I'm a newbie, so don't be too harsh.

How would mix in something like BT - Somnambulist (Burufunk mix) with a track that has a "normal" beat, such as PVD - For an Angel? It seems to me that the only way to do this would be to do a quick cut. That raises another question - how do I mix in the cued track?

Thanks in advance - feel free to correct my terminology.

If they're running at the right tempo it will sound OK.

Listen to The Politics Of Dancing, the mix that runs into Mirco De Govia - Epic Monolith, it's a breakbeat. Yet it still works.

Jarv

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Originally posted by Jarvmeister If they're running at the right tempo it will sound OK. Listen to The Politics Of Dancing, the mix that runs into Mirco De Govia - Epic Monolith, it's a breakbeat. Yet it still works. Jarv

lol - the implication being that the majority of time you can't mix a break beat with a 4/4?

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I guess I should avoid mixing such tracks until my beat-matching is perfected. Looks like this would be to hard at this point

Don't feel bad. I've been mixing for just over a year, and if you handed me a crate full of breaks and said, "Here, tear it up, you skinny white punk," I'd be as lost as a ball in high weeds.

I've heard some nice trancey breaks that would be great to put in a set, but I honestly have no clue about the mechanics of beat matching breaks. I'm sure it's similar to anything else. Any links/pointers?

Breakbeats, for me, were a HUGE hurdle in my first year or so of mixing, but now I can't get enough of them (hell, my first production is a breaks tune!).

My advice is just to find the four count in the breakbeat - It's there, it just may be harder to pull out initially. Once you've got that, and are able to beatmatch the two, then it's simply a matter of switching the kick - I usually cut the kick to the outgoing tune 4 or 8 beats before the end of a phrase, and then slam the incoming kick in on the start of the next phrase.

Hope that sort of helps.

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Don't listen to the beat, listen to the clap/snare and other percs and it's just like mixing any other kind of music.

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Originally posted by RJT lol - the implication being that the majority of time you can't mix a break beat with a 4/4?

No - the implication that you can. It's in plain english. I didn't say it was out of the ordinary - I used it as an example.

The implication of which you speak is in the thread starters post!

Jarv

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Originally posted by Jarvmeister No - the implication that you can. It's in plain english. I didn't say it was out of the ordinary - I used it as an example. The implication of which you speak is in the thread starters post! Jarv

Nope, it's right here:

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Originally posted by Jarvmeister it's a breakbeat. Yet it still works.

PS: I was just bustin' your balls dude

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Last edited by RJT on Jan-12-2007 at 18:44

here's what I want to ultimately achieve. I know it's all one song, but listen to the part that starts at about 2:30 (that's cut out of KT's mix). [[ LINK REMOVED ]]


BTW, I would appreciate it if someone can ID this track - I'd love to use it in a mix.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Don't listen to the beat, listen to the clap/snare and other percs and it's just like mixing any other kind of music.

How about listen to the track on a whole and go from there...



Going from Breaks to 4/4 and back is alot of fun. I like layering the two kicks abit so you get a kind of hybrid 4/4/breaks beat going...depends on the tracks though...

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Originally posted by Clovis How about listen to the track on a whole and go from there...

Yes, but if even 2 different kicks confuse you how do you expect to make that work?

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