Intermediate DJ Mixing Lesson Cutting Tunes with Effects

0:00 This one here is I would class as intermediate, maybe slightly advance

Alright guys, demonstration stroke tutorial. This one here is I would class as intermediate, maybe slightly advanced. What we're going to do is we're going to cut in one track to the other and we're going to cut in a track that seems to work quite well with the other track because not only is the timing pretty good but also there's talking, there's counting, should I say, going on. There's counting 1-2 in this one here. But it's 1-2-3-4 in this one. I will put the names of the tracks in the description. First we'll just have a listen here. 1-2. Alright, and have a listen here. Let's put it on. There you go. Right at the beginning.

Now of course using this kind of mix, it's not imperative that both tracks are perfectly in time because we're not going to be beatmatching them. We're not going to have like a long transition. It's sort of, it's almost like a bit of a mix stroke chop because there will be a mix for maybe half a bar or one bar. But it will be more of a chop because we'll go from that track, I'll put the name in the description, to this track, I'll put the name into the description. Okay, so first thing as well is that if we have a listen to the beginning of this track with the trim set how it should be set and have a listen to the beginning where we really want to emphasise. So we'll just have a listen here. And if you look at the first part of this track, it's quite low.

1-2-3-4. Now at that point, 1-2-3-4, the LEDs are only about minus 7 and if we let the track play where the bass line comes in, it's at plus 4. So we're pretty much going to be defeating the objects of the mix if we keep the levels or the trim quite low because we need to emphasise, I want to emphasise the 1-2-3-4. So it's pointless doing it if the audio isn't going to be there. It's going to be high enough because I need the audio high enough to not overpower the other track. I need the audio high enough so it complements the other track. Now let's keep the audio at that level first by playing, and we play the first track and let's see what it sounds like.

2:32 Listen as I start to increase the trim

That's the mix. It's not working is it? Listen as I start to increase the trim.

Alright, now I've actually got the trim at 3 o'clock. Okay, here's the important factor and this is where you need to be very quick. If I... Stop it. If I kept the trim at 3 o'clock after that 1-2-3-4 and while all of the track came in in its complete entirety, it would be too loud. So I need to make sure just before the track comes in, I turn the trim back down to the original position. Very important. Otherwise it's just going to go boom and blow stuff. Okay, and there's no point. I mean, no one wants a big blow because... So I'll carry on playing this. Also what I have done, I've set a hot cue at this point here.

So what I can do, I can play that track all the way through to the end if I want to. Hit hot cue and then start editing this one in over the point where I put the hot cue in and add a bit of an echo maybe. Spin that back and play that one. This is why this is slightly more advanced. Now, if we have a listen again to the 1-2-3-4...

It's a bit dry. There's not much going on. So let's add an echo. So make sure we've got echo engaged. We're on channel 3. I'm going to add a 1 over 8 because I don't want to...

4:14 It's like when you're really cold and go

It's like when you're really cold and go... Like that. Not when you're sort of slightly colder or when you're scared of something. Look at that over there. That's sort of like a 1 over 1 echo. A cold echo is... Like that. That's a really cold echo. Have a listen so we'll engage that.

There you go. Your balls have just been in the freezer for half an hour. That's cold. So, we're going to add that to this and we will go from sort of... We'll go from here. No, in fact what we want to do, like I said earlier... We want to incorporate 1, 2, 3, 4 with the 1, 2 over here. And bearing in mind when we start the 1 on this one... We need to make sure the 1 is playing here. So I'm going to press Q on the 1 while the 1 is being played here. I'm going to bring the crossfade over so when it says 2 on this side... We will hear 2 on this side. You'll get it. Don't worry about it. Look, I'm serious. Don't worry about it. Look, I promise you. You will. I hope. Okay, so let's go back a bit.

Again.

Okay, that's the point where we're going to bring the track in... But we're just going to go forward a little bit. Bring it down really quickly. I was a bit too late there. Take the echo away as well and bang. Bang. And we're straight into the other track. Thank you very much Lee Mills for my hat. And hopefully, you got a few tips and tricks from this. Practice and enjoy. Yeah. Thank you. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye.

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