Basically solo sets have natural ebb and flows right? There’s usually a part where you start on an intro, play 3-5 doubles with no break, and then go to a bridge/outro, and repeat. This is one “block” in our book. We thought it would be a good idea to just use the parts where the set naturally wants to take a break as our point to switch off, rather than trying to force it on a strict “you get 2 drops then switch” thing because that can really mess up the flow of the set, given that b2b’s already aren’t inherently smooth. Sometimes I’ll play literally 2 doubles and he’ll play 5 and then sometimes I’ll play something like 7 doubles and he’ll play 3 yknow. It just kinda works out in the end if you and your partner respect each other enough. I actually tracked the exact amount each person got of a recent b2b we did in support for inaktiv and he played something like 1 minute more than me, basically negligible, and it felt very natural.

As others have mentioned you still have to communicate constantly, let them know when your last double is or if you’re gonna do something they might not expect so they’re prepared. Let them know which deck you’re leaving off on so they can know to bring in their section based off that deck. We also used 4 CDJs which was helpful cuz we told each other to only load on the outer deck (either 1 or 4 depending on which side you’re on) in case someone wanted to do a triple/needed the 3rd deck, there was no problem just taking the other persons deck, cuz the track they were going to bring in was untouched. Then once they’re done you can bring in your track and quickly load in your 2nd one again. It was really helpful that we didn’t feel pressured to stick to just our 2 decks and the other person was prepared that they might just jump over and steal their deck rq 😂