DJ Mix Video: Mixing some House & Beats Part 1

Here is some mainstream house mixed with some club beats. In this mix are some loops and effects such as the flanger from Torq M-Audio. The effects work flawlessly. Since I just have a simple mixer with no effects, Torq substitutes this feature nicely. Looping also works great. It seems to be just a matter of getting familiar and comfortable with it. One thing to mention is that one should always know the track that is playing good enough before beginning to loop in the mix.

The actual mix time in between the songs should be shorter but I'm just starting to get the beat counting right. The sound of this mix may come off a little techy and electronic from time to time but its just a spontanious compilation with no specific focus on any genre. Its by no means perfect and I am not a pro but I am just learning so judge and watch this dj mix for yourself.

The length of the dj house mix is about roughly 20min. The tracks are shown in sync with the rotation of the songs. There are 2 tracks where the artist and name aren't clear. If you know the names of the songs, then please let me know.

As far as Torq is concerned, it hasn't crashed or frozen on me yet. Its been solid and very fun to use.

DJ Mix Video: Katana Riddim Megamix

The tracks are a mix compilation of Dancehall songs with the Katana Riddim. Enjoy the selection and let me know what you think about the transitions.



Just started to mess around with some DJ Equipment that I received from some DJ. I also use Torq which works great in comparison to SSL. Its been reliable so far although I have not been performing live for several hours with it. However, I have had sessions for over 4 hours and it hasn't crashed or frozen on me yet. Here's a quick detailed spec on the equipment:

- Vaio Centrino Notebook with 1GB Memory
- MAudio Conectiv Torq & Software
- 2 Stanton C.304 CDjs
- Numark DM1050 Mixer

The cross fader on the Numark is totally gone but the rest works ok. I am just getting down with the basics, therefore excuse the lack of mixing experience. This combination of equipment may not be the preferred choice by most but it works fine for now.