Eli5 – What is a DJ like Tiesto actually doing when performing a live show?

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I don’t really know much about the process of remixing a song but I can imagine it is a process that is like editing a video – layering tracks, adding beats, etc. They are clearly not doing that kind of editing live so they are basically playing something that’s already had some amount of that already done.

So what are they doing live besides maybe mixing between songs?

I just don’t understand what all the knob fiddling is about.

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Depending on the genre and DJ, some of them are not only blending togerher two or more existing tracks with the aid of the faders, filters and effects, but actively creating new beats and tracks with a drum computer and synth. Thats quite rare tho and not really used at events with the more popular music cause people there want to hear the tracks they know. I saw that technique get used some times by techno or trance DJs.

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