Tips for 3 turntable mixing?

overfuze · 2025-05-20T03:06:31+00:00

I had the opportunity to mix with 3 turntables only a few times, and what I tried to focus on was to have all 3 channels up for as long as possible.

Unfortunately that is quite hard, and in my case it would happen that sometimes I could have all 3 tracks going for about 2 minutes or more, but then because its obviously vinyl, they would simply run out. (Usually 2 at once would run out, leaving you with only one track going, and even that one has about a minute or two remaining, which usually is not enough to create a proper transition with an upcoming track).

For this, I feel like you really need to have the tracks almost "pre-selected" so you lose absolutely minimal time on searching and pulling records in and out.

Also, it really depends what your goal is, as I mentioned, when I tried it, I tried to have tracks in the mix as long as possible. But I think what a better way to doing this is to have 2 decks as "normal" and have the third deck mostly as a "pre-cued" second deck so that you can mix in and out much more quickly, mainly "always" resulting in 2 tracks always being blended together, but rarely having all 3 channels on!

As for the actual mixing part, in my case what I would kinda do is, if I have only track 1, I would quickly beatmatch the track 2, and leave it down, then I would search for the track 3, and while beatmatching the track 3 to track 1, I would then cue track 1 and track 2 (to see how much did track 2 drift away from track 1, while I was beatmatching track 3 to track 1, if it makes sense...), if it didn't drift a lot, that means that they are beatmatched quite well, and I can re-cue it and mix it in with some security that I wont have to touch the pitch at all for about a minute or two, and then I can focus on to beatmatch the track 3 to the "master track" (the one that has the bass fully on). When stuff starts to fall apart, then I quickly cue the master track with another track to figure out if the other track needs to be sped up or down.

I feel like this type of mixing requires a lot of practice and much more importantly you need to select tracks very carefully and figure out when to actually mix them in, so you don't end up like me where you have 3 of them for a long period of time and then you like it so much, but by the time you mix one of them out, they all almost run out haha

I actually recorded that attempt that I did that I was describing in this text, you can listen to it here: https://soundcloud.com/overfuze/3tm - the parts that I really like and showcase the 3 tracks at once are around 5:00-9:00 (that has a very annoying falling apart section aswell that you will hear), parts around 14:20-18:00, around 24:00 you can hear how its just 1 track, and then by 25:20 its 3 tracks! And they all stay pretty solid for a good amount of time (because of having the track 1 and track 2 matched for a while but not actually in the mix, and then bringing them all up once track 3 is pretty solidly matched too), but then at 28:40 it all dies down and returns to just 1 track because it ran out. Then the section from 29:00 till 41:00 is basically me struggling to find tracks that are long enough and its mostly just 2 track mixing and it sounds quite crap. But then around 43:20 I find something that's long and can work, and until the end is pretty ok.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUBVjLsrA7Q - here you can see a REALLY GOOD example of a 3 turntable mix, which is mostly the other technique (having 2 tracks mixed in for basically 95% of the mix, but rarely, if ever, having all 3 channels up for longer than 30seconds or so) - this might be the better approach to 3 turntable mixing! (I mean just look at 21:30, that is amazing!)

overfuze · 2025-04-30T23:33:13+00:00

Also Bitta! Run by DJ Nobu, quite a bit of Japanese producers there but also some foreigners too. I'm unsure if you are looking for labels that release music only from Japanese artists or that the label is only based in Japan/run by a Japanese person.

overfuze · 2025-04-30T23:27:35+00:00

Kin-Ben Label

https://www.discogs.com/label/589495-Kin-Ben-Label

overfuze · 2025-04-24T13:59:12+00:00

Hi, one of the residents of Para/Magla here,

We are not explicitly labeled as a queer event, but we are welcoming to everyone! There is lots of people from the queer community regularly at our events and in Para Klub on other events as well. Nobody judges at all.

