Ever been playing a song in a DJ set and suddenly realised you havenāt got a clue how it ends? Maybe itās a brand new song that you just had to play despite not having had time to properly listen to and prepare it, or maybe itās just a song you havenāt played for a long time and youāve forgotten a good mix-out point.
Either way, in the old days of vinyl, we just had to get on with it and hope for the best. However, with modern DJ systems, thereās a cunning little trick that will let you listen to the way the currently playing song ends (and even put a cue point at the mix-out point) ā all while the track is actually live to your audience. Hereās how itās done…
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ā” TIMESTAMPS ā”
00:00 Intro
00:38 Load / Instant Doubles
00:59 Find a mix-out point
01:26 Set your hot cue
01:42 Load a new track
02:03 Now mix!
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