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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Each track has a low, mid and high knob which are used when mixing tunes together, also on a lot of mixers they have effects like flanger, filter or delay and they too use knobs to change the sound of the track.

A lot of EDM DJ’s, not Tiesto, when playing festivals, cause their tracks are timed with the lightening etc… literally play a recorded set and bob about

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