I've been eq mixing this way and i find that it makes for a real nice transition. i've got a djm500

The live track is playing with the upfaders and eq's where they normally would be.

For the cued track, I turn all 3 eq knobs all the way down and put the upfader to full so its equal with the live track.

Then I'll slowly turn up the hi, mid, and low eq knows to bring the cued track in.

This seems more precise than mixing with just the upfaders. Does anyone else do this? Comments? Is this similar to what a rotary mixer does?

Thanks!

If it suits you, why not? Everyone has his / her own style.

You could pull off what you are doing with a rotary mixer as well, since there's a rotary knob for channel volume control instead of a fader, but I wouldn't call it typical for rotary mixing, just another approach to the same matter (which is mixing in general)..

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just outta curiosity... i've tried mixin the way u do and i have found it difficult to hear whether the beats are matched properly. even if they sound right i find that its 50/50 whether they'll be matched when i bring the eqs up. do u ever have this problem? (i use a djm-600 btw and i use stereo cueing as opposed to split cue)

RIP, your right, it is harder to tell if the tracks are going out of sync with the eq's down. I just turn up the headphone volume so i can hear it better. you wont be able to hear bass so you need match them using only treble. once you start turning up the eq's it becomes easier.

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Originally posted by DJ Joshua H ... For the cued track, I turn all 3 eq knobs all the way down and put the upfader to full so its equal with the live track. Then I'll slowly turn up the hi, mid, and low eq knows to bring the cued track in.

I sometimes use that method and it can be slick, I haven't yet figured out which tracks work best. On tracks with vocals the midrange is usually the last EQ band I would swap in so as to extend the old track vocals as long as possible. The beatmatching must be exactly right from the start because it is hard to adjust during the transition with this method.

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Originally posted by DJ Joshua H RIP, your right, it is harder to tell if the tracks are going out of sync with the eq's down. I just turn up the headphone volume so i can hear it better. you wont be able to hear bass so you need match them using only treble. once you start turning up the eq's it becomes easier.

Obviosuly you are not doing this in a club



I suggest avoiding this method becuase when you are ready to play out at clubs the sound system will be way to loud for you to use this method.


Clever but not pratical

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yeah, doign that in a club would be tough. I always used to bring in my track with the low end all the way down, then add it in slowly. Doign that in a club is nearly impossible due to the fact that you need at least some low end to make sure both tracks are matched properly.

I usually leave the mids at normal level, with either high and low or just low off, swap lows over (ie take one out while adding the next track's).
I've heard the Allen & Heath Xone mixers have it set up do you CAN'T hear Eq changes in the headphones, I never really understood why until I started mixing by this method - handy little feature really, wish I had a spare coupla grand to get one.

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Forgive me if I've misunderstood your posts, but why on earth do you guys mix every tune the same way? Doesn't it get boring, very, very fast?

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Originally posted by Sunnyside Forgive me if I've misunderstood your posts, but why on earth do you guys mix every tune the same way? Doesn't it get boring, very, very fast?

exacly what i was thinking. the way i mix depends on what songs i am playing and what kind of effect i want to create from it all.

there are a million and one ways to go from one tune to the next and you should try to use them all.

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Originally posted by Sunnyside Forgive me if I've misunderstood your posts, but why on earth do you guys mix every tune the same way? Doesn't it get boring, very, very fast?

Where did he say that it was the only mixing style he uses? It could be just one of the mixing techniques he was trying to pull off, and wondered why it didn't really work..

I agree with you on the fact that one single transition style gets boring though. I try to vary it as well, but most of the time it comes down to very long and gradual mixing. I'm not the type that just slams in another record, but most of the stuff I spin isn't that energetic, so I think it's not really suitable to do that. Only times when I use shorter transitions are when I change from a four-to-the-floor track into an offbeat track (although you can stretch such a transition for a long time too).

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