DJ Tutorial on Mixing Trance

0:00 Another demo stroke tutorial for you

Alright guys, another demo stroke tutorial for you. Now first of all and foremost, a lot of people are always asking me about why I don't wear my funny hats anymore. Well, I don't really know to be quite honest, so I thought I'd not wear a shirt for a change. Right, now in this particular demo stroke tutorial what we're going to be doing is mixing the likes of old school house. More importantly, the name of this particular genre in the 90s was known as Euro House. Some people call it Trance. Well, let's have a listen. Alright, what I'll do, I'll put the usual lickable links in the description where you can get the information. This is the track number one, there you go, and this is track number two.

Right, now the general consensus or general way of mixing one track into the other is wait until one track is nearly finishing and bung the next one in towards the latter part, which is fair enough. But why don't you try and experiment and maybe mix the second one in halfway through or maybe chop and change or something like that. Now also, after I've done this particular tutorial what I'm going to do is talk about the different ways of mixing different tracks in and I will explain. Now for example, if we have a listen to this one here, if I just bring the camera down there. I've got a dodgy leg on this so if it does fall, oh dear, it's going to be a bit wobbly. Right, now there's a part here where it goes, let the rhythm move you, and that's where I'm going to bring the second one in.

And bear in mind, if you look, we're only sort of about there or about a third of way through. So I'll just get this one cued up on the headphones, drum roll. Right, that's where I'm going to bring in the track on this side. So let's imagine we've spent say for example four or eight bars mixing the track that was over there before this one in kind of stuff. And now we've mixed this one in so we've done the eight sort of bars and all of a sudden we've got a bit of music left there that we can just twiddle our thumbs with or maybe look at the dance floor and... jump up and down or maybe eat a banana. Do whatever you want to do, really. So... Come here, there's more. Right, so again like I'm trying to explain here is there's loads of ways of doing a mix.

Not just your stereotypical play one finish, play the next finish. You know, halfway through, quarter of the way through, maybe even two or three bars. So here what I'm going to do, again we've played track one, we've mixed this one in for say four or eight bars and then we've got maybe 16, 32, 64 bars of just the track. So in that amount of time you can get the next track in which is this one here. And that's where I'm going to bring that one into this part here, so...

3:04 This is the part where I've got it ready to come in

There. So what I'm going to do is play you this one over here. This is the part where I've got it ready to come in. Now I haven't got this one in at the beginning of the track. I brought it in a little bit further on. Okay, I will explain. Have a listen. There. That's where I'm going to bring it in. So... Sorry, it jumped. That's it. Now once I've got it mixed in this is at the point where I can start messing around with the bass. Now if I'd have counted on this one and knew precisely where the bass was coming in I would know at that precise point where the bass comes in I could knock the bass out on this one so I could have the bass off on this one. Listen. And... Gosh, straight into something like that. Alright, now a bit of a mix but also a bit of a chop as well.

5:06 I've worked this out so when I'm playing this particular in

Now let me explain something about keys. Alright, now let's look at keys from three points of view. From this side, that side and in the middle. I'll explain. In the middle is when you're playing tracks with the same key. Same sort of feel. That side is let's say you're going to lower the key. So all of a sudden you're playing a nice happy song And you lower the key it will make the sound or the feel drop. Like that. Alternatively, this side is where the key will rise up. So...

Like that. Right. Now what I'm going to do again is a similar sort of mix but at the end of the track. So what we've got here. Now I've worked this out so when I'm playing this particular in... Right come over here a second. This is where it goes blurry and stuff. But don't care. Really. Right. Then if you can see there, that break. What I'm going to do, I'm going to start the track off... Where's me pointy needle bit? Right, I'm going to start the track off there. I'm going to mix this one in all that amount of space until that break. And then if we have a look over here. I'm going to start this one about sort of there-ish. And there's a little break there. So... That break comes in. I'm pretty sure... Oh there it is.

Either the break starts or finishes there. Now I sort of did work this out earlier on. So just talk amongst yourself while I get the camera sorted out. Put that back on. It's going to go blurry. There you go. I love it. Oh marvellous. Right. So let's have a look. Let's find that point. Bass back up.

6:27 You'll hear it squiggly a little bit

Right, there. That's where I'm going to bring that track in. And I'm going to do nearly exactly the same thing. As before. Bass in. Bass out. Wipe on. Wipe off. Right, here we go. What was I doing? Right, I better get this one set up again. So you'll hear it squiggly a little bit.

There. Right. OK. Oh I missed that. Let the rhythm move. So as soon as this one comes in. I'm going to take the bass line out of this one. Wipe in. Wipe off. Now if I wanted to. I could just let these carry on. If I wanted to. To the end. Alternatively, I could just maybe slowly bring this one out. Leave it in. Can you hear it now? Leave it in a little bit. Now if we watch. I'm going to take that off there. And you can see. Right. Brake. And the brake. Just the timing. That's all it is. It's timing. Still going. Right where's me wide angle lens. Right. Finished. It's gone out. It's out. So let's have a look at what we've got here.

Right. Let's have a look at what we've got here.

Right. Right.

So at this point. What I could do. I could. Well no. I could. I would. I would take this one off here. Because I'd be really silly to take that one off there. Because that one's playing and that one's finished. And then I get the other one on. So I could do exactly what I did earlier on. I could maybe wait till the end of this one's finished. Bring this one in. Alternatively, let's say at the next break. I could start mixing in the next track. It's called opening your mind. And by the way listen. This is really important. You can do it. You've just got to have confidence in yourself. And believe me, yourself is an exceedingly rather large big person. Whatever people say that you can't do it or you're not good enough or you're too old or

You know what? Tell them to go away because you can do it. Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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