It all depends on which songs you are mixing and what kind of mix you want. There are no rules really. Usually, the live song will be at full eq and the cued song will have its lows turned down a bit, so that when you bring in the cued song, you slowly swap the lows and bring the eqs of the cued song to full. Or sometimes you might want to do a very exagerated bass swap as opposed to doing it slowly.

you can also play around with the mids and highs. Say if the cued song has really pronounced hi-hats, you might want to keep the hi's down at first when fading the song in.

You really need to experiment for yourself and see what works.

Yep. Its all about what works for you best. Just keep at it and you will find the way thats best for you. As you will hear around here alot, there is no wrong way. I learned my own way with everything. No one taught me a damn thing, and I'm glad cause the way I mix is my own way. Just have fun with it.

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Originally posted by Mike123 I learned my own way with everything. No one taught me a damn thing, and I'm glad cause the way I mix is my own way.

yeah, same here

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Originally posted by DJ Joshua H It all depends on which songs you are mixing and what kind of mix you want. There are no rules really. Usually, the live song will be at full eq and the cued song will have its lows turned down a bit, so that when you bring in the cued song, you slowly swap the lows and bring the eqs of the cued song to full. Or sometimes you might want to do a very exagerated bass swap as opposed to doing it slowly. you can also play around with the mids and highs. Say if the cued song has really pronounced hi-hats, you might want to keep the hi's down at first when fading the song in. You really need to experiment for yourself and see what works.

+1, it's all there

i love eq'ing during breakdowns...sends chills down my spine and gives me goosebumps sometimes...its great

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Originally posted by i got big pants i love eq'ing during breakdowns...sends chills down my spine and gives me goosebumps sometimes...its great

+1, ive been +1ing a lot today, dunno why,,, very agreeable today

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I guess that without EQing, you as a DJ won't suck. If you mix at
0 Db that should work fine. all i am trying to say is that it isn't the end of the world if you don't EQ.
no one tought me how to DJ, i just learned it my way, with a two band EQ (behringer vmx 100,
the crappiest mixer on the market IMO) hopefully oneday a DXM06!!
What DJ Joshua H said is also pretty much what i do, so that is def. something to work at.
just mess around with it, good things happen thru messing around!!

DJ ICE777

Iv nearly always mixed by bringing in one range at a time but now im also tryin to play around with the eqs to get the songs to match a little more.

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Originally posted by DJ ICE777 I guess that without EQing, you as a DJ won't suck. If you mix at 0 Db that should work fine. all i am trying to say is that it isn't the end of the world if you don't EQ. no one tought me how to DJ, i just learned it my way, with a two band EQ (behringer vmx 100, the crappiest mixer on the market IMO) hopefully oneday a DXM06!! What DJ Joshua H said is also pretty much what i do, so that is def. something to work at. just mess around with it, good things happen thru messing around!! DJ ICE777

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Clashing frequencies sounds crap

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Originally posted by Jeremy H -1 Clashing frequencies sounds crap

ahem to that brother

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Originally posted by Jeremy H -1 Clashing frequencies sounds crap

They do, thats why a huge part of being a DJ is track selection. What did DJs do when they had to mix on mixers without EQs? They payed more attention to which tracks sound great together instead of saying, hey I can just kill the highs on this one and the mix will be ok. I used to use the EQs heavily to mix but recently I've just been using the EQs to keep the bass from phasing or to boost a frequency here or there if I'm mixing in a track thats pressed wrong or has less energy or whatever but its not a normal thing.

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