Mitch Hambling
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Mitch Hambling
ParticipantNow, you should know it sounds bad as you’re cueing
well yea, when your beat matching two songs together, you can catch it, but when your transitioning between two breakdowns or an outro to and intro you cant necessarily tell if its going to sound good
Participant1) I’m 15, have been mixing for only 2 months lol so im not that experienced. I used my brothers mixtrack pro + virtual DJ for a month or so and when christmas came around I got my Traktor S2, i would have gotten the s4 but im just starting out and figured i dont need to spend 1000$ on a controller when im not very experienced. Ive learned a decent amount and I think the S2 + Traktor Pro is a really good setup to start off on. So far it has been a self taught thing for me but I have realized I need to start looking for help and what not to improve my mixes and make them a bit more professional. I recommend the S2, but again im not as experienced as most of the people on here.
2) No response because I havent gotten the videos yet
3)My first external speakers i ever bought were my M-AUIO av40’s. Not bad speakers considering theyre 140$. I also have some decent bose, but im about to buy some Rokit 8’s, a bit more expensive than the av40’s but theyre good. M-audios work fine for first speakers. The only problem with av40’s is they do not supply much bass. If you have the money, Rokits are great.
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Participantsoftcore, post: 37595, member: 243 wrote: “Sounds awful” doesnt clarify things!
All the posts have been focused on timing – mixing two tracks that are out of tune or plain and simply dont “fit” together (stylistically, aesthetically, energretically) will sound awful no matter how perfectly in sync they are.
sounds awful clarify’s everything! lol. what i mean is it just does not sound right/in the right place. Even if both songs ares same/around the same bpm and have the same/around the same key. they sound off.
ParticipantDJcRave, post: 37409, member: 3862 wrote: Here’s some info that was given to me a while back when I was first DJing from one of the top DJs in the DFW area:
Alright so basically the general idea to drop a track is on the last drop. Normally songs have about a 30second intro and outro. So they typically lineup and produces a smooth transition. Now honestly your welcome to drop it anytime but since its on a 4 count, drop the 2nd track on the 1st count
Alot of your transitions you had beats clashing on top of one another. Just need to work on your beat matching a little more, making sure you cut the bass out more so you dont hear them slamming against each other.
Volume is a simple fix, when your bringing in the track that you plan on mixing, need to pay attention to the levels
Here’s a easy tutorial on how to work on mixing:
Cut the bass to the track your bringing in, let it rid halfway then slowly bring it up to level 8 (out of 10). Have the High n mid cut half down so maybe around the 9/10pm mark if that makes sense.
Then slowly trade the highs in each song, doing the same with mids, n slowly start doing the same with bass as the last thing.
So the ideal is to have the bass of the 1st song w/ minor highs or mids then the 2nd song with highs/mids n slowly the basses faded for one another to produce a smooth mix of 1 sound to another.what would your favorite option be that sounds the best.
also what happens when your mixing and you come across an awful transition. like you have track A ready to play and you bring in track B and it just sounds awful, how do you get out of those situations
ParticipantDJ Johnny Fantastic, post: 37377, member: 1322 wrote: Basically this if you are doing house/electro. The easiest way to start is by endzone mixing. Most house has a 32 bar intro and a 32 bar outro (roughly 1minute long each). Start the second song at the start of the first songs outro. You can usually even see where it starts/ends by looking at the waveform. I started by doing just endzone mixing. Drop the bass out on the second track and 16 bars in, switch them. It’s not the most “exciting” mixing ever but it gives you a nice feel for how things flow together and to just get the basics of blending two songs together, playing with the eq, effects, etc. After getting proficient with endzone mixing, you can switch to doing new things like dropping during a chorus, during a drop, loop rolls, quick cuts etc.
Yes this is what I have been doing, if you take a look at my electro mix, what ive been doing is mixing track 2’s breakdown/outro with track 1’s breakdown/intro and it flows nicely, but it isnt as much mixing as just playing one song after another in my point of view. same with trap, trap works well with mixing intros and outros and what not together. but occasionally i get lucky and get a nice sounding mix of two songs kicks and snares mixing and basslines and what not, but not always. I also have the problem of when i mix, i dont know when to take out/bring in tracks filters.
ParticipantYea, I’ve got a filter as one of my effects
Participantshit, didnt notice that lol. thanks
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