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EDITED 10/4/2010 (lol)
This is self-explanatory, but no less difficult. I have 5*ed all songs on hard AND expert, and here are a few pointers I found:
- If you can play hard very well, expert won't be a large issue. The only main difference I could see between hard and expert was directional scratching. On hard you can scratch anyway, but expert you have to in a certain way. This is challenging at first, but eventually you'll get a feel for it. *One trick I found is to watch for what direction the final scratch is (up or down) and scratch accordingly based on that. It's tough to explain however...*
- Crossfades and crossfade spikes are automatically triggered while euphoria (star power) is active. Use this to your advantage when a crazy stream of spikes/fades are coming up. It helps to know the song well. Interestingly enough, use it when you see another euphoria phrase coming up to keep your multiplier going.
- You WONT get this off sightreads, no question. I highly recommend you start the game on medium (for the majority of the other achievements) and work your way up. If you have 5*ed the game on hard, then although it will still be difficult, it will be a much simpler task. Mainly the last few songs (Noisia!) are the ones that will give you hell.
- Master the rewind. You get a rewind (spin the platter counter-clockwise) at approximately every 50 note streak (max 1 at a time), and you get a 2X multiplier when you use it. Use it AS SOON AS YOU GET IT, so you dont need to wait long to get another one. These play a key role, if not the ULTIMATE key role in getting a 5* rank.
- Beats and Pieces. Oh dear god. I thought Noisia/Groundhog/whatever was the hardest song in the game, but I was wrong. This is usually the one that's the last song people need. You have to do almost perfect for the first 40% or so, spamming the hell out of the rewinds. It's fairly easy with practice. The rest of it all I can suggest is try do your best. A strong arm will help (I did the 5* by scratching like a beast near the end) and key uses of Star Power too. Good luck with this one.
Practice is the key here! If you are good at other music games and have a solid sense of rhythm, you should pick this up fairly quick, but you've got ways to go before you can 5* everything on expert. |
DaBlackAlbino
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Posted on 24 August 10 at 01:20, Edited on 07 January 13 at 00:41
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DJ Hero Master Guide by DaBlackAlbino
Bookmark this URL: http://tinyurl.com/djherohelp - for easy access to this guide as it develops
Version: 1.3
# of Songs Listed: 17 - (Status: Incomplete)
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Update Log
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Let's get this guide finished! - (12/08/2011) - My real life is hectic and so I've been unable to finish this game. My finances are crazy and I cannot logicially place real importance and resources (my time and rebuying this game) into getting this guide finished. If you want to see this guide finished then anybody who does have the resources to finish this guide should just pop me a message over xbox live. I currently do not even own a laptop so it's hard for me to get on TA, so a message over live is preferred. Just let me know you want to develop this guide and I'll give you permission to use what I've done here as the starting template for your "Turntable Perfection Guide". I'll keep an eye on your progress (whenever I can get onto a laptop/computer) and of course with any work anybody does, I'd like to know who's using it and be rightfully credited for my own contribution. I started on this guide about a year ago and I envisaged finishing it and having the ultimate guide available for DJ Hero as I hadn't seen much available on the internet to help with this game. It saddens me that a year later my guide is the only one of it's kind on TA/the internet and nobody else has bothered to make their own guide or something better, while mine is just a carcass of what it should be because for reasons outside my own control I am unable to finish it. I don't really care about the 2 negative votes I received for not completing this guide sooner, what I do care about is seeing it finished though however so until I am able to eventually finish it if somebody else who's more readily available wants to take the reigns over on this little project, let me know and we'll share the baby! 
Version 1.3 - (26/08/2010) - I took it upon myself to add the duration of each mix into the guide. I've 5 starred more than 2/3's of Expert, and only just noticed this game includes the duration of each mix in the custom setlist. LMAO. What a fail. Oh well, to stop that happening to any of you, this extra bit of info will be included in this guide for each song from now on. It's helpful too if you're on your first runthrough of the game, and as such, do not have access to the durations of mixes you haven't unlocked yet in your own custom setlist. I've also created intensity sections and strive to fill up these "works in progress" with scores and walkthroughs over the lifetime of this guides creation.
