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    Hey guys, bit of a rookie question here:

    I've been learning how to mix tracks together and, to my ear, they sound OK. I transition from one song to the other fairly smoothly. The thing that bugs me is that I transition by mixing the outro of one song, to the end of an intro to another song.

    I've been scouring the forums and people say that it's good to mix tracks straight at the end of a chorus to keep the energy up. How would I do that? It sounds simple but it really confuses me.

    Thanks guys.

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    Then again I am a noob

    But that is really some one else's style of djing, If you really wanna do that the easiest but hard way to do it would be with Ableton, if you have a controller you can chop up/edit the song to your liking the configure your controller so that when you hit certain buttons it triggers that certain clip/sample/part of song, it's long but trust me when you get used to it you'll have so much fun and fall more in love with mixing it up.

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    Err, just mix it in earlier?
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    Or add some hot cues ... I generally use:

    1. One for the intro on the mixing track
    2. One for when the baseline kicks in.. that way you can mix your outro > intro and skip to energy pumping baseline point of the new track from almost any point in the outro of track 1.. e.g. bring in the baselines of track 2 right on the button where the baseline shifts on track 1.
    3. One for the Outro, can be handy if the track is getting boring and you want to finish it faster.

    In essence it means you are not needing to wait for the regular 8/16/32 bar intros or outros to complete before pumping in the next track.

    ... oh and yes, I would use quantize
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    You need to learn to count bars. Old school DJ'ing before all this computer stuff, you counted bar. Each song will consists of 4 count bars. Most chorus will be an 8 count bar. So you count the bars, and either fade in at the start of the 8 count or cut at the end of 8 count.

    If you learn this, you will not have to rely on your software. Back to basics of DJ'ing.
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    I'm sorry, but it's even more simple than 'counting bars'. You just need to listen to and know your songs. How else do you expect to be able to mix them well?

    If you know when the parts of the song appear and how long they are then you can time your mix to fit that.
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    Yeah, just experiment with dropping in the intros of the new song when there's a drop in momentum in the current track. Usually i swap the bass lines then fade the new track in over the next 32 "counts". Give it a go.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alex Wild View Post
    Err, just mix it in earlier?
    Haha this is my favourite response!! and pretty much true!!
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    Thanks so much guys! I've been practising all night and I think I might be getting there.

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    backspin dat!

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