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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Old school Tech 12 Vinal DJ 2001 here.

Old school turn tables you needed to spend about 30 seconds getting the next track the same speed as the current one. then you wait… for the right push off time… then you get 45 seconds of the dj actually being impirtant and exciting cutting bass, trebs, mids, adding sound effects then the next song comes in … then he can go away for a few min till he needs to time uo his next track.

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