What are some tips for making the cleanest mix possible between 2+ songs?

thats a loaded question
how about we get together and I can give you some help
P-Daddy

best way possible i think is to have them perfectly beatmatched (obviously), and have them in the same key.
now, you can always do stuff like pull in a melody while the existing track is in a percussion only, which is a cool effect. sorta makes them 1 track.

Here's what I know so far:

1. beatmatch
2. Harmonic mixing
3. Crossfade (obvious)
4. EQ out the bass
5. Align songs musically in measures and bars

Anything else?

i think in today's music with cross-genre mixing (ie trance and breaks in a set) that harmonic mixing is way way overrated.  I'm not even sure if it is even in the top 10 most important things that determine a great great mix.

Great Djs are dropping the right tracks at the right time.  The cleanest mix would also have to include picking the correct track.

If you are spinning house music and you drop an electro breaky track at exactly the right time and you beatmatch it perfectly with it perfectly aligned on the 32s and you transfer the bass from house to breaks at just the right time.  Wow...you really nailed a super clean fantastic floor-blowing up track.

I am not saying harmonic mixing is not important.  Just not as important as alot of other factors.


Another underrated thing about mixing is killing track #1.  When track two is up alot of djs don't know the correct timing in killing track #1.  This is a highly underused skillset.  I wish alot more djs would use this.

Jeremy Kadinger and I talked about this at cornerstone and we wish some mixers had levels that would go from 1-20 to allow you to really manipulate the mix further in and out, up and down.


doug

1. Make sure the first track doesn't suck
2. Make sure the second track doesn't suck

exactly!!!

my tip:
try it and decide wether you think the sounded mix good...

This's DEFINITELY THE BEST ADVICE...I didn't know :smiley8: ...so......no 8 hours Ian Van Dahl sets? :smiley25:

If you aren't live you could remix the two songs into one to play later in a set ;)
I think that Jody Wisternoff has made some amazing transitions in his sets -- going back to the ideas (1) and (2) listed above.

Actually.... DON'T USE THE CROSSFADER.

this should be pretty obviously rly lol

yea dood... the cross fader is worthless unless you plan on scratching, and after your done... turn off the cross fader... you cannot control the music as well with the cross fader, i would suggest turning OFF your cross fader and using the line faders, its wierd at first but you will than yourself later

You'd think it is, but I can't count how many times I've heard, "I got this new Tiesto record, and a Paul Oakenfold record, I can't wait to get some turntables; I'm going to be the most awesome DJ ever!"

Really? no cross fader? Do you ever need to EQ at the same time? How do you do all of that at once?

If a cross fader could be made for the EQ (for instance, turning on the bass on one track, and turning off the bass on another) would you use that?

You have to be really fast. Sometimes you have to do more then 2 or 3 things at once. You will get faster the more you practice. It is not impossible.


No.

I would still use individualized controls for each EQ setting for each channel. it gives you much more flexibility then using a cross fader.

I dont use a cross fader either. I use each channels own EQ and volume controls. once again, it gives you way more control to do exactly what you want.

Learn how to not use the crossfader. Doing this will teach you how to be fast at using multiple controls at once.

you really dont even need to be that quick. you can do 3 things at once... 2 hands and your teeth... haha

somebody may correct me but i do not know of many djs who are world class in the EDM scene that use the crossfader.

doug