Jumping to Cue Point and Dropping

Lyrics over Lyrics “usually” isn’t good as you seem to already know.
I often times jump around from one cue point to another in a song…whether it be to cut out a breakdown or for whatever reason.

What software are you using?

If you are using turntables and serato just get a pair of dicers. game over.

I do this quite often in my mixes. But i dont do the 8 count before the mix in point as im using Traktor and just turn on quantize to ensure that my mix in cue point drops in at the right point. I can see using Serato since it doesnt have quantize you have to keep ahead of it so u can ensure that the mix in point is right on beat.

Personally I have a bit of ADD when i do my mixes and rather than jump from song to song every minute, I like to do a lot of mashups with Electro house.

This is a great technique for keeping mixes interesting and different from the average go from one song to the next.

If im trying to make a song shorter ill place a hot cue right before each hook as there are typically 2 or more in each song. You can take out individual part of songs you don’t think will play well with the crowd. For me this also acts as a marker, knowing whether from that point, the hook is 4,8,16 or any other amount of bars. Ill write it in the comments for the song so its easier to get perfect timing when beat matching/outro from the hook.

Dayvue, post: 16373, member: 837 wrote: I write in my comments how long the intros and outros are, and put cue points at the outros so I can see when they’re coming up. When mixing, I’ll mix in new songs at either the a drop, a breakdown, or an outro. I like to play around with effects and acapella samples during mixes, so I don’t really skip large parts of songs like it sounds you are doing.

When it comes to using a controller or DVS…I completely agree, and I do the same, depending on the genre of course. My original comment is directed for Hip Hop, R&B, and Top 40, where there is an acapella already in the track, and using samples of acapellas would be rare. Allthough I dislike playing for a venue thats attracts a top 40 crowd, I try to take those songs and make them the best I can. Using cue points to either switch or skip verses works to my benefit alot, especially since so many top 40 songs have bad verses.