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| quote: | hapamoto: if ur using a djm600 u can throw in
some effects.. but i think |
Yea! I wish I had a sampler or effects pad for just that
reason. If you realize your mix is going to suck, or you
miss your cue point, simply use your expensive auto bmp
linked sampler to play some f*cked up vocals, or a crazy
sound, and slam the fader.
| quote: | KoreanDJ: 1. I matched the BPM
2. I already cued up the 2nd record with the 1st record.
3. When the 1st is about to hit the end of the 64 beat
sequence, then I raise the volumn of the 2nd track or
hit the cross fader.
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That sounds like it is working. Once you can find those
sequences of beats, work your eq's during the mix
according to the sequences. Raise/Lower eq's at the
beginning of a sequence, or adjust volume levels. This
will give your mix a funky sound (at least to me it
sounds better than just randomly changing things in the
mix), although if you do it tooooo much, it can sound
mechanical.
You also said earlier that you didn't know what to do if
you missed your cue point. If you do have a sampler, use
that or effects. If you don't have those, and really
want to get that mix off sounding half bad, let go of
the cued record at the halfway point of a 32 or 64 beat
sequence. It will sound better that way then just
randomly placed somewhere. If you can't do any of those,
just get your records matched asap, and volume fad,
without overpowering one songs volume. This at least
does your job (going to the next track) without sounding
like absolute crap. The good thing is that most times,
unless it starts to get off beat, people won't notice,
only other dj's 
| quote: | skip can someone explain me this 16/32/64 beat
thing properly! i have read about it everywhere but i
haven't seen a proper explanation anywhere! so help me
out with this one please! i'd like to know all the
basics of mixing before i get my mixer (in about ½ years
maybe!) |
Almost all 4/4 electronica tracks are composed in a 32
or 64 beat sequence. Cymbals, snares, and trance leads
will come in on the first beat of one of those patterns.
If your not sure what I mean, try it with a record or
mp3, starting with the first beat of the song, count 32
(or 64, most times its 32 I think, not sure tho) beats
and then see if anything changes. The least a song will
do is usually a double kick or a double clap or a cymbal
at the 'break' point between sequences.
| quote: | JohnSmith: well sometimes when scratching over
the beat, the needle skips one groove back, and you have
to wait for it to ALL the way around again, ARRRGHGH!! i
hate that. |
RRG! I hate that so much, stupid
thin, weightless records!!!!!
Hope that helps.
Caleb
ps. Sorry for double spacing, i copied reply from disk cause internet went out.
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