If I try and mix into a breaks song I do it pretty well.

Mixing out??? Blech! I am fucking horrible!!!! Its driving me nuts.

case in point...

last night mixing in Quivver - Boz Boz was dead on..fit the set perfect, mixing was tight, didnt need to correct...

mixing out of it? HAHAHA. Choo Choo!!!

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Maybe try beatmatching the claps on the trance song to the snare on the breaks track.

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If I ever have a problem mixing a breaks track its usually mixing it into a set. Mixing out of one is always easier to me. I find its easier to match up a straight 4/4 into a breaks track than mixing a broken beat into another broken beat or straight 4/4.

easiest way is to work the EQs.

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Originally posted by zizack If I ever have a problem mixing a breaks track its usually mixing it into a set. Mixing out of one is always easier to me. I find its easier to match up a straight 4/4 into a breaks track than mixing a broken beat into another broken beat or straight 4/4.

everyone i talk to tells me its easier for them to mix out of a breaks track then into one.

for me its the opposite. i dont get it.

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Originally posted by Greedy easiest way is to work the EQs.

How does that help if you don't have the songs matched.

I don't have problems mixing in and out of breaks its all 4/4 so its the same to me. The only thing is when I'm mixing breaks instead of four to the floor stuff is it takes me longer to realize I have to make corrections. I just need more practice.

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Originally posted by Greedy easiest way is to work the EQs.

i work the eq's pretty good. for me its the beat matching. its never on when i mix out.

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For some crazy reason, I can mix breakbeat with breakbeat, and also in and out of 4/4 beats without any problems, mixing 4/4 to 4/4 is harder for me, don't get it, maybe I'm meant to be a full on Breakbeat boy.

break beat is a lil easier to mix because its more forgiving thanks to the syncopated beats and doesnt sound so bad.

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Originally posted by Greedy break beat is a lil easier to mix because its more forgiving thanks to the syncopated beats and doesnt sound so bad.

i never feel that way. to me if something is not beatmatched, its not beatmatched. for proggy breaks, even though there is no 1-2-3-4, there is always a beat there to keep the track in time, even if its every 4th beat or something. whichever it is, if it is off, it is off.

i just cant seem to "hear" that beat i need to keep in time when i am mixing out of a breaks song.

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Originally posted by Greedy break beat is a lil easier to mix because its more forgiving thanks to the syncopated beats and doesnt sound so bad.

I think its harder because I can hear four to the floor tracks drifting and correct them alot quicker than I can hear my breaks drift. If you start to wreck it doesn't sound as terrible but it still sounds pants. I guess what I'm saying its its slightly tougher for me to ride the pitch when mixing breaks.

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The thing to remember when mixing breaks is that even though it there arent four kicks in a row like trance or house, it still follows the same rules. You can beatmatch based on the highhats, or whatever you find easiest, but if you remember that breakbeat basically follows the same rules and structures as house, except their is a missing kick or two.

I dont know, works for me.