DJ Mixing Tutorial on a Long Transition BY Adding a Loop to the Mix

0:00 The track on the right is You Got Me Thinking, the original mix

Alright guys, first things first, I'm using a couple of tunes from the Karmic Power Records label. The one on the left is a track entitled Lonely World, it's the original mix. The track on the right is You Got Me Thinking, the original mix. I will put links in the description, or I'll put a link in the description should I say, to the Karmic Power Records label on the web where you can get a lot more information on these tracks and of course all the other slamming house gospel style tunes. Welcome to Karmic Power Records. If you're into your club scene, if you like your Ibiza style with a lot of bass, a lot of vocals and full on house style then go and check out Karmic Power Records. So what we're going to do in this video is I'm going to mix in You Got Me Thinking. Now for the demonstration only I'm going to be using the sync function so I can concentrate a little bit more on talking and also what I want to do.

What we're going to do is I'm going to form a loop towards the end of Lonely World, bring in You Got Me Thinking and then try and keep that loop going. Why? Well, you wouldn't do this kind of mix all the time but occasionally you do find a cut like Lonely World that has got a really nice solid four-to-the-floor beat. If we go towards the latter part of the tracks, if I just skip to about here...

1:30 By adding a loop to your mix, you can extend the mix

I like that sound, I like that vibe and I'd like to keep that going. So by adding a loop to your mix, you can extend the mix. So instead of it being say a 4-8 or 16 bar mix, you can make it a 32 or a 64. Also what you could do is you could even bring the loop back in and then bring in an extract. So for example we have a track playing on this side, we bring in a track here. While this track's playing we form a loop on the track, the first track that we were playing. We just leave that loop play in the background or stop it let this track over here play and then when we're ready to bring in our next mix what we do we bring in the loop back let the loop play and bring in another track on the right hand side so you're not just doing right to left right to left you're doing

A mix from the right, sorry, left-hand deck to the right-hand deck. You're bringing in a loop on the left-hand deck and then you're bringing a completely new track in on the right-hand deck. So all the left-hand deck is doing is it's a bit like a sandwich, you know, this is the peanut butter and the two slices of bread are the two tracks that you're bringing into the mix. OK, so what we'll do is I'll take that off sync. We'll have that at master and have that one at sync. OK, so we'll go towards the latter part of this track here. We'll go sort of a roundabout here, but just give you a quick idea of the track. Let's have a look, we'll go... So this track here, you've got me thinking, let's pause that, starts like this. So there's vocals in there straight away. So a couple of things we can do here. One is we could mix this track in on our headphones first, then slowly bring it in. What I'm going to do though is because I've got the sync function on, I'm just going to kick it straight in because...

4:17 Loop mode this track

There isn't really an intro with this track. It's sort of in there straight away. It's in your face, vocals, bang! Here I am giving you a good ballsy house tune. Let's give this some welly. So I'm just going to wait for that last break there. Just bring it forward a bit. There. That's where I'm going to bring it in. Around about 1 minute and 30 seconds left of the track. I'm just going to get a hot cue for my own reference. There. I hit the cue. So, taking the bass out of You Got Me Thinking. Now, anytime now, I can go to loop mode this track. In fact, I'm going to go out of loop mode because I don't want any of the bass line. Now what we've done is I've taken a loop from Lonely World and added that loop over a break in You Got Me Thinking. So what I've done, I've kept that vibe.

7:03 There is how we can bring

The DJ Tutor offers a wide range of features, including the ability to play live music, record, and record on your own. The DJ Tutor offers a wide range of features, including the ability to play What I should do is I should do it on the headphones to make sure it's in time. So I'm just going to get my headphones. Let's just bring it back a little bit. Okay, so go over there. Okay, a bit rough at the end but what I was trying to demonstrate there is how we can bring another track in. This happens to be the radio edit of You Got Me Thinking as well. Okay, so what did we do? We had... I've lost my voice after a rather large festival last weekend, or last week, Shambhala. It was off the hook, seriously. Okay, so we had Lonely World playing, we let that play, we formed a loop, we brought in You Got Me Thinking, we let You Got Me Thinking play, then we brought the loop back in from Lonely World and then we went into another track. So expand your mind, how can you, you take this to the next level? I'm sure you can. Have fun, practice and enjoy.

And don't forget, check out Karmic Power Records. Thank you.

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