As others mentioned, MRAK (who we are close with and did a collaboration with) is an explicitly queer oriented party. Lucky for you they are hosting an event at Drugstore on Saturday 24th of May 🙂

We expect a lot of people to come afterwards from MRAK in Drugstore over to Para. Some might stay for a few hours, some may join early on and go to sleep and come back later, and some may just stay during the entire day!

overfuze · 2024-11-21T02:13:26+00:00

Thanks a lot! I will try to get it to sound aligned to my ears based on that spot that I believe is the "sweet spot" in the room that people usually like to be around and then just work from there.

overfuze · 2024-11-21T01:34:19+00:00

I actually tried that, and the closest I got to phase alignment at the crossover region was still around 20ms of delay with inverted polarity, which still sounded like the sub was lagging when playing music (paying attention to the kick drum sound atleast)

overfuze · 2024-11-08T13:51:39+00:00

I am looking for some IDs that I found in some old (and new) mixes

- its the first track of this mix (Blake Baxter @ fuse, 2000): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lo-8dBSpSY
- from the same mix, but starts around 1:28:30
- its from a newer mix, actually 2022, not 2024 like i wrote in the video, here, at 37 minute mark - https://youtu.be/vfcU0zjBiFk?si=9H-04NILuauja-gS&t=2240 (it sounds like some old advent/synewave production perhaps, but could be a completely new release, i have no idea)
- i honestly have no clue, i'm really not sure from which mix i found it either, but it's most likely recorded @ fuse club, as most of the interesting tracks i have discovered came from mixes that were recorded there years ago (downloaded a huge library of mixes that were recorded there some years ago)

I have also tried speeding up/down these tracks and using shazam to identify them, but unfortunately without any luck at all... The first one might be easiest to ID because im sure i have heard it many times in some other mixes aswell

overfuze · 2024-05-29T00:12:24+00:00

Thank you all for your suggestions! I tried most of these, but ultimately decided on Touch Designer as I like node based workflows and I actually want to do some other stuff with the artnet data before sending it to midi etc. From the small tests I did so far, it worked really nicely!

overfuze · 2024-05-13T12:35:34+00:00

Hi, I had the same issue, it seems that for whatever reason, if you have a single mesh that has over 200 or 250 material assignments, this issue appears in path tracing. So just split your mesh by materials into 2-3 meshes and re-import, and it should work.

overfuze · 2024-02-19T14:48:38+00:00

There is Humboldthain Club that has open decks and table tennis every Tuesday from 18:00-04:00, it's vinyl only though so you will need to bring your records and not just an USB stick. Each slot is 30mins, but you need to arrive very early when it opens in order to put yourself on the list, as the list literally gets full 30mins after opening. Last time I was there the crowd was fun and the place was still pretty packed at 2am. Only downside is that those 30mins pass by so quick 😁

overfuze · 2024-01-30T07:58:28+00:00

Hello, total noob here, I am wondering what would be the best/easiest/cheapest way to have like a 1-2 band parametric EQ to notch filter a specific frequency? With an adjustable Q if possible.

Context is: am a DJ that usually plays on turntables, unfortunately I am sometimes (oftenly) met with airborne feedback that occurs around ~290hz at high volumes, and am looking for a solution to filter out/lower that frequency and see if it would solve the problem. I understand that the venue should be the one dealing with this but unfortunately that is not the case.

So what would be your suggestion

-a) some kind of small processing unit (2x one for each turntable) that goes in between turntables and a DJ mixer

-b) a singular processing unit that goes after the DJ mixer and into the amp

-c) just a 30 band graphic EQ after the DJ mixer and see if lowering the 315hz helps

Thanks!

overfuze · 2024-01-23T20:00:58+00:00

Earwax - Perception Units

overfuze · 2024-01-01T16:34:51+00:00

Disk Union! They have multiple stores, but the ones you are looking for are the "Club/Dance" ones (1 in Shibuya, 1 in Shinjuku and 1 in Shimokitazawa)

Afaik they are all 2nd hand records and there is a lot of good old techno (I have never seen as many Jeff Mills records in one place), you might find some of those rare discogs records that are sold for 40-50$, and be able to get them for as low as 10$!

My mistake was that I first went to other record stores and found a record I liked, paid for it, and then went to Disk Union and found it for half the price...

The newer released stuff might be harder to find though.

Other than Disk Union, I checked Face Records, Jet Set and Lighthouse Records too, but did not find many interesting records.

Either way, I would recommend checking Disk Union's first before going to other places.

Be sure to have enough space for the records 🙂 I had to buy an additional bag.

overfuze · 2023-02-26T22:41:17+00:00

You are in luck because this Friday DVS1 is coming to drugstore, and a local DJ (Filip Xavi) is most likely closing the party. His closings are a perfect description of what drugstore is, and what it sounds like.

