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need advice in mixing technique hey guys, so i've been messing around with traktor and my traktor kontrol s2 for over a year now.. i DJ exclusively EDM and only ever done it as a hobby, in my free time, in the privacy of my own home.. i feel like i'm still not where i want to be at, in terms of mixing technique.. and i'm perplexed that there aren't many tutorials on the simple basics of DJing.. i have all the fundamentals down.. beatgridding, beatmatching and how to count bars so that everything's "in-sync".. i still feel like i can't find a nice middle ground for when it comes to mixing 2 tracks.. -just for sake of ease, let's say that TRACK A is playing, volume at 100% and all EQs set to +0% -i prepare TRACK B in the other deck, make sure BPM's are matched and the tracks are lined up (in terms of bars).. now here is where i find difficulty in how i should approach bringing in TRACK B.. -i usually turn the LOW's from TRACK B, all the way down.. turn the MIDs to about 10o'clock and the HIGHs to about 11o'clock -i pull the volume slider for TRACK B, to about 80% now i'm ready to bring in TRACK B, and exit TRACK A.. -making sure that all tracks are in SYNC and bars lined up, i hit PLAY on TRACK B -i slowly increase the MIDs to 100% and move the MIDs for TRACK A to about 11o'clock -now is when i'll bring the volume slider for TRACK B to about 100% -next bring in the HIGHs and lastly the LOWs so really, i feel like there's no rhyme or reason to this technique and i can never get really "clean" mixes between tracks, like u would hear at a evening club.. can anyone direct me to a helpful video tutorial which gives you step-by-step instructions on utilizing volume sliders, and EQs when transitioning from one dance music track to another? i know that there's nothing "set-in-stone" when it comes to DJing, as all music is different, but i feel like each DJ has to have SOME TECHNIQUE that he finds himself repeating over, and over again when it comes to transitioning between tracks.. any help would be massively appreciated! thanks guys! | |
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