How to recover from mistakes when performing live?

Pfff … nice ones.

1) Set the record stop (you know the sound like when you stop a record player) so the sound slowly ends (also lowers in pitch, when you hit stop on the out deck, turn the filter knob so it’s at base heavy (low pass). Hit play on the in deck with the fader up, as the “record”slows to an end, bring up the filter simultaneously.
2) If you realize immeditately what you did (and have the next track ready) just keep hitting cue in the beat (or double-tempo or whatever sounds halfway decent. Throw in some big effect and just slam on the new track.
3) Grab the mic, bring both track faders back to half, ask for a big cheer for your 5-year old nephews first attempt at beat-matching, grinning like you were born yesterday. In the meantime you have fade out the out track and the in track is playing at half fader. As you finish talking just run up the fader on the in track.

There are a zillion options, these are the ones that don’t require too much thinking (although you need to know your effects well to do 2 properly), but in todays software so much more is possible.

I am sure you will get many more creative (and hopefully more useful) tips.

Greetinx,
C.

Branden, post: 44875, member: 14465 wrote:

1. Missing my out cue and I don’t want to let the rest of the song continue
2. Hitting the cue button in mid-song, starting it from the beginning
3. Trainwreck mash-up/beat match

1. Echo is your best friend, always set your echo on the channel to which your song playing, set the echo at 2/4 or 3/4 and just slam the echo effect, and turn down your fader
2. Guess my best advice is to stay away, keep your hands off from the cue button to which the song was playing, if necessary, if your song is on Deck A (aka left side), shift your entire body to Deck B (aka right side)
3. Try to “chase” the beat to which ever your song that “slows” compare to the other song, quickly turn the Low EQ all the way down on the playing song and slowly turn up the Low EQ of your upcoming song

Just try to do your best overtime mistake are going to be marginal. You just have to live with the face that creating a perfecr live mix requires lot of effort, determintion and experience. As far as I know keeping your cool and having fun only helps you to achieve that state. Peace!

1. Missing my out cue and I don’t want to let the rest of the song continue

Echo-Delay-LPF hit the breaks and bring in the next song with HPF.

2. Hitting the cue button in mid-song, starting it from the beginning

But the same song in deck 2 spool it up set a hotcue to last third and transition in the same song to that new cue.

3. Trainwreck mash-up/beat match

Hit the famous “Plan B Delay” bring in a stupid effect (flanger, breaker, phaser,…) and do a quick transition.