r/vinyldjs

Greetings.

Recently I went out to a techno night and almost left early because the music was mediocre and watching most controller djs is boring. Then a headliner came on playing an all vinyl set. Even though the music wasn’t great I stayed another 2 hours watching him mix.

This made me think it would be great to see a mixing competition similar to the original DMCs (check out the pre turntablist/hip hop comps from the early 80s). The next day I happened to see a clip of Theo Parrish dissing digital DJs (“cheating with training wheels” or similar) and referenced informal mixing competitions he participated in as a kid in Chicago.

From what he described they would try to find the pitch fastest, most seamlessly, while holding the mix longest and EQing the longest.

Has anyone seen something like that? Would anyone be interested in a mixing competition and if so what ideas would you have on challenges and structure?

I run a vinyl dj night and quite like helping out new DJs out by giving them a guest slot. Most of the time it works out well, people turn up, play the genres we agreed, and go home with a smile on their face. Sometimes, new DJs can be really annoying and I think “are you like that because you’re new to this, or are you just a dick”. So messages I’d like to give new DJs is:

1. ⁠don’t agree to things you can’t do (e.g. don’t say you’ll play a reggae night if you only have two ska records)
2. ⁠it’s not your night/vision, promoters will have an agreement with the venue as to what type of night it is, so stick to playing what you’ve agreed to
3. ⁠try to be flexible with what you collect, if it get quiet people don’t want to hear fast tempo bangers
4. ⁠ask if it’s ok before you put your banner up with your dj name all over it at someone else’s night
5. ⁠Help promote the night, a big part of a DJs job is to bring and keep people in a venue. If the promoter gives you promo materials that you don’t like, (unless it’s got S.S symbols all over it) don’⁠t be a baby still post them on your social media anyways (I’m sure we’ve all been sent some dodgy clip art poster at some point)

What other unwritten rules do you think new DJs should know?

00:00 Nookie - Sound Of Music (Foul Play Remix) [Reinforced Records] - 1995
3:25 The House Crew - Euphoria (Nino's Dream) [Production House ] - 1993
7:05 Awesome 3 - Don't Go [City Beat] - 1992
10:53 SL2 - On A Ragga Tip [XL Recordings] - 1992
12:45 SL2 - Way In My Brain [XL Recordings] - 1991
16:09 Sound Corp - Dream Finder (Dream Found Mix) [Tone Def Records] - 1991
19:45 Rhythm For Reasons - Grand National (Tango Remix) [Formation Records] - 1992
22:43 DJ Red Alert & Mike Slammer - In Effect [Slammin' Vinyl ] - 1993
26:44 D Force - Ruff!!! [Slammin' Vinyl ] - 1992
30:09 M D Emm - Energy Rush (Unity 88.4 Pirate Mix) [Strictly Underground Records] - 1993
32:41 Omni Trio - Renegade Snares (Foul Play Remix) [Moving Shadow] - 1993
37:05 Urban Shakedown Featuring Micky Finn - Some Justice [Urban Shakedown] - 1991
39:40 DJ Vibes - Obsession (Music's So Wonderful) [Asylum Music Inc] - 1993
44:14 Bizarre Inc - Playing With Knives [Vinyl Solution] - 1991
46:04 Ramos & Supreme - Crowd Control [Hectic Records] - 1993
49:52 DJ Red Alert & Mike Slammer - In Effect (The Remix) [Slammin' Vinyl] - 1993
55:00 Slipmatt - Breaking Free [Awesome Records] - 1994
59:08 Blame - Music Takes You (2 Bad Mice Remix) [Moving Shadow] - 1992
1:02:41 Acen - Trip II The Moon Part.. 2 [Production House] - 1992
1:06:11 Sonz Of A Loop Da Loop Era - Further Out (Da Far Out Remix) [Suburban Base Records] - 1991
1:08:18 DJ Red Alert & Mike Slammer - Just Wanna Hold U Tight [Slammin' Vinyl] - 1992
1:11:34 Future Primitive - We're Flying [Kniteforce Records] - 1994
1:16:00 Mole The Dipper - Eye Of The Dinosaur [Bear Necessities] - 1993

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I know I'm borderline off topic but since a lot of us have that similar living room DJ booth set up, I was wondering if someone could help me in finding the right Hifi set up.

The difficult part of the set up is that I would love to have a system that's both good at close range when I mix and good from a 5m distance when I'm just listening to a vinyl in my living room.

At the moment I've 2 active speakers around my booth (edifier s3000 pro) and I'm happy with them, they do the job quite well. But I'm far from the level of detail or quality that I would like to have.

I have a budget of around 3000 EUR in Belgium, anyone kind enough to recommend brands/speakers (active or passive) that would work well with this?

Thanks in advance!

The last time I got booked to play a long set it was short notice ("Can you play tonight? Your set starts in 20 minutes.") so I didn't pick out any records, I just grabbed three random crates and jetted to the venue. I played five hours and by the end of it I had filled one crate with records I'd played.

I have a six hour set coming up on Tuesday. I just went through all my records and picked out what I think I'll want to play. I currently have one full milkcrate and another that's 3/4 full. That's not enough, is it?

Been learning to mix for a few months

Hi all, hoping someone can help diagnose a tonearm issue I'm having with one of my Reloop RP-8000 MK2.

When cueing a record and rocking it back and forth the needle keeps jumping back a couple of rotations. This only happens on the outer grooves of a record, not toward the centre. It also only happens on one deck, not both.

I tried swapped the cartridge from the working deck onto the problem deck but it’s still having issues.

I've checked for any visible loose screws or movement but everything seems secure.

I’m using the below:

- Turntables: 2x Reloop RP-8000 MK2
- Cartridges: Ortofon Concorde MKII Digital
- Tracking force: 3.5g
- Anti-skate: 3 (maximum on this model)
- Using the setup for both DVS and regular vinyl

Anyone have any thoughts?