Nudge
A brief tempo change made with the rim of the jog wheel.
Detailed explanation
Nudging is the short turn of the jog wheel rim that corrects the phase of two tracks. A forward nudge speeds the track up briefly — it catches up when it was behind the other. A backward nudge slows it briefly — it drops back when it was ahead. It is a one-off impulse; afterwards the track carries on at the BPM you set. Not to be confused with the tempo fader, which changes the BPM for good.
In practice
The tempos match but track B is running a hair ahead. You touch the rim of the jog wheel and pull briefly against the direction of travel — not on the platter, or you will brake the track. A nudge is a correction of fractions of a second, which is why you practise it in the headphones before the channel is open. Anyone who has to nudge in a live mix is hearing their own mistake a few seconds too late.
Assessment by the DJLearn editorial team — experience, not a sourced factual claim.
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