Version 1.2 - (25/08/2010) - I added a section highlighting the differences between each game mode difficulty to help those who try to "up their game" realise, in plain english, the challenges that lay ahead of them and what to expect. I also added scores for a couple (2) more songs on Expert, Hard and Medium difficulties.
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Introduction / Notes
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* Song Walkthroughs, where they are posted - refer to the Expert Difficulty and the Expert Difficulty only. However, said strategies will probably work on easier difficulties because strategy in this game mainly revolves around euphoria and rewinds, which can be utilised in all 3 difficulties awarding achievements.
* If you have any of your own song tips or scores to post. Do not hesitate, just please make sure the information you're providing is accurate before you hit that post button. Thanks! :)
* This list will detail the number of points required to 5 star each mix/song in DJ Hero on the 3 difficulties which award achievements, Medium, Hard and Expert respectively.
* Please note however that scores are not guaranteed to be 100% correct but more around the area of 99% accuracy. Generally you should expect the scores required to be 2-3 thousand points lower or 2-3 thousand points higher than the figures listed here. The reason for this, especially when playing harder difficulties or songs with low score requirements/short time durations is because it can be very hard to tell the exact cut-off for the required 5 stars when a song is moving quickly and points are being earned so fast. Regardless, this should prove to be a very accurate and useful resource and I hope that it helps you aim for what you need in your game as it has been very time consuming to put together. Thank you for reading, and happy DJ'ing!!!
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Core Differences Between Medium, Hard and Expert Difficulties
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* Medium - Medium difficulty is suggested for those new to DJ Hero, but not new to rhythm games in general.
- Medium difficulty is a slight step-up from Easy.
- Songs are played slightly faster than they would be played in Easy difficulty.
- Scores required to earn 5 stars are slightly higher.
- A combo of 40 is now needed before you will earn a rewind, instead of 30.
* Hard - Hard difficulty is where the real challenge begins. Don't expect to master this unless you've got to grips with the game in Medium difficulty first.
- Hard difficulty is quite a jump from Medium, compared from Medium to Easy.
- Songs are played noticably faster than they would be played in Medium difficulty.
- Hard difficulty introduces crossfade spikes into some of the mixes.
- Hard difficulty starts to introduce one-blip directional scratching and the ocassional row of directional scratches.
- Scores required to earn 5 stars are much higher, sometimes double that of Medium.
- A combo of 50 is now needed to earn a rewind, instead of 40.
- The euphoria stages of each mix have been upped in difficulty also.
Combined, these changes makes Hard difficulty a true test of your DJ'ing ability.
* Expert - Expert difficulty in this game is unforgiving. Being the first game to use DJ Decks, there is nobody who can really jump up straight to the Expert difficulty level and so you'll find yourself trying to get to grips with easier difficulties before you can finally move up to this stage.
- Expert is a much bigger jump from Hard, than Hard was from Medium and will require perseverance.
- Expert difficulty speeds up mixes by about 2 intensity levels than their medium counterparts.
- You're now always nearly required to scratch in a specific direction, for long durations of time. The patterns of directional scratch now vary greatly throughout the different mixes, so in order to 5 star everything you're going to have to learn many different scratch patterns and how to pull them off at great speed. Some directional scratches have the arrows almost on top of eachother, when you see this it means you need to scratch VERY,VERY,VERY fast.
- Scores required to earn 5 stars are now much much higher, sometimes triple that of Medium.
- A staggering combo of 60 is now required in order to be rewarded with a rewind, instead of 50.
- Euphoria stages are significantly harder, with some songs requiring you hit a multitide of directional scratches or crossfade spikes before you will be rewarded with euphoria.
Expert difficulty, is without a doubt, a true test of gaming prowess - and those who can master it are true DJ Hero gaming gods. I wish you good luck. Anyhow, now onto the score chart!
