Comments on: How To Beat Match

By: Chadchumley

Chadchumley — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:01:22 +0000

I don't know if this helps. I don't have any records that do that, but I would stick to using records with constant BPMs while your transitioning from one record to the next. A quick transition would be your best bet – but I've only been at my tables for about 6 months, so there might be better answers.

By: Chadchumley

Chadchumley — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:56:48 +0000

I can get the general beats to match, but they only match at certain times and then they go out of sync. It seems like this is the best I can do with the pitch control. Am I supposed to be able to always push the beat into place on the record in order to *completely* beatmatch? Or is there a trick with the pitch control?

By: Dj Helping HAndz

Dj Helping HAndz — Mon, 24 May 2010 00:57:42 +0000

When mixing two tracks, I notice that two kicks don't sound right together. Even if I take the low frequency completely off of the track coming in, I still am getting the high end of it which sort of doesn't blend as well as I prefer… is there a trick here that I am unaware of? I don't have a mid frequency knob on my mixer, is that help? PLEASE HELP!!

By: DJ helping handz

DJ helping handz — Sun, 23 May 2010 23:47:45 +0000

By: Muxxex

Muxxex — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:46:13 +0000

Exactly what Kiwi said.

You could spend a ton of time trying to jump right into a random song but if you really know it, you'll be able to pick out spots to mix into without even thinking about it.

Think of your favorite songs, how you know when that breakdown or bass drop is going to kick, that (almost) obsessive knowledge of a particular track you like.

The more music you can listen to throughout the day, the more you'll be able to pick up on a lot of subtle clues.

By: djkiwi

djkiwi — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:32:58 +0000

To be honest the only way (in my opinion) to know if the tracks will match is to know the tune/song/track you are playing

By: dj melle mel

dj melle mel — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:18:37 +0000

what is the best way to tell if the song will match with the one that is playing live any ideas thanks

By: Muxxex

Muxxex — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:00:15 +0000

This one's a little tougher than electronic since most electronic adhere's to a driving beat but a lot of rock you can break down into different bars and match it somewhat.

Even with rock there are many common drum patterns so you could find other songs that go along with that, probably transition it out during a guitar solo or drum break.

You could also set up a “dueling” type mix where you could clash two vocal solos as if they were both taking turn or perhaps guitar solos, bringing on in and out so it's as if they're dueling

By: djkiwi

djkiwi — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 10:15:02 +0000

Melvin Howard, the only way to describe it is to make sure you have a “Solid” beat IE, when you listen for the BASS beat, it sounds a bit “fatter” than normal when both tracks are mixed in, if you are slightly off beat it will sound messy, and sound like a bad echo.
You must remember to never bring your mix in with the channel volume at full, always bring it in at a (lowish) volume and increase at a rate you are happy with, remembering to filter out any of the previous tracks bottom middle or high end, as necessary.

By: melvin

melvin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:35:44 +0000

what's the differnce between tempo an the pitch if one song is at 130.2 an the other song keeps jumping from 130.2 to 120 or lower what are you suppose to do