I have two people that actually spin in, on whom I place my records. I find it gives much more warmth to the sound and the bass response is better. Plus the torque is unmatched.
88rpm 88lbs on tone arm. Reverse switch and reverse tone arm wiring shit be going backwards so fast it sounds like its going forward.
2 click orbital flares for mixing gets da bitchez every time. So does dropping mindless self indulgence bitches love me
Bitches
Learning? I mean, this question has been answered hundreds of times, but we all have to start somewhere.
OP, allow me to introduce you to the searchbar, as well as Google and the DJTT Blog. Very helpful stuff, that.
There’s no way that this guy isn’t trolling
…pretty successfully too I’d say. Bravo OP
I would recommend sitting down in front of your equipment and practice keeping the beat, Find the exciting parts of the song that people want to hear and go from there.
sorry for hijacking your thread, but
more cowbells = moar WIN:
Ah, so you use the Futurerama approach I see
LOL wtfff come back home and 3 pages of this…
what hell is going on.
It’s called a thread hijacking, kinda like a car jacking but with less guns
you asked a pretty elementary question that has been answered like 800 times before on this forum.
come to think of it, you asked it a few months ago…
[quote=“Sublim&All, post:19, topic:40651, username:Sublim_All”]
If you don’t have the creativity to come up with the slightest idea of how to mix two tracks, what are you doing here?
[/quote]Trolling. Or getting into controllerism. Duh.
Fixed.
Play track A. Beatmash the shit out of it. Echo out. press play on track B. Repeat.
Sorry for the derail OP, I really really thought this was a troll thread, what with you having >100 posts and all
I dont even see the point of keeping this place open anymore.
Apparently everything has been answered long before the OP was ever here.
The reason why he has under 100 posts is because every time he tries to get a few posts up hes just referred to the search button.
Honestly, I haven’t really posted in a long time and this is going to be the last one for a while.
People wonder why this forum is dead and everything blows, well its because no ones permitted to speak around here without consulting the “search button.” On Sundays we are going to start sharing bread over skype.
Mixing two tunes together is a finite thing. Eventually you’ll cover everything there is to post about and you’ll have to go back to something someone already posted.
If you think the topics have been talked-to-death maybe you should move along to something else on the internet.
Congratulations DJTT, you’ve become every other forums on the internet.
I just wanted to hear other peoples opinions on how they mix, this a new thread about sharing mixing ideas and helping me and you out…
Yes I’m getting into mixing, I’m new to the music theory and dj’ing all together. I never took piano lessons as a kid, i never played guitar or wrote songs… I don’t know music structure, this is all brand new… Like moving to a new city, you get lost when you decide to go for a walk through the city…
Im not trolling, this just came to my head while i was trying to mix last night, when i watch youtube videos, people have sometimes 4 tracks playing at once, not me. I play 1 track then when its over i start a new track… This doesn’t seem the correct way, but when i do start two tracks, they sound horrible together.. I need to understand music phrasing and when to bring in track B. I don’t know where the breakdown is in my music or the build ups.. Im still under standing the bars… Im not sure who to ask for help, when i read online it doesn’t really help me all that much, thats why i wanted more of a 1 on 1 answer…
In my head i was like, hmm how can i get more better with mixing or more creative, i don’t have any dj friends to ask in person. Im just a person trying to enjoy mixing music, i like music. I want to make people happy when i mix, i don’t want to be the next skrillex or the next huge dj, i typically just want to throw 1 house party during my life and underground music is what i like… And i thought id ask the forums for a bit of advice.
Everyone assumes I’m trolling though lol.
Honestly, to all the people trying to learn “mixing techniques” everyone’s different. I remember when I first started on Virtual DJ and I just hit “sync” like a dumbass. Then I started to figure out how to count beats, beat match, etc. Then when you have your controller, it starts all over again. Yea, with Traktor you can sync and the tracks will slam together, but it’s truly a ton of trial and error.
I scoured different forums on how to mix and different ways, and it all came down to:
-knowing what sounds good together
-knowing how to count beats
-try and try again
I’m no master, but I’ve gotten 10000% better by slaving in front of my controller and practicing.
Yeah i need to learn how to count beats. I have a pretty solid track selection, when i play songs. Next thing you know, my friends are playing the same song when we hang out. so my taste in music is pretty solid…
But when i try and count beats… I’m way off. I even have it on traktor so it shows me what bar and beat I’m on…
Just not sure whens a good time to switch on track B.
Plus when i try to do echo effect i don’t hear the echo effect like the ones on youtube, graghh i hate being a noob at this..
It’s more so knowing what sounds good TOGETHER, not good music, check the BPM’s of the songs first, if they are way off, you probably don’t want to play them right after another. In a club setting, you want to build your BPM’s gradually (general rule, you don’t necessarily have to follow) so maybe start your mix at 80BPM and work up to 140BPM.
Count in beats of 4 (1,2,3,4) you can buy a cheap metronome or find a metronome app to help you with this.
It’s not like an iPod, you can’t just go track to track, I mean you can, but then you just have an iPod with a bunch of useless, expensive extras. Anyways, an easy method is during instrumental breaks to start. When one song starts to break down, start a loop, then cue up your next song in your headphones and start to find a good loop that can overlap with the current song. Keep it simple to start, maybe you just fade over during the loop. Then move on and maybe you filter sweep, then move onto getting good with FX.
Something that helps is having a partner with similar software/hardware, then you guys can practice together and what not.
It’s tough, getting decent is a tedious process, and it comes faster to some than others, you just gotta stick with it.
Thats just the thing, i just moved to a new city, and have no dj friends lol.
Traktor has metronome, its enabled. I use it… It tells me what bar and beat I’m on..
When i load my tracks, i hit sync so the bpm to both songs are matched, usually i try and mix the electro house tracks that are included with traktor. They are like 140 bpm.
Then two tech house tracks that are included, i even got key finder to help me detect what keys are in my tracks.
This is what I’m reading over and over, i found on google, under Ableton Song structure, I’m trying to find out where exactly I’m at in a track, so i can play track b side by side sounding smooth. But always sounds like two songs clashing horribly lol.
I’m 21 years old with nothing but time on my hands, i don’t have a wife or kids, not attending college.. I’m trying to mix music and have trouble doing it. I just want to have fun in my bedroom, besides playing xbox all day… graghh!
Intro (8-16 bars)
- Usually a simple beat that makes your track easy to mix
Bassdrop (32 bars) - Like it sounds, this is where the Bass comes in. The intro gives the DJ time to transistion from one Bassline to the next.
Breakdown/build up (4-8 bars) - This is usually where the kick drum is removed and a key melody or emotional aspect is introduced.
Meat of the song (32-64 bars) - This is where the song really comes together and sets the tone. this should make you move but not yet give you everything
Breakdown/build up 2 (4-8 bars) - similar to the first breakdown but may feature elements that make it even more intense.
Peak (32-64 bars) - this is the moment everyone lets loose and the track gives you everything it’s got. Typically after 32 bars, the intensity should back off a bit like the way it was after the first breakdown.
Outro (8-16 bars) - this is similar to the intro and is there to allow the DJ to transistion to the next track without conflicts.