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i learned how to mix on the hats/snares. i started just by mixing instrumentals, and matching the snares.
first you need to know the bpm of songs, lets say you have hypnotized by biggie, which is at 94 bpms, and you want to mix it with black and yellow - wiz, which is at 82 bpms, you have a 12 bpm difference between the songs, which means it would be a very drastic change, so those 2 songs cant go together. now lets say you have hypnotized (94 bpm) and in da club - 50 cent (92 bpm) , best thing to do would be speed up in the club to 94, so theyre both on 94, and then you would match the beat, like i said i started matching hats and snares, so find the snares and match them up.
i would say this is the easiest way, and thats how i learned to mix on vinyl. i still beat match this way, works bout 90% of the time. timbaland and neptunes beats are all over the place sometimes, so it can get hard. i would say get like 4 songs, within the same BPM range and practice mixing those, simple beats,
i suggest tipsy - j kown, nothin but a g thang - dr dre, i need a girl pt 2, peaches and cream,
try mixing those up, just what i could come up off the top of my head, with clear drums and snares. hope this helps...
another thing to remember is just cuz 2 songs are the same bpm, doesnt mean they match, and w/e your software is reading it, might not be the real speed, thats why its ALWAYS necessary to beatmatch by ear.
i learned how to mix on the hats/snares. i started just by mixing instrumentals, and matching the snares.
first you need to know the bpm of songs, lets say you have hypnotized by biggie, which is at 94 bpms, and you want to mix it with black and yellow - wiz, which is at 82 bpms, you have a 12 bpm difference between the songs, which means it would be a very drastic change, so those 2 songs cant go together. now lets say you have hypnotized (94 bpm) and in da club - 50 cent (92 bpm) , best thing to do would be speed up in the club to 94, so theyre both on 94, and then you would match the beat, like i said i started matching hats and snares, so find the snares and match them up.
i would say this is the easiest way, and thats how i learned to mix on vinyl. i still beat match this way, works bout 90% of the time. timbaland and neptunes beats are all over the place sometimes, so it can get hard. i would say get like 4 songs, within the same BPM range and practice mixing those, simple beats,
i suggest tipsy - j kown, nothin but a g thang - dr dre, i need a girl pt 2, peaches and cream,
try mixing those up, just what i could come up off the top of my head, with clear drums and snares. hope this helps...
another thing to remember is just cuz 2 songs are the same bpm, doesnt mean they match, and w/e your software is reading it, might not be the real speed, thats why its ALWAYS necessary to beatmatch by ear.
