jlcpremier
06-04-2012, 12:44 AM
Is there anything wrong with mixing this way...
I usually bring the incoming track in on the last major drop or chorus of the outgoing track. Sometimes I'll use the last breakdown to mix, though sometimes that can sound really repetitive with nothing but bass beats for 64 bars or so. I personally like to experience house tracks where I can hear the first buildup and breakdown in the middle and then the final buildup before mixing in the new track. I'll bring the incoming track in with the mids and bass cut about 25% which helps with phase clashes. Over the next 16-32 bars, I'll bring the mids up and start to cut bass on outgoing while bringing the bass up on incoming. Once the incoming track is at full EQ, I'll continue to lower the EQs on the outgoing track until I can cut it out with no huge cut in volume. Sometimes I'll throw a hi-pass filter on the outgoing track to help. Here's a mix I did so you can see what I mean. There are a couple tracks on there where I did find some nice melodic areas to transition in but for the most part it follows that style.
http://www.mixcloud.com/djnvision/edm-sessions-volume-2/
When I go back and listen to the mix, and maybe it's because I listen to my mixes a lot, it seems like it's a little too predictable. Then again it is my mixing style, but do you ever find that you use the same style and it gets too repetitive or is that just normal?
I usually bring the incoming track in on the last major drop or chorus of the outgoing track. Sometimes I'll use the last breakdown to mix, though sometimes that can sound really repetitive with nothing but bass beats for 64 bars or so. I personally like to experience house tracks where I can hear the first buildup and breakdown in the middle and then the final buildup before mixing in the new track. I'll bring the incoming track in with the mids and bass cut about 25% which helps with phase clashes. Over the next 16-32 bars, I'll bring the mids up and start to cut bass on outgoing while bringing the bass up on incoming. Once the incoming track is at full EQ, I'll continue to lower the EQs on the outgoing track until I can cut it out with no huge cut in volume. Sometimes I'll throw a hi-pass filter on the outgoing track to help. Here's a mix I did so you can see what I mean. There are a couple tracks on there where I did find some nice melodic areas to transition in but for the most part it follows that style.
http://www.mixcloud.com/djnvision/edm-sessions-volume-2/
When I go back and listen to the mix, and maybe it's because I listen to my mixes a lot, it seems like it's a little too predictable. Then again it is my mixing style, but do you ever find that you use the same style and it gets too repetitive or is that just normal?