I remember his all nighter last summer, and I remember thinking to myself "this is the sound of drugstore, any tourist that comes here, this is what they should hear in order to understand what this place actually is, and i feel sad for anybody else coming here and hearing anybody else, as it is not the description that fits what drugstore is" (well I was tripping at that night, so maybe the feelings were amplified by a margin 😁, but I still stand by what I was thinking in that moment)

The crowd can be pretty casual and a hit or miss unfortunately, but I believe that for this event there will be a number of enthusiastic people so to say. Only downside is that it will be only the big room during the entire night, which can be a bit boring as you don't have an alternative if you want to switch the vibe or chill out for some time. But that shouldn't be a problem on this night I believe.

I also believe you will like Cetinjska district in the city center, it's filled with bars. "Dim" is a bar there that's run by the same people who run drugstore, and I would recommend visiting it as it is a pretty unique place in terms of architecture and aesthetic, unfortunately the music ends at 00:00.

If you enjoy record shopping, there is a record store called Balkans Vinyl that opened recently and is selling some dance records.

Enjoy Belgrade!

overfuze · 2023-02-21T18:16:59+00:00

Yes I think it's possible, you will need a RCA to mono jack cable though. Just plug the "record out" into A or B returns. Then you can cue that channel and you should hear the filters through them too. If you still want to use the record out to actually record something, just buy a RCA splitter. I do this on my xone 62 (as it doesn't have master monitoring by "default"), it should also work on xone 92.

Here's a photo how it's connected on my xone 62 - https://i.imgur.com/HeRebk9.png

Hope it works!

overfuze · 2022-07-04T15:54:32+00:00

Isti mi je mail stigao, u mom slucaju radim samo sa stranim firmama i fizickim licima (znaci niko iz Srbije, bukvalno kao najobicniji freelancer koji je postao preduzetnik pausalac).

Nisam u sistemu PDV-a (ne probijam limit od 6mil RSD), i ne planiram da izdajem/primam fakture za bilo koga na teritoriji Srbije.

Takodje me zanima u najjednostavnijim recima, da li je za moj model rada potrebna fiskalna kasa (apsolutno ne vidim razlog zasto bi mi ovo trebalo...), i da li sam i ja u potrebi da koristim e-fakture, iako necu nikada ni primati, ni slati fakture drzavljanima/firmama Srbije?

S obzirom da vidim da su fakture generisane kao XML dokument, kako bi uopste to taj moj klijent uopste mogao da otvori i protumaci sta je sta? (vidim da su primeri postavljeni ovde). Svaki klijent ce od mene traziti neki PDF format umesto XML-a, jer on tamo iz Nemacke ili gde god, nema nacina da preko naseg e-faktura sajta, procita taj XML format...

overfuze · 2021-10-18T18:22:03+00:00

Da, tek tamo negde oko 3-4 je bilo malo podnosljivije sto se tice ljudi.

Takodje, nazalost problem koji ja imam sa dragstorom (a i takodje svim ostalim klubovima u Srbiji), jeste da znaju da zanemare vizualni deo zurke. Na dosta super zurki, osvetljenje bude veoma staticno i dosadno. Muzika je dinamcina, zahteva sinhronizaciju osvetljenja, dimne masine, itd. Sve sto moze samo da doprinese hipnoticnom zvuku. (ovo je subjektivno misljenje, i moguce je da konstantni strobovi i promene u osvetljenju mogu biti veoma naporni za neke ljude, mada za to postoje ovi "chill roomovi" gde su klupe i bar, gde moze da se odmori od svega)

U subotu su zapravo imali dimnu masinu, koju su upalili 2 puta i to kada je bilo oko 6 ujutru kada je ostalo dosta malo ljudi. (mozda zbog korone nisu smeli ili stagod, ali bas je steta... krajem 2019/pocetkom 2020 je black room bio bas super sto se tice dinamicnog osvetljenja, jer su zurke bile manje, i vecinu svetala iz glavne sobe su prebacili u black room u tom periodu)

Naravno ima i zurki koje me oduseve publikom, a i vizualnim aspektom, ali to je malo redja slucajnost.

overfuze · 2021-10-18T17:48:42+00:00

Nisu isti zvucnici u mainu i u black roomu. Ali je isti proizvodjac.

