Preface: I am in way over my head.
Premise one: Overestimated my capabilities
Premise two: Very little luck finding traktor/vci specific tutorials
Conclusion: Djtechtools to the rescue (?)
I want to learn to mix, and I am beyond confused. I have roughly 36 different strings of thought mixed together in my head, from beatmatching to genre choice to appropriately cataloging my music, and I have no idea where to begin. I've checked out websites like djtutor, but I've had little luck- I was hoping I could find some information directly applicable to the vci 100 or traktor pro (and it doesnt help that I'm using the tsi 2.2, with on overlay/instructional video). If somebody could:
A) Clarify how to mix songs in an environment where the bpm is already constructed for you (and by that I mean, I don't quite understand how to sync tracks, or even if I can use tracks outside of that bpm- although that stuff is more general, I'm just confused as to the advantage of auto beatmatching. Does that simply clarify what songs I can mix, or does it actually preclude beatmatching?)
B) Teach me what songs I can even mix in the first place
C) Throw me a life preserver
I would greatly appreciate any assistance at all (that traktor pro bible needed to come out yesterday)- and yes, I've tried searching/lurking/looking at eans tutorial vids.
Prostrate and meek,
-AM
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