this is how Pro DJs MIX TO ANYTHING (cheating?) 

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I like how you keep using the DDJ-400 Carlo. It makes it relatable and doable for people starting out. We’ll done brotha

As a beginner drop mixing has been a godsend for someone wanting to mix different genres and bpms. This has been one of your most helpful videos yet.

I use drop mixing almost in every set as it surprise the audience. And i highly recommend setting up a cue point just 8 bars before the point were you want to mix and play with fx until you mix it sounds so amazing and builds the energy. Too.

Bro you just made it look so much easier than it is in my head! I'm such a great blending beat matching DJ but cuts have always been my weak point. Now with your advice I feel confident that my cuts will be good moving forward! Thanks a lot brother for this free breakdown! So many people out there selling programs which is fine but nobody wants to buy a program to learn one technique LOL so I really appreciate it man.

You are amazing at breaking down the Djing techniques and teaching in a simpler way. Kudos to you for taking time in helping loads of people.

That mixing trick came about when producers (that haven't DJ'ed before) were hired to do a festival because they had a hit song. They didn't have time to learn how to properly beat match and use the techniques, so they came up with producer style clever trick type transitions. The stop/ start (at that drp), the cut and paste (switch buildups, since most build ups sound similar) or the switch (just switching the song at the drop). That is also where all those transitions that make heavy use of EFX came from as well. They brought the tricks they used in production (EFX, copy paste) over to the performance part and it helped DJ'ing evolve. Prior to this, DJs more focused on being subtle, almost an unseen hand (except for turntabilists). With a good DJ, in the past, you never knew when one track began, ended, when they switched, etc. Now it is impossible to miss!

My favorite way to drop mix is by swapping the isolated sections that 99% of electronic music songs have, before their drops hit. It's usually something like one vocal line with minimal or no, other accompanying instrumentation. It's very easy to seamlessly swap these sections out without a crowd realizing that you switched tracks on the fly.

Back in the days (80's) cut mixing vs beat mixing used to be the difference between DJs mixing multi genre party sets and club DJs playing house and various club music. Cutting 7'' was considered easier than pulling off long blends on 12'', and it was also considerable cheaper to buy 7'' records. On average you could buy 4 7'' for every 12''. Converting the price to what the price would've been today, a 7'' was $8 and a 12'' was $20 - $40 depending on if it was a regular or import. For 1 song! It's easy to understand that for most of us it took a few years to build a good music collection and that we really had to consider what tracks to buy, and where it was value in buying the 12''. It also meant that we had time to practice before even thinking about looking for gigs. To download a 1000 tracks and buy a cheap controller wasn't an option. The music was not intended for DJs to mix with and there were no rules for how to structure a song. When the 12'' entered the scene this became very obvious and the creativity could many times completely ruin a number one hit on the charts. Intros and outros were never at the start or end of a track, if available at all. Creative musicians were the ones who made the 12'' versions and they still did not really understand the needs of a DJ. It's why after a while DJ's got more and more involved with the process of producing remixes, and not until the 90's, a kind of formula for how to make remixes and extended versions started to emerge. Just as creative as the music was produced, just as creative we the DJ's had to be when trying to mix music together. Cut mixing was the first way to do it, and as easy as it is on modern hardware, doing it with a 7'' piece of vinyl took many hours to perfect, and you had to know every track by heart. Beat mixing also had it's challenges with real drummers and early drum machines set to random speed variations to sound more like it was a real person playing. Also early remixing was done cutting tape, for real, and that also resulted in variations in speed. That, with the natural drift on a vinyl deck, made it a challenge to keep 2 tracks in sync long in to the 90's, even when the CD replaced the vinyl. If you missed the perfect, and sometimes only, place to do a proper beat mix, you had to resort to the basic cut mix not to screw things up. You beginners have no idea how good times are now to become a DJ :) , you lucky bastards ;) .

Dude you are the first person to explain things so that I can grasp. Excellent teacher and skills.

Carlo, outside world class DJ'ing... your video production, facilitation, and guidance second to none. As always, well done!

I never do drop mixes, like ever. I generally mix tech house or drum and bass and what I like about these are long blends as much as I can. But I'm sure this can be used for many other types of music and different DJing styles, especially for beginners. I do have to note, with the DDJ 400, this is best done with quantise off!

🍀 Always watching all the way through haha. You do so much for the DJ community Carlo. This is a well explained and thorough video. These must take you a great deal of time to put together. I'm currently getting my Twitch channel into a re-designed state with new top-down deck cam and proper face cam for my affiliate thingy. These videos always help to inspire my creativity, and I am always very grateful. Stay cool bro!

Thanks for the great tips! You are very good at explaining and demonstrating them. Look forward to more great videos!

