Beatmatching is a thing of beauty to watch. Nice work J.

Its a very good explanation on how to mix without touching the platter. Its easier than it looks.

VERY good tips jonathan! espesially in the end! Yeah i seem to use the pitch to speed or slow dow the record a tad, rather than speeding it up by touching the record..

Beat matching and riding the pitch Are 2 separate parts of the craft, It Has been this way for as long as I can remember, and has been the definite formula for radio and club Dj's past and present. Most new dj's will always get these 2 confused. The Purpose of using your hands is for quicker fine tuning and zeroing in on the pitch. Once beat matched then comes the mix at the selected intro outro points this is when you lay hands off if possible and ride the pitch accordingly by tempo variation.

The Beauty for many new dj's is that most cdj's and dj software have key lock built in, which enables many dj's to touch the vinyl while in transition between tracks because there is no noticable warp or variation in pitch. The downside,is if you then decide to play on real vinyl you will be a warping dj because you will be constatntly messing with the vinyl and platter during transitions. So dont let it become a bad habbit. Hope this helps anyone out...

Bull aside, i have been sales presenting for years and that was as good as it gets from the explaining presenting point of view....makes me want to buy some turntables well not actually but great vid guys...

If you need to use your hands do so very lightly, the purpose of riding the pitch when broadcasting live is to eliminate warping, touching the vinyl or the platter causes this so hands off and ride the pitch instead. Remember if you learn how to beat match good when it comes to riding the pitch it will be minimal or none at all.

Ellaskins for the win forever.

that was suppose to be J dosen't touch the vinyl, not I

Oh yeah! You should send in a request to djisfan on youtube to show us how he mixes. Everyone has thier own style. I dosen't touch the vinyl. djisfan on the other hand is all over the vinyl.

No, usually you end up buying your own cables