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How do pros mix?
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| DjSway |
I just watch Ferry last night and I can't figure out what's his timing for dropping in the next song.
How does he figure out where to kick start song B in his headphones. I know you can easily do that if you kick start on the break down of the first song. Which is I believe 32 bars from the end of the song A. But that doesn't sound as good as when you do it like the pros.
Argh.. I hope that made sense.. |
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| Akazi |
| if play the same song every week 100 times you should know the track inside out. |
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| DjSway |
| Yeah I guess, and plus practice but can't figure out if they count any bars or some other method. |
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| stefanoc |
heres the secret i will share with u guys:
use ur ears
however it sounds right is the right way to mix. |
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| Akazi |
| quote: | Originally posted by DjSway
Yeah I guess, and plus practice but can't figure out if they count any bars or some other method. |
after spinning for a long time i think smooth mixing becomes very intuitive, you just start to feel when to do what. |
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| Spoonz |
i think u may be referring to phrasing, look it up on google.
once u get an idea of how the music is structured u will know when to drop the cued track in. |
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| DJMaytag |
knowing your tracks inside and out, intro and outro is key. you don't even need to be a big name that plays all his or her tracks 100 times a week to do it!
just listen to your stuff and count the beats to follow what's going on! do this enough and you'll know that track A has a long outro and B has a short intro, so it's best to wait 32 bars to throw in track B. WAIT! I want to play track C instead, which has a SUPER long intro, so I need to throw in C right after the breakdown of track A.
Things like that become intuitive after a while. Sometimes even finding these things out the hard way while playing live with tracks you just got can help burn these things into your memory! :D |
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| Zild |
| Phrasing. I don't like dropping tracks in right after a breakdown. It sounds too cluttered. But there are exceptions. |
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| DJMaytag |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zild
Phrasing. I don't like dropping tracks in right after a breakdown. It sounds too cluttered. But there are exceptions. |
know your tracks to know which ones will work this way!
use long fade ins where needed, to make them as smooth as possible. EQ is your friend here too, wipe away the clutter with a few gentle tweaks of the knobs! :D |
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| theognis1002 |
he probablay starts his cued track up differently then just starting at beat one..
he might start off at the 17th beat from the start... (start of 5th measure after 4th)
this is wat paul van dyk does ive noticed
just depends on ur prefernece |
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| Zild |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJMaytag
know your tracks to know which ones will work this way!
use long fade ins where needed, to make them as smooth as possible. EQ is your friend here too, wipe away the clutter with a few gentle tweaks of the knobs! :D |
Or wait a phrase. A three band EQ is extremely limited. Also I don't mix intros so... |
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| Zild |
| quote: | Originally posted by theognis1002
he probablay starts his cued track up differently then just starting at beat one..
he might start off at the 17th beat from the start... (start of 5th measure after 4th)
this is wat paul van dyk does ive noticed
just depends on ur prefernece |
I've been known to cue a track after its first breakdown (if it has two breakdowns) That way you skip all the garbage and give everyone the meat and potatoes. |
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