How to do a spinback
Rewind A like a vinyl spin, then slam B in.
- Crowd-pleaser
- medium
- About 2 bars
When to use it
- Use it when the next song brings more energy and when you're bringing the energy down.
- A natural fit for hip-hop/R&B and pop/open-format.
- DJs rarely use it in house/techno and melodic/trance.
- A strong choice when you're switching genres.
- Works at any tempo gap, and it's the go-to move when the songs are more than 8% apart, because there's no beatmatched overlap.
Step by step
- 1Cue B on a huge first beat.
- 2At a phrase end, flick A's jog wheel backwards hard (or hit the backspin FX).
- 3Right as the spin dies, press play on B and crossfade over.
See it on a controller, and hear it with your own songs
Cueball picks the right technique for every pair of songs in your set and animates the knobs and faders in time with the music.
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Similar techniques
- Hard cut on the phraseSnap from A to B exactly on a new phrase.
- Short blend on the downbeatA quick overlap so the keys never get time to clash.
- Quick cutStop A, start B. Bold and clean.
- Echo outLet A ring out on an echo, then drop B.
- Half-time switchDrop B so its beat sits at half (or double) A's speed.
- Let it play outLet A finish, then start B clean.