Bunyip

Turntables require extra amplification, and that’s why they have their own phono input. If you plugged one into a line input, the sound would be really, really quiet. So yes, the line input is the one you want.

Facebook is about conversations and relationships and engaging content. Look at your FB page from the point of view of somene who may have heard you once, and then visited it. You need to ask yourself, whats going to keep them engaged and wanting to have what I say appear in their news feed? At the moment your content is mostly mixes and promotion of shows. It’s fine to have that, but you need to balance this with a mix of other stuff which is on brand for you. Be interesting, entertaining. Don’t just repost anything which you think is cool, make sure it is also relevant to your brand and what you do, and which lets us learn more about you as a person as well as a DJ. Social media is a two way conversation, but A lot of your posts feel like announcements. Asking questions is a simple way to get the conversation started. At the end of the day, remember your content is competing with all the other great interesting content put there. Good luck!

Great story! Let us know how the gig goes.
Curious though – what mad, filthy beats were you busting out for those kids??

I spray the room with Happy Gas.

Indian Cosmic, post: 29660, member: 2667 wrote: Im.glad im not one of thode djs i know how to beatmatch for.me thats the essence of the.dj then a good set of tracks to mix and the proper skills to control your gear but you big sync djs know better
Ben

Hey, it’s fine to have your opinion, and sharing them is what this forum is all about, but please show some respect for other peoples point of view instead of rudely discounting what they have to say. This is a friendly and tight community here – if you want to start getting obnoxious go hang out in the conversation threads at DJTechtools.

Great tip about getting out on the floor and having a listen. And also about how it changes with more bods in the room. You’d be amazed at how much sound people can absorb, literally.

Great topic. The biggest intimidation for me was the seemingly extra complexity/cables/connections with gear I didn’t really understand. And what always seems to happen is you hook everything up, drop a track, and silence. Then begins the swearing and panicking.
First tip is start from the front end and work your way back. Ie set up your gear first. It will calm your nerves and get you into hookup mode with stuff you’re familiar with. Then work your way to the mixing board/amp or powered speakers.
Secondly, actually, this should be first, TURN ALL VOLUME POTS TO ZERO.
I had an embarrassing momemt years ago DJing at a wedding reception when a speech was being made. I was finishing setting up and I can’t remember what I did, but suddenly, a godawful blast of noise came from the speakers and everyone turned and looked at me. Hehe.. hehe.. duhhhh….
Anyway, turn em down and once you’re hooked up, drop a track and check your meters to see you’re actually getting a signal. Another time, I wasn’t getting any sound and was convinced I’d made an error connecting to the amp, when Infact, in my pre gig nervousness I had plugged the cable from my CDJ into the booth out on my mixer.
So, play your track and follow the signal, turning your volume up,to a low level, as you go.
Hopefully, when you get to the last one, you’ll be rewarded by the sweet sound of the tune you are playing.
Although, I don’t know about you guys, but I’m amazed this still doesn’t happen as often as it should.
I did a birthday party last weekend and it was a simple setup, just powered speakers, and once hooked up I got zip out of one channel. Spent ages dicking around and getting frustrated. Which brings me to my trouble shooting tip – use a simple process of elimination to locate the problem, starting at the source. I did this and after checking the obvious stuff it turned out one of my RCA cables which I’ve used for years, had died. Never seen that before. Which also leads me nicely to my final tip – always bring spares of everything.
If after all of this, you still don’t get any sound, unplug everything, neatly pack it up and run away! Run away!

If none of these work, try using your feet.