DJ n00b diary: I finally got in the groove of mixing
Hey, so the past few days, before Valentines, I was stressing out trying to make a love mix sound good, and it always came out like shit. I didn't understand how to smoothly mix one track to another. Until today.
I made a playlist of 10 progressive house tracks. I discovered that the best way to introduce a new track on top of a playing one is by starting the next track with the bass killed until the current track drops into the outro kick stage, if that makes sense. And all the while have an 8 beat loop of the next track playing until that outro of the current, open the bass, and then wait for the new track to go into the "first stage" of its "journey" and then kill the first song's bass. This allows the first song to then be under the new one, and since there is no bass, only the high parts make noise and you can fade it out gradually as the new song gets going.
It always sounds good, unless the hi-hats get in the way. I also discovered to lower the treble if needed. All basic shit, I know.
It's why I referred to myself as n00b.
Feb-16-2008 09:14
Domesticated
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Feb 2007
Location:
There is no "best" way.
Your method should vary slightly each time depending on the tracks.
Experiment a bit and you will find other interesting ways of doing things.
Impressive... most of the girls I know fall into one of three categories: only liking cheesy pop, emo indie stuff or hardcore (the latter tending to be the result of one of the cheesy pop people discovering various substances).
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Feb-16-2008 09:35
Domesticated
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Feb 2007
Location:
quote:
Originally posted by Stu Cox
Wowing a lady with prog house?
Impressive... most of the girls I know fall into one of three categories: only liking cheesy pop, emo indie stuff or hardcore (the latter tending to be the result of one of the cheesy pop people discovering various substances).
Why is it that (generally) women have such shitty taste in music?
I have female friends who enjoy trance and similar music, but yeah, like you said, they have to be "on" something.
Originally posted by Beat Blog
Why is it that (generally) women have such shitty taste in music?
I have female friends who enjoy trance and similar music, but yeah, like you said, they have to be "on" something.
Sadly true. A lot of my female friends don't care for electronica unless they're high on something. For shame!
Feb-16-2008 20:03
Dojomaster26
Daft Milk
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Hickory
You guys need to be looking into the Anime cons for chicks that like EDM. IDK why, but chicks at those conventions have at least a base knowledge (ie "Tiesto") of EDM compared to elsewhere. Part of it could be the fact that the cons that I went to hold "rave" (that's what the con calls them) events on the last night, usually with some sort of Goth/Industrial act and a cheese DJ.
Also, dressing up like hot anime chicks =
FromAbove: Good to hear you are learning about EQs! Like others said, there's no one way to mix tracks together. Try messing around with mixing in the next track at different points or with "cutting" a new track in.
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Overload (House/J-Pop/K-Pop): Click
No Pants Dance (Funky House/Electro House/K-Pop): Click
Dark Beach (Deep House): Click
Feb-16-2008 22:07
Ted Promo
NWO WOLFPACK INSANE
Registered: Jun 2005
Location: Can this be my goal??!
I'm not too into the animecon girls
Feb-16-2008 22:14
JD8180
I choose noise.
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Miami, Florida USA
my theory is that 98.9% of women (at least in miami) only like what is "in" and heavily overplayed on the radio.
Feb-16-2008 22:18
Dojomaster26
Daft Milk
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Hickory
It works for me
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Overload (House/J-Pop/K-Pop): Click
No Pants Dance (Funky House/Electro House/K-Pop): Click
Dark Beach (Deep House): Click
Feb-16-2008 22:18
Zild
Ten City
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: San Antonio, US : TXTA #156
You guys need to meet higher quality women. Hell even this girl who works in my lab and is pretty cute asked me what kind of DJ I was. I told her electronic, and she said 'Like what? house? trance?" So yeah go find yourself some better women.
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I've never been able to eat a whole baby.
Kill the women. Eat the children.
It's just one of those days where you want to bend over everyone you know and kiss their ass goodbye with a big sideways boot.
DJ n00b diary: I finally got in the groove of mixing
