Advice On Recording A Set.

[DISaS73R]

I have no idea what kind of house you like, so you just have to look for DJs that you know and then look at youtube suggestions, etc.

[johney]

just learn to mix, it isn't something you learn step by step.

practice makes perfect

[The Mighty FV]

practice makes perfect

One of the greatest lines of advice for anything in the World...never gets old.

[atontheproton]

I record & will do post edits but not to improve any of my djing or technical skills but simply to make the sound quality better by using eq8+compressor & sometimes a ever so slight reverb. Generally I will find my mixes come out a bit too quiet & end up enhancing my volume levels and get a bigger sound out with my eq's.

There have been times where I will use my utility and tail in the start and finish of my volume levels of my set, if you find one transition is quite a bit off in volume from the rest of your set you can your volume levels up or down a bit in this portion to smooth out your transitions but if you're a good dj this shouldn't be required.

Good luck!!!

[DirtyNerd]

What about mixing in Traktor? I just recorded a an hour and half set of no sound lol. Heard I need to mix internally. Any other settings I need to make sure are set?

You don't have to mix internally. You can mix externally, but you then need to route audio out of your mixer back through your audio interface's inputs and back into Traktor and tell it to record using the internal recorder using whatever channels you are routing your input to. That is how I record my sets as I not only use Traktor FX, I also use FX on my mixer and on an RMX-1000.

[Eliot Han]

The only things i do, when creating a mix:

1. think about 1/2 tracks for the beginning of the set
2. mix the rest on the fly
3. convert the mix to mp3
4. edit the gain of the mix
5. upload it

exactly this!

[Jester]

no such thing as a perfect mix, its a myth, like nessy and fair elections

[Patch]

I don't like all this "do it on the fly" talk. That's great if you want to demonstrate what you can do if you turn up with a bunch of tunes. But...

If the purpose of the mix is to demonstrate your skill, selection and diversity as a DJ, then you'd be a fool NOT to plan it out.

Do you think the all time great DJ mixes were just created "on the fly"? The answer is no.

Do you think ANYONE that is good at ANYTHING does it without any planning? Again, the answer is no. Why do people think that a DJ can do his best work just by truning up with a bag of records???

no such thing as a perfect mix

Krafty Kuts - Instant Party
DJ Touche - JDJ
Coldcut - 70 mins of madness
Dave Clarke - Electro Boogie part 2
Carl Cox - Fact (+ Fact 2)
DJ Spinbad - ***take your pick of DJ Spinbad mixes, actually!***

...and pretty much any Radio1 Essential Mix that you've ever enjoyed!

Play a set on the fly, by all means. but when you are puting together a lasting record of what you are trying to be or do as a Dj, put a little extra effort into it, eh?

[sefid]

I need someone to describe step by step on how they go about making a mix of lets say 10 songs.

Do you record EVERYTHING, then go back and actually edit it in Ableton or FL studio?

Do you mess around and literally remember what you did and try to do it perfectly, record that part and save it? Then edit?

Do you mess around and try to make the mix nonstop after you have a general idea of what you want?

I just don't understand how you do a mix live, perfectly. Do you already know what you are doing? And how exactly did you prepare? Did you macro Que points? Or do you just go with the flow?

Or maybe you prerecord a simple transition from song to song, a general mix, and then just kinda scratch and add effects over it?

Do you master a mix? Where do you edit it?

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[The Mighty FV]

I don't like all this "do it on the fly" talk. That's great if you want to demonstrate what you can do if you turn up with a bunch of tunes. But...

If the purpose of the mix is to demonstrate your skill, selection and diversity as a DJ, then you'd be a fool NOT to plan it out.

Do you think the all time great DJ mixes were just created "on the fly"? The answer is no.

Do you think ANYONE that is good at ANYTHING does it without any planning? Again, the answer is no. Why do people think that a DJ can do his best work just by truning up with a bag of records???



Krafty Kuts - Instant Party
DJ Touche - JDJ
Coldcut - 70 mins of madness
Dave Clarke - Electro Boogie part 2
Carl Cox - Fact (+ Fact 2)
DJ Spinbad - ***take your pick of DJ Spinbad mixes, actually!***

...and pretty much any Radio1 Essential Mix that you've ever enjoyed!

Play a set on the fly, by all means. but when you are puting together a lasting record of what you are trying to be or do as a Dj, put a little extra effort into it, eh?

Patch...it bothers me that your facebook fanpage has no timeline banner.

You've spelt 'free' wrong in the little discription below the profile photo.

You don't update your page enough, I think you should. I'd like to hear more stuff from you.

I know this has nothing to do with this topic, but I wanted to mention it when I was reminded.