Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Coming back to DJing after years away? If you learned to mix on turntables or CDs, you already have the skills that matter. The gear has changed, but beatmatching, phrasing, reading a crowd and working a transition are exactly the same. In this video I show you how to do everything you used to do, on modern DJ gear, so you can stop feeling intimidated and just get mixing again.
Then we go further and look at the things modern gear lets you do that simply weren't possible back in the day, from instant looping to cue points to effects that actually sound good.
This is video four in our Returning to DJing series, a guide for old school DJs getting back behind the decks.
Digital DJ Tips has been teaching people to DJ since 2010. If you're ready to grab All Access, the best DJ training in the business for returning DJs, here's your link: djtips.co/back
Coming back to DJing after years away? If you learned to mix on turntables or CDs, you already have the skills that matter. The gear has changed, but beatmatching, phrasing, reading a crowd and working a transition are exactly the same. In this video I show you how to do everything you used to do, on modern DJ gear, so you can stop feeling intimidated and just get mixing again.
Then we go further and look at the things modern gear lets you do that simply weren't possible back in the day, from instant looping to cue points to effects that actually sound good.
This is video four in our Returning to DJing series, a guide for old school DJs getting back behind the decks.
Digital DJ Tips has been teaching people to DJ since 2010. If you're ready to grab All Access, the best DJ training in the business for returning DJs, here's your link: djtips.co/back
![First Steps In Digital Music For DJs - No-Nonsense Guide [3 of 7]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rVvancAQudc/mqdefault.jpg "First Steps In Digital Music For DJs - No-Nonsense Guide [3 of 7]
Go to the full, free course here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIg0Lz0SYgKLm0FcK5E6hPCO77eOs9cNC&si=FXi3mFJXi7ewvLKs
If youve been away from DJing for a while, the music side of things has changed beyond all recognition: gone are the record boxes, the record shops, the CD wallets and the burned discs. Now its digital files, online stores, streaming services and metadata. Its enough to put anyone off before theyve even started.
So in this video we strip it all back and make it simple. The goal isnt a 10TB archive of every tune youve ever loved, its your first virtual record crate: around 60 songs, an hour or so of music, enough to get you mixing again.
I walk you through seven golden rules for building that collection mindfully, from buying songs rather than albums to sorting your metadata and backing everything up properly.
Then I answer the questions we get asked most at the school, including where to actually buy music today, whether you need any extra software, and why streaming services arent the shortcut they look like.
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![Old School DJ? Your Mixing Skills Still Work On Modern Gear [4 of 7]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rXD1gsivGyg/mqdefault.jpg "Old School DJ? Your Mixing Skills Still Work On Modern Gear [4 of 7]
Go to the full, free course here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIg0Lz0SYgKLm0FcK5E6hPCO77eOs9cNC&si=FXi3mFJXi7ewvLKs
If you learned to DJ with records or CDs back in the day, your skills are directly relevant even on modern gear. In this video I show you how easy it is to transfer what you already know to todays systems, and then once you can see theres nothing to be scared of, I show you a few features which - if youve never looked at modern DJ gear - will blow your mind!
The idea is to get you confident that this isnt a hard move to make and in fact theres a lot to be gained by taking all your old school knowledge and bringing it to the modern DJ world.
If you decide this is all too exciting to wait any longer and you want to get up to speed and have as much fun as possible as quickly as possible, do take a look at our All Access membership, designed for DJs just like you who would value the best guidance in the world on their journey: https://djtips.co/back")
