yeah, I’m trying to go beyond what I do (Drum and Bass and not that well to be perfectly honest) and mix some stuff that isn’t “quantized” (I think that’s the term for constant perfect time?) like rock and country (some chicago with some brad paisley solos would be slick I think ) along with the occasional dance track. But I’m having a hard time getting things gridded properly, if someone could give me a heads up on how it’s done I’d appreciate it. Thanks in advance
Thanks for the links manchild, but those go into more “dance” style controllerism stuff with mix in and out loops and I’m trying to just blend between songs while keeping a vibe going. I’m just having a hard time with it in a conventional manner using beatgrids. Should I try to do it by ear without beatgridding the whole thing? if someone has a link to a video to something like that I’d be ecstatic.
doing this way in ableton brings mixed results tho.. if i were going to use ableton to do it, i’d only warp a small section at the start and a small section at the end.
otherwise the song will loose it’s feel. we all know subconsciously what a particular song is supposed to sound like and the warping of a whole track which contains ‘real’ instruments can alter the sound enough that our brains will pick up on it.
Thanks for the responses everyone. I’ve been wondering about getting ableton, but I like the “feel” of Traktor and it’s pretty familiar to me, It seems like an awfully expensive proposition to just get ableton for the ability to warp tracks (though if I do get the job at the local club I could justify the expense to myself) I can see the two sides of the argument. The feel of many songs is what makes them great, (it would be sinful to warp a whole Cream song) but some modern rhythm styles are trying for the “lockstep” sound (see metal in general for one) what I wonder is if there are any other programs that “warp” songs (or do something to that effect) that aren’t as expensive
Personally, I say don’t try and “mix” music like this… In vinyl days you would just drop a tune or fade in fade out. That’s the vibe for me… Just drop good music and just feel the vibe…
That’s what I’m going for, back in my (limited) vinyl days you could even ride the pitch to correct slight fluctuations in tempo, the problem for me at least seems to be how traktor does beatgrids (I think) and (again I think) the resolution of my pitch fader seems to be inadequate for what I am doing…is there a way to set it much finer?
Be honest…did you really watch the videos and read all three articles? Ok so maybe you did and your real question is how to mix these types of songs together. If thats really the question here I’m not sure anyone can tell you that. I think you need to understand the music and what and what not to do. My suggestion is to find a good dj that mixes these genres and learn and get ideas from that, and if theres a question about how this dj made a certain transition or effect then we can certainly answer it.
) along with the occasional dance track. But I’m having a hard time getting things gridded properly, if someone could give me a heads up on how it’s done I’d appreciate it. Thanks in advance