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disc jockey
Etymology of the term
The term disc jockey was first used to describe radio announcers who would introduce and play popular gramophone records. These records, also called discs by those in the industry, were jockeyed by the radio announcers, hence the name disc jockey, which was soon shortened to DJs or deejays. Today, there are a number of factors, including the selected music, the intended audience, the performance setting, the preferred medium, and the development of sound manipulation, that have led to different types of disc jockeys. However, today there are many different kinds of 'DJ's' and it does not always mean 'disc jockey' in the traditional sense, for example turntablist DJ's use actual 'discs' whilst radio DJ's may use a number of sound sources including music files, CDs, jingles, and other pre-recorded media.
Job description
The physical act of selecting and playing sound recordings is commonly referred to as DJing (or deejaying), playing or spinning. The resulting performance is called a DJ set.
Equipment
The most basic equipment that is necessary for a standard disc jockey to perform consists of the following:
Sound recordings in preferred medium (eg. vinyl records, compact discs, computer media files)
A minimum of two devices for playback of sound recordings, for alternating back and forth to create continuous playback (e.g. record players, compact disc players, computer media players)
A sound system for amplification of the recordings (e.g. portable audio system, radio wave broadcaster)
The addition of a DJ mixer (used to mix the sound of the two or more playback devices), a microphone (used to amplify the human voice), and headphones (used to listen to one recording while the other is playing, without outputting the sound to the audience) is strongly recommended, but not required. Other types of equipment including samplers, drum machines, effects processors, and Computerized Performance Systems, add to the performance of the DJ.
Advanced Equipment
Other equipment can be added to the basic DJ set-up (above) providing unique sound manipulations.
Such devices include but are not limited to:
Effects processors (delay, reverb, octave, equalizer, chorus, etc).
Computerised Performance Systems can be used with timecode encoded vinyl/CD content to manipulate digital files on the computer in real time.
Multi-stylus Headshells like The R.A.K.E. gives a DJ the ability to play different grooves of the same record at the same time.
Techniques
Several techniques can be used by the disc jockey as a means to manipulate the prerecorded music. These primarily include the cueing, equalization and audio mixing of two or more sound sources. However, turntablist DJ's also utilise slip-cueing, phrasing, cutting, beat juggling, scratching, beatmatching, needle drops, phase shifting, back spinning, and more to perform the transitions and overdubs of a number of sources in a more creative manner.
Many professional DJs use harmonic mixing for choosing compatible songs according to music theory.
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