Two tracks at the same time

Let me start with the gain / trim. With not messing with the gain they usually mean that you should not turn it al the way in the red. Use the gain to level the volumes of the tracks you are mixing. Don’t use the gain as the master volume.

About the volumes being louder when mixing. Well Vintage already said it. It is something that happens. I always see it as pushing two tracks through a channel that was made for one track. You can level it out with the EQ but you will hear it. And the louder the volume the louder the transitions will sound. Keep practising and eventually you will know when a transition is to loud and when it’s acceptable.

Record your mixes, because a transition that seems to loud from the DJ perspective can sound al right from the listeners point of view.

Quick question. Are you using the crossfader too? Or just the channel faders?

I just listened to your mix a bit.

I am sorry I don’t hear it 😀 All I hear is well mixed set of some uplifting trance. The transitions do not seem to loud to me. Yes they are louder but that is happening when you are mixing. Just relax! your on the right path here. I think you are doing very well. Just keep practising. And don’t mirror yourself to much to experienced professional dj’s like Markus Schulz and Carl Cox.

I’ve just tried doing another mix and I used the faders only to control the volume. I felt very rushed when bringing one track down, and the other up, before making the final transition, if you know what I mean. So I brought one track in gradually, while taking the other out at the same time, and never having them both at full volume at the same time. Is that an acceptable way to DJ?

One of the beauty of DJ ing for me, ish when I’m fully mix 2 different songs at the same volume and let them two to ride each other, let it mix together for 2/3 mins, some people called them Long Mix, the beauty of those two songs harmonically support each other, it gave me a goosebumps, an adrenaline sensation, well just all kind of sensation lol, it’s just one of those aspect I love in DJ ing

Since you digged trance, I recommended this classic mixing that until this day i still hold dearly, Ayla – “Ayla Part II” mix into Ayla – “Into the Light”

The mix it’s in one my vids –> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jabojGB7x8g

Keep in mind, this is when I just started mixing (be kind with the critiques and such lol), so It might be the best mixing in the world by today standard, but you get the idea at least of running both songs at full volume at the same time, you will find the Ayla mixing towards the end of it

I, ve been listening to your second mix. The one you think where the transitions are too loud. And once again I don’t think there is anything wrong with your mix. I don’t think the transitions are too loud. And don’t even hear the transitions. Unless I listen really close. You hear the transitions because you know where they are. I think it is mixed really well. I recently did a mix where the transitions where also quite loud. Sometimes that happens in my opnion. And it also depends on the tracks you use. On the genre music you play. Remember you are your own biggest critic. That goes for nearly all artists. Which is  a good thing because you are always looking to improve yourself. But don’t let it paralyse you so to speak.

I don’t think the problem is your controller. But I am curious of what loudspeakers you use. Because that might be the problem. I myself used to DJ with Hi-Fi speakers. I used my micro Hi-Fi set. And with those speakers I also had loud transitions. Now I use the M audio AV 40 and it is a lot better. Studio monitor type speakers have a flat frequency response. And I find it easier to mix with those. Because you hear the music as it was recorded instead of how your loudspeakers  translate the music. Normal loudspeakers colour the sound which I find to more difficult to mix with. So maybe that is something to look in to. And I said it before. playing two tracks at once will always raise the volume. Because there is al ot more going on. I don’t know if your controller has vu meters for each channel. But if they do use those to match the volumes of each tracks with track you are playing.  You can use the gain to do that. because different tracks have different volumes. If it still is problem you cold use platinum notes http://www.platinumnotes.com/ That program will even the volumes of each track. I hope it all works out for you