Specifically CDJ800 MK2's...What are the main techniques you use to mix the House genre?
I like looping sections to lengthen transitions but am finding beat matching harder when a tune is in a loop, though once mastered it will sound great.
Originally posted by daeus
Specifically CDJ800 MK2's...What are the main techniques you use to mix the House genre?
I like looping sections to lengthen transitions but am finding beat matching harder when a tune is in a loop, though once mastered it will sound great.
That's because looping on a cdj in imperfect. It's a bit of a challenge to create a seamless loop on them so your beats will probably drift often.
If you use a DVS like Torq, for example, you can get perfect looping, which I use often to create longer intros or outros.
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Originally posted by miamitranceman
That's because looping on a cdj in imperfect. It's a bit of a challenge to create a seamless loop on them so your beats will probably drift often.
If you use a DVS like Torq, for example, you can get perfect looping, which I use often to create longer intros or outros.
+1. It's pretty hit and miss to be able to get the loop perfect on a cdj800. If you give yourself a bit of time to edit the loop point then it can work but often what sounds like a tight loop in it's own can be just slightly out so when you mix the cue track in it drifts out.
Can be done but a bit fiddly. One you can do though is play around with the loops on their own (i.e. not mixed in to another track), this way slight imperfections in the loop length won't be noticed anywhere near as much.
May-16-2009 21:55
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knowing your tracks would probably be the best answer
May-17-2009 02:44
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or you could just rape the reverb and delay making beatmatching seem irrelevant and everything sounds shit like tijs.
Originally posted by elFreak
or you could just rape the reverb and delay making beatmatching seem irrelevant and everything sounds shit like tijs.
lol.
Knowing your tracks goes a long way yea but I find some tracks tails are not long enough and I like to mix a minimal house set quite progressivley as allot of the percs sound really good mixed in with other tracks.
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you need to stay on the pitch wheel to make sure the loop stays in time
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you could make a seameless loop in advance. all you need to do is time it right and adjust if necessary till they're on. You should'nt have to fiddle if you've beat matched correctly. With newer cd players you can store these loop points on sd cards for use later on so look into that if you plan on going crazy with looping
