Intermediate DJ Lesson Mixing with No Effects or EQ by Ellaskins the DJ Tutor

0:01 The club release is July 2014

Alright ladies and gentlemen, this is an intermediate DJ lesson and in this video we're using two tracks from CDPool. The club release is July 2014. We have track 1 from CD1 on my left, on my right we have track number 7 from CD2. Track number 1 is Hot Natured and track number 2 is Mark Vido and Polo Viez, a track entitled I Know. Really good sort of bassline track. So the idea behind this video is to show you that you don't always have to use the EQ when you're doing a mix. This sort of transition will not apply in every single mix. Maybe one, maybe two. Maybe two out of ten, that's about it. But what you will find on the odd occasion is that you'll have tracks where you don't have to take the bass away. You don't have to bring the mid in.

Why? Well this track here starts to dip towards the latter part of the song anyway. So the overall amount of sound is reduced quite drastically. The volume of the sound, the audio level starts to reduce. So in turn it gives the opportunity for this track to take over the level. So if we have a listen to the end of Hot Natured first of all, here we go.

Give me an idea of what it sounds like as well. Pretty banging track this. Not banging as in full on, just nice and, it's got vibe.

Okay so we'll go to the end. You'll see what I mean.

2:03 Hopefully you've got it right

Now at that point or just before that break, I want you to listen to what sounds we had, and then here what sounds that don't have. So if we go back a bit…

Now have a think. Hopefully you've got it right. Bassline's gone. Now the bass line does take quite a bit of the audio frequency. So once you've got rid of the basic, you've got quite a lot of the actual sound level taken away Which gives you opportunity for some Asians. for the sound level to be brought in and added into the mix with the other track let's have a listen... shut up... let's have a listen to that...

It's so difficult trying to be normal doing the...

This is the beginning of the first one, alright oh dear, and this one here again is just like... such a good track man oh dear I should be shot here we go, bang it forward a little bit more you see you've got that nice bass line

Ok there's a couple of ways we could do this if we wanted to we could work out exactly how many bars there were prior to the bass line start it prior to the bass line finishing bass line finishes, bass line starts, bang away we go what I want to do though is I want to do this sort of a very flowing kind of thing this kind of mix where you do have a definite finish of a track you do have a definite mix and you do have a definite beginning of another track that's completely different to a track bass line finishes the next one comes in and away you go so let's just wang this one back a little bit press play, volume down on the other track forward a little bit more here we go

What I want to do is slowly bring the volume in that's pretty much it that's pretty much it

No need even to take the volume out on this one just let them roll, let that one finish bang so you've still got the vocals from here got a nice flowing bass line here just works so well

Could do a bit of spin back if we wanted to but no, you don't want to mess it up why add effects? why mess around with EQ? just let the mix do the mix hope that's been a help intermediate DJ lesson practice and enjoy I do, thank you

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