DJ Transition at the Break Tutorial Double Drop in House Music

0:00 Let's give the demonstration first and then explanation afterwards

Alright ladies and gentlemen, first of all it's a demonstration or plural demonstrations and then we'll have an explanation track I'm using. It doesn't matter on the right hand side it's the original mix, on the left hand side Running On Chaos Street EP, a track, I think it's OK, it's the original mix. So let's give the demonstration first and then explanation afterwards.

Alright ladies and gentlemen, first of all it's a demonstration or plural demonstrations and then we'll have an explanation. So let's give the demonstration first and then explanation afterwards. If you want the drop from the one track that you're bringing into the mix to drop in at the point where the track that's coming out of the mix would have dropped, they have to be the same length of break. If they're not then the one's going to drop out at the wrong point and it's maybe not going to sound as good. Now the first demonstration what I was doing, excuse me. I was using the crossfade going from one side to the other and almost chopping in the next track, taking it out again, chopping it in, taking it out again.

3:22 I just want to bring that track in a little bit there

The second time I did the transition, I was leaving the crossfade in the middle to let them blend together so there was a bit of time where we had the track on the right hand side, the track coming out of the mix. A bit of time both together, a bit of time for the track by itself coming into the mix. Now this is where the music is going. This is very important. This is where the tracks will talk to you and tell you when they want to be either in the mix or play by themselves. So if I'd have given these two tracks to 100 DJs and asked them to do a transition at the exact point where I started the transition, it's very possible that every single mix would have been slightly different because every DJ has got a little bit of a different thought into it.

You know what? I just want to bring that track in a little bit there. You know we had that music makes you lose control, that music makes you. So I wanted to emphasise that music but at the same time I also wanted to bring that other track in when that sort of lovely blending sound and melody just lowered. That sort of... I'll show you that point there, have a listen.

There, have a listen. So three, four and over.

Do you see what I mean?

Spin. Bang! Straight in. So what we're doing is the drop from one side is taking over the drop on the other side. Important factors. One, in time. Two, phrasing in time. Three, key. Four, practise and enjoy. Have fun. Thank you very much.

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