Disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience.
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11 Facts About DJ
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Originally, the "disc" in "disc jockey" referred to shellac and later vinyl records, but nowadays DJ is used as an all-encompassing term to describe persons who mix music from other recording media such as cassettes, CDs or digital audio files on a CDJ, controller, or even a laptop.
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Per agreement with the management or company, the DJ would have to perform under agreed times and dates.
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The cue knobs or switches allow the DJ to "listen" to a source of recorded music in headphones before playing it for the live club or broadcast audience.
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The analyzed information can be used by the DJ to help manually beatmatch like with vinyl records or the software can automatically synchronize the beats.
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DJ software requires specialized hardware in addition to a computer to fully take advantage of its features.
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The DJ software interprets changes in the playback speed, direction, and position of the timecode signal and manipulates the digital files it is playing in the same way that the turntable manipulates the timecode record.
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Some DJ mixers have integrated USB sound cards that allow DJ software to connect directly to the mixer without requiring a separate sound card.
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Many DJ controllers have an integrated sound card with 4 output channels that allows the DJ to use headphones to preview music before playing it on the main output.
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In DJ culture, miming refers to the practice of DJ's pantomiming the actions of live-mixing a set on stage while a pre-recorded mix plays over the sound system.
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DJ turntablism has origins in the invention of direct-drive turntables.
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