DJ As-One

Saturday, May 13, 2017

Using Loop Techniques to Mimic the Echo Effect

Turntable Techniques

Popular mixers such as the Rane Sixty-Two and Pioneer DJM-S9 have a built-in echo effect, but a lot of mixers don’t. On this episode of Turntable Techniques, the Beat Refinery‘s As-One demonstrates a couple of ways to mimic the feature with your DJ software.

“It’s great to have these new fancy mixers with tons of onboard effects. But at the end of the day, the best trick in your bag is to master your software, so you’re not relying on any particular piece of DJ gear.”

Watch the tutorial above.

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Monday, April 3, 2017

How to Use Custom Cue Points in Serato DJ

Turntable Techniques

Custom cue points can streamline and open up new options for your DJ sets. On this episode of Turntable Techniques, the Beat Refinery‘s DJ As-One discusses how to create and use them in Serato DJ.

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Sunday, February 19, 2017

How to Use ‘Transition Stingers’

Stingers

DJcityTV and Beat Refinery are back with a new episode of the tutorial series, Turntable Techniques. This time, DJ As-One demonstrates how to use “transition stingers” in DJ sets.

Transition stingers are exclusive performance tools that start at one tempo and end with a sample. They enable DJs to drop a song of any tempo immediately after the current track. By being able to jump around different BPM ranges, DJs can add creativity to their sets.

Watch As-One break down how to use stingers above and download them only on DJcity.

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Tuesday, September 6, 2016

How to Perform the ‘Rockit’ Scratch

Stingers

Turntable Techniques

DJcity and Beat Refinery have released a new episode of the tutorial series, Turntable Techniques. In the video, DJ As-One explains how to do the “Rockit” scratch, which Grandmixer D.ST performed on Herbie Hancock’s 1983 hit of the same name.

The song was the lead single off Hancock’s landmark album, Future Shock, which saw him venture into the worlds of electro-funk and instrumental hip-hop. “Rockit” is recognized as the first popular single to feature scratching and has been cited by DJ QBert and Mix Master Mike as a pivotal influence on them.

“You can gauge a DJ’s skills by when they use [the ‘Rockit’ scratch],” QBert said in the documentary Scratch.

Watch As-One break it down below.

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Monday, April 18, 2016

Using Acapella Edits to Enhance Your DJ Sets, Part 2


 
Beat Refinery instructor DJ As-One returns with part two of his tutorial on using acapella edits in your DJ sets. In this episode, the DMC competitor explains how to use “acapella out” edits (part one covers “acapella in” edits).
 
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Sunday, March 6, 2016

How to Use Acapella Edits to Enhance Your DJ Sets, Part 1


 
DJcityTV and Beat Refinery have launched Turntable Techniques, a monthly series to help DJs enhance their sets and overall knowledge of the art form. For the first video, DMC champion As-One discusses how to mix with “acapella in” edits. The tutorial includes two examples: one with a “scratch out” and another with cue point manipulation.
 
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