dude,

different tracks have different ways of blending music.

so, the method you mentioned above might not work for every of the tracks.

so which tracks did you use for mixing the above?

ure mixing hard trance of course its gonna be hard to so a seamless mix. think about what tracks u mix together. hardtrance has a lot of bass , so when u mix em together it will be noticable. have a ncie day.

pratice.

practice some more.

practice until your parents yell at ya.

practice until your eardrums ring.

practice until you get better than PVD.

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What would be a good way to mix basslines? Can you ever have 2 basslines going at once?

^^^ yes, its possible, but if they are exactly on top of eachother, you might experience a "cancelling" effect... so ideally the 2 bass beats should just very slightly be out of phase with one another, just enough so its not noticable...

you can but a technique u might want to try in case if it'ts not too appealing to the ears is to reduce the amount of bass in the outgoing track in proportion to the volume increase of the incoming track

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tape a set and then listen to it think about what you liked and didnt like about it. then re-mix the set again changing what you thought was wrong. trial and error is the best way to learn.

but when your listening to the tape dont be too harsh on yourself listen to it like your new to the songs or something because if you know the two tracks well enough no matter how well you mix the two you are going to know when the new track comes in!!

thats what works fro me anys (cant say im the best at it yet but)

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drewfactor: What would be a good way to mix basslines? Can you ever have 2 basslines going at once?

Sometimes it is cool to have the two kicks exactly opposite one another. Not that difficult to do, but be careful because if they are a bit off it will be very obvious. I suggest only doing this for a short mix because for a long mix it can get annoying to listen to.

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Originally posted by TranceGeek ^^^ yes, its possible, but if they are exactly on top of eachother, you might experience a "cancelling" effect... so ideally the 2 bass beats should just very slightly be out of phase with one another, just enough so its not noticable...

yea..sometimes when I mix..the bass start fading due to the cancelling effect..I was wondering what that was

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yeah, when that happens, cut the bass on the track you are mixing out of, that will solve the problem.

or if you want to keep them both on, then sometimes dragging your finger on the pitch dots for a sec will help get them out of phase.

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thanks for the input

I was just thinking about another thing: Since trance is a very melodic music, does it ever occur that the key change between two tracks is too obvious? What tricks do you use to get around that?

I mean, you could have a track which bassline is in G and another that is is C and it might sound like a nice harmony, but lets say mixed a track in the key of E and key of B flat, it would sound off...can you simply not mix these tracks?

"some tracks just don't sound well when mixed together"

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