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Very Low Intensity
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Bobby "Blue" Bland / Connie Price & The Keystones - Ain't No Love in the Heart of The City / Fuzz and Them
Mix Duration: 2:32
Scores needed to 5 star:
* Expert - 54,000pts
* Hard - 49,000pts
* Medium - 43,000pts
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Masta Ace / Jean Knight - Born to Roll / Mr. Big Stuff
Mix Duration: 2:48
Scores needed to 5 star:
* Expert - 96,000pts
* Hard - 79,000pts
* Medium - 60,000pts
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Queen / Daft Punk - Another One Bites the Dust / Da Funk
Mix Duration: 2:59
Scores needed to 5 star:
* Expert - 94,000pts
* Hard - 77,000pts
* Medium - 57,000pts
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Low Intensity
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Work in Progress....
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Average Intensity
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Bell Biv Devoe - Poison
Mix Duration: 1:22
Scores needed to 5 star:
* Expert - 127,000pts
* Hard - 110,000pts
* Medium - 31,000pts
Song Walkthrough: The problem with this mix is the short duration, simply, if you mess up too much you are screwed because time is a massive enemy of yours and before you know it the mix is already over, giving you no chance to make up for your mistakes and get those 5 glorious stars. On the plus side of things, the scores required to get 5 stars are relatively low because of the short duration of the mix.
This song requires you hit a shit ton of red blips. When you see many of them just keep smashing the red button as quickly as possible, you can only be too slow at hitting these, but not too fast - so do not be worried about timing your button presses, just go crazy on them.
You want to aim to perfect at least one euphoria stage, preferably at the beginning or the middle of the song. Towards the end/mid-section of the song you should see a section full of blips that also requires you to crossfade, bringing distant memories of easier difficulties. This is by far, the easiest part of the song. There are a couple of stages like this next to eachother, some have no scratching in them at all, and some have a tiny bit of (directional) scratching to do. You want to use your euphoria just as you enter this section. Then shortly after it runs out, try and hit a 60 combo to get your rewind THEN REPEAT the last section with a 8x multiplier and this is how you will see 5 stars.
Unless you can hit everything 100% then this song is practically impossible to 5 star without using a rewind on a section you're comfortable at performing with. Using this method, I was able to 5 star this mix myself on Expert, so I can vouch that if you're at least skilled enough to be playing Expert then this will work for you.
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High Intensity
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Work in Progress....
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Very High Intensity
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Beastie Boys / Daft Punk - Lee Majors Come Again / Da Funk
Mix Duration: 3:29
Scores needed to 5 star:
* Expert - 251,000pts
* Hard - 150,000pts
* Medium - 76,000pts
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Beastie Boys / DJ Shadow - Here's a Little Something For Ya / The Number Song (2009)
Mix Duration: 4:00
Scores needed to 5 star:
* Expert - 238,000pts
* Hard - 144,000pts
* Medium - 100,000pts
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Benny Bennasi / Tiesto - Satisfaction / Elements of Life
Mix Duration: 5:04
Scores needed to 5 star:
* Expert - 380,000pts
* Hard - 345,000pts
* Medium - 223,000pts
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Common / Masta Ace - Universal Mind Control (UMC) / Jeep A** Gutter (Remix)
Mix Duration: 3:00
Scores needed to 5 star:
* Expert - 270,000pts
* Hard - 234,000pts
* Medium - 136,000pts
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DJ Shadow / D-Code - Six Days (Remix Ft. Mos Def) / Annie's Horn
Mix Duration: 3:40
Scores needed to 5 star:
* Expert - 266,000pts
* Hard - 196,000pts
* Medium - 95,000pts
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Foreigner / DJ Z-Trip Ft. Murs - Jukebox Hero / DJ Hero
Mix Duration: 4:15
Scores needed to 5 star:
* Expert - 233,000pts
* Hard - 130,000pts
* Medium - 84,000pts
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Herbie Hancock - Rockit
Mix Duration: 3:25
Scores needed to 5 star:
* Expert - 455,000pts
* Hard - 329,000pts
* Medium - 107,000pts
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Jurassic 5 / Herbie Hancock - Jayou / Rockit
Mix Duration: 2:44
Scores needed to 5 star:
* Expert - 248,000pts
* Hard - 192,000pts
* Medium - 92,000pts
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M.I.A. / Eric B. & Rakim - Paper Planes / Eric B. Is President
Mix Duration: 3:00
Scores needed to 5 star:
* Expert - 278,000pts
* Hard - 231,000pts
* Medium - 140,000pts
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N.A.S.A / Isaac Hayes - Strange Enough Feat. Karen O, ODB & Fatlip / Theme From Shaft
Mix Duration: 3:02
Scores needed to 5 star:
* Expert - 205,000pts
* Hard - 167,000pts
* Medium - 70,000pts
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Noisia - Groundhog
Mix Duration: 4:17
Scores needed to 5 star:
* Expert - 465,000pts
* Hard - 440,000pts
* Medium - 230,000pts
Song Walkthrough: This mix gets progressively faster and more complex as it goes on. You need to perfect the first (slow) segment of the song. Use up your rewinds as soon as you get them here (but don't use them just after you hit a note, or you'll barely rewind at all).
