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Topic: Beginner DJ Introducing myself.
Just wanted to introduce myself since I’m new to the forum and a beginner DJ. I just started trying to learn Virtual DJ about one week ago.
 
geposted 4 hours ago
Hi and welcome to the funhouse!
 
Welcome to the world of DJing with VirtualDJ @byronsanto!

So DJing is a musical art in itself that is beyond a particular software/hardware setup - you can find many videos on YouTube teaching you about DJing, but the main things to focus on would fall into these categories:

  • A basic understanding of music theory
    Mostly timing/time signature and keys/key signature
  • Understanding song structure of different songs
    EDM (Intro, Buildup Drop, Breakdown, Outro) Hip-Hip/other conventional songs (Intro, Verses, Chorus, etc)
  • Understanding other characteristics of songs important to DJing
    Speed/Beats per Minute (BPM)
  • Learning about the history of DJing
    This is important in understanding why things are as they are (e.g. why controllers have the layout they do, why a mixer is important)
  • Mixing and Beatmatching
    Meat of the matter (majority of the job is doing that with many different songs)
    This includes using effects


Stay away from gear and software reviews - they are all opinions and don't really teach you want the job is (e.g. DJing existed long before software and can be done without it). After you've got the basics down from those sources then you can look at them (with an objective eye - all the sources have the biases of the producer involved), then you can move onto learning how VirtualDJ and hardware helps you to do the job:


  • The VirtualDJ tutorial videos
    Hosted on Youtube, accessed from within the software (Settings > Tutorials)

    Everything you need to know about features/aspects of the software from Getting Started onwards.
  • The VirtualDJ YouTube Channel

    Everything about VirtualDJ. The Tutorial videos are included, as well as tips, and demos from other users (some are even DMC champs)
  • VirtualDJ User Manual
    Describes everything about the software, and should be the firat place to look for info
  • the VirtualDJ hardware page
    Everything you need to know about supported hardware, which include manuals for setup, mappings, and any other settings it may introduce.

    Note: you will need a licence to use hardware, and I think for top-level gear you would need a Pro Licence
  • The VirtualDJ Wiki Page
    General info on various things like machine optimization for using VirtualDJ and moving to a new computer
  • VDJscript Wiki
    A sub page under the Wiki describing, what I think is one of the most powerful features of the software (and what really separates it from the rest currently). It's the basis of controller and skin mappings and you are allowed to directly change both
  • This forum
    Lots of info and users to help with issues. Some of the devs are active/respond directly here


A lot to go through, but it's worth it - learn to DJ, learn how to use the software (VirtualDJ), then tweak the software to make it perform how you want to with the hardware you want to use 🍺.
 
I think he'll be OK, based on the info in his profile... 😍

"Retired musician, music author and national recording artist of 28 years.
Currently high end profile wedding band sound engineer for 12 years.
Music software and hardware beta tester.
And beginner DJ"
 
Didn't check his profile but I moreso made this post so he could immediately know where to look and for future persons looking at past forum posts to refer to as well.
 
What is confusing me is the difference in terminology between the DJing, musician and sound engineer.
 
@DJ VINYLTOUCH

Thanks for all of the links. I will review them.

I’ve been reading the manual daily.
 
byronsanto wrote :
Just wanted to introduce myself since I’m new to the forum and a beginner DJ. I just started trying to learn Virtual DJ about one week ago.


Welcome bro. Becoming a DJ has been one of the best experiences in my life, trust me, I´ve had many, and Virtual DJ´s platform has everything needed to customize for our individual needs.