How to mix from 128 BPM to 140 then 175 and back to 128

[mrSilkie]

Nope, i don't think i can do it, could you show me an example so i can atleast hear what it would sound like?
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[YungVendrixDNB]

I usually do a power down to get a dnb track in. There are some good 87bpm tracks to transition to around 175

That's what I try to do with my future jazz records(I own the Soulfood and Earth Volume 3 sets, which are both pressed by Cookin Records). I still haven't mastered that yet.

[DougMore]

To be fair I don't spin DnB...Breaks/Trance are as fast as I get. It really only works with breaks going into something with a lot of swing and 'boom'

[Dave Daschofsky]

Not sure how to do it on a MIDI controller but i do it all the time on vinyl. Slowly speed up the 128 bpm song and slow down the one at 140 until you've got both around 135 or so. Sometimes if i need to slow down the fast one more than the pitch control allows ill use my finger to apply a little pressure to the side of the platter to slow it down a bit more.

[DJ STU-C]

does nobody care what tracks sound like when pitch up/down to oblivion?? im glad im not listening to it, if i wanted alvin and the chipmunks id buy the album.. what i would do is turn the deck off or use the brake knob on pioneers so the track slows to a stop, introduce some white noise or acapella etc then bring in the faster track on the melodic part(breakdown or in some cases the start of a record) then build it up with efx and the beat drops, no way would i start ultra pitching the tracks it just sounds horrible and the master tempo/keylock function just fucks the track up

[gudy2shuz]

I've heard some guys mix two ambient-sorta breaks together; one breakbeat and one dnb and it worked. I'm guessing the key is which two tracks to do it with.

[g6music]

Something that works for me (occasionally mind you) is when you've got an electro track, wait until the beat ends and it smooths into an ambient section. At the same time I'll start the dub track on a big hit (make sure the track still has enough energy at this point), and then mix the dnb and dub together (it's easier to mix those two genres). Then use the reverse of the method above to go back to electro. It takes some practice, and knowing your tracks (REALLLY know them), but it works in the right environment. And I'm using a midi unit as well (Kontrol S4). It can be done!! Just gotta practice

[Finnish_Fox]

Just train wreck it.

[brawny]

There are a variety of techniques, but sometimes regardless of tempo transitions just don't work. Songs don't work next to eachother. I get the Jedi sense that you are trying to force something. It's like poetry, for some reason some words sound nice in sequence others don't. I know I've wasted a lot of time trying to force transitions that just were bound to sound like shit. I thought I was challenging myself to master my craft by finding a way to make it work, but ultimately I think it should kind of come naturally. If you've tried a few ways and it sounds like shit, maybe stop spending so much time on it and move on to something else.

[mantis]

wow i agree with brawny