This information-packed course is part of the Serato Controller Series of Shortee’s Complete DJ Method and is essential for building a strong foundation to take your skills to the next level.
This course sets you up perfectly for the next two-part course, “The Complete Guide to Intermediate DJ Mixing with a Serato Controller, Part 1: Vocal-Based Music and Part 2: Instrumental-Based Music,” in which Shortee how to break down your entire song structure find all your possible mix points code your music and create full mix sets, both planned and improvised. “The Complete Guide to Beginner DJ Mixing with a Serato DJ Controller” is an excellent course for beginners who already have some basic skills under their belt or have taken Shortee’s prerequisite course “The Complete Guide to DJ Basics with a Serato Controller.” This course is also perfect for intermediate or advanced DJs who are transitioning from another gear setup over to a Serato controller.
Shortee also shows you how to perform a drop mix using the crossfader in conjunction with the volume faders, for use with quicker mixes, trick mixing, and songs with shorter phrasing, and then combines that technique with the EQ and the filter, showing you how to blend the frequencies between songs in a more efficient way for even smoother transitions during quick mixes. You will learn how to perform multiple mixing techniques, such as a simple blend mix, and various EQ and filter mixing techniques, including an important EQ mix that you will use most often as a DJ. Shortee demonstrates how to utilize these techniques with multiple genres of music while using your ears exclusively and also looking at the DJ software, so that you can see the adjustments affecting the sound waves in real time. She then shows you how to use the Sync features to auto beatmatch your tracks.
Shortee shows you exactly what to listen for to be able to tune your ears and how to determine if a track is playing too fast or too slow so that you are able to manually beatmatch any genre of music quickly and easily.
Every lesson is taught in a clear and concise way that is easy for anyone to understand.ĭiscover how to manually manipulate the jog wheels in order to temporarily adjust the tempo of your songs, and how to combine those manual adjustments with full pitch adjustments in order to manually beatmatch your music. She breaks down the entire beatmatching and mixing process slowly and clearly, step by step and in multiple ways so that you can fully grasp the concepts, while also giving you specific exercises that you can practice repeatedly to hone your beatmatching skills. These skills include manual adjustments, tuning your ears, manual beatmatching, auto beatmatching using sync, and beginner mixing techniques.
License to enable full Serato DJ Pro software from Serato DJ Lite / Intro or with compatible controllers, with features like 4 deck mixing, enhanced sampling and effects.Īward winning, digital DJing software used by professionals across the globe.