The best place to slow/speed up a toon in the mix

0:00 This particular idea or this particular question can and it is very in

Alright folks, a couple of people have asked me where is the best place to slow a record down while you're in the mix. Now this particular idea or this particular question can and it is very intricate. I'm going to break it down so it's very easy so anyone can understand it. Now then, very quickly, you're halfway through a set, you've played five or six records and all of a sudden the record you've just put on is too fast for the one you want to bring in. So you need to slow that record down Enabling you to bring in the other one, or the opposite does apply. Maybe the record is too slow and you need to increase the speed, enabling you to bring the next one in. Where's the best place to do it? Okay, I don't recommend you do it in the vocals or where there's lots of instruments, where there's lots of melody. The best place to do it is the instrumental break. Now then, again, this is a lot more intricate. If you're just starting out,

1:24 The first time, I'll do it very slowly

You only do this particular thing in the instrumental break, simply because if you start doing it where the vocals are concerned, you're going to get a key change. It's going to go... It's going to start sounding a bit dodgy and if you don't do it correctly, it will sound terrible. The instrumental break is the best place. I'll show you why. Because there's not many vocals, well there's no vocals for a start, there's very little melody, if anything, so all you've got is percussion. And all you're doing is you're decreasing the speed of the percussion, which is the best way of doing it for the beginner. So I will show you. The first time, I'll do it very slowly. The second time, I'll do it fast. And there isn't much difference between the two. When I do it very slowly, it's almost like it is. It's a slow progression. When I do it very fast, it's unnoticeable. It's almost like instantaneous and you don't know it's happened. So this is the slow version first.

2:16 I'm going to do the faster version, do it very quickly

Okay, that was the slow version, right? Now I'm going to do the faster version, do it very quickly. Okay, here we go. Get it to the beginning. Now then, again, what I would recommend is this. I don't think I did it there, but if you're going to do the fast version, try and do it where the bars are concerned or the phrases, that particular timing, because it just sounds a bit better. I'll show you.

Now again, like I said, we are scraping the surface here, but this is the initial video in showing you the best place whereby you can slow a record down or you can speed a record up in the mix. Any comments, bung them underneath, but don't forget, if you start slowing and speeding down where you've got vocals and melody, then you're into key change and all sorts. It's a lot more difficult to do it there, okay? Practice and enjoy. Thank you for watching.

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