Fall 2026 Program Registration Open

From Zero to WEEKEND HERO in 12 Weeks.

Built for students with zero musical background. Master manual beatmatching by ear, harmonic mixing, club CDJ/XDJ signal routing, and dynamic performance presence on professional sound systems.

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36 Hrs

Direct Instruction

24 Hrs

Supervised Lab

1:4 Max

Student-Teacher Ratio

Club Rig Standard Pioneer / Rekordbox
  • Zero visual reliance | manual pitch-matching by ear tested
  • Hands-on Pioneer CDJ-2000/XDJS 1000 MK2/Technics SL-1200GR2 | DJM-900NXS2 and 800s
  • Professional presskit, professional presentation and videos for your artist portfolio
Academic Architecture

The 12-Week Roadmap

3 hours per week of high-focus lessons and hands-on practice time.

WEEK 01 3 Hours Class

Hardware Anatomy & Rig Setup

  • Mission & DJ Culture foundations
  • Controllers vs. Standalones vs. CDJs/XDJs
  • Mixer architecture: Equalizers, Filters, Gains, Volume Faders VS Cross fader
  • Connecting to a mixer line vs Phone inputs and headphone cues
Practical Milestone Hardware cable connection & headphone calibration.
WEEK 02 3 Hours Class

Rekorbox fundamentals & Library Preparation

  • Music library preparation
  • Rekordbox installation
  • Music formats compression vs no-compression
  • Create your first playlist
  • Rekorbox tools, views, search, and organization features
  • Music analisys process and settings
  • Mixing not analized tracks
  • Export vs Performance mode
  • Export your playlists correctly and organized
  • Playlist insertion/export techniques into a USB that was synched with another computer without losing your music/ playlists. ( NO-TAG Override )
Practical Milestone Prep 5 core tracks and map 4 phrase memory cue triggers.
WEEK 03 3 Hours Class

Beatmatch

  • CDJ vs vinyl mode configuration
  • Jog wheel mechanics
  • Anathomy of a waveform
  • Music match selection by BPM/KEY/ENERGY
  • Downbeat ear isolation: Lagging vs. Rushing
  • Screen-blind beatmatching (No Sync)
Practical Milestone Match ungridded tracks by ear within with screens covered.
WEEK 04 3 Hours Class

Harmonics & Volume Mixing

  • Camelot Wheel & musical key theory
  • Installing, configuring and analizying with Mixed In Key software
  • Mixed In Key - advantages and disadvantages
  • Workflow & energy staging
  • Harmonic jumping (+1, -1, energy shifts)
  • Gain staging - No Redlining Policy
  • Smooth fader dynamics
  • Master tempo
  • Beat Range settings
  • Pitch VS Tempo | Master Tempo functions, pitch correcton algorhitms and introduction of sound atifacts
Practical Milestone Mixing audio signals without clipping
WEEK 05 3 Hours Class

Phrase-Matching, mapping phrases and memory phrase loops

  • Music structre patterns
  • Music phrases
  • Phase matching
  • Phrase cue mapping
  • Phrase hot-cue mapping automation
  • Phrase memory loop mapping
  • Grid, quantize and hot cues
Practical Milestone Pharse match correctly, with time signature and specific music genre structre.
WEEK 06 3 Hours Class

Creative FX, Loops & Slip Mode

  • Hot Cue drumming & live arrangement
  • Beat FX: Echo, Spiral, Flanger, Pitch
  • Sound Color FX: Sweep, Dub Echo, Space
  • Slip Mode as your live safety net
Practical Milestone Build a build-up transition using an active loop, delay, and slip roll.
WEEK 07 3 Hours Class

Equlization, Filters and Samplers

  • Understand frequency bands low, mids and high frequencies.
  • Emergency booth situation (cable unplugs, loop lock, emergecy loops)
  • Sampler integration & drop triggering
  • Human audible range 40-80 HZ to 20,000 HZ or 20 Mega hertz
  • Trainwreck recovery techniques
  • EQ architecture: Isolator vs. Normal mode
  • High-Pass & Low-Pass Filter sweep acoustics
  • Bass-swapping & frequency unmasking
  • Phrase-aligned transitional techniques
Practical Milestone Survive unexpected disconnect situations, emergency loops, and recover music in 8 bars.
WEEK 08 Networking

Networking, marketing and distribution providers for social media and streaming channels

