Being a Good DJ

Last Updated on Friday, 20 January 2012 09:17 Written by GtoRMan Friday, 20 January 2012 08:59

To be a good DJ who could entertain the visitors where the DJ plays is not easy to be reached. The DJ must have several capability in mixing and modifying the music and also have a talent and sensitivity to the sound of music so that he/she will be able to create the mixing music that more eye on ears than the original.

To support the DJ mixing and modifying music sound, there are needed DJ software for the processing music tools and also other devices such as the input gears, processing gears, the output gears and also the additional gears to optimize the result. Those all gears are complementary and mutually supportive each other. The lacking of one gears or software will affect the entire result of the music itself.

The first gears needed for the process of mixing music made by a DJ is the input ones such as the data storage of the music will be played and also the media used for playing the music. The commonly data storages used by DJ are CD, PL and also Hardisk. And the media to play the music are CD player or even turntable to play Vinyl or PL.

Further gears required are processing devices either the software or the hardware such as DJ Mixer which is accustomed to be placed at front of the DJ. This is the most primary processing hardware used by DJ. By this gear, DJ could show his/her ability mixing music among the pitch, volume and various effect for the music mixed. 

Other devices outfitting the function to process are Head phone as the tool of DJ monitoring input of the sound from song mixed among the starting point, break, equalizing and so forth and also Midi controller that is actually used for make DJ easier to operate the software of DJ and to give certain taste for the music as the ordinary way.

The last group of gears needed to support DJ’s work is output gears. These output gears have main function that is as the amplifier for song has been mixed in order to be heard by crowds. Typical gear used for this function is sound system. The high quality of the sound system, the better the sounds is heard. For DJ on Radio, they need transmitter to transfer the sound to the listener.

DJ equipment mentioned above could be purchased on the certain shop which sells all devices for DJ. Further devices could support the DJ work DVS like soundcard for saving many songs together in one place, Crophone, such a microphone attached on Mixer DJ and others.