Know your tracks, know your gear and FEEL the vibes the music is putting out. By then you will know exactly how to mix in the moment you're mixing. Sending my best wishes to fellow DJ's out there! Peace
Been making gigs with my friends for the last 5 months and although im more of an analog musician, this very entertaining, and i find your statement to be true, when you know your songs you just know how to mix them right
Pro tip: don't completely elimate the low of the song exiting, leave a tiny bit so that the vocal and or other elements don't sound extra weak and anemic
Yup. I find that setting the bass knob to around the 9 o’clock position tends to work out well…on pioneer mixers anyhow. Not sure where it lands on others.
Depends on the kind of music your mixing. A lot of commercial house music is mastered so that they use the entire frequency band while many underground songs are mastered keeping in mind that you will be mixing them. Also, depending on your mixer you need to make sure if your knobs are set on EQ or Isolating as there is a big difference. Finally, cutting out the lows while sweeping the song with a high-pass filter will allow you to add the incoming bassline much cleaner. (also mentioned in the video)
@@nxs6musique140 How ya getting on ? I'm about 1 week in, do you fancy checking out my Techno mix and I'll check yours ? It's only 40 minutes long but ALL feedback is appreciated.
I'm old skool, don't think, feel. So I just experiment and create and that's how I learn best, with plenty of errors on the way, but it's exciting and fun and living on the edge. However, great tutorial, clear and well explained and although I struggled to follow the depth at times, others will easily read it. We all have our learning styles, it's great that we can share so many different ways to do things online...
I wish people wouldn’t sware by mixing in key, I mix hard house and some tracks sound like they are made for each other when they are nowhere near the same key. If you always follow that then you’ll miss out on loads of great tracks that sound amazing together. Great video though mate 👏
Thank you! I agree 100%, I don’t even have mixed in key, although I have them labeled..I’m oldschool, look for elements and sounds that go together and keep the energy level in mind..your music is supposed to tell a story
you can go up a blind alley sometimes looking for the right key and end up with nowhere to go. it’s a great option but the right track should come before an in key one!
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Can you do some more classic house build ups and tweaks to add extra energy? Modern EDM is pretty easy to smash drops in but like you said more mellow house music takes some finnesse and craft to keep the crowd moving.
Just bought a few of their courses, top notch stuff I highly recommend! Great video too, going to practice this tonight :) Cheers, and stay safe out there!
A little tip: Don’t overlay/mix tracks from major to minor (or vise versa) if they contains chords and many notes. Only simple one note baselines works
I am not professional Dj but have owned a console from past few years and I think am pretty good at it cuz have dj'd in my friend's parties. House music is most easiest Genre to mix in imo but most enjoyable one indeed.
This works even when you mix late and the original bass line is gone. just drop the bass out of the kick drum for one bar and slam in the new bass line on the new track.
Greetings from Texas and Thanks. I needed that. I'm a total beginner. I have a couple of techno mixes up on my yt channel, a dnb mix, a a jungle mix, a drum funk, one trance mix, and an industrial techno mix but I don't know many tricks. It's good to know you're out here looking out for us noobs. Your step by step demos made a lot more sense than other guys I'm subbed to that never really explain what they're doing. I've played with the reverb filter and flange here and there and even some back spin to let the next track come in but nothing as subtle yet technical as what you just demonstrated. Thanks again dude.
@@1matzeplayer1 i had the prime 4 so i know.. ive used many dacs, controller and headphone amp in my life.. even denon mc3000 sounded way way better... this is not news.. wait for denon to release a new better SQ version and you will see.. not to mention that also keylock sync muffled the transient on the tracks
Jamie this is awesome, as are all your tutorials! A lot of DJs let their egos get in the way, but you keep it simple and the skills you teach actually make sense. Thank you, keep up the good work. I'm looking to do one of your DJ courses very soon :-)
Your online school is amazing, you are doing a great job, I'd like to see more videos like this, about melodic, progressive house tips and tricks, thank you!!!
Its amazing how easy it is now. We where doing all this without screens or all the bells&whistles by ear on two Technics1210s year's ago and all while trying to hold the beats together. I guess thats why these days there are so many great older Djs. There skills include the fundamental basics and a trained ear.
When will it just become you typing in some kind of code and the computer just moves the faders and everything else on its own? Cdj with no software and no beat matching, that’s who will be the new HOT dj’s one day. Back to the old school
Even better idea... Loop the vocal phrase for 4 or even 2 bars so that it just says "keep shakin it". This gives you more time to finesse the drop/transition especially if you're newer or not familiar with this technique. Also, if you've got a filter button EQs can be ignored. Applying a HPF to the exiting track will remove all the lows and have the same effect but with an extra filter effect, it's only one button you have to worry about and it just sounds better imo. Then crank the reverb as you increase the filter until the new bassline comes in, then slowly fade out the old track. I use this technique all the time, it's easier, it's safer and it sounds great.