Your are such a blessing for aspiring djs ✨🙏🏾 the way you breakdown every trick and technic is simply spectacular! Thank you so very much 🙌🏾💓

The best drop mixing video on RU-vid. It has been so over looked as it’s classed as easy, but it was actually the thing I struggled with most when I first started, I could mix and blend fine, but drop mixing to make sound smooth and on point seemed a struggle to me, plus! It is a lot more effective then people think, you can catch a crowd right out doing it, it’s great and sounds more impressive imo aslong as done sparingly. So I should imagine there will be ALOT of people out there who will appreciate this video so much! Well done carlo keep up the good work bud, 👍.

I use a lot of dropmixing because I like to mix breaks. Often times, blending breaks results in the beats clashing. I also use a cue point as a visual aid at my drop point. Another important thing for me was learning that not every song HAS to blend or match tempo. It’s OK to have a little break for a tempo change. Your videos have been INVALUABLE as I’ve been learning. You do such a great job of explaining and showing the techniques, and it never feels like you’re talking down to the audience.

I can't thank you enough for sharing this! I've always been afraid to DJ mix hiphop, pop, and mainstream because of my fear of transitioning smoothly between BPMs and genres. Plus kudos for using a consumer grade controller like this DDJ-400 which I think is the best of the budget controllers right now.

def going to try more drop mixes, for me I never think of these in the moment. I'm always doing long overlapping mixes, sometimes looping the Outro (or section) of playing track like 16 bars or more. I think style wise I prefer long gradual transitions just as a point of style, this is very good for vibe on house, deep house, chill, and other repetitive styles. maybe drop mixing would be better for me when playing pop, hip hop, something like that

Nice breakdown of these simple drop mix methods. Excellent teacher skills that not everyone possesses. Much appreciated!! 🍀

Solid video man. Thanks for sharing

One of your avid fan and subscriber... Thanks a lot for your biggest help for us as a DJ... Like me, I'm only a beginner Dj, but because of you free tutorial here in you,, I got the most of my ability and that's because of you #DJ CARLO💪👏👏👏

Excellent. I love it. Thank you so much.

"Thank you" isn't enough for the work you've done 🙏. following your work since you had 112 or 115k subs, it's been a great journey ❤️

Thanks for another great video Carlo! Super helpful :)

🍀Excellent information! I'm partial to the first echo transition personally. I'll always watch your videos to the end. Packed full of great info!

I love You too much Carlo, every single video is really amazing and the best part is you're still using the DDJ 400. I'm new in this and I bought my DDJ 400 just one month ago, I'm doing my best here. Blessings Bro 🙏🏻💪🏼

Nice vídeo dj carlo ! Thanks You .

Nice transitions, thank you!

Excellent! I like everything! 🍀

I enjoy your mixes & instructions. 👍🏽

Drop mixing doesn't get enough love on most channels but it is the cornerstone of a love of DJ sets. Especially streaming sets where you're performing, talking to the crowd and driving the vibe. You don't have the luxury of doing long complicated technical mixes for every transition when you're not playing EDM.

your videos are the best thank you!

Great content. You explain so smoothly and understandable that even people with basic level of English like me can understand... Thank you Ive learn a lot

Thank you for the tip! I've been too obsessed with beat matching business. This gives another idea throwing a different BPM

Really really helpful video bro, the 1st and 3rd one are really cool to use

Thanks for this great video! The echo fx sounds the best in my opinion ;)

Love your videos! Please make a tutorial on adding loops into the mix to enhance the track, making it like a rmx thanks! 👏🏼☺️

Brilliant tutorial again, I wonder how many people you have helped start off that have then gone on to be a professional, or semi-professional DJ, I bet it's quite a few!

Nice video once again 💪🏾 Thanks for the content👍🏾

Badass enjoy all your videos. Thanks for the tips.

Thank you DJ Carlo! Though I've been playing with turntables and controllers for 20+ years, I'm forever a beginner. Your videos have helped me more than any other single source.

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥voooo i am waiting for that type video...you are awesome ❤️❤️

Nice one Bro! Your explanations are on point. Keep up the good work 👊

Thank you! 👍👍👍

Nice options for the genre of music you play. I like to see this whole video done with hip hop and rap,

Heartfelt thanks

all your vids are so outstanding!!!

I'm dropping out of school 🎒 and just taking your classes, I've learned more in 1 day of watching you than in a year of university 😅😂

Drop mixing is similar to the chop mixing done with vinyl and a crossfader and later augmented by using cds and cues.When a dj is short on time and needs to drop being subtle and get to the red meat with a whole bunch of bangers this is very effective.I mostly beat match or have tunes pre edited which i then mix because sometimes my cue point timing can be off.Also no flip right now so i cant remember all of my cue points when i have so many tunes.I will get around to getting flip though for Serato.

Thanks for your videos!

☘️I prefer to start my next track as soon as I slam the volume fader down on the first track. That way, whatever effect I used is still bleeding into the next track which I believe provides a smoother transition.

