Rapid99
Active Member
- Joined
- Dec 30, 2010
Easy all,
So i'm sort of new to mixing. I say sort of, because i've been mixing digitally with MIDI for about 3 or 4 years now. In terms of song choice, basic mixing, basic technique etc., i've got a somewhat decent grasp on... still practicing, still trying to improve. My disappointing admission though is because I learned on a digital platform, I learned with that guilty little "sync" button.
I made the decision that if i'm going to get better, I have to learn on a real platform, so I upgraded to a physical set recently and got some used gear... but now I feel like i'm back to square one, because I have to learn beatmatching, and i'm struggling pretty bad.
Any tips on the matter?
I feel like either it takes me too long to hear the beats being out of sync, and the first section is already over with... or I get them preeetty close, and then 16 or 32 bars in the slip out of sync and start grinding.
Another big thing for me is figuring out which direction to pitch the song... sometimes the snares or kicks are so similar that I can't really figure if it's slugging behind the first tune, or speeding a bit past it...
And to make matters a bit worse (or better, since it forces me to match by ear), recently the LCD screen one of my decks died out, so my pitch percentage and song BPM are no longer visible.
Anyway, again, any help for a noob is appreciated. I feel somewhat disheartened by the whole thing, lol.
EQUIPMENT:
2x Pioneer CDJ-1000 MK3s
Pioneer DJM-400 Mixer
2x KRK Rokit 5 Monitors
V-Moda Crossfade LP2 Headphones
Example of a previous mix before switching to a physical medium: http://www.mixcloud.com/Rapid99/drum-bass-canadian-mixdown-friday-the-13th-mix/
So i'm sort of new to mixing. I say sort of, because i've been mixing digitally with MIDI for about 3 or 4 years now. In terms of song choice, basic mixing, basic technique etc., i've got a somewhat decent grasp on... still practicing, still trying to improve. My disappointing admission though is because I learned on a digital platform, I learned with that guilty little "sync" button.
I made the decision that if i'm going to get better, I have to learn on a real platform, so I upgraded to a physical set recently and got some used gear... but now I feel like i'm back to square one, because I have to learn beatmatching, and i'm struggling pretty bad.
Any tips on the matter?
I feel like either it takes me too long to hear the beats being out of sync, and the first section is already over with... or I get them preeetty close, and then 16 or 32 bars in the slip out of sync and start grinding.
Another big thing for me is figuring out which direction to pitch the song... sometimes the snares or kicks are so similar that I can't really figure if it's slugging behind the first tune, or speeding a bit past it...
And to make matters a bit worse (or better, since it forces me to match by ear), recently the LCD screen one of my decks died out, so my pitch percentage and song BPM are no longer visible.
Anyway, again, any help for a noob is appreciated. I feel somewhat disheartened by the whole thing, lol.
EQUIPMENT:
2x Pioneer CDJ-1000 MK3s
Pioneer DJM-400 Mixer
2x KRK Rokit 5 Monitors
V-Moda Crossfade LP2 Headphones
Example of a previous mix before switching to a physical medium: http://www.mixcloud.com/Rapid99/drum-bass-canadian-mixdown-friday-the-13th-mix/