Mixing on Cue or Mixing in Key???

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Posted by stefanoc on Apr-04-2008 05:23:

i think harmonic mixing improves the quality of TRANCE sets much more than other genres.
having repetitive songs with the same key could become boring though so making the variations from one key to another is just as important as harmonic mixing.

Posted by Techno_Twins on Apr-04-2008 05:56:

It's like a freakin' science, lol.

Posted by SVGmethod on Apr-04-2008 06:16:

I use "Mixed-In-Key" and I primarily mix out after the first major break down in a song, and I always cue up on the first beat.

Posted by bas on Apr-04-2008 07:02:

quote:
Originally posted by SVGmethod
I use "Mixed-In-Key" and I primarily mix out after the first major break down in a song, and I always cue up on the first beat.

After the first breakdown? Take it easy Steve Porter

Posted by SVGmethod on Apr-04-2008 07:03:

haha...the first major breakdown. LOL.

Posted by ThomasPhan on Apr-26-2008 02:18:

Any more thoughts or input you'd like to share before we close this thread?

Posted by LionsLair on Apr-26-2008 02:25:

Mixing in Drunk is teh bests.

Posted by Lomeli on Apr-26-2008 02:36:

I was using mixed in key for about a month or so. Something about it didn't feel right. It felt like I depended on the key chart to determine what tracks I would need to play and in what order. I believe it's better to rely on your ear to pinpoint that one track that you know would make a great transition and would destroy the dance floor.

Posted by Lomeli on Apr-26-2008 02:37:

quote:
Originally posted by LionsLair
Mixing in Drunk is teh bests.

Word.

Posted by ThomasPhan on Apr-26-2008 02:51:

quote:
Originally posted by LionsLair
Mixing in Drunk is teh bests.

I sure it is, tell us something we don't know.

Posted by JCIZZLE! on Apr-26-2008 02:53:

quote:
Originally posted by Clovis
DJing is really not that hard

LOL! of course, everybody's got the laptop to do all the work nowadays. True talent can get on the good old MK's and vinyl it up for me to be impressed.

Posted by bucke on Apr-26-2008 03:06:

...it also helps keep my music collection organized.

Posted by DJ IDeaL on Apr-26-2008 03:12:

quote:
I go by feeling most of the time

that tends to always work best for me

Posted by delphis on Apr-28-2008 00:56:

sometimes if I have a track that I really want to play and it is drastically out of key I will drop it into ableton and correct the intro section to match it into key, that is if I want to play it after or before a track that is impossible to key math it.

Posted by able.h on Apr-28-2008 01:30:

Awesome thread!!

I didn't know such terminology before, but I guess it doesn't matter which one you use as long as you trust your ears. Besides, what matters the most for me is your song selections (assuming your DJ-ing skill is already O-okay), and how you can bring the crowd with you. At the end, you can't satisfy everybody, but at least you'll have to try

But that's just my opinion though... I'm still learning myself hehehe, DJ-ing is fffuuuunnnnn

Posted by djjoshuaallen on Apr-28-2008 01:49:

i play alot of psychedelic progresive and trance, and mixing in key is a MUST. This doesnt hold true to all genres, and of course there are tracks that can be mixed togther and sound good that are not in key.

I use they "mixed in key" program if that is what the thread was asking, not sure what is meant by mixed on cue...but i would assume you would most always mix on cue.

you can most def mix out of key, but it takes alot of practice to get the tracks down that sound good out of key, and having all your tracks keyed out is good for when you are just winging it and need another track in the same key.

Posted by djjoshuaallen on Apr-28-2008 02:38:

quote:
Originally posted by Clovis
DJing is really not that hard

learning to mix is not very hard, becoming a successful DJ is very difficult

Posted by nchs09 on Apr-28-2008 03:29:

I have no idea what keys my tracks are in or how to find out nor do i care. I just mix whatever sounds good together.

Posted by able.h on Apr-28-2008 04:41:

quote:
Originally posted by djjoshuaallen
learning to mix is not very hard, becoming a successful DJ is very difficult

so what does it take to become a successful DJ, perhaps as successful as you, Josh? Care to share?

I just got into DJ-ing a few months back

Posted by mobius9 on Apr-28-2008 12:34:

quote:
Originally posted by able.h
I just got into DJ-ing a few months back

get one of those snazzy goku haircuts.

Posted by djjoshuaallen on Apr-29-2008 02:30:

quote:
Originally posted by able.h
so what does it take to become a successful DJ, perhaps as successful as you, Josh? Care to share?

I just got into DJ-ing a few months back

Ha! If you find out let me know! I have a long way to go my friend, by successful im thinking, able to quit the day job...making a living as a DJ is a tough thing to do these days, im keeping my day job for now

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