🍀🍀 hey man excellent info vid....myself my go to trans is the simple chores swap but when i get fancy the brake style is what ill do for dramatic effect...keep these info vids commin man luv it!!

Binge watching all your videos so when i get a controller i know what im doing 😂 thanks for the videos man they're so interesting to watch

U got some Bangers playing there! 🔥

Pretty awesome video!! My favorite transition is vinyl / echo

Dude, thank you so much for these videos! I finally got a DDJ-400, after viewing your videos. I got it for myself for my birthday last May. I LOVE it so much! MAde some mixes now on soundcloud, dj'ing my friends xmas party on the 17th, AND had another good friend ask me to dj his wedding! Idk if I am going to... but still! lol

Realy is very good teaching video i like it ,❤ thank you

Thank you!

I started this hobby!! Yay... I'm excited to try some of these

I just practise with my Pioneer XDJ-RR and it's nice learning from you the "easy" mixes.. thanks....take my time.... I'm 67 and follow some dj lessons at the DJ school of A'dam... keep learning

Crisp and clear

Hi DJ Carlo ! Again an amaizing video with so good pedagogic material ! You're the best and I always learn something with you ! My favorite will be the echo effect. Simple and efficient ! ✌️ Thanks a lot and take care ! Love from Marseille ! 🤍

By drop mixing it looks so much easier than having to make both songs bpm match. Great advice loving the content.

Amazing ❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥💨💨

Thank you 🙏🏿

You’re a GOD I love you, Tysm for this

🍀breakdown to intro is by far a fave, ive been swapping my filter knob to pitch change while doing this and it can be very dramatic.

Thanks allot ❤️

Its okay to use this technique here and there. Doing it all the time means you clearly don't have the wherewithall to properly mix into the next song with cue points. You see this happen a lot with chillwave/lofi DJs who don't have clue or simply just don't care.

🍀djaytwitch- your instructional videos are on point. Thank you for wonderful visuals and text and really breaking down these pro level tricks. I need to practice this chorus flip more. The backspin never sounds good when i do it manually but as an effect, i remember i loved it in virtual dj, ages ago.

This vid was a break down and evolution on how I mix currently used all of these techniques unknowingly.

most headlining mainstage djs don't really mix they use a pre recorded set because of the pyro show and visuals.

Thanks!

The drop-style is getting more popular now for sure. The attention span of the crowd seems to demand more energy and this is perfect for it. I play Tech House and tbh so many breakdowns are just boring and useless, they also take up a huge percentage of the track time. Im finding so many new tunes are getting shorter as well! in the old days a house tune was 6min+ but now its like 2 or maybe 3 mins, so this allows for drop mixing even more because the 2nd movement is done after 8 bars. It'll get to a point where you're playing 30+ tunes an hour! Another great tutorial Carlo, all the transitions are awesome and as usual your presentation is on-point sir! thanks. :)

Great! I need to play pop for Xmas :)

I cant miss out any video of yours for real

Kool always enjoy the vidz

i like using echo with my paddles on the Rane.I do not use many effects or that often but that can be useful especially in a bpm dead end.

🍀 thanks alot man, im gonna use the echo function alot more now

Drop mixing is a cool technique but I feel it should be done sparingly to add energy in your set as the whole point to blending and mixing songs together is your essentially creating a new song combining elements of both/or more songs. That element is something I don't really see much in the EDM DJ scene.

I want to learn this JOB-mixing too ;) TNX 4 the good video :)))

☘️ i learned something new today and the Vinyl effect is definitely my favorite 🤩💯

I still use you og drop Mixing method with the the decks play/pause and the dropping the volume fader 😂 great video! 🍀

Thank-you bro

Some great ideas for drop mixing…🍀🍀

Awesome bro thanks

omg how does this guy not have millions of subs ! genius at work here 🔥🔥🔥

This is why true talent like Andy C will never be matched. He is a master at the craft!

I love them all and gonna practice every night. Now i have a way of changing the songs with different bpms🍀

I understand all concepts of mixing but we did not have this technology in the 70's amazing how this works thanks for the video.

Very nice tutorial. Keep it up. Dj Carlo 🫡

merci beaucoup a toi :))

Carlo i do love the content you make and everything that you learn us, but guys, you always show us very carefully selected tracks which match perfectly fine together. I think that is a skill that requires a lot of practice and for newbies like me, its hard to apply them on my collection of music. I think it would be really helpful if you can show us mixes of tracks which are not so close harmonically together. I dont even talk about their keys or genres, but more about their structures. Thank you for all the efforts and your passion!

WOW IDOL YOURE THE BEST, NOW I KNOW THAT THING.... GOD BLESS THANK YOU. YOURE NO.1

🍀 I'm yet to try drop mixing but this looks like a pretty cool technique to work on. I'm most likely going to use the echo effect drop mix, I liked that one a lot

He uses beginner equipment to those who can’t afford the big shit I respect the guy

Thanks

Respect big brother

You are the best 👌