Erm... what?
You don't use vinyls to do remixes.

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alright, maybe im asking the wrong question for what im trying to find out being a complete newbie at this. if you are spinning at a club, party, house etc. and you have a base song like for an angel or whatever, do you just put whatever records you have on there for what you think is right or whatever. damn this is fucking confusing, im confusing my self. do you just take a base song and mix diffrent records on there or what? im so damn confused, i think i have take like 10 steps backwards

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i think youre confused. remixing and mixing are 2 different things.

remixing refers to production, this is where you MAKE music. you take an original track and make your own version. this is not done live (at least not on the level youre on atm).

mixing refers to DJs, this is where you have one record playing, get another one, and play around with it till its running at the same speed (and the beats are lined up) as the one that is already playing (this is called beatmatching). then, you transition from the first one to the second. its a little hard to digest the first time, but read around the this forum to get a better grasp on the concept.

now, if you would like to reformulate your question please, we'd all appreciate it and try to help.

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wtf?

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Originally posted by bluastigma wtf?

i know, i bet i confused myself more than i confused you all. i think i might have got it now, btw i knew what beatmatching was and sorta how to do it and all, i was jsut a little hazy on the concept of mixing

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I think your question is "how do you choose which tracks to play when mixing live?"

Well to clarify, mixing a.k.a. DJing, is the basic concept where you are playing one song on one turntable which the audience can hear, then you put another song on a 2nd turntable which your audience CAN'T hear but you CAN, and "tweaking" (speed/pitch/beat) of that 2nd song so that everything is "matched" to the first song (matched = sounding good, or sounding like 1 song even though they overlap). Then you slowly "transition" from one song to the 2nd song until the audience hears nothing but the 2nd song. This is done through the use of a crossfader on a mixer.

As for your real question, it's all a matter of timing and feeling and mood. If you are playing LIVE in a club or wherever, you need to monitor your audience, see if you need to increase or decrease the energy... if not many people are dancing, you might want to decrease the energy... maybe put something a little more progressive or laid back so you can BUILD the energy back up. If the floor is packed and everyone is jammin, try and throw down a very energetic track to keep that energy level up. You also must keep in mind that the song you are going to mix in should flow well with the song currently playing... this is all just a matter of experience and training your ear to which songs go together well. Energy is one of the main factors when it comes to selecting a track to mix in.

Good luck!

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