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Another trick I have used a time or two is to put a 1 beat loop on the first beat of the verse and slowly fade it in as the previous song reaches the end. It gives a hint as to what the next song is without losing all the surprise factor.
Ive always been amazed by how you make even simple mixing sound so good. For me, starting out I felt like I wasnt getting it right. But people started telling me how much they loved my mixing. But I just couldnt see it, i figured they were fluffing me. Then I listened back to some of my recorded mixes and saw my progress. Quite amazing how natural it becomes with a lot of practice. Many thanks to YOU for all of your super helpful tutorials and everything else. Your demeanor itself is confidence building. Im almost a full year in and your lessons really helped me get started confidently. Now I am about to upgrade from a DDJSR2 to a Rane One and I am SUPER pumped. Now its time to up the ante and start working on more complicated scratch transitions and we all know thats the funnest way to mix. Theres only about 4 really good scratch DJs in my city that I know about. Our market is wide open in my city as clubs are always looking for dedicated performance DJs but they usually have to bring them in from out of town because no one does it here anymore. They only radio mix out here. Because the scratch djs here dont know how to do it without annoying everyone or overdoing it. I understand that just some subtle tricks during the mix is plenty. And you dont do it every single transition. And you dont go into 4 minute scratch routines out here. People want to hear the song and dance and sing along. So I like to use some FLAIR only when its time to rebuild the dancefloor and get people engaged again. When they get tired i slow it down a bit. Then moderately build back up and implement some minor tricks to get them back out. DJing is too much fun.
Dang Terry, you've pretty much gotten the club DJ balance figured out! Congratulations on your progress, and I'm so happy to have been a party of your journey. Make the best of it bud, and make yourself part of the industry standard in your city!
Love the loop technique. Find it really great and simple to use if a song f.e got like a synth or something melodic in the first 2-4 bars and just filter it in until the main tracks chorus is done and then just delay it out and switch to the next song. Sounds best when the tracks match harmonically offcourse.
This video was really helpful! A lot of songs that we have been DJing have been radio edits, so we realized that echoing was working for us. But, the looping technique is something I am definitely going to try out!☘️
5th method, echoed backspin into hitting the post, esp works if transitioning into a more hiphop/rap oriented track. I love to do it whenever I drop Medussa by Griz and Wreckno
That ghost blend is an interesting trick! It seems like you could just drop transition to the next song, but having it timed out and playing certainly frees up your hands to play with effects on the other deck! Cool video! 🍀
@@djcarlois this possible with Rekordbox? I know this is possible with Traktor and Serato. But on Rekordbox I didn't find a way to "play" a song before it starts.
The cue method is what I've been using for literally 20 years, since back in the day we couldn't see wave forms, and it was much easier to interactively use the cue to extend the intro.
What's really crazy is these are the techniques I've established my first time djing...by accident! I just looped and mixed short intros this whole time lol
beat loops, got to love beat loops, i tend to loop the track outro more though, ill cue up the next track 8-16 beats before then loop the last 4-8 of the current playing and just blend by ear, once the 2nd track starts to ramp up ill fade it out or put some effect on to smooth it out (as well as use voice over samples to mask it) ☘️
Great ideas! Thank you. For hip hop especially, I'll loop one word like "hey" "ok" or "yeah" and then start mixing that in and out in between the vocals of the outgoing track. Another thing that I'll do, especially if the incoming track has an unusual or dramatic first few bars is to either loop out or echo out the old track, pause for 1 beat of silence for dramatic effect, then start the new song. Also it is super helpful if a beat grid is totally effed, I spaced out for a minute and didn't have the new track looped, big BPM jumps, new genre, beats are irregular (many older dance or pop songs), or I just can't seem to get the beats aligned. ☘️
Those are also other ways of playing around with them! Every DJ has a style, and playing around with the transitions are fun. And thanks for staying till the end!
This is one method of working with dirty versions, especially when you need to keep it clean, but also dangerous if you don't catch it in time! Believe me, I do this too haha
In the past I've made some dj tools that are just 32 bars of drums with different rhythms. You can use these drum stems to do the same trick as mixing into an Acapella, except they have no melodic content and therefore will work with anything. Add some fx from the mixer and make sure it's a beat that blends with the core of the next track. Works wonders. If you've got a third deck available you can do even more like loading up a looped pad sample or other stems
Yup! Those are called Intro versions, and I use them like crazy from all different record pools. This is mostly for songs that just *lack* those versions, and in situations where you haven't had time to edit them. Good advice though, and great that you make your own too!
great video, I've seen somewhere a video that taught, you set your second cue point before vocals and your first cue point in the outro. I've set many tracks this way that basically start with vocals or mc loaded hype tracks like hip hop, rap. allows you time to mix, possible build up etc. then you hot cue drop in time. another tip/ trick is using an extended or slow break effect, like grandmas old record player got unplugged slow. i set break speed to the 3 o'clock position
As I mainly working with radio edits I use loop to keep transition more smooth than just echoing it out but either of these methods are just working on gigs. As always - great job Carlo! ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️ Also, I have an idea for another video. Maybe you will make one about catchy transitions using original songs and it's modern, sampled versions? (Like More Spell On You by Eddie Johns vs One More Time by Daft Punk). It will be great!
Thanks for watching till the end bud! And I'll see about that; that's gonna require a little bit of production work for the songs, but let's see if I can whip something up there!
