DJ Tip on How to Add Two Acappellas over a Tune BY Ellaskins the DJ Tutor

0:00 First of all, why use a headphone case just for headphones?

Alright ladies and gentlemen, first of all, why use a headphone case just for headphones? Right, in this demonstration what we're going to do is we're going to loop, sorry, loop, start again.

Hi, yeah I've done that bit. Alright, in this demonstration what we're going to do is I'm going to put two acapellas over a track, one track, and I'm going to try and chop the acapellas up. Now first of all, what I have done is I've set this turntable, which is the track, to the through position on the crossfade. Good reason for that. And then the right and left deck here are set for the crossfade. So this deck here, far left, is set to the A position, which is all the way to the left. This one here is set to the right position, and this third deck is set for the through position. Main reason is because while I'm using the crossfade, I want this track to always be heard. If I set this to the right hand side on the crossfade, it would mean, yeah great, right hand side you can hear the track and one acapella.

1:14 We have here laid back, loop, F-U-C-K, The Revolution

Go to the left hand side, you can't hear the track. So the idea is to chop the acapellas but still keep the track playing. Three particular tracks I'm using is Dave Spoon, Background, which is a wicked cut. We have here laid back, loop, F-U-C-K, The Revolution. I'll try and omit, take away the F-U-C-K word. And this one here, Armand Van Helden, The Funk Phenomenon. I've set The Funk Phenomenon in a loop. I'm going to play the laid back loop in its entirety, and then just play this track here as well. So if we have a listen. So this is the track you can see. If I use the crossfade now, we can still have the track playing. And then if I press play here. The Funk Phenomenon. The Funk Phenomenon.

1:58 You get the general idea

Okay, so you get the general idea.

And... If I was going to do this sort of thing in a mix, what I would try and do is bring it in at an appropriate time with the track itself. So again, this track starts off pretty wicked but then just goes mental. So of course, this track here gives me time. It's telling me yes, I'm going to allow you time to do the transition to the mix, allow you time to get the acapellas ready and then just go bang straight in. So track starts like this.

There you go. And that's where I want to start bringing my acapellas in.

Maybe one to begin with. Let's have a listen.

Okay, there you go. So again, what I've tried to do is chop up the two acapellas. And if you do this correctly, they talk with each other. All right? I hope that's been a help. Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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