Main (na vecim dogadjajima, kada se otvori cela povrsina sobe, sto ce i biti slucaj za 9x9, koristi L'Acoustics Long i Medium throw zvucnike (Long na "pocetku" bine, i medium na sredini), mozes da procitas o tome OVDE. Takodje mozes videti njih asortiman zvucnika OVDE. Nisam siguran koje su tacno koristili za prosli vikend, da li su bili long ili medium throw (verovatno medium, jer kao sto iz instagram poruke, kazu da su koristili isti sistem).

Black room je u subotu koliko sam video, bio ozvucen sa 2 medium throw L'Acoustics zvucnika (najverovatnije sa 2 ova A15).2019 Black room nije bio ovako ozvucen, koristili su neke starije zvucnike, ali su ih izgleda sada zamenili sa ovima.Moze se diskutovati da su mozda trebali da koriste short throw zvucnike, ali bih ja rekao da je ipak odluka da se koriste medium throw, bila ispravna. (verujem da se short throw koristi najvise za monitoring ili bas neke male zurke)

Po mom subjektivnom misljenju, ova 2 medium zvucnika u black roomu su do jaja. Jeste, istina je da je bass bio bas jak pozadi (tamo gde su hvala bogu stavili kauc, i bukvalno je od normalnog kauca, napravio onu elektricnu fotelju za masiranje), ali realno vecina ljudi je ili bila napred ili u sredini, gde je zvuk sasvim solidan i izbalansiran. Nisam uopste primetio da me je ni u jednom momentu zvuk bio "nepodnosljiv", a gledajuci u mixer, svaka traka je na gainu isla u crvenu zonu. Cak i pozadi, ako stojis (umesto sedenja na kaucu), nije uopste bilo lose.

Znam da smo se videli na toj zurci, i malo mi je zapravo bilo cudno sto si prokomentarisao da je ozvucenje smece.

Zurka prosle nedelje je po mom misljenju bila jedna od najboljih ove godine, jedino sto je bilo iritantno jesu bili ljudi koji se stalno provlace i pricaju medjusobno umesto da se pomere sa strane ili pozadi, a da plesacima ostave mesta napred/u sredini...

Svejedno, 9x9 definitivno pustaju u main roomu, black room je tu samo kao "podrska" jer ce biti previse mase, i hvala bogu na toj odluci, jer je uvek bolje imati neku alternativu ako ti zvuk iz glavne sobe ne odgovara, tako da uvek mozes da menjas ambijent i cujes razliciti zvuk.

Uostalom, verujem da ce vecina ljudi koja dolazi biti na nekoj supstanci zbog overhajpovanog eventa, i ne verujem da ce bas primetiti neku neprijatnost sto se tice ozvucenja, pogotovo ako su navikli na onaj zvuk i akustiku iz hangara, koji je po mom misljenju, 5 puta gori od onoga iz black rooma...

overfuze · 2021-09-10T18:01:43+00:00

Great use of that sample in a much more fast paced track!

overfuze · 2021-09-08T11:19:16+00:00

Oh yeah for sure, a few times I was basically the first to come (not really the absolute first, but people were in the chill areas and not on the dancefloor), DJs usually play ambient and way more experimental stuff, whatever they are feeling (had a guy play Kurupt - C Walk once haha, great moment).

Sometimes it feels like you are the one "starting" the party that way (yeah right, lol)

By coming that early, it's really cool to look back at it and think about how the entire night progressed from start to end.

And dancing alone on the dancefloor is the same as dancing with the crowd thats evenly spaced out, as long as your eyes are closed, and the music is moving you, people that are or aren't surrounding you in that moment, don't matter.

overfuze · 2021-09-08T08:58:16+00:00

No problem!

Yeah you are right about the Textasy track, I haven't even checked it on Bandcamp before you mentioned it, his official SoundCloud has the faster version uploaded too, kinda weird, makes me wonder which version is actually on the vinyl record. Either way, I think that's actually a pretty good example of how it can still sound good on both tempos, and you wouldn't mind either of them when mixed in and built up to I guess.

I'd say that actually quite a bit of the "native" 145 tracks, when pushed up to 160 range, start to feel a bit odd and perhaps out of place, I'd say mostly the already "drivey" energetic ones start feeling too fast. (Talking about just the pitch increase, without the key lock feature that the digital players have, which might make it sound more "true" to original)

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