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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they are mostly doing nothing. Any high end DJ has a show that is pre-prepared and synched with the lights, displays, and other effects. literally just hit play and hype people up

their work mostly comes from actually making the songs they play and then creating a setlist that flows well and setting up the effects

random DJs at a club are prob actually mixing tracks then and there ,. So they basically fade one track into the other so theres no obvious cutoff where the music just stops or beat changes drastically. knobs and sliders affect the tempo and volume of the tracks so they can match them

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