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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.

    Matt Funny. Been researching this last couple of weeks.

    Obviously can’t beat match owt so options seem to be get creative in breaks etc or, the only other option I saw was small increments.

    Have seen a lot of references to 1bpm in no less than 30s. Cant see it not being obvious but going to play around with later today

    • Matt replied to this.

        Mad_Cyril Good stuff MC! Have your dancing shoes ready for my next mix. Its likely to start with you slow dancing round the kitchen with Mrs MC. Only few tracks later shell be looking on in disgust as you simulate some sort of seizure, bopping away to 170 bpm Drum and bass.

          Matt Try adding a strong fx and like Damo said you haven’t always gotta mix the bugger. Harvey has the knack of mixing like this.

              Dan Thats the other one that sounded plausible.

              Memory like a sieve, thanks for the reminder !

                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

                  • mjh replied to this.
                    4 months later

                    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?

                      I know from your previous escapades, never to touch the Flanger.

                      Unless you’re an EDM-DJ delay and reverb are all you need. With Pioneer the filters sound like effects too.

                      • Matt replied to this.

                        Homegrove I’ve never really used any FX before, I just aim to get the beatmatching as tight as I can and go for as smooth a transition as possible. how would the delay and reverb generally be used?

                            Matt Reverb in transitions (works a treat in techno), delay wherever there are a huge amount of hi hats.

                              Swerve all effects at all costs, unless you’re Zabiela playing some cut up techno shiz. They always sound shit and are always over used. Concentrate on beat matching, equing, phrasing, and track selection.