Wish there was a video on this earlier! I actually learned how to DJ from your other videos about a year ago. But everything you talked about here I had to figure out on my own lol! But it did make learning the fundamentals fun with trial and error
Haha, I realized there's a lot of tracks out there with no intros, and people have been asking! Glad you were able to learn though; there's always some fun to be had in trial and error!
The lotion was hilarious! I really love your videos. Is there such a thing as "bedroom dj?". I'm not planning to go pro but I wanna make use of that Mixtrack Pro II that my friend left me.
Yup! That used to refer to people who were just starting out, or who have yet to do a public gig. Now, since the pandemic hit, lots of people are just mixing at home with their own set ups!
Always enjoy your videos kabsat…I like the echo, and the ghost transitions. It takes practice to master these skills. Also, understanding the music count helps…Another great content.
I have a much easier full proof way that works on 90% of the tracks in your library. Use a quarter note loop on the beat just before the verse. Loop it in time. And then high pass filter or echo out the original song while you bring in the next track and unloop. You don't have to do any counting of any kind, it works on almost all genres it gives you time to think and finesse the transition and it simple to do and sounds professional.
@@Cassfrow so track one is playing. On the track you want to mix in, find the first note of the song or the beat just before the first verse. You have to use your judgement based on how the song starts. Once you find a good spot, loop it for 1 beat in time with the track that's playing faded it in. Turn the loop off when it feels good to do so. To make it smoother you can even use the high pass filter on it as well when mixing it in. It's easy to do but hard to explain. If you add me to FB or IG I'll make a video and show you.
I've been struggling with transition whenever i mixing a radio edit songs i just echoing out but this give me an idea how to treat it better Thanks DJ Carlo
Smash like quick Carlo broham i love your service to the community... I have a passion for djing but never made enough time to commit. Your lessons reinvigorate my passion... Thann you aagin
Sometimes find a clean part in the middle of song 2. Loop that section and mix out of song 1 then also load song 2 into deck 1 to have the same song loaded in both decks. But you can also load a third song into deck 1 and not actually play song 2 fully, just a tease for later.
Yes mixing into the middle of the song is a technique I use often as well, since most radio edits have a break with no vocals, and sometimes that's much easier than trying work with a complicated intro.
Love it!!...I have so many of these songs from all my old itunes songs from back in the day that I bought ...I was avoiding playing them for this reason. I love the cue point one the best..I can tap a beat pretty good since i used to play some drums when i was a kid..lol
Well, I just wanted to tackle the basics. Check out my other videos on scratching and transitions, and you can use the ideas here and combine them with more advanced techniques from there. You'll get more mix ideas when you combine them all!
Do you often find that you have to increase BPM on some radio edits to make the transition smoother? Mobile DJ's get requests a lot and we do our best to flow in from the current song to the requested song, but more often than not, the BPM is not anywhere close. What is the best way to transition something like that?
You could use sync combined with looping to bring the tracks together. For example: You have a track playing that is lower bpm and you have “wannabe - spice girls” requested. Sync wannabe to your lower bpm track, loop “yo” right before “I tell you what I want”. Fade in slowly so that the looping “yo” is on time. Then bring the BPM up on wannabe while synced and it will move both songs BPM at the same time. The looped “yo” will get faster until you hit the native BPM of Wannabe, exit the loop and cut the previous track. That’s one option. I hope the text example sort of helps but in all honesty, creativity is key when mixing!
Can you give me some tips for mixing one more time and losing it. I'm also just a beginner at DJing, But it is really fun, so if you have any advice, please let me know
Ahhhh, I'm actually not familiar with either of those genres. They're not big here in The Philippines. Let me try to do some research, and see if I can make a video out of that!
On a 4-channel controller, would playing a track/beat on your third channel work? Take out channel one (fader only), then drop in your radio edit (on the one) over the beat on channel three.
It would actually! But you'll need to keep an eye on the beat; make sure the 3rd looping beat doesn't interfere with the songs playing. That's how Megamixes back in the 80s were done I think!
thanks for the video. I don't know if you are a fan of electronic music, like bodzin, solomun, jan blomqvist... but could make some video/suggestions on how to play this kind of music and how to build a perfect set (should I start with harder or softer techno)
Hey DJ Carlo!! Thank you so much for your amazing content it has been really helpful. I've got a question, is it always necessary to mix in key as a DJ? I'm finding it hard on how to choose songs for the intro of my set and and what to end with plus not always choosing keys that are compatible together Thank you!
Not always! Songs with clean DJ intros will usually help mitigate that. Otherwise, just keep the clashing elements low in the mix while doing transitions. It can't always be helped, so just pick your tracks carefully!
@@djcarlo thank you so much!! You’re amazing and have been really helpful to me over the past years. Let’s see where this journey takes us big hopes!!!
I love your videos. Out of all the DJ's creating how to's for begginers, and as i am an older fella trying to get into it, your tutorials are the easiest to understand. i struggle with getting music and currently use beatsource on the numark fx/serato. Is this a good place to start getting music or do you have a better suggestion ? i don't want to sign up to a bunch of services until I know I can do it and willing to invest the money for more services. Thanks for sharing your skills.
Anbody who knows the full song name running from 4:08 (in the deck header it is called "Demonstration - Work it slow (Clean Extended)" but I can't find anything similar online. I really like that beat so I would appreciate if somebody can help me out.
Hey do you mix your vocals after recording? If not I recommend using an De-esser. There are a lot of clipping high pitches in your recording. Just letting you know :)
