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  • January 17, 2014 at 10:56 pm #1025857
    DJ Vintage
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    Get them in time? You mean you can’t get them synchronized? Tell us a little more about your workflow. Bit hard for our readers to give you pointers if we don’t have slightly better idea of what it is your are doing now (that is not working).

    Greetinx.

    January 21, 2014 at 3:58 pm #1026328
    DJ 2-Easy
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    Nice one Raiden, i’m also a D&B man 🙂

    I have found (in Serato) that some of the analysed tracks are not exactly spot on with the BPM (or the grids for that matter). Some of the tracks I also recently got from Beatport (dave owen) are a few BPM’s out, and they are already analysed when purchased!

    Try not to rely on the BPM count too much and learn to do it by ear, in the long run it will serve you well.

     

    Sean.

    January 21, 2014 at 7:36 pm #1026335
    mauritsrotte@gmail.com
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    They are both synth heavy tracks that don’t really have a DJ friendly intro. So that makes it a little difficult. I don’t really know liquid that good but from what I heard it is really melody driven. A solution to that is harmonic mixing. I think you know what that is if not you will find plenty of info on this website and forum about it. This way the melodies won’t clash with each other. But some tracks are just hard to mix. At least that is how I experience it. Maybe you can use these tracks as the first track in your set. Solving 50% of the problem cause maybe the outro is easier to mix. Also you don’t have to do minutes long transitions to do an effective mix. Bring in one track and cut away the track that is playing. This can sound really good. Try to experiment.

    Also mix compilations like that Hospital record mix are not always live mixes. A lot of times they are done in a DAW ( digital audo work station ) So they are kind of copy / pasted mixes. Still an art though, in my opinion.

    January 24, 2014 at 6:26 pm #1026775
    Branden
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    Remember, always count your beats before you mix them together. Slam the first beat of “Song A” right on the first beat of “Song B” when the proper timing permits. Use your ear. Also, the EQ’s are the ultimate mixing tool, next comes the sound effects. It is always important to remove the bass on “Song A” before bringing in “Song B”, and as “Song B” begins to rise, lower the bass on “Song A” then bring up the bass on “Song B”. This will provide for a smooth transition.

    Though difficult to read and understand, follow these steps with your mixing tool. You’ll find it to help, especially with bass-y songs like dupstep.

    Also, don’t forget to make sure they are the same BPM!

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