| The first thing you need to do is set up your mixer. Put | | | | CD's are just as simple. Pop in the CD and press play. |
| the channel faders for both inputs (CD or Vinyl) to full, | | | | It's going back to the very beginning of the bass beat |
| and the cross fader to the middle. Set the gain controls | | | | that's harder. If you have something like the CDJ1000's, |
| and EQ controls on both channels to the same setting | | | | you can just wind the platter back in exactly the same |
| too. | | | | way as you would with a turntable. When you hear |
| Whether you use vinyl, CD or MP3 - the most | | | | the bass beat, and you know you're at the beginning, |
| important thing you can do is find an exact cue point. In | | | | press CUE to store it. (Most other models of CD deck |
| most instance, this cue point will be a bass drum - and | | | | will probably need you to press PLAY to set the cue). |
| it'll probably be either the very first bass beat of the | | | | If however, you're using a CD deck that doesn't have |
| entire tune, or it'll be the first beat of a phrase in the | | | | vinyl emulation (like the CDJ1000's) and when you |
| intro. (Check out the Better Mixing page for information | | | | pause the tune, it just repeats that same frame of |
| on Phrases etc). | | | | music over and over, use the controls on your CD |
| With vinyl, assuming it's the very first beat of the tune, | | | | deck which let you skip back frame by frame (you'll |
| this is simple enough. Just put the needle on the record | | | | either have dedicated controls, or just press the |
| at the very beginning, press play, and when you hear | | | | search buttons quickly in succession to do this) and |
| the first bass beat, stop the record, and wind it back - | | | | wait for the juddering, broken CD sound to stop. Skip |
| until you hear silence. Then wind it forward a tiny | | | | forward one more frame to make sure you're right at |
| amount, until you can hear the bass beat begin to play. | | | | the beginning of the bass beat - and then store the |
| Press stop, and leave the needle there. You now have | | | | Cue point (either by pressing CUE, or PLAY - check |
| the needle cued at the very first bass beat | | | | your manual). |