Hello Jamie !
Put your mixes out there not just on soundcloud if you want comments join something like Bandcamp or podcast and of course mixcloud add other people…….Man send me a link and i will have a listen !!
With regard to syncing and all that real Dj stuff i was Djing at house parties playing rare groove and old reggae in the mid 80’s in my teens..the sync button is neither here nor there i sometimes use it especially if i use dj software i personally don’t see why not it has no effect on the people dancing or has being dj become a he does this she does that game?? if you can chase one song after the other with or without sync your mix is not much different its how and what tracks you mix ..Well thats what i tell myself …People party to music to dance not to wander if you used pitch control or sync.
I can always tell a Dj with no rhythm simply by the beats they play and how they mix
(I PLAY ALL KINDS OF HOUSE and OTHER FUNKY STUFF)
Souldeep