How to mix Drum & Bass part one,Use the snare!!

0:00 The reason being, with house music you have a bum and a ch, alright?

Alright folks, on this video we're going to do a little bit about mixing drum and bass. And I had quite a few people email me, comments, questions, that kind of stuff, basically saying drum and bass is very difficult to mix. Well, in essence it is. The reason being, with house music you have a bum and a ch, alright? Put those together, and you've got bum, ch, bum, bass, ch, the hi-hat. Alternatively, in house music you have a bum, bum, bum. A steady beat and a bass line. Now then, drum and bass is completely different, OK? Because you have a... To the discerning ear, the beat is all over the place. Two tunes I've got here is Aphrodite, Listen to the Rhythm Flow, and then I have the Fugees, Already or Not. Perhaps someone can tell me the actual mix of this. I used to know it but forgotten. But it's a drum and bass mix and it's a bit of a stomper.

We'll have Aphrodite on first, we'll bung it sort of there, and I will try and talk you through what is actually happening in this particular tune. Here we go. Now, what in essence we've got here is we've almost got what is known as a breakbeat sound, but it's fast, OK? It's almost a funky drum beat. There's the bass line. Now, one way of describing, OK, the hi-hat sound is almost like a tambourine.

2:09 I'll play it again, have a listen

But listen, there's a beat there. I'll play it again, have a listen. We'll play the other one which is the Fuji's Ready or Not. Now then, if you're a drummer, you will know playing the drums, to play a basic beat, quite often and 90% of the time, a drummer will use three pieces of the drum kit. He'll use the bass drum, boom, the hi-hat, and the snare, you have the hi-hat. This is my... This is how I work out how to mix drum and bass. I use the hi-hat. Listen again with the Fugees. Now, what I want you to do if you like drum and bass and you would like to start to learn to mix drum and bass, I want you to concentrate on the hi-hat clap. The difference being when you listen to house music and you mix house music, you can concentrate on a very, very defined bass kick.

4:21 Difference with drum and bass, there is no relative defined bass beat

Difference with drum and bass, there is no relative defined bass beat. Bass is the place that rhymes. Now then, what I'm going to do now, I'm going to mix the end of this one with the beginning of the Fugees, OK? I am personally going to be concentrating on the hi-hat sound. Nothing else, the hi-hat sound, OK? Concentrate that... OK, here we go.

6:57 Like I have always said, I am not the best mixer in the world

Okay, there you go. Like I have always said, I am not the best mixer in the world. All I'm trying to do is teach basically what I know, okay? All I'm listening to is that... Okay, don't forget, ladies and gentlemen, leave your comments, tell me what you think. I'm known as The DJ Tutor. Don't forget, give a big shout-out to Rick Remix. Also, Big Milan there in Australia. Big up to you guys. And also, who is it? I mean, let's be honest, the main people is of course you, alright? Thank you for watching, practice and enjoy.

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