You can mix intros, it's a lot like mixing ambient music, but to do it well...your tunes have to be in compatible keys (no key clashes) or just be on the safe side and mix in/fade out quickly. It's cool to use an ambient intro in a set, and then mix in the next track's intro without the bass.

i generally don't even listen to bass sounds when beatmatching. it's all about the offbeat percs

a lot of the time i will kill the bass and gain the track in my headphones when matching to get very tight snare matches, etc

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Originally posted by Cro_Addict I have a problem bringing in a track that starts off with NO bass beats. Sometimes it sounds ok, but other it does not. And then eventually when the beat kicks in its way off. How do you guys take care of this???

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Originally posted by nefardec i generally don't even listen to bass sounds when beatmatching. it's all about the offbeat percs a lot of the time i will kill the bass and gain the track in my headphones when matching to get very tight snare matches, etc

hmm should def try that.

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Originally posted by nefardec i generally don't even listen to bass sounds when beatmatching. it's all about the offbeat percs a lot of the time i will kill the bass and gain the track in my headphones when matching to get very tight snare matches, etc

I do that as well

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Originally posted by Hasneez I do that as well

yep, it's so mucbh easier to hear if it's synced or not, good advice

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I'll definitely have to +1 all the above posts - for whatever reason, it seems that most DJ's I know seem to feel that once they learn how to match the highs their mixing becomes infinitely tighter.

It's kind of strange, I still remember what it felt like the first time I realized I didn't have to use a kick to mix - at first it seemed like "Oh fuck, neat! I can do somenthing new!" and then a few days later I was kicking myself for not trying it sooner

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Originally posted by RJT I'll definitely have to +1 all the above posts - for whatever reason, it seems that most DJ's I know seem to feel that once they learn how to match the highs their mixing becomes infinitely tighter. It's kind of strange, I still remember what it felt like the first time I realized I didn't have to use a kick to mix - at first it seemed like "Oh fuck, neat! I can do somenthing new!" and then a few days later I was kicking myself for not trying it sooner

Definitely. Mixing on highs def makes the mixes tighter b/c it's easier to tell when they get even slightly off. For anyone that wants to try this out, I personally still use the first kick in a bar to cue the track so that the beats line up...although, if anyone has a better method, i'm always open to trying new ways.

When I'm playing in clubs though, I still tend to mix on the lows b/c their systems are soooooo bass-heavy and the sound is so in-your-face that it drowns out everything. If you want to start with an ambient track, you could always use the cop-out method of pre-mixing the first two tracks in ableton or such until you get comfortable mixing/matching on more subtle sounds.

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hey man, I know what you mean by wanting to have that intro even tho there is no bass to follow with. there are a few things to do here... you can use the high's of the track if there are any. If not then you are going to have to skip into the track till there are beats and determine the bpm, match it so that ur on par. once done start the song over again (now with the bpm in mind) and cue to a part of the intro you want. If not, then learn that particular track, which means listening to it like theres no tomorrow to the point that you know what comes in where and when to cue it. if that doesnt make sense PM me and I'll give u my msn.

Play the intro over the break of the other tracks (yes this could also be seen as the most lame way of mixing). You beatmatch your tracks perfectly and when you play this break and intro over each other it would just sound as good as a beatmatch with beats.

You know what I mean?

thanks for all the info! you guys are very helpful