Mix Club - The Remedial Class

Homegrove I think a big part of that has to do with their search functions going to shit over the last few weeks. I think I’ve purchased all of 2 tracks from them since late January just because it’s such a slog to find decent tunes at the mo, and Bandcamp/Soundcloud search functionality is limited at best.

Homegrove everything sounds intense when you play it loud

that’s a definite possibility. i know when mixing during production, i try to mix as quietly as i can because everything sounds better loud.

Homegrove If you’re following the same labels and artists all the time… shirley what you are doing will stagnate a little? I genuinely suggest using different search methods, change it up a little.

Luckily, I’m fucking dense and use Safari, so no problems at all.

Seems I needed to introduce a little change to the set up, and powered up Traktor again. I think I got a new mix done yesterday, will still need to listen to it through. Used my old set up, Xone P:X 5, Xone K2 and Traktor.

changing temp throughout a mix

Been messing about with more tempo variation in my mixes for the last couple of weeks. I’ve been trying to include tracks anywhere from 110 bpm to 130 in the same set. It’s not something I’ve ever really tried before and I’m finding it harder than I expected.

As a practice exercise, I’ve been aiming to increase the tempo by around 1 bpm on each track. By the time I’ve faded out the outgoing track and Tried to slowly increase the tempo of the playing track (without it being too noticeable), I’m finding the beatmatching and mixing in of the next track to be a bit of a panicked rush.

Wondering if anyone has any thoughts or advice on the matter.

Cheers

Matt I can’t do drastic changes, they always sound shit. The only way I can do it is with one track that has a beatless outro and mixing a faster track to that with a beatless intro.

I do however take the pitch up a few klicks (0.8 percent or something like that) after every transition. That way you can get from 118 bpm all the way to 122 in six hours!

Homegrove I’m just experimenting a bit at the minute and seeing how things sound. I’m getting a bit bored of hovering around the same bpm throughout the whole mix. I’ll give the outro/into thing a go though. Cheers

…weirdly, I think I’m always bolder with tempo changes when mixing live, not keen on doing too much of it on a recorded mix (unless its deliberately chill/downtempo).

Like Hannu says, big changes are tough when mixing…. if you have an ‘end-goal’ tempo-wise, you need to bring it up very gradually over quite a few tracks. I’d also say, don’t be afraid to just do the odd crossfade, you don’t HAVE to beat-mix every track…. something with a nice whooshy intro/outro, preferably in-key, can make for a cool direction change.

Unbroken1 don’t be afraid to just do the odd crossfade, you don’t HAVE to beat-mix every track…. something with a nice whooshy intro/outro, preferably in-key, can make for a cool direction change.

Yup. Some tracks call for it. If done well can sound great. Especially when the listener is 2mins into the new track and can’t figure out where it came from.

Dan Cheers Dan. Bringing in a new track without beatmatching is something I’ve never even tried to be honest. I can imagine it’s a handy thing to be able to do though. I’ll check out some of Harveys stuff, see what I can learn.

…check out some Mr Scruff vids too

FX.

Just recorded my first mix on the DDJ-1000. My previous controller had little in the way of effects so I’ve been messing about with them. Thought I was subtly using the Trans effect (setting ½, low/medium depth) on a few of the transitions. It sounded pretty good while I was doing it.

Listening back, it doesn’t sound great and it’s spoilt what was otherwise a decent hour-long mix. Anyone got any good FX tips they’d care to share?