Samination Advanced Member
Sweden
13,072 posts Joined: Jul, 2004
195 hardcore releases
Posted - 2017/05/22 : 10:53:38
As much as I hate it, I must agree with Guest of all people, but the mixing is horrible.
Here's a few noticed you should take note off
quote:* The volumes are way too high on the incoming track.
I won't deny it, I love playing the incoming track much earlier myself, but RARELLY at full volume. Most of the time I love the result that the incoming track adds to the current track. Watch my video link below for some of my mixing style.
quote:* Don't. Be. Afraid. To. Use. The. Friggin. Sync. Button...!
f*ck the haters. I always use the sync button on VirtualDJ to make sure the beatmatch is correct. And before anyone says that's taking the easy way out, VirtualDJ has a bug (for a very long time now) that the makes the beatgrid incorrect for some reason, especially after playing 3 full tracks after each other. So in the end I still need to correct it, even with Sync on.
quote:* If the tracks doesn't seem to work together, don't try for force them together.
This might fly for a live set if you mix it quick, but for a recorded one? Find another track and see if you can squeeze that in between. I have many tracks I wish to mix but that I have been impossible to find a fitting track that works with it.
quote:* Auto sync...
... I don't think you used, but it's still something I've yet to work out :P Or it just doesn't work on VDJ with Hardcore
Anyways, here's quick video of how i prepare to record a mix on VirtualDJ7. I don't use headphones so I heavily depend on the vizualiser, and I do have a USB turntable, but this video was recorded with me using my keyboard and mouse. (Crossfader setting is set to Smooth)
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Guest Advanced Member
United Kingdom
1,511 posts Joined: Feb, 2015
Posted - 2017/05/22 : 23:44:25
yeah, here's me mixing in traktor, i don't prepare nothing because im ghetto, i just normalize all my tracks to -12 RMS and use the peak meters on every bit of hardware that using -12 RMS as the peak lines from yellow->red for clipping
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Posted - 2017/05/15 : 10:41:51
