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New Bangers for your sets! Neekz – August EDM mix

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  • September 20, 2012 at 11:35 am #1012397
    Dj Neonglass
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    I advise you to shutoff the autogain (limiter), adjust all your tracks @ -3 Db, before you going to mix them.
    When you have recorded your mix in a Wave file, than you can add a little extra volume on the entire mix with a limiter. (be careful to not limit too much)

    September 26, 2012 at 6:31 pm #1012644
    Dominic Souza-Larimore
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    thx man, since then i have invested in platinum notes and its done wonders for my sets.

    September 26, 2012 at 7:36 pm #1012652
    Hee Won Jung
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    Dont use the limiter and auto gain in Traktor.
    the Limiter will compress your sound and make it sound really flat if u play after someone on CDJs.
    Do NOT adjust your tracks to -3Db as not all songs are created equal….
    Within Traktor Set the Headroom to 0db and your master volume to -10Db.
    This is the base starting line for your tracks.
    From there its using your ear and listening to your mix before you bring it in.

    This is probably one of the biggest mistakes that Controller DJs make…they think that the software can do everything for them…and it does…but not very well.

    September 26, 2012 at 9:48 pm #1012676
    Dj Neonglass
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    Hee Won Jung, post: 29082, member: 948 wrote: Dont use the limiter and auto gain in Traktor.
    the Limiter will compress your sound and make it sound really flat if u play after someone on CDJs.
    Do NOT adjust your tracks to -3Db as not all songs are created equal….
    Within Traktor Set the Headroom to 0db and your master volume to -10Db.
    This is the base starting line for your tracks.
    From there its using your ear and listening to your mix before you bring it in.

    This is probably one of the biggest mistakes that Controller DJs make…they think that the software can do everything for them…and it does…but not very well.

    Do you know how this works on Virtual DJ? In VDJ you have the setting “remember” for the individual gain settings of the tracks. What are the ideal Db settings to adjust the tracks before you going to mix with them?

    September 27, 2012 at 8:47 pm #1012784
    Hee Won Jung
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    I havent used VDJ in ages…so i cant really help you out.

    There are no IDEAL Db settings for myself….as i dont ever mix the same 2 songs in a row usually and am always changing things up.

    The way i usually do my sound check is find the first song i want to play…and bring the gain down…and i keep bringing it up till i am just hitting the 3rd orange on my VU meter, then i bring it down just a touch.

    For me this is the perfect setting as i can bring other songs in without going into the red.

    From there its a matter of using your headphones to match the gain…how i do this is by setting everything on the 2nd track to 12 oclock and then ill play with the gain and adjust it….then ill usually put all my eq at about 9oclock as i bring the song in and slowly equalize in to where i want the 2nd track to be dominate.

    USE YOUR HEADPHONES!!!

    Not gonna lie its a pet peeve when i see DJs have 400 dollar headphones, use them for 10 seconds to line up the beat and then there is a huge volume change be it loud or quiet during the transitions and it sounds like shit….your headphones arnt just to make sure boom boom boom and boom boom boom go on beat.

    September 28, 2012 at 10:17 am #1012806
    Dj Neonglass
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    🙂 Thank you, Hee Won Jung,
    For your valueble tips about this subject. As i understand; the way you calbrate your tracks
    “just hitting the 3rd orange on my VU meter, then i bring it down just a touch.”

    Is almost the same way i do that, but with the help of an software (old fashioned) V.U meter to measure the sound output, just hitting -3 Db. For me thats the perfect setting, so i do have “headroom” for my transitions & effects.
    Without have the risk for clipping or distortion of the sound. Because digital sound is very sensitive for that.

    Before i’m going to mix i calibrate all the tracks to the desired gain level. (VDJ remembers all the gainsettings for the individual tracks, i want to use for my mix.

    I,ve found out that -6 Db is about 50% procent of original sound @ 0 Db. (0 Db stands for the loudest volume level without clipping. When mixing, i always use a Technics RP DH 1200 Dj headphones. (PPL left & output left)
    (i can’t use a monitorbox, because i don’t wanna disturb my neighbours in my apartment, with my sounds)

    When mixing in i have the Bass @ the 2nd track @ 9 o’çlock, on the right moment i switch the Bass lines and crossfader it very slowly toward the 2nd track. I record my mixes always in a wavefile. When the mix is recorded i manually make some minor adjustments in in the dynamics & trim the ends. So the overall volume levels in the mix is a but uniform.Than i load the mix file in Abelon Live, so i can add a little extra volume on the entire mix with a limiter. (very subtile) When all the work is done, i transfer the Wavefile into an 320 Kbps Mp3 file.

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