Can u give me some tips on how to mix records please?

[mel m]

Hello!

I hope you wont find my question supid or ridiculous...

Recently I've bought myself some Technics and started practicing how to beatmatch all my loved dubstep records and I guess I'm getting better at it by the day. Now though I'm starting to wonder what to do with all those knots on my mixer. So how do you use the equalizers? And what do you do to avoid that it all sounds really full-on during the mix and then suddenly so empty when you've faded out of one record (or is that just a matter of having better mixing equipment than me)?

I'm thankful for all honest hints and tips.

Cheers,

Mel

[4linehaiku]

The golden rule is don't have 2 basslines playing at the same time, that's pretty much always going to sound bad. So turn the bass eq off on the record you're mixing in and then at some point turn it on and the bass of the old record off. The tricky bit is deciding when to switch them over, but the only way to work that one out is lots of practise and see what sound s good.
But yeah, one bassline at a time, that's a good start.

[seckle]

youtube is your friend

hundreds of links here:
here.

[thomas]

If one tracks high end heavy, or has loads of snares and sound mental, you need to either increase the high on the next track or reduce it some how without making it obvious.

Fuck all this mixing shit (in a way), i enjoy mixing two breakdowns then killing one as they drop, therefore you dont need as much eq messing around and it sounds smooth.

I'm no expert but some tips i can give you.

[ruckspin]

the best tip i could give anyone on mixing is RECORD yourself.

listen back to your own mixes and you will be able to judge yourself better than when you are busy mixing.

that and practice makes perfect.

you will inevitably find certain tunes that go well together, but getting a set full of tunes that work is difficult so don't forget that practice is practice and you can stop and start a mix again at any time.

EQing is very important (as you will see once you've recorded yourself). Use it with the up-fades as a tool to blend the two tunes seamlessly - it often helps to use the 16-bar structure of dance music to make any changes to volume/eq at the beginning of each 16-bar phrase (this will make it less obvious to the listener). If you produce you will know how useful the high and low pass filters are, so if you don't have such filters on your mixer u can replicate it (kind of) with the EQ.

[loetech]

the best tip i could give anyone on mixing is RECORD yourself.

listen back to your own mixes and you will be able to judge yourself better than when you are busy mixing.

that and practice makes perfect.

could not agree more

record record record

make yourself your new biggest fan and constatly listen to and critique your mixes.

[weston]

[quote="ruckspin"]the best tip i could give anyone on mixing is RECORD yourself.

thats the best bit of advice your gonna get right their

if you dont listen to yourself how you gonna know if your any good or not

[incyde]

the best tip i could give anyone on mixing is RECORD yourself.

listen back to your own mixes and you will be able to judge yourself better than when you are busy mixing.

that and practice makes perfect.

could not agree more

record record record

make yourself your new biggest fan and constatly listen to and critique your mixes.

3rded.... recording is essential!! always be listening to see where you can improve/adjust your mix. if u are never satisfied with your skills u'll keep getting better at it, imo.

[fushimi]

And what do you do to avoid that it all sounds really full-on during the mix and then suddenly so empty when you've faded out of one record (or is that just a matter of having better mixing equipment than me)?

Don't just record yourself, also listen to badman DJs to see what they do. DJ's like NType hardly ever fade tunes out - three basic methods you should look into are: cutting a tune out on the beat at an appropriate juncture, using the stop/start button to stop a track, and backspinning.

[thomas]

Don't depend on one "trick" too much, because a time will come when it won't work and you will look like a tool.

[pdomino]

Practice makes perfect, dont just give up !

[schamotnik]

some nice tips in here, might use some of them myself..
I agree with recording yourself.. I just started out recently and it makes you understand better what mistakes you make.. I still have a lot of practicing to do..

[incyde]

And what do you do to avoid that it all sounds really full-on during the mix and then suddenly so empty when you've faded out of one record (or is that just a matter of having better mixing equipment than me)?

Don't just record yourself, also listen to badman DJs to see what they do. DJ's like NType hardly ever fade tunes out - three basic methods you should look into are: cutting a tune out on the beat at an appropriate juncture, using the stop/start button to stop a track, and backspinning.

True, it may be good to listen to other DJ's styles, I know I do, but maybe its even better not to, and just develop your own style? Do it however sounds best to you. Maybe thats teh way to go.

[metalboxproducts]

NO. Get Ableton and then burn all your records outside FWD.

BURNING RECORDS NEW YORK STYLE