by Symeon Smith
Quinn Babb recently wowed students with his senior project, an electronic beat-matching and record scratching concert.
Equipped with a giant mixer, some turntables and his musical talent, he presented the concert in the BHS auditorium.
There is
a lot more under the surface of DJ’ing and beatmatching then just scratching records over thumping electronic beats.
Beatmatching is a disc jockey technique of synchronizing the tempos of two different recordings to create a smooth transition between the two records so the music never stops. It was designed to keep dancers at a club from leaving after a song was over. Before beatmatching machines were created, it was all done by the DJ himself and was a technique necessary for any DJ hoping to make a name for himself.
Through his project, Babb expressed just how talented and unique he is by bringing back and mastering this almost forgotten technique.