DJ Lesson Mixing Mutiple Capella's in Different Time Signatures BY the Djtutor Ellaskins

0:01 One quite interesting thing

Alright ladies and gentlemen, a bit of a demonstration for you on mixing acapellas. Lots of them. First of all, just want to explain one quite interesting thing. There's going to be a DJ Academy in Dubai in August and I will put information in the description. So if you want to learn things like this from me, then I suggest you go and check out the link and play a part. What you will get is lots of experience. Like this on CDJs, we'll have lots of fun. If you want to take your mixing to the next level then go and check it out. It's also probably going to be a little bit of a holiday as well so if you live in or around Dubai and you want any more tips and tricks then check out the link and play a part in the next DJ Academy. In this video what I've got, by the way it's really hot so that's why I'm like this. Just can't be arsed to put a t-shirt on. In this video what we're going to do is we're going to mix in three acapellas over

2:30 One, two, three, four

A track. Now, I suppose really what I want you to do with a lot of these demonstrations and tutorials is watch what I do, scratch your head and think, I can do better, I can change it here, I can do this, do that. It doesn't matter. Hopefully what I will be doing is inspiring you into taking your mixing into the next level. Opening up your mind and making you realise that you can do it. Computer programs, PCs. Thank you for watching. It proves that the mix is real. Think about it. Right, so we have three acapellas here and we have a track. Here we go. The track I've got is Federico Curato Funky... What's it called again? It's called Funky Soul. And the three acapellas... First, very important thing here, and this is where your timing has to be perfect. The acapella here, this one. One, two, three, four. It's exactly on the count of one. The other two are slightly off.

So this is where you have to imagine the sound inside here. You've literally got to think, this is where it is. Yeah, OK, I'm listening to the acapella even before it's going to be played. Sounds a bit strange, but it's fact. What you're actually going to be doing here is you're going to be imagining the sound the acapellas will make over the track even before you brought them in. Because you will know then where to bring the acapellas in. Now again, like I said earlier, human error. A lot of people like a perfect seamless mix. But, this is the but, this is the beautiful but, butter in the morning on toast. Sorry. What this is the vibe I get, as time progresses and mixes get more seamless and perfect and perfect, people are going to start to get...

4:18 Hopefully you've got a couple of tips and thought

Thank you for watching. And there weren't any faults at all, what a perfect mix because the computer did it and the bloke stood there or the girl playing Ableton and it was seamless. And I'm going to sleep but of course not meaning to go quite deep into here but of course people can use Ableton and make some fantastic mixes. We won't go there, not now anyway. So, here we go.

Bit of a mess around there. Hopefully you've got a couple of tips and thought... Now, of course, when a track, or should I say an acapella, starts on the offbeat, you can bring it in at that point, but also you can bring in a different point, just so long as then when you bring it in again, it's at the right point. I'll give you a demonstration. So, first of all, bring it in at the wrong point, but then bring it... In at the right point to compensate for the fact I brought in at the wrong point. Okay, here we go. What I'm going to do now, I'm going to bring it in at the wrong point and then not correct it with bringing it in at the right point and you'll be able to hear that it will sound completely off if I let it play. So, start that again. Now again, for people out there who haven't got the ear, you may think...

7:25 Sorry, I said it too quickly

Sounded alright to me. But, when the music starts to play, I'm insatiable. Sorry, I said it too quickly. When the music starts to play, I'm insatiable. That's the timing. So, do it again. Volume up. Oh dear. Sounds alright. It's a bit dry, isn't it? It's a bit like flat. So what do we do? We bung some effects over the acapella. Again, most mixers have got effects now. Virtually every single PC program has got effects. So try and add something. Now we can go overboard and have loads of echoes and make it just sound horrific or we can add a very subtle effect. For example, one of my favourite is the filter.

Okay, another random tutorial stroke demonstration. Remember, take tips and tricks from these videos and others and watch other people as well. Practice and enjoy. Thank you very much.

This transcript was produced automatically from the audio of the video and may contain mistakes.