By Dan Brotman, Editor-In-Chief
When DJs first started mixing music to create an uninterrupted flow of music, they didn’t have a lot of tools at their disposal. At first, mixes were created by splicing reel-to-reel tapes together. This painstaking process took hours and the “transitions” were not much more than clever “jump cuts” at opportune times during a musical passage. With the advent of using two turntables, and more importantly pitch control, mixing took transitions to a whole new level. When this technology debuted, it didn’t fully understand the ramifications it would have on music, dancing and nightlife. “DJs” began to experiment with the pitch control to modulate the speed of the records in order to create seamless transitions, which led to “Club” versions of popular chart hits to include minimal intros/outros that facilitated this technique.
