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Mixing from house tracks (128 BPM) to trap (70 – 75 BPM)?

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  • March 13, 2014 at 7:25 pm #2010617
    Alex Moschopoulos
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    I would utilize breakdowns…when there’s no beat.

    It comes down to knowing your tunes and being on top of what would work with what.

    March 13, 2014 at 8:39 pm #2010629
    Dj Lg
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    Honestly, what I would do (and have done), is set cue points in all of your songs. D-Jam is right about using breakdowns. I will also say that the best way to go from house to trap is to keep the hype going. Never let there be a true “lull” in the mixing from these two styles. SET HOT CUES. SET LOOPS. MARK YOUR SECTIONS.

    March 13, 2014 at 10:10 pm #2010642
    Branden
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    I usually keep five cue points on each track.

    One on the intro.
    One 16 or 32 counts (depending on the track) before the beginning of the first verse.
    One on a break-down.
    One 16 or 32 counts (depending, again, on the track) before the end of where I want to typically end a track
    One extra one on point of interest.

    This is where I place my cues, what’d you all think?

    March 14, 2014 at 3:02 am #2010730
    Lamid45G
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    The best way to do it is, edit it at home instead of trying to do it live,
    Here’s some lil example that i cut, paste, edit it at home, and just play this re-made track live, the result so far been preety darn good,
    Its a transition from 130 – 70 – 130 ( from Dutch to Trap and back to Dutch )

    Mind you its not best transition in the world, im still learning the belts and whistle, but the end result is pretty satisfactory, get the crowds pump and crazy !

    March 14, 2014 at 3:22 am #2010737
    Yared Lee
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    Where you place your cues is fine, although you might have a few odd points that you set once you get better at finding that “sweet spot” to transition the two tunes. My advice is, to get better at doing this you can do two 3 things:
    1. Get a few EDM sonsg that you love and know very well, then find Trap remixes to them that you like as well. In this way you can practice using material you know.
    2. Employ harmonic mixing in your practice, as this certainly helps the transition to be smoother.
    3. Just Practice your mix, and try random stuff and something might stick, ALSO dont be shy with the cross-fader when doing transitioning between two tracks, I’m sure you’ve heard other DJs make sharp transitions between tracks that went over beautifully. You should try the same, granted it takes practice. But be assertive with your crossfader. A sudden transition helps to show that you KNOW what you’re doing 🙂

    Hope this helps 🙂
    -BoomDraw

    March 14, 2014 at 3:23 am #2010738
    Yared Lee
    Participant

    LOL I can’t believe this didn’t occur to me >.< Yes, THIS is a great idea as well. However you should learn to do it manually as well 😛

    March 14, 2014 at 3:32 pm #2010836
    Xavier D
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    You could also use tracks that have bpm changes. GTA & Diplo – Boy Oh Boy for example, you can use it to go from 130bpm to a 110bpm rap/trap song. You could do the same with Deniz Koyu – Rage, that’s just an example.

    March 14, 2014 at 4:03 pm #2010859
    Terry_42
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    I am way to lazy to prepare this 🙂

    One way like D-Jam said is using breakdowns, the second one uses a bit of loop and shoot:
    I loop the slow song on a 4 beat loop without vocals of course.
    But a delay on it from your F/X until you hear the echoes of the delay sync up with your 130 song.
    Cut the bass on the 130 song, crank the delay, bring in slow song, cut the loop to 1/8, cut the 130 song off and release loop (slip mode helps).
    If you have Serato and a Slicer pad, then hammering the slicer #1 and 4 can help you with any offset (especially since Serato 1.6 activate the quantise for that one).

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