DJ Mixing Lesson on Getting the Perfect Mix BY Ellaskins the DJ Tutor

0:00 First of all this video is going out to Tracy Zeman and ProDJTV.com

Alright guys, first of all this video is going out to Tracy Zeman and ProDJTV.com. Go and check them out, there's a bunch of videos of mine on there as well. This video we're looking at the global releases from CDPool April 2014. We're going to do a transition with two of the tracks. More importantly, it's going to be a transition where there's a little bit more thought going into it. Two tracks I'm using are from disc one on my left, it's track number three. Disc two on my right is disc number two. Again, if you want the info on the two tracks, check out the link in the description. Just remember, track three, disc one, track two, disc number two. Now, what I'm trying to do here is lift the vibe. The two tracks are very soulful, but one slightly more deep than the other.

This sort of transition is great for just adding another depth to it. Now, I'm not going to be doing a beginning and end mix. The track we're coming out of is pretty much two-thirds of the way through. The track that's coming in, okay, yeah, it's a 16 bar intro, but I don't really want to have that 16 bar intro. What I want to do is utilize that 16 bar intro for my own reference monitoring purposes. And then as soon as we get after the 16th bar to the 17th, that's when I'll bring it in. Now, first of all, let's have a listen. Listen to the track I'm bringing in, and here we go. This is the track. You see all we've got is a bit of a beat. We could beat match the beginning, but then I don't want to do that.

1:48 You'll understand now why I don't want to bring in

What I want to do is bring in this break, or when it breaks, when you start to get the melody and the vibe of the track. It'll come in very shortly. Here we go. There we go. That's what I want to bring in. Now, you'll understand now why I don't want to bring in... The beat over this track here is because I have set it so it's 16 bars before I want the other track to come in. We have 8 bars, and then we have 8 bars of a break in the track that will be playing out. And I don't really want to have another beat layered over that break. I like the feel of that break, so the idea is for me to start the track that's coming in 16 bars, of course, before this track comes in. I have 8 bars of a beat with the track that's going out, and 8 bars, of course, of a beat with the track I'm going to bring in.

And then I have the break of 8 bars, and I want to keep that break as it is. I can then, of course, use the headphones and monitor my mix with the track that I want to bring in. As soon as the 8 bars finishes of the break, bring this one in, take the bass out, and start to slowly reduce the mid and the top of the one going out, and start the one playing to play in its entirety. So what I'm going to do first is just go to B. This is pretty much the track, this is pretty much the point where I'm going to bring in the track anyway. But first of all, let's have a listen to the two tracks. Just to give you an idea, so this one's quite soulful, it's very bouncy, it's a nice happy kind of feel. . And what you'll find is, the other track is a little bit more deep.

There's more depth to it, there's more soul, more feel. So, okay, that's the one track, this is the one I'm going to be bringing in. Can you see or feel it? There's an element of a little bit more sort of deepness, more vibe. Beautiful tune, beautiful, beautiful. Okay, walk that back to the beginning. So what you're about to hear now will be what I will hear on the headphones when I'm just sort of trying to get into it. Get it in time. It's a good idea to do that on your headphones while you're just trying to tap in time. So, for example, let's imagine that what you're listening to now is just what you would be listening to on the headphones but I'll incorporate that into the track that we'll be playing through the speakers.

4:38 ...I just let it play like that, okay?

And then when I'm ready to bring it in...

...I just let it play like that, okay? But let's do the real thing now, here we go. Very simple cranking at the right time and right place.

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