s2 mixing two songs question.
s2 mixing two songs question. Posted on: 23.01.2012 by Jaleesa Zheng So i recently just bought a s2 & macbook pro, some nice headphones 3 days ago.Been playing around with it i love it, i found two songs both progressive trance songs. I enjoy and start to try and mix them together. It sounds okay, wondering what i need to make it sound excellent. When mixing two songs, you want the same genre correct? Like two progressive trance songs not 1 song Electro house the other trance. I match bpms and select the tracks i like. I Start one track, then find a good spot to bring in the other track. Are you suppose to play both tracks at the same time? It sounds pretty bad when two songs playing at the same time, so i play one song for like 8 minutes then slide the slider to the other track. I'm not sure if thats mixing songs. Not the best transitions like I've heard in person. So i download a accapella and decide to play that ontop of the track thats playing. Not sure if I'm mixing correctly. Any tips help, I've watched youtube videos but they have a lot of extra midi controllers with they're s2. Im just using s2 & downloading songs that are same genre and playing one, then stop it, play the other song. Any guidance helps. Heres my first track, i want it a lot better. I'm not dancing to my song, I'm pretty sure nobody else is either lol. Fascinated by pope:chowmein http://soundcloud.com/pope-chow-mein/fascinated | |
| Carola Divalerio 26.01.2012 | Open up the S2 instructions. They take you through the act of mixing two songs that are provided with Traktor. It really helps and acts more like a tutorial. The demo tracks already have a beatgrid created and it will help you get a feel about mixing two songs. I found it helpful for myself because I just made the switch to Traktor software. |
| Jaleesa Zheng 25.01.2012 | Alright thank you. Both helpful tips. My friend was trying to explain the bars also. I guess i need to learn those better. I just bring in the song whenever i feel like. Usually when vocals are in, i bring a nice beat to play ontop of the vocals. Sometimes it sounds okay other times is not good at all. I need to learn those bars you're talking about. I just tried to make a better blend of two songs last evening i spent an hour trying to learn and make something good . Check my signature listen to Maxwell House if you got time let me know your thoughts on it. If it sucks, if its horrible or what i need to work on. The transitions could be a lot better. |
| Chong Prestwich 25.01.2012 | when you have 2 tunes playing at same time lower the bass on the one coming in, after 4/8 bars drop the bass from outgoing track and bring in the bass of the previously bass-less track. that can help for an extra trick drop the bass 1 beat before a down-beat (first beat of a bar) before bringing the next tracks bass in |
| Ranae Selck 25.01.2012 | You need to understand music phrasing also, and how bars/measures work. You always need to start your second track's first beat on the first beat of the playing track's measure. You will notice that transitions and new elements happen usually every 32 beats, or little things come in or go out at 16 or 8 beats. So when you have these beats lined up with your 2 tracks things will always drop out/come in together. |
| Jaleesa Zheng 24.01.2012 | Alright watching both videos right now, thanks hopefully it will teach me fast. Im eager to get better |
| Evangelina Spalla 24.01.2012 | go to youtube n type in 'DJsounds' its just footage of pro dj's mixing http://youtu.be/OS7eJeqfd_I |
| Deeann Cheron 23.01.2012 | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIsPx...layer_embedded Rinse and Repeat
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