooseee2064]

this really helps!!!thanks a lot mate!!

[@Becirevic89]

Couldn't have said it any better myself, Thank you !

[@kevin__o]

really helpful man bless x

[@aimanthesasuke]

Mannnnnn thanksss mann.. I dunno how to beatmaching perfectly until watching this video..

[@ishanpw]

Jonathan, How about some beatmatching using Turntables. There are many techniques using CD players and you can do right back to the CUE point and start all over again but not on turntables.

[@derwomitdemwolftanzt]

The cue/pitch up was Damn helpful

[@dougpaddock725]

Thanks for the video. What I don't understand is the advantage of this over just setting a que point since those autoplay, other than I guess you can chop up a song a little bit with Que.

[@Plamen2007]

the easiest way i've found to do this is to make a 4 beat loop from the first beat of your track.. that way you wont have to press cue over and over again and when the time comes to throw it in, you'll start from the first beat of the track : ) and when you do throw it in, all you have to do is press loop out and there u go! ; )

[@ellaskins]

yes, once you set a new cue point it will start from that point un till you set another. j

[@BitcoinKingen]

Thank you very much for good tutorial. cheers from Sweden

[@kselogcob666]

@12erererer its called vinyl mode. I think the 1000s have it, I have 400s and they have it

[@DJJim007]

it does work this technique but personally I think using jog wheel and pitch together with the cue button mainly to cue. Good video though, explains stuff well :D

[@k1rkus]

i started to do like that and results are much better then just using the Jog wheel; i match bpm, and then durin' the track mixin' use the jog wheel, actually i still have some problems - two tracks sounds togegher for 10-14 sec, i think it's just the matter of practice

[@Holidayfunk]

Hell Yea!! making it better all the time!

[@ZanePepper]

I would beatmatch like that, but you really can't when you are using Traktor and MP3's. It tells you what the tempo is at all times and the exact position of the track. Takes a lot of the fun out of it.

[@novo740]

@fetentenple1 because they aren't an accurate readout and not all CDJ equipment has it so it is more beneficial to learn how to beatmatch by ear :)

[@sticksnstuff]

great demonstration. thanks ellaskins

[@doingitbigent]

i love how he teaches mane

[@tumbleboys]

well explained, is there any programme you can set cue points on a sd card so saves time doing it all on the decks?

[@dangviddd]

@MrN03yeomana CDJ's have no "USB" feature to them, so there is no way to plug the CDJ's to your laptop. Serato is the bridge between CDJ's and your USB port. You would have to connect the CDJ's to the Serato hardware, and then plug the Serato into your laptop.

[@69PlayTheSound69]

Thanks for all your vidoes, they are so helpfull!!!!!

[@93hrdtptt]

Just want to start off and say I am very grateful for the tutorials you have uploaded, a great help for a beginner such as myself. Have a question though, when beatmatching two tracks. How close does the BPM offset have to be?

[@elektrinate]

What I love about this, is not seeing any digital display of bpm/pitch what so ever. Listening to bpm as apposed to automated sync or visual display of bpm's. VINYL DJ's FOREVER!

[@funkstage]

Lol ... Your spoken explanations are quite understandable mate! :D

[@NRH1990]

thats because there is a time delay by milleseconds to the club sound system. try pushing the track forward abit with the side of the job wheel (if its pioneers) not sure if others have the same thing! or maybe your beatmatching just isnt as tight with CDs as with vinyl?

[@danielsd1]

thanks for help ur whole vedios very good

[@fishenemy81]

Greetings from Greece man!!

[@c00lguy83]

this guy is the BEST

[@RootDubz93]

Cheers for the reply but I never rely on the bpm counter. As I mentioned in the comment I have to constantly listen and use the jog wheel to keep the track in time as the tempo slider isn't precise enough

[@djfrayz]

And if, for whatever reason, you run out of time and you have to mix NOW and you're sick of holding CUE, you can press PLAY _while_ you're holding CUE, which will then let you release CUE - it will keep playing for you as if you had just pressed PLAY in the first place. :)

[@Audience-Perspective]

@brayitonnfilms ok, much appreciated man!

[@carnerotron]

if you are learning its better to listen to one song on the speakers and the other song on the headphones, cover the bpm and then proceed to beatmatch. but before that, learn to cue the beat properly, hope this helps you. by the way, it wont be easy, but if you practice, in less than a week you will beatmatch by ear only and it will be more accurate than checking the bpm's.

[@shixxx8]

5:46 since i see your videos this "double cue point start" is keepin me in mind... this what i think of when here "ellaskin" :P same with the demo on the djm 400 but anyways really helpfull!

[@TomTrustworthy]

by the way this is just what I think... i haven't started messing with this stuff. I am getting a my first mixer in a day or two from a buddy.

[@RiazPhillips]

real good tutes man. thanks alot

[@ellaskins]

If i ever do look at the bpm read out is is only for a reference as to the speed of the toon, in my book you should NEVER only rely on the bpm read out j

[@ac3arcadia]

@tumbleboys With the CDJ 1000 you can save cue points on a SD Card... but I have no Idea how... I saw Armin van Buuren using it.

[@ADEXL]

the vertical switch on the right is to control the pitch right? Then what does turning the jogwheel anti-clockwise and clockwise do? Why must you move both to beatmatch?

[@JIMMYROUGERIE-music]

best tuto right to the point bro ! nice vid ! 🎷🎧🎤

[@NikySportsPromotion]

for computer djs, is there any disadvantage (other then not developing an ear for it) to using the visual display of the beats to beat match? Or even just the sync button if you're really beginner

[@tupp68]

Excellent tutorial I have denon

[@Tony211289]

hahaha great tutorial. made me piss myself when u got confused with the beats when explaining the queue button, looked so lost :D +1

[@sammygoris]

so to do this you need the job wheel in pitch bending mode not scratch, yeah?

[@djemmab]

very good, your brillant keep the video's coming think i watch you nearly every day lol

[@MrRambo523]

Awesoe tutorial. that really helps. thanks alot man.