Long Derp House Mix Using Some Effects in Time with a Phrase

0:00 Yes I'm a bit like the Renegade Master

Alright ladies and gentlemen, yes I'm a bit like the Renegade Master. I'm back once again giving you a little bit of ill behaviour. So, in this video I've got some tunes from Karmic Power Records. We have on the right hand side here a track entitled She Said, which is by Sharm, which is spelt S-R-R-M-N. I hope I've pronounced that correctly. We've got the club instrumental mix. On the other side, which is the left hand side, we have Speed Up. It's a track called Speed Up and it's by Grand Gyro. So, without further ado, what I'm going to do here is form a very long mix. Now these two tracks are very deep and they've got a lot of vibe to them, but what I want to try and do is form some kind of mix where it's almost like a, you could do even like a 64 bar mix or a 32 bar.

But, I'm going to use a loop and I'm also going to be using some effects as well. So, let's just play Speed Up a little bit. Now you'll get an idea hopefully of the two tracks. They're really nice and similar kind of feel and energy to them. Really nice bass lines in it. This is Speed Up, both from Karmic Power Records. There will be a link in the description. That will take you to Karmic Power Records and as ever, a big thank you very much to the Karmic Power Records crew for letting me use your tunes. Lovin' it! Okay, this slide we have She Said. Starts off straight away with this kind of old school 90's Chicago bass line. Lovin' it! Okay, so what I'm going to do first of all, I'm using the XZ. So I'm just going to 4 bar loop, okay. Or sorry, 4 beat loop I think, pardon.

I'm going to press the plus 2. So now it's 8 bars. Now at the moment I'm not using Rekordbox software, I'm just using the files, okay. So just leave that. As soon as I start it, it's just gonna carry on doing its loop. Alright, now this is where we can start really using the effects. To the best of their ability. Now I'm not so much an advocate, I'm not really for or against using loads of effects but it's like anything, right time, right place and it can sound brilliant. Now if you're going to do a long transition where you're just mixing in the beats of two tracks, not necessarily the bass lines, melodies or whatever. Let's say the outro of a track, just the beat is maybe 32 bars.

3:02 I could just use the 4 beat loop

Then if you're just going to overlay those beats, it may be in time and in phrase but it may sound a little bit boring. So adding effects will just make it sound a little bit more interesting which is what we want. Alright so speed up.

4:19 What I tried to do was almost act like I was a computer program

Move forward. Now as well I could use the loop feature if I had Rekordbox engaged in Quantize. But because I haven't got that. I could just use the 4 beat loop. And then just double that. Maybe not that. Actually yeah, maybe that. Now straight away I've gone to... I've doubled it so I've gone from 4 beats to 8 beats which is 2 bars. So let's just start that. Now what I tried to do was almost act like I was a computer program. So what I did is I set the sweep at a certain level. Left that run, I think it was for 2 or 4 bars. Then turned it down a bit more. And let it leave in its sort of circle for another 4 bars maybe. And then turn it down again. So if you're ever... If you're a producer, most of the time what producers...

What they won't do is just like chuck sounds all over the place. Random sounds all over the place. What they'll do is the sounds that they put in will have structure. So for example they could have say a beat with a... Or say a kick with a certain sound for maybe 8 bars. And then change it slightly for another 8 bars. Change it again for another 8 bars. So even though you may not think and... You may not hear what's going on, It's almost as like it's a natural kind of progression. It's almost as though it's meant to be like that. So the listener just hears a track. But the producer who's made it knows that there's structure behind what they've made. So if I show you again with... Without using the right hand side.

So if you hear some there...

7:30 Yeah, maybe it was 2 times

Yeah, maybe it was 2 times. Oh no actually maybe it was 4 times. Turn it down. There! And you leave it like that. For 4 times. 4 rotations. Now like that. On the other hand we can do... Well not on the other hand. But on the other side then we could do something similar by adding the track. So let's go to low and again I'm using the sweep. So let's just make sure we've got... A loop on this side. So have a listen.

Bring it up. So really what I was trying to do and I'll do it again... Is as I'm taking away one side in phrase and in time, I'm bringing the other one in. So it's almost as like... If you can imagine a pyramid and there are 2 people. There's 1 person walking up the pyramid and the other one is walking down the pyramid. So the track that's leaving... The mix is the person walking down. And the person that of course is bringing... Or the track that's in the mix is coming into the mix is the person walking up the pyramid. So hopefully what I try to do and I'll do it again is as I'm bringing one in, I'm taking one out but I'm doing it in steps. So if we start that again.

There so I've got that going. I've got that going. So let's just play it to begin with. The speed up by itself. So...

9:43 Got 4 rotations, 4 bars

Got 4 rotations, 4 bars. Bring this one in. So really again with mixing if I was to... I suppose in a way... If someone asked me... What is it about putting 2 tracks together? What's one of the most important parts? And I would say it's the timing. Because you've got to remember that 99% of dance music is in phrases. A general kind of radio friendly track which is 3 and a half minutes. You're looking at 2 and 4 bars. But most of the time people like you and me... If you're watching this video, you like the extended versions. Which is more like 8 and 16 bars. So you've got to try and have that in your mind. You've always got to think in eights and sixteens. Because generally that's how tracks are made alright?

I hope that's a bit of a help here. Bit of a random kind of video but don't forget check out the link in the description if you like. If you like these sorts of tunes then go and check out Karmic Power Records. I must admit, this tune here... She said it's very reminiscent of 90s deep house music. Loving it! Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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