Been wanting to dj tech house for ages I know so many songs in so many genres etc I can just mix it in my head daily but yet to get a deck lol only 25 y/o but my music vocabulary is vast this gonna inspire me to get one soon dunno why I haven’t when I got a £4k gaming pc lol I always get side tracked after work just playing games 😂
I've never watched any DJ tutorials before. Just learned to do it myself and did it how I thought it should be done. And that's pretty much how I'm doing it intuitively without ever hearing about it anywhere. Just seems like the most logical way in most cases.
I tested your steps and did something a bit different. 1. I didn't kill the low on the track that brought in. Just the track already playing with a filter sweep. I bring the filter in and still have the sound I want it.
I use this exact technique, with some variations, constantly in my shows. It indeed gives impact and the hi pass filter creates more energy than just simply cutting the low a couple beats before the drop/bass swap. I also use this similarly to create a change point in techno songs that don't have a good break spot to swap, when I need to.
started DJing just some while ago and this was exacetly the technique I was looking for in Techno / House music. Any Suggestions from the audience for punchy Techno tracks that fit this mixing technique?
Using the high pass or low pass creates more energy rather than just cutting an eq, it also allows you a way to hide cutting some eq. It's a super useful technique.
Love to know the software you edit your videos with? I do some small videos and have done your intermediate course would love to do more interactive video’s.
what's the point of starting the hot cue on the song coming in the first time? if the fader is down we're not hearing anything until the second time you play the track coming in anyways. do you have quantize on so you're already locked in sync by the second time you hit the cue?
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Know your tracks, know your gear and FEEL the vibes the music is putting out. By then you will know exactly how to mix in the moment you're mixing. Sending my best wishes to fellow DJ's out there! Peace
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Been making gigs with my friends for the last 5 months and although im more of an analog musician, this very entertaining, and i find your statement to be true, when you know your songs you just know how to mix them right
Take ecstasy
Where do I find music or search and listen to songs in order to choose them as my song list?
@@Tfifi-y2z dig and dig and then dig again
This is why I'm cross fader for life. These guys grind and share to help build the community. Thank you thank you thank you.
Same here brother!!! We are lucky to have people like !!Crossfader Team!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼💛💛 🔥🔥🔥
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Pro tip: don't completely elimate the low of the song exiting, leave a tiny bit so that the vocal and or other elements don't sound extra weak and anemic
Thanks, had the prob often, but never really thought about that
true!! thanks
Yup. I find that setting the bass knob to around the 9 o’clock position tends to work out well…on pioneer mixers anyhow. Not sure where it lands on others.
Depends on the kind of music your mixing. A lot of commercial house music is mastered so that they use the entire frequency band while many underground songs are mastered keeping in mind that you will be mixing them. Also, depending on your mixer you need to make sure if your knobs are set on EQ or Isolating as there is a big difference. Finally, cutting out the lows while sweeping the song with a high-pass filter will allow you to add the incoming bassline much cleaner. (also mentioned in the video)
@@aaronalan2488 9 o clock on the song exiting and full on the song coming in?
Finally something that is actually useful for techno djs.
Been waiting for this for so long
Hey I'm a beginner techno dj too. Check out my mixes on my channel and post a critique if you please. Peace
i recommend looking at the hör performances and analyse them.
@@nxs6musique140 How ya getting on ? I'm about 1 week in, do you fancy checking out my Techno mix and I'll check yours ? It's only 40 minutes long but ALL feedback is appreciated.
I'm old skool, don't think, feel. So I just experiment and create and that's how I learn best, with plenty of errors on the way, but it's exciting and fun and living on the edge. However, great tutorial, clear and well explained and although I struggled to follow the depth at times, others will easily read it. We all have our learning styles, it's great that we can share so many different ways to do things online...
You're right everyone has their own style, it's all about finding what works for you!
I wish people wouldn’t sware by mixing in key, I mix hard house and some tracks sound like they are made for each other when they are nowhere near the same key. If you always follow that then you’ll miss out on loads of great tracks that sound amazing together.
Great video though mate 👏
100% with you
Keep your ears open people and your mind opener
@@danielcorea8985 lol
Music sounds great on drugs anyways, keep that in mind.
