Any DJs here?

[chiwawa626]

Any DJs here? My bro is off to college and he left his stuff here, i played with it today and am improoving on beatmixing...any tips on it? I can get beats mostly matched but little tweaking like speeding up and slowing down while the 2 chrous' are playing is kinda tricky for me, do i speed up or slow down any hints?...

 

[chiwawa626]

Anyone help? Common, i know mr boyband deeko is somewhere here..

 

[Ns1]

it's all practice ^_^
tehre are no hints to be given lol

 

[GooberPHX420]

just tweak that sh!t dawg! Pay attention to what you;re doin..and if you find something ya like, keep doin it

 

[yakko]

Try playing at it some more. That is the only way to get better from here.

 

[PsychoAndy]

i think paulson is a DJ. could be the sleep depirvation tho

 

[djheater]

surprisingly I am not a dj, unless you mean figuratively. In which case I would ask you, "Aren't we all dj's in one way or another?"

OOOOOkkkkk time for sleepy sleep....

 

[chiwawa626]

<< i think paulson is a DJ. could be the sleep depirvation tho >>


Paulson is dj push-a-button or atleast he was from the stuff he posted, he used a computer and an auto fader program that dint even match beats...his good ole compaq crashed at a gig..lol...but anyways heh hes trying...whatever happen to him havent seen em around...

 

[YayYay]

Im going to get some heat from DJs about these methods, but here goes. Its sort of the lazy way.

First thing to learn is to match snares... When the snares sync up, 99% of the time you have both the pitches (speeds) correct. Do that until you can do it well.. All you need to do is simply grab a snare from the record and drop it at same time the snare of the other song. You might not be able to drop it perfect and its not necessary unless its way off. Here is what some DJs might disagree with. Play with speeds to match it up and if you feel the record your mixing in is too fast, slow it down by rubbing the platter to slow it down. If the snare is ahead raise the pitch until its matched then slow it down a bit (how much you slow down is where experience comes in). Wait like 10 seconds between each adjust to see if it needs further adjusting.

Song playing.. Boom Boom Tah Boom Boom Tah Boom BOom Tah
Song mixing in. Boom Boom Tah Boom Boom Tah Boom Boom Tah <--snare is too fast so you slow it down so you rub the platter
Boom Boom Tah Boom Boom Tah Boom Boom Tah <---snare is too slow so you increase the pitch
Boom Boom Tah Boom Boom Tah Boom Boom Tah <--Snare matches up

Soft of obvious, but remember, when your slownig down with the platter and it matches, you need to also adjust the pitch slower. If your increasing the pitch because its too slow, once you have a match start slow it down. Think of a cop catching up to a runaway.. He has to go 100 mph to catch up to someone going 80. But once he catches up he has to slow down to 80 or he will pass him.

After you learn to match the snares you need to learn bars. Find the first bar of the song your mixing in, grab it. Wait for the first bar of the song thats playing. When it comes in drop the first bar youre grabbing. The snares should match closely. Then adjust like how you adjusted the snares.

Your not really suppose to having two songs playing while the chorus is in, of course there lots of exeptions. What you do is drop it an instrumental so you don't have to time the breaks then mix out of the first song. Then drop in the vocals.


There is way more it then that. Im just lazy..

 

[chiwawa626]

Well what u explain i do, its just that when (i correct myself) the first intro 32beats of the song mixing in is on the current playing's chorus its kinda tricky for me to tell who is faster or slower to make those little adjustments such as spin the center faster or tap the plater.....bah i guess it just comes outa experiance...

 

[YayYay]

<< Well what u explain i do, its just that when (i correct myself) the first intro 32beats of the song mixing in is on the current playing's chorus its kinda tricky for me to tell who is faster or slower to make those little adjustments such as spin the center faster or tap the plater.....bah i guess it just comes outa experiance... >>



Im guessing your using headphones. Some people have the second song and only the second song in the headphone on one ear and other ear listen to wats playing through the speakers. Have it so you can hear both songs clearly, not one more audible then the other.. Being able to tell comes with experience.

 

[YayYay]

If you must mix the second song with the second song having a chorus...atleast wait till the first song is at the break (no vocals). Quickly drop in the second song with the vocals and make sure you get out of the first song before the vocals come back in. Im assuming all this is hip hop music. If your doing stuff like trance or techno its still a bad idea to have two vocals going on at the same time, but some of the best DJs can layer it to make some crazy stuff.