DJ Help

I actually don't think there is a thread dedicated to this so here it is.

My question.

Mixing Messiah into a tune, I'm not hearing anything to signify the beat in the intro. Am I missing something or do you have to jump to the beat, get it right and jump back. Haven't had a single problem with any other tune but this has had me stumped for a while now.

Any help would be great.

yeah pretty much

go to the beat, get it in time, drop it from the start and hope for the best

intro tune or second drop?

Figured it would have to be like that. Cheers.

And not as an intro. Mixing it into another tune.

i sometimes find that if i chuck in the tune at the right time (at the intro) sometimes the beats will match when they come in.



if any of that made sense 






(INTRO)                 (Beats)               (Breakdown)                                       (Outro)

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                                                                       ^bring in your song about here (first beat)
                                        ^i put songs with an intro around here     


i could be doin it wrong, but it seems to work for me. not all the time tho :P

Even if you don't have a beat, 9 times out of ten there should be a sample/synth/whatever looping that you can use to get in time.

I've never owned it on vinyl, but doesn't it have little high hats that start about half way through the intro? Might be thinking of the spor rmx though.

You can always chuck it on the computer and add some beats to it then play it off cd if you really want. Or just drop it from halfway. Or just blend it into another breakdown and let it drop. Heaps of ways to skin a cat, so to speak.

just keep jamming... easy 

This is what I'd be looking for first up


If no luck with option 1 then I'd do like Leezee says.

agreed, just listen out for subtle noises. can be a cunt though.

FIRST TUNE PLAYS. BRING IN MESSIAH. WHEN IT DROPS FOR REAL, BRUZ, CUT THE OTHER TUNE OFF BY DROPPING THE FADER. WHO CARES IF IT'S IN TIME? IT'S A BIG TUNE, PEOPLE WILL FORGET! FUCK ALL THE HATERS YO!

I like your style Keyser, I like your style. Maybe I should just run out side for a smoke and forget to start it

Cheers for some of the tips though guys.


Think that might be the Spor rmx. Don't have a CD player either.

Might just start it up near the end of a tune and let the intro roll while the other tune rolls out. It is a pretty awesome intro which deserves to be heard.

i was assuming this as accepted knowledge, because i dont have the tune to check myself

ooh, that's a hard one. where's Patch?

i used to chuck it in with a suitable match and hope for the best.

I agree with Khem

That's how i drop it anyhow!

i have no idea

take heaps of gear and hope for the best

Worked for me for nearly 15 years.

 


make sure to take your shirt off and put both arms in the air when it drops too!

 

Will have to try some of those. Cheers for the help though everyone.

hmmm Im not sure if it matters that much, but at what point of the current song is it best to drop in a new tune?

in the middle before a breakdown? during the break? or after the break?   i seem to do a bit of everything

what do you guys do?

depends on the tunes innit

variety is the key

if it sounds right keep on doin it

sweet, I'm on the right track then 

just smash it up you poofter

 

there it is as plain as day. dirt comes with the mud again

i dare say this is quite a gold thread

Yo,

I wanna record my first mix,

my mrs has got this laptop with a mic in on the front, are mic in's on laptops stereo ?(its a fairly new compaq in case you need to know)

so I should just be able to use Audacity and and two rca's from my booth out to a 3.5mm jack??

And with levelling out the volume is the best bet just to keep an eye on the VCU's and adjust the gains as you go to keep them steady the whole time?? so the volume stays fairly steady for the whole mix?

 

word up AM'ers