Thank you! I agree 100%, I don’t even have mixed in key, although I have them labeled..I’m oldschool, look for elements and sounds that go together and keep the energy level in mind..your music is supposed to tell a story
you can go up a blind alley sometimes looking for the right key and end up with nowhere to go. it’s a great option but the right track should come before an in key one!
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do some hardstyle mix plsssss
Can you do some more classic house build ups and tweaks to add extra energy? Modern EDM is pretty easy to smash drops in but like you said more mellow house music takes some finnesse and craft to keep the crowd moving.
Super vibe
Just bought a few of their courses, top notch stuff I highly recommend! Great video too, going to practice this tonight :) Cheers, and stay safe out there!
A little tip: Don’t overlay/mix tracks from major to minor (or vise versa) if they contains chords and many notes. Only simple one note baselines works
what do you mean by major and minor?
I am not professional Dj but have owned a console from past few years and I think am pretty good at it cuz have dj'd in my friend's parties. House music is most easiest Genre to mix in imo but most enjoyable one indeed.
This works even when you mix late and the original bass line is gone. just drop the bass out of the kick drum for one bar and slam in the new bass line on the new track.
Hard techno intesifies
I watch your stuff all the time but this was the best video I have seen.. It spoke to me clearly. thanks
Greetings from Texas and Thanks. I needed that. I'm a total beginner. I have a couple of techno mixes up on my yt channel, a dnb mix, a a jungle mix, a drum funk, one trance mix, and an industrial techno mix but I don't know many tricks. It's good to know you're out here looking out for us noobs. Your step by step demos made a lot more sense than other guys I'm subbed to that never really explain what they're doing. I've played with the reverb filter and flange here and there and even some back spin to let the next track come in but nothing as subtle yet technical as what you just demonstrated. Thanks again dude.
I was doing it correctly then ty! The reverb is a nice touch, I'll be sure to try effects now
I did enjoy the tutorial Peter Crouch, keep it up
Great Tutorial! Also Love the usage of the DENON gear!
Was just about to comment this lol, DENON BABYYYY
denon prime suck.. SQ is crappy
@@lextr3110 oh come on, you can't be serious.
@@1matzeplayer1 i had the prime 4 so i know.. ive used many dacs, controller and headphone amp in my life.. even denon mc3000 sounded way way better... this is not news.. wait for denon to release a new better SQ version and you will see..
not to mention that also keylock sync muffled the transient on the tracks
What a GEM! Can’t thank y’all enough
Jamie this is awesome, as are all your tutorials! A lot of DJs let their egos get in the way, but you keep it simple and the skills you teach actually make sense. Thank you, keep up the good work. I'm looking to do one of your DJ courses very soon :-)
Just do it. Feel it.
80% of djing is taste
Your online school is amazing, you are doing a great job, I'd like to see more videos like this, about melodic, progressive house tips and tricks, thank you!!!
Its amazing how easy it is now. We where doing all this without screens or all the bells&whistles by ear on two Technics1210s year's ago and all while trying to hold the beats together. I guess thats why these days there are so many great older Djs. There skills include the fundamental basics and a trained ear.
Yep. Another great example of technology messing up with humanity. Soon this all will be performed by robots dj´s
When will it just become you typing in some kind of code and the computer just moves the faders and everything else on its own? Cdj with no software and no beat matching, that’s who will be the new HOT dj’s one day. Back to the old school
Thanks! Will try to squeeze this in the sets on my channel!
Great tip!
Wow thanks Crossfader really helpful 👍👍👍
Even better idea...
Loop the vocal phrase for 4 or even 2 bars so that it just says "keep shakin it". This gives you more time to finesse the drop/transition especially if you're newer or not familiar with this technique.
Also, if you've got a filter button EQs can be ignored. Applying a HPF to the exiting track will remove all the lows and have the same effect but with an extra filter effect, it's only one button you have to worry about and it just sounds better imo.
Then crank the reverb as you increase the filter until the new bassline comes in, then slowly fade out the old track.
I use this technique all the time, it's easier, it's safer and it sounds great.
Nice, i liked that, i was nodding my head like Big Lez after a Key
needed this, thank you
Thank you so much. Great video!
Always learning from 🎶💥CROSSFADER💥🎶!! Thank You.🙏🏼🙌🏼🙏🏼
Glad you clued me in, I will eventually use that feature. Thanks for the tips
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Been wanting to dj tech house for ages I know so many songs in so many genres etc I can just mix it in my head daily but yet to get a deck lol only 25 y/o but my music vocabulary is vast this gonna inspire me to get one soon dunno why I haven’t when I got a £4k gaming pc lol I always get side tracked after work just playing games 😂
Always elevating the basic techniques I was using to pro levels. Much appreciated
Love the reverb technique
Wow that was amazing! Thank you.
