DJ Course (W/E) - Advanced

Learn to mix in a small class with a professional DJ.		DJ workstations are provided for every student

Course Summary

If you want to add some creative flair to your DJ sets then check out this intensive crash course in advanced DJ skills. Learn to scratch using techniques devised by a former DMC champion. Create instant remixes and mash ups using beat juggling techniques and acappellas. Give your mixes a unique twist with EQ and effects tricks. It's all here and classes are taught in small groups to ensure that you get plenty of one to one coaching from a pro DJ.

Course Contents

Check Your Technique
Get feedback on your mixing from a pro DJ

Maintenance, pro-technical tips and troubleshooting

Advanced turntable and mixer set up for scratching

Monitoring and Level matching

Creative Mixing

Phrase alignment & beat juggling

Teasers, drops, fills and spin backs

Line/phono switch tricks 

Creative EQ techniques

Acappella mixing

Scratch Tutorials

The baby scratch and the slur scratch

Basic fader scratches. Cuts, Stabs and Transforming

Scratch techniques: The Crab, The Chirp and The Flare

Plus Orbits, Rubs, Drills, Lazers and Phasers

CD Mixing

Pioneer CDJ 1000's and Numark CDX turntables

Vinyl mode, pitch controls and time-stretching

Creating cue points and loops

Saving loop points to memory card

Effects

Creative use of effects.

Reverb, delay, echo.

Flangers, panning and filters.

Synching effects to tempo.

Recording Your Mix

Record and edit your mix using Steinberg's Wavelab.