DJ Mixing Lesson on Keeping the Vibe in a Mix

0:00 Demonstration then the explanation

Alright guys, demonstration then the explanation. The EQs are pretty much at 12 o'clock.

Reducing the EQ on the left hand side, track coming out. I'm pushing.

1:52 Nice, not happy vibe, bit of a disco kind of vibe going on there

Give it up, give it up. Filter up. Have a listen to a bit more of this.

Okay, bit of a cut there. And we have... Give it up, give it up.

Nice, not happy vibe, bit of a disco kind of vibe going on there. Same with Boris Teglis. What's this video all about? Yeah, it's about getting that smooth transition. No need for a vast amount of effects. And believe it or not, there's no real need for loads of bass, mid and treble. Or messing around with bass, mid and treble. The emphasis here is on the mix itself. Now, if you use the up-faders in the mix, you'll actually get a better balance of the transition instead of using the crossfade. Think about it. When you use the crossfade, your levels on both channels are set. So as you're moving the crossfade, you're going from one level to the next. If you crossfade in the middle, or if you just use the up-faders,

You can... You can change the feel. You can change the volume of each of the channels separately instead of crossfade and only going from one volume that's already set to the other one. So by using the up-faders, you get a much smoother mix. You're able to control the sound from each channel as it's mixing instead of just controlling the overall mix. There's quite a difference there. Now also, all I did, I just took away a little bit of the bass from the left-hand side. Let's bring in Dobroj Douglas again from my phrasing. Now this is more beginning and end and I'm losing the vibrato for the last track. Nothing wrong with it but it's far better to mix in the middle of cuts because then you're overlapping vibe instead of reducing on one vibe

And coming in on the next vibe of the next tune.

4:47 Super Pink Zebra Girl

Sophia! And also, no sing. Okay. So this here is my stepdaughter. Your name is? Sophia. And I believe you have your own YouTube channel. Is that right? What's it called? Super Pink Zebra Girl. And what's your YouTube channel about? Stuff. Alright, so I tell you what if you're interested in checking out this young lady here then follow a link in the description it will be to her YouTube channel also in this video there will be an icon that you can press about there. Put your finger just there. Put your finger just there. There'll be an icon just there. Click on that icon and it will go to her channel where you can get more info and also you'll be able to see in the near future what did you do to me again earlier on? I gave you a makeover

He looked a bit like Miranda Sings and we went for a little stroll in the street. Yes and that video will be on her channel in the next couple of weeks or so, yeah? Yeah. Practice and enjoy. Yay! She got it this time, thank you.

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