It is good to see I had a good feeling doing this sort of thing 🥰 Still learned something, thank you Jamie 🌏🌈
I've never watched any DJ tutorials before. Just learned to do it myself and did it how I thought it should be done. And that's pretty much how I'm doing it intuitively without ever hearing about it anywhere. Just seems like the most logical way in most cases.
great video, explained really well and will be practicing these !
that was brilliant
Fire!!
Jamie great tutorials
thank you so much! its really simple and effective!!
masterclass
I tested your steps and did something a bit different. 1. I didn't kill the low on the track that brought in. Just the track already playing with a filter sweep. I bring the filter in and still have the sound I want it.
Could be a problem on big club Speakers I think
I use this exact technique, with some variations, constantly in my shows. It indeed gives impact and the hi pass filter creates more energy than just simply cutting the low a couple beats before the drop/bass swap.
I also use this similarly to create a change point in techno songs that don't have a good break spot to swap, when I need to.
This video is great because it will deter people from becoming djs by making it soo boring so they will find actually jobs and not ruin their future
I love this channel I'm learning so mamy tricks to improve my mixing on my new xdj xz
Great tip is very useful for a beginner house/techno dj
Thanks!
Thanks bro, great tutorial and yes it was very simple to understand as well. God bless! :)
I love using beatjump on 32 beats!
bruh I love house music so much holy shit
This was awesome. Thank you so much!
This one was quite useful. Thanks Jsmmie
Dope video brotha 🤘🏼🔥
Thanks 💯
Fantastic tutorial! Subscribed :)
Awesome, thank you!
👍👍👍 thanks
So phasing 😎🔊
More transitionsssssss.!!!! excellent video.!!!
Thank you that’s very cool😍
Simple yet super effective technique! Nice
This is a great vid, thank you
U BEST!!!
Nice transitions!!!
Is this dj set suitable for beginners? What is the model?
started DJing just some while ago and this was exacetly the technique I was looking for in Techno / House music.
Any Suggestions from the audience for punchy Techno tracks that fit this mixing technique?
ty for the tips i dont use the fiter to up the bass is good to change diferent
Me neither but between you and me I was getting tired of doing the same thing throughout my mixes. I'm glad I learned something new.
Using the high pass or low pass creates more energy rather than just cutting an eq, it also allows you a way to hide cutting some eq. It's a super useful technique.
Best tip ever 😂 give thanks
Great tutorial! Please make more content like this. Thank you!
Gonna be playing some tech-house soon, this is very helpful 👍🏼👍🏼
Super helpful, thank you so much! 🙏🤘
Thanksss
This video was so helpful thanks so much
thx
Add my song mermaid to your next gig you won't be disappointed 🔥🔥
Thank you
that hopeless feeling when most of your tracks you were hoping to mix clash and have far too much vocals.. :( making learning quite difficult
This was really helpful thank you 🙏😁
Nicely explained
Where do I get the color wheel ?
nice simple explanation!
Glad it was helpful!
for mixes like this would you be using an isolation eq setting? not sure if serato has an isolation eq.
Im p sure serato has an option for isolator vs eq. Might depend on your controller though
Fire
What dj gear is used in this vid ?
Hey, Jamie! Please make a tutorial on the ways and lifehacks of mixing breaks music :)
Just use a fade-out echo effect. No need to beat match or anything‽
Bassline!
Love to know the software you edit your videos with?
I do some small videos and have done your intermediate course would love to do more interactive video’s.
Nothing is more important than SELECTION
We want a playlist from you♥️
Nice one 🔥
Great vid
Haha thats simply how i‘ve Play since I started, Never knew This a „Trick“ 😅
Yeah its pretty much all I do in my sets... I just mix up the effects as I go along...
You could also loop the intro.
More of this please!!
DJing without headphones, I've seen it all
Visual mixing is totally a thing if you completely understand the modern technology and waveforms...
It’s just not original you need to hear a tune to know what’s happening where in it
@@djrigga If you know your tracks to the max, you don´t really need to use headphones exactly
Dude, I dunno what year it is where you are from, but it's 2021 where I am, this has been a thing for at least 6 years
Is their any trick to train to hear the tune of a song without software?
what's the point of starting the hot cue on the song coming in the first time? if the fader is down we're not hearing anything until the second time you play the track coming in anyways. do you have quantize on so you're already locked in sync by the second time you hit the cue?
Just to keep timing. He wanted to start 32 beats from the drop so he used the next track as like a measuring stick