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  • April 16, 2012 at 4:19 pm #18623
    Hee Won Jung
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    I think there are basic rules on mixing…like mix at the beginning of a 32 and make sure things dont clash…like vocals on vocals…or same sounding synths…and if you are mixing at synths/vocals…you need to make sure they are in harmony…these are basic rules for mixing, that has to be followed pretty much by every DJ…how you eq…and what you want it to sound like is very specific to each DJ.

    As well speaking from an EDM perspective…each genre has different styles of mixing…Progressive and Trance i find are very similar…where its more about cutting out your highs and mids and blending…where as Electro/Bass Music is more mids and well BASS…I find with prog/trance…the basslines are very similar from song to song…with variations here and there but the highs and mids are very different so you have to blend/swap them more.

    There are special cases…and my buddy who is a GREAT drumstep DJ likes to tweak his highs and mids more than the bassline.

    Again this is very dependant on the DJ.

    The easy part is finding out where to mix in/out…the hard part is effective EQing…again this is all just my opinion

    April 16, 2012 at 7:53 pm #18636
    squarecell
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    Buy the online course. Seriously, I was skeptical at first because I already knew a fair bit and had been djaying for a while, but Phil makes everything so easy to understand. You’ll never make a bad cut again.

    April 20, 2012 at 4:50 pm #18908
    Michael Lawrence
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    theres not too much mention of any use of the effects units to help with transitions. The basic one I love to use and works great with transitions is the echo/freeze. Which is great to use if your swithcing to another genre/bpm cause that echo carrys on to the new song….sounds even better when the songs have the same bpm/genre.

    April 20, 2012 at 6:35 pm #18921
    Hee Won Jung
    Participant

    I am going to speak out against effects here…and heres why.

    When i first went from CDJs/Mixer to my S4 the use of effects was waaay easier and way better than on my pio mixer.

    HOWEVER…i found myself using too much effects and this made my overall mixes suffer.
    I think that doing proper mixing and nailing your transitions, proper EQing and fader play you can create just as much diversity in your mixes.
    AFTER you have mastered proper EQ/Mixing/Transitions then i think its acceptable to add another layer of aptmosphere and use effects properly.
    I see too many up and coming DJs using effects, yet their songs are clashing..highs on highs…not in harmony, and the odd case not even in phrase. And they think they sound good…when in reality, they are not what so ever.

    April 23, 2012 at 4:56 am #19014
    Phil Morse
    Keymaster

    I agree with Hee Won Jung, FX are not a fall-back for mixing skills.

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