DJ Lesson Three Turntable Mixing with Acapella's BY Ellaskins the DJ Tutor

0:00 Another tutorial, ladies and gentlemen, on three-deck mixing

Another tutorial, ladies and gentlemen, on three-deck mixing. This one is about mixing in acapellas. It's mainly about timing. Timing, timing, bringing the acapella in at the right time signature or two acapellas. Now this is very difficult because the acapellas don't really start on the count of one. First we'll have a listen. This is Candy Stanton. You've got the love. Now if I was to count this in... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. 2, 3, 4 and 1. Duster. So they're completely off. Now you may think, my god that's difficult. It is and it isn't. It's like anything. If you know what you're doing, it's simple-ish. So for this demonstration what I've got is I've got a track on here which is Alessandro Verdi Salt and... Pepper? I don't know. God knows. Let's have a look. Salt and... Go on. Salt and Sugar.

1:33 Why couldn't it just be salt and pepper?

Oh, why do I have to make... Why couldn't it just be salt and pepper? Salt and sugar. Right, okay, so, first of all, I'm going to... In fact, what we can do, we just have... No, let it play. Listen. This is what it would sound like if I brought it in on the count of one. One, two, three, four, one. Completely off. One, two, three, four, three, four, and... Okay, same with David Guetta.

3:25 I hope this has been a help and enjoy

I'm going to do exactly the same with that, I'm going to bring it in at the count of one and see what it sounds like. So we've pretty much worked out that they're offbeat if they're brought in at the count of one so how do we get them both to work together when it's really difficult for a lot of people to bring them on the count of one? Now this is where the mind comes in and where thought process comes in and also it's very internal, it's not thinking here, it's thinking in here. Now, what I'm actually imagining is I'm counting in my mind, two, three, four, just a little more. It does take practice. I may get it slightly wrong to begin with, but as I get into it, it should work out. So not only am I just going to play the one, I'm going to play the two and bring one in, and as soon as I take the one out, the other one will come in at the right time signature. This is the important bit. Here we go. I think it's too late there.

A good way of practicing is like this. Have a listen. Okay, again it's about practice. I hope this has been a help and enjoy. Thank you.

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