Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Join Phil Morse of the Digital DJ Tips DJ school as he answers another batch of student questions about their DJing.
EPISODE NOTES
From a "Swiss Army Knife" DJ app to a student who saved a high-profile gig when his controller died mid-event - we've got questions, stories, and answers from the world of DJing in this Your Questions edition of the podcast.
As ever, this pod is supported 100% by the students of Digital DJ Tips, and it was recorded in a live webinar with lots of real-time feedback. If you enjoy it and you can, please do give us a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts. It really does make a difference.
Want to get your question answered on an episode of this podcast? Digital DJ Tips course owners get to ask questions in their student-only group. Your first step to getting involved is to buy a DJ course, so come and join our community at digitaldjtips.com
Get the TRANSITIONS TOOLBOX course - 50 "done for you" transitions to wow your audiences with djtips.co/toolbox
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:15 Episode overview
01:20 What is DJ.Studio and is it worth using?
11:00 Tips for organising and remembering cue points?
16:49 How one student saved a gig when his controller died...
20:36 How do gain controls work, and why should DJs use them?
25:01 Best way to fix an incomplete DJ set recording?
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🎓 Every DJ course you'll ever need, in one place, for life - all our courses, one price, yours forever: djtips.co/access-all-areas
Music courtesy of our friends at mastermixdj.com
Want more DJ info?
▶ Take an online DJ course: djtips.co/courses
▶ Get our "Rock The Dancefloor!" book: djtips.co/book
▶ Read DJ gear reviews & news: digitaldjtips.com
▶ Join The Global DJ Network: djtips.co/global
▶ Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/digitaldjtips
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Join Phil Morse of the Digital DJ Tips DJ school as he answers another batch of student questions about their DJing.
EPISODE NOTES
From a "Swiss Army Knife" DJ app to a student who saved a high-profile gig when his controller died mid-event - we've got questions, stories, and answers from the world of DJing in this Your Questions edition of the podcast.
As ever, this pod is supported 100% by the students of Digital DJ Tips, and it was recorded in a live webinar with lots of real-time feedback. If you enjoy it and you can, please do give us a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts. It really does make a difference.
Want to get your question answered on an episode of this podcast? Digital DJ Tips course owners get to ask questions in their student-only group. Your first step to getting involved is to buy a DJ course, so come and join our community at digitaldjtips.com
Get the TRANSITIONS TOOLBOX course - 50 "done for you" transitions to wow your audiences with djtips.co/toolbox
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:15 Episode overview
01:20 What is DJ.Studio and is it worth using?
11:00 Tips for organising and remembering cue points?
16:49 How one student saved a gig when his controller died...
20:36 How do gain controls work, and why should DJs use them?
25:01 Best way to fix an incomplete DJ set recording?
📖 Grab your FREE copy of Rock The Dancefloor! Join Digital DJ Tips today - djtips.co/member
🎓 Every DJ course you'll ever need, in one place, for life - all our courses, one price, yours forever: djtips.co/access-all-areas
Music courtesy of our friends at mastermixdj.com
Want more DJ info?
▶ Take an online DJ course: djtips.co/courses
▶ Get our "Rock The Dancefloor!" book: djtips.co/book
▶ Read DJ gear reviews & news: digitaldjtips.com
▶ Join The Global DJ Network: djtips.co/global
▶ Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/digitaldjtips
▶ Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/digitaldjtips
▶ Follow us on TikTok: tiktok.com/@digitaldjtips


![Best VirtualDJ Controllers 2026 - Our Honest Take On The Official Picks
VirtualDJ works with everyones hardware so picking the best controllers for it isnt easy. We asked the owner of VirtualDJ directly for his top five, what his software does better on each one, and gave our honest take.
🎧 Download our free DJ Gear Guide for recommendations across every major platform: [new gear guide link 26]
📖 Grab your FREE copy of Rock The Dancefloor! Join Digital DJ Tips today - https://djtips.co/member
🎓 Every DJ course youll ever need, in one place, for life - all our courses, one price, yours forever: https://djtips.co/access-all-areas
Music courtesy of our friends at https://mastermixdj.com/
Want more DJ info?
▶ Take an online DJ course: https://djtips.co/courses
▶ Get our Rock The Dancefloor! book: https://djtips.co/book
▶ Read DJ gear reviews & news: https://www.digitaldjtips.com/
▶ Join The Global DJ Network: https://djtips.co/global
▶ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digitaldjtips/
▶ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitaldjtips/
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![You Dont Need Gigs To Be A DJ (Practising At Home For The Fun Of It) [5 of 7]
Go to the full, free course here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIg0Lz0SYgKLm0FcK5E6hPCO77eOs9cNC&si=FXi3mFJXi7ewvLKs
Not everyone coming back to DJing wants gigs. Plenty of us just want to enjoy it again at home, for the love of it, and theres nothing daft about that. DJ gear sits alongside the guitars and keyboards in the music shop window now, and nobody asks the bloke buying a guitar where hes playing next. You dont need an audience to be a DJ.
In this video I show you how to set up a home space youll actually want to use, from leaving your gear permanently out to lighting it properly and getting the height right so you can stand and play like DJs do. Then I tackle the bit nobody talks about - what to actually do once the gears on and theres no crowd to play to, so your sessions have shape and you keep getting better and having fun.
This is video five in our Returning to DJing series, a guide for old school DJs getting back behind the decks.
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