You're going to need to practice the second segment as you need to learn to perfect this, this can be hard, but it is easier than trying to master the end of the song by any means, so it is necessary. Again, use your rewinds as soon as you get them and try to hit all perfects in the euphoria stages as you save them up for the third segment of the mix.
When on the third part of the song (the segment where the voice mentions "feedback") activate your euphoria. Now with the euphoria helping you, try to score yourself two rewinds here (This can prove difficult, but again it's possible with practice and beats trying to do the last part of the song).
This should get you 5 stars, if not close to it. If you're not quite there, you're going to need to try to hit as many blips, crossfades and scratches as humanly possible towards the end of the stage, and this should make up the last few points you need to 5 star the mix. This one is definitely one of the toughest, so using euphoria in the third stage and getting in as many rewinds as possible is crucial to obtaining a 5 star rating!
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Paul Van Dyk / Sandy Rivera - Nothing But You / I Can't Stop (DP Remix)
Mix Duration: 4:05
Scores needed to 5 star:
* Expert - 323,000pts
* Hard - 275,000pts
* Medium - 171,000pts
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Scratch Perverts - Beats and Pieces
Mix Duration: 4:30
Scores needed to 5 star:
* Expert - 388,000pts
* Hard - 228,000pts
* Medium - 184,000pts
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Callum x360a
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Achievement won on 11 Dec 09TA Score for this game: 2,739
Posted on 11 April 11 at 08:27, Edited on 11 April 11 at 08:28
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These are just tips for Beats & Pieces, the song that gives people the most trouble: You need to get the first 2 rewinds, this is vital. The first one you get in the middle of the blue scratches, use this rewind RIGHT AFTER THE BLUES END. Like, instantly! This way you'll go back far enough to hit the UD blue, otherwise it'll skip it.
Then you want to get the 2nd rewind, it'll happen in the middle of the euphoria phrase. Hit the phrase, then rewind, it'll take you back to the long section of green scratches. Try to FC these again.
The part after the euphoria can be tricky, so I don't waste euphoria there. Instead I save it until the next part, where the beginning is played again only faster. You NEED to know these sections, they are easy and make your score skyrocket if you can hit them. Use euphoria on every one of these, save all that you get until these sections.
After the 3rd of 4th time this section comes up, it changes slightly. Instead of 3 U scratches, it's UDU scratches, which alternates a little. Remember this so you don't try to play the old section again.
The very last 2 euphoria sections are not needed for the 5*, but won't hurt if you can get them. You just need to blag your way through those end sections and hope you hit enough to increase your score by 10-20k maybe. Remember, slow down on these sections, they aren't as fast as they seem.
Now, the 5* cutoff is 388k (Around there, I got 387k and got 4*, got a little more and got 5*), and you should have around 320k on the 2nd to last phrase, I believe.
Just remember to get the first 2 rewinds and the first euphoria phrase, the few after and the section that repeats itself down to an art. Miss in these and it's best to restart, though it's not vital on the sections that repeat itself, but the more rewinds you can grab, and the more times you can go over that section with 8x, the better.