  • Networking and collaboration
  • Community presence
  • SoundCloud and Mixcloud
  • Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music
  • Beatport
  • Youtube
  • Royalties and Copyrights
  • Get paid for steam, reproduction or sales
Final Deliverable Publishing your master pieces in all major distribution channels, activate marketing campains in social media to get followers, managing your own channel in Soundcloud. Get paid for steam, reproduction or sales.
WEEK 09 3 Hours Class

Emergecy Loops

  • What is an emergency loop
  • What causes an emergency loop
  • How to get out of emergecy loop
  • How to recover from emergcy loop after the control was already passed to the other deck
Practical Milestone Manage and recover confidentely from one of the most missunderstood and stressful situations that can heppen while performing.
WEEK 10 3 Hours Class

Loops and memory loops

  • Understanding a loop
  • Loops lenghts, loop control exit, return, double and half time
  • In depth loops configs
  • Quantize Setttings
Practical Milestone **
WEEK 11 3 Hours Class

FX & Color FX

  • FX vs Color FX
  • FXs mixing with color FXs simuntaniosly
  • FX Flanger
  • Understanding feedback and how to control it
  • Understanding delays and echos
  • ColorFX Sweep, Space, Dub, and filter
  • Risks and danger of around with FXs like echo, delay and structured loops without quantization
  • Resolve infinite feedback's escenarios quickly
Practical Milestone **
WEEK 12 3 Hours Class

Graduation Exam

  • 1 hour video and audio recorded session
  • beatmatch test by ear
  • phrasematch test by ear
  • No Redlining test
  • 3 distinc transition techniques
  • Show solid equalization and filtering skills
  • Playlist selection and progression flow test
  • Graduation certificate will be given after passing this test with excellence
Practical Milestone Obtain your graduation certificate after passing the exam with excellence.

You get a high-definition video & pristine master audio of your exam.

You get a professional pressKit (EPK) media and website ready for web and social media marketing promotion.
Lead Instructor

Israel "Izzy" Morales

AKA Cyberattack Music

Veteran electronic music producer, live performer, and audio systems engineer. Izzy breaks down intricate acoustic concepts, club deck ergonomics, and harmonic alignment into clear, tactile muscle memory. Under his direct mentorship, you learn the exact instincts needed to perform on mainstages and underground sound systems.

Pioneer CDJ / XDJ Professional Acoustics & Sound enthusiasts Rekorbox and Ableton Specialsit Psytrance DJ/Producer Performer
Lead Instructor

Nichollas Payne

AKA Cyberattack Music

Veteran electronic music producer, live performer, and audio systems engineer.

Pioneer CDJ / XDJ Professional Acoustics & Sound enthusiasts Rekorbox and Ableton Specialsit Psytrance DJ/Producer Performer
Lead Instructor

Nick Louie

AKA Cyberattack Music

Veteran electronic music producer, live performer, and audio systems engineer.

Pioneer CDJ / XDJ Professional Acoustics & Sound enthusiasts Rekorbox and Ableton Specialsit Psytrance DJ/Producer Performer
Academic Integrity

The Three DSS Graduation Standards

You don't just get an attendance certificate. You earn a credential respected by club promoters.

01

30-Second Manual Beatmatch

Screens covered, SYNC disabled. Match 2 ungridded tracks with different original tempos entirely using your ears and pitch fader adjustments.

02

Zero Red-Line Discipline

Demonstrate flawless gain staging across your entire graduation set. Master output and channel strips maintained in clean unity without limiting or distortion.

03

100% Phrase Precision

Execute all blends, drops, and cuts precisely on the '1' of 16- and 32-bar phrases, showing full structural fluency across electronic genres.

Secure Your Station

Join the Next 12-Week Program

Limited to 4 Students to ensure every student spends at least 50% of instructional time directly behind the decks with active instructor guidance since day 1. We open new 4 spots to apply for registration every 3 months.

  • 36 Direct Instructor in person hours
  • 24 Supervised Open Practice Lab Hours
  • Curated DSS Starter Track Library
  • Filmed 30-min Artist Portfolio Set & professional presskit.
  • Official DSS Completion Certificate
  • 100% Personal IP & Stem Ownership
* Fully compatible with DSS Student Enrollment Agreement terms and installment schedules.
Complete Program
$1,800
Or 3 monthly installments of $650 ($160 per week)

Includes non- refundable deposit to hold a station. Limited seats.