DJ Mix Tutorial. Two pitch speed reduce in the mix... advanced tutorial.

0:01 I will put the names of the tracks

Alright guys, now as ever, people are always asking for more demonstrations and, well, not so much demonstrations but tutorials on mixing etc. Now this one is no exception. Drum and bass. Now, stereotypical mix. Let's do it first of all. Here we go. I will put the names of the tracks. We'll call that track one, track two. Left one, right two. Now how can we take this to the next level? Do lots of things really. Could put a cheese and onion pasty on there. Could put a creamed donut on there. And people would think you're nuts. Right. So how can we do this? Because it's quite difficult. Well, I'll keep the wide angle lens on there. Right. Now I want you to listen to this, right. At the moment now, I've got this guy here set at the centre position on the pitch.

So if I go back to that point.

2:24 First of all, as you can see, well three things

Now listen. And again. Right. Two things are happening there. First of all, as you can see, well three things. Yeah, three. You can see me moving the pitch down one. Number two is the tone of the track is being reduced. Number three, the speed, the BPM, the whole tempo of the track is being reduced as well. Now this if done correctly can sound fantastic but you've got to know what you're doing. It is difficult but when it's done correctly, it can take your certain mix to the next level. So, alright, it's easy enough just to do that with one track but imagine doing that in the mix while you've got two tracks working in tandem. So in other words, say the pitch there is green and this one over here is for argument's sake

Let's say it's about plus two and a half. Well of course the thing is when you start reducing this one down there you've got to do exactly the same over there. You have to reduce the speed so it's not a case of oh that and then there it is like this, down together and back up, down together and back up. So not only will I be doing it with this tune I'll also be doing it with this one as well so let's have a listen to this one over here Right, here we go Maybe you don't want to do this all the time and if you're not very good or you don't feel confident where beat mixing is concerned then maybe this is not a very good thing to do in an environment, in a set where you've got loads of people going but it's always good to just practice with

So what I'm going to do now I'm going to try it out. I want you to listen and see what you think. Here we go

Sorry, I should have brought it in there Right, try it

Right, this particular technique can be done with any form of music It isn't the sort of thing that you want to do all the time but if you can get it sussed it does sound very good because what you're doing in essence is you're taking the tune, the feel of the tune and you're going I mean fair enough with this one here there was an element of but you imagine if you just had a steady tone Right, I hope that's been a help If you want any more information on this particular tutorial give us a nod Practice and enjoy. Thank you

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