Good luck. And I hope what I've said makes some sense.
EDIT: Oh, and a tip you might not know; Using euphoria in a rewind doesn't stack your multiplier. It's best to rewind, let it end, then activate euphoria. Otherwise you're wasting an 8x multiplier.
The Effects Dial will give you points, lots of them. Instead of turning it like a dial, use the side of your index finger to rub against it, kind of like you're scratching an invisible turntable. You'll get loads more points.
The Freestyle sections will give you points for the FIRST 2, DIFFERENT EFFECTS. It counts as 2 notes, but doesn't increase your streak. So with a 4x it's 800 points. Any Red presses after that will just make noise. |
The Elven Jedi
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Posted on 19 February 12 at 01:13
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I just wanted to post for those of you who may be losing hope after starting your expert campaign after finishing hard [what i did, since I have no former experience with DJ hero].
The jump up to expert can be quite frustrating because of the directional scratches, ESPECIALLY the single direction repeated individual scratches.
The good news is that I found myself breaking through a "wall" about half way through the setlist, where after enough playing on the easier songs I found the directional scratching was coming easier and easier. So the moral of the story is, even though it might seem impossible at first, keep at it and it should come to you. Remember when you were learning how to play guitar hero and you made the jump to expert, and you thought the orange button was impossible? Same thing here :D
P.S. I know it's the opposite of a solution, but if anyone has any tips on hand/finger movement for those "single direction repeated individual scratches", I'm having a tough time nailing those sections when they're really fast. I can move the board fast enough for everything else in the game, except for that it seems. |
iTz SneakyyHobo
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Posted on 20 January 12 at 19:38
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Okay so i consider myself a DJ Hero GOD XD sorry for the OTT start but yeah, 5* all songs first time apart from last 4 which did third time and 5* all on DJ Hero 2, so I have definitely experience on what to do and when to do it. So here my guide on this killer 9.0 Ration achievement !!
The achievement is simply for 5* every single song on Expert, there are other achievements for Medium/Easy & Hard but they all link (meaning do it on hard you unlock hard and easy/medium achievement...SOOO firstly do it on Expert .. YOU GET ALL ZEE ACHIEVEMENTS)
So the first set of songs such as Easy - Hard intensity are easiest to do without no difficulty ... if you fail on any you should quit XD sorry but if you struggle on these then your not going to hit the end. Its simple sorry for the negative feedback but its simple.
From her you got your Expert and Insane Tracks left, yeah this is the when you start pull 5*'s off insanley at the last few stretches.
Songs -.-
Beats & Pieces <-----> such an anoyying song since you need to hit 100% on the first two and half sets (the scaratches come in waves/sets) this gives a nice amount of Euphoria and should get you 2 * around or near, from here when you get to the bit where the song goes bassy/dubsteppy use EUPHORIA straight after this set, it gets you alot of Score since its a faster section and you get alot of 2X .. then just keep trying for it ...
Rockit <----> this is insane but out of this and Beats & Pieces its the easier one, since its just button combinations/sequences so just memorise it the first 3 times and on fourth you should be able to hit 5*
Groundhog <----> This is okay, not extremely difficult but not exactly easy, since it catches you out your 5* very easily since its shortish, and timing your Euphoria is necessary otherwise you lose your 5* and its highly unlikely your hitting 100% FC since that gains 5* also.
The other Songs are quite easy and doesnt really need any advice compared to these three since there the hardest songs in my opinion.
TIPS --- > Rewind as much as possible, its essential it gains you that extra X Bonus and puts you back a segment of the song.
USE your Rewind two situations, parts where your comfortably 100% hitting the section OR if you missed your Euphoria notes since its an extra chance getting them and you gain that 2X Bonus.
Just practice....self explanatory
Hope this helps anyone since im gaining like 2-6 messages a day about both DJ Hero's and how to 5* them.
Heres a video on Beats & Pieces just to show you what your up against :)
Thanks to Chrisdgaf13 ... For creating this video showing you can 5* with 93-95% :) hope you enjoy
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