DJs do you use sync?

Do you use Sync?

  • Yes, I use sync when I mix

    Votes: 2 40.0%

  • No, I don't use sync when I mix

    Votes: 3 60.0%
  • Total voters
    5
Tpex

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In chatting to a few people in my circles, I have noticed a surprising number of the DJ's I know use sync when mixing.

Do you?
 
Tpex said:
In chatting to a few people in my circles, I have noticed a surprising number of the DJ's I know use sync when mixing.

Do you?
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Yes. It allows me to focus on other aspects of mixing and be more creative.
 
Yes. Manual pitch control if the difference in BPM is large.
 
You can always use those apps and not use the sync button and stupidly try to keep your eyes closed cause it will show you the bar at the top moving if the bpm isn't the same:

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To sync is a listening process even if syncing with the button that will effectively center the the thing but many tracks doesn't even auto detect correctly so you need to pitch bend it anyways. Alot of tracks will even be synced on the half beat like this image shows.

I now mess around more with Ableton live and the process is even beyond syncing. Time warping each track either by hand or autowarp.

If you really want to avoid syncing get vinyl or CDJ's and a analog mixer and don't connect to midi or as the pioneers to each other using Ethernet.

It get's funny when some DJ says "I'm a true electro dope awesome muso cause I don't use sync..." lol

As for vinyl, not time codes, actual Vinyl... Allot of people dig the warm fuzziness that it offers in a set but in my personal opinion a true DJ (Disc Jocky) is an actual turntablist. That's mainly hip hop and inside some dated house and r&b and not a dude blasting a psytrance track at 140db that managed to sync the 2 tracks together by hand.
 
KaMoS said:
Yes. It allows me to focus on other aspects of mixing and be more creative.
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That is a BS cop-out and you know it.
If you're able to DJ then beatmatching is the easy part.

Sync and then you still excuse it.
LAME
 
Electric said:
You beatmatch by ear, if you can't do it then don't claim you're a DJ.
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I don't. But neither should a dude that plays 1 persons track at the same speed and pitch as another persons track and cross fading between them when the track ends.
 
Let me guess, you beat matching purist djs are still using 2 decks and no effects or loops? Well, you are way behind... I have 4 decks that use with the 4th solely used for effects. How do you use loops and effects without sync? Ofc we use our ears for mixing but if you have to use time and energy on manually beat matching tracks you're not going to leave much room for creativity.
 
Moosedrool said:
I don't. But neither should a dude that plays 1 persons track at the same speed and pitch as another persons track and cross fading between them when the track ends.
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That's lazy.

KaMoS said:
Let me guess, you beat matching purist djs are still using 2 decks and no effects or loops? Well, you are way behind... I have 4 decks that use with the 4th solely used for effects. How do you use loops and effects without sync? Ofc we use our ears for mixing but if you have to use time and energy on manually beat matching tracks you're not going to leave much room for creativity.
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It's not difficult to beat matching, you're hardly loosing creativity by beat matching effectively.
In fact, if I set up my beat correctly I can make blends that will make you cry, no loops or effects added.
Just knowing how to move between well matched tracks creates incredible seamless blends.
 
Electric said:
It's not difficult to beat matching, you're hardly loosing creativity by beat matching effectively.
In fact, if I set up my beat correctly I can make blends that will make you cry, no loops or effects added.
Just knowing how to move between well matched tracks creates incredible seamless blends.
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So does pressing a button.
 
Sadly the Sync button is giving birth to more of this -

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And this is what it sounds like if you only know how to use sync.

[video=youtube;1n_E4sDewtM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n_E4sDewtM[/video]
 
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But on a more serious note.

If you are able to mix using turntables or cd players and then moving on to controllers,I say go for it.
Learning the fundamentals first is important in my opinion.
 
I don't see anything wrong with synching or why its frowned upon.

If you have a problem with synching because it makes beat matching easy, then you would have a problem with finely tuned scratch mixers, because without finely tuned scratch mixers most turntablists wouldn't be able to do their crabs and three click flares.

Are you going to frown at people who use the Innofader as well? What about digital mixers?
 
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