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| Blue. |
My computer is a half decent speed and I picked up a copy of Traktor just to mess around.
I suppose my problem is that I tend to have a bit of bad taste as far as what good/bad mixing is and whatnot and I really need tips on starting out.
I know this must have been posted but I searched for Traktor and a few other things and came up with nothing of consequence but I'll delete this if it's been asked a million times before. |
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| J:\Digital |
This has been covered MANY times, I just ran the search for Traktor, and there are 7 pages of results. :conf: I'm sure you could find something...
Anyways, what are your specific questions? |
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| Blue. |
| quote: | Originally posted by J:\Digital
This has been covered MANY times, I just ran the search for Traktor, and there are 7 pages of results. :conf: I'm sure you could find something...
Anyways, what are your specific questions? |
My apologies, thanks for the reply though.
Just how to make a proper transition to the next song, how early to start the transition for a beginner, what to look for in building up a decent set (i know you have to build it up and have it die down a bit after a while), what makes a set good/bad other than track selection.
Basicaly just beginner stuff, a sort of "mixing for dummies" :p |
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| dinoXpress |
| quote: | Originally posted by Blue.
My apologies, thanks for the reply though.
Just how to make a proper transition to the next song, how early to start the transition for a beginner, what to look for in building up a decent set (i know you have to build it up and have it die down a bit after a while), |
actually, i have found, its useless to let it die down, and the later the night gets the harder the crowd wants it, in my experience.
end it with a bang.
oh and its all about track selectrion <---at least 50% of being a good dj. |
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| Blue. |
| quote: | Originally posted by dinoXpress
actually, i have found, its useless to let it die down, and the later the night gets the harder the crowd wants it, in my experience.
end it with a bang.
oh and its all about track selectrion <---at least 50% of being a good dj. |
what other tips can you give as far as when to mix the next song and whatnot? remember i'm just a beginner and have horrible taste in what constitutes good/bad mixing.
to be honest what I mainly want to do is just be able to mix some cds I burn so that it seams more like a set than seperate tracks. |
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| dinoXpress |
| quote: | Originally posted by Blue.
what other tips can you give as far as when to mix the next song and whatnot? remember i'm just a beginner and have horrible taste in what constitutes good/bad mixing.
to be honest what I mainly want to do is just be able to mix some cds I burn so that it seams more like a set than seperate tracks. |
you need to listen to tracks and find like elements in each track etc etc, you just need to listen to a lot of tunes, and really just practice, experiment and mix different tunes, just go nuts. |
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| Blue. |
| quote: | Originally posted by dinoXpress
you need to listen to tracks and find like elements in each track etc etc, you just need to listen to a lot of tunes, and really just practice, experiment and mix different tunes, just go nuts. |
so i just slip a song in when it sounds right and then beatmatch them so they dont sound like ? |
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| dinoXpress |
| search this forum for track selection and phrase matching. |
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| dartman |
| While you're at it, scoop up a copy of this book. It pretty much covers everything. |
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