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Mixing Dustep BPM isseus

Post by YLF » Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:00 pm

Hi,

I'm new to this forum and just started out experimenting with mixing dubstep.
I can mix house, cuz thats my main-style, but I'm really having trouble with mixing dubstep.

The main problem is the BPM differences, I can't tell how much BPM a track is
Are there any ways to calculate of hear how many BPM the track is?

Because my cd player says at one point 95 BPM and 20 secs later 140 BPM.
It's really confusing :P

So if you have any tips/tricks or suggestions for me please tell me! I would really appreciate any help on this confusing issue :)

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Re: Mixing Dustep BPM isseus

Post by Shum » Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:08 pm

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Post by Sheff » Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:30 pm

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Post by skitz_0 » Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:32 pm

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Post by doonedave » Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:38 pm

pro tip: 140 bpm
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Re: Mixing Dustep BPM isseus

Post by fractal » Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:43 pm

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i play with these until they're the same :Q:

also it's good to remember that not all tracks need to be the same bpm for a mix to work
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Post by dubloke » Thu Jun 02, 2011 12:11 am

fractal wrote:also it's good to remember that not all tracks need to be the same bpm for a mix to work
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Post by MikeE » Thu Jun 02, 2011 12:16 am

step 1: learn to mix.
step 2...
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Post by wizeguy » Thu Jun 02, 2011 12:22 am

pah!
have you been mixing with you eyes?
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Post by YLF » Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:02 am

MikeE wrote:step 1: learn to mix.
step 2...
Thats the problem, dunno how to mix dubstep. For house it's easy to beatmix. For dubstep it isn't
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Post by hendramarshall » Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:16 am

YLF wrote:
MikeE wrote:step 1: learn to mix.
step 2...
Thats the problem, dunno how to mix dubstep. For house it's easy to beatmix. For dubstep it isn't
just not true... i find house so much more difficult because the bpm ranges so much more than the traditional 138-142 of dubstep

also, what MikeE said. use your ears not your eyes.
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Re: Mixing Dustep BPM isseus

Post by YLF » Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:36 am

hendramarshall wrote:
YLF wrote:
MikeE wrote:step 1: learn to mix.
step 2...
Thats the problem, dunno how to mix dubstep. For house it's easy to beatmix. For dubstep it isn't
just not true... i find house so much more difficult because the bpm ranges so much more than the traditional 138-142 of dubstep

also, what MikeE said. use your ears not your eyes.

That's true, everyone has its own style ;) But I find it just really hard to hear :P So if anyone has some tips for me it would be great. Cuz mixing dustep is real fun :) Just the beatmatching part is difficult for me because im used to that steady 4 kicks
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Post by arktrix45hz » Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:03 am

YLF wrote:
hendramarshall wrote:
YLF wrote:
MikeE wrote:step 1: learn to mix.
step 2...
Thats the problem, dunno how to mix dubstep. For house it's easy to beatmix. For dubstep it isn't
just not true... i find house so much more difficult because the bpm ranges so much more than the traditional 138-142 of dubstep

also, what MikeE said. use your ears not your eyes.

That's true, everyone has its own style ;) But I find it just really hard to hear :P So if anyone has some tips for me it would be great. Cuz mixing dustep is real fun :) Just the beatmatching part is difficult for me because im used to that steady 4 kicks
Mix from the first kick and the hi-hats, much easier.
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Re: Mixing Dustep BPM isseus

Post by Raad » Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:08 am

^This

Snare hits are also a good reference point I find. I'm still pretty bad at beatmatching though so I don't know if my advice counts for anything.
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Post by LA_Boxers » Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:19 am

In the same way you pretty much always get 4 kicks in a house pattern, you get a kick on the first and snare on the third in dubstep. (there may be other shit in between tho. Use these as reference, but hi-hats are usually good point of reference too.
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Re: Mixing Dustep BPM isseus

Post by YLF » Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:49 am

Thanks :) That helped me out a little bit =D
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Re: Mixing Dustep BPM isseus

Post by Capture pt » Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:54 am

every track is 4x4 really anyway. its no difference to mixing house, just because you can hear 4x4 kicks all the time.
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Post by wolf89 » Thu Jun 02, 2011 5:31 pm

Vast majority of tracks are 140 nowadays anyway. Barely have to do anything.
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Post by dublerium » Thu Jun 02, 2011 5:34 pm

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