Bass Swapping - don't make this common mistake!

Club Ready DJ School
16 May 202208:58

Summary

TLDR本视频讲解了DJ混音中的低音切换技巧,包括硬切换和软切换的区别及其应用场景。硬切换适用于两首曲目均有显著低音时,或新曲目开始时,以避免音乐听起来空洞。而软切换则适用于保持退出曲目的温暖感。视频中通过实例演示了如何灵活运用EQ进行低音切换,以及如何通过录制和回听自己的混音来提升技巧。

Takeaways

  • 🎧 进行低音切换时,如果切换点选择不当,可能会使过渡听起来空洞。
  • 🔍 切换低音时,应考虑两首歌曲中低音的量,以及新歌曲的起始部分。
  • 📈 硬切换(hard swap)适用于两首歌曲都有较多低音时,或新歌曲开始时。
  • 🎶 在歌曲的过渡点进行硬切换,可以增强歌曲的冲击力和吸引力。
  • 🚫 避免在新歌曲低音部分尚未开始时进行硬切换,以免听起来像反高潮。
  • 🎵 在混音时,应根据歌曲的自然流动和低音部分的多少灵活切换低音。
  • 🎚️ EQ(均衡器)的使用应该是灵活的,以适应不同歌曲的过渡和低音部分。
  • 💡 记录自己的混音并回听是提高DJ技能和发现改进空间的好方法。
  • 📊 在DJ课程中,深入学习EQ混音技巧可以显著提升混音质量。
  • 🔗 课程链接在视频描述中,可以为想要提升DJ技能的人提供帮助和支持。

Q & A

  • 什么是基础音轨交换(base swap)?

    -基础音轨交换是指在DJ混音时,从一个曲目切换到另一个曲目时,对低音部分进行调整的过程。

  • 为什么在进行基础音轨交换时,有时候听起来会感觉空荡荡的?

    -这可能是因为在错误的时间点进行了交换,或者在交换时过于激进地完全移除了低音,导致音乐听起来失去了温暖感。

  • 硬交换(hard swap)和软交换(soft swap)有什么区别?

    -硬交换是指在两个曲目的低音部分都很强烈时,直接切换低音部分,而软交换则是在交换时更加细腻,可能保留一些低音以维持音乐的温暖感。

  • 在什么情况下硬交换效果最好?

    -当两个曲目中都有相当多的低音,并且新曲目开始进入或者有某些元素开始发挥作用时,硬交换效果最好。

  • 在混音时,为什么有时候需要在两个曲目之间保留一些低音?

    -保留一些低音可以帮助维持音乐的温暖感和连贯性,特别是在两个曲目的低音部分都很丰富时。

  • 在混音时,如何判断何时进行硬交换或软交换?

    -需要根据曲目的具体情况来判断,比如曲目中的低音强度、音乐的节奏变化以及曲目的动态。

  • 为什么在混音时,有时候需要在曲目的过渡部分进行细微的低音调整?

    -细微的低音调整可以帮助平滑过渡,避免音乐听起来突兀或空洞,特别是在曲目的某些部分低音本身就不强时。

  • 如何通过EQ(均衡器)来改善混音中的低音交换?

    -通过灵活使用EQ,可以在混音时对低音进行精细的调整,以适应不同曲目的特点和混音的需求。

  • 为什么DJ在混音时需要记录自己的表演并回听?

    -回听自己的表演可以帮助DJ发现并改进混音中的问题,比如低音交换时的时机和方式,从而提高混音技巧。

  • 在混音课程中,DJ如何学习提高EQ混音技巧?

    -在混音课程中,DJ可以通过理论学习、实际操作和反馈来提高EQ混音技巧,课程通常会详细讲解EQ的使用和混音策略。

Outlines

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🎧 DJ混音中的低音切换技巧

本段视频脚本讨论了DJ混音时低音切换的问题。当切换低音时,如果时机选择不当,可能会让过渡听起来空洞。脚本提到,问题可能是切换时机错误或认为需要完全移除低音。硬切换在某些情况下效果很好,比如两首曲子都有较强的低音,或者新曲子开始时。视频中通过实例展示了硬切换的正确时机,强调了要与曲子的自然流动相匹配。此外,还提到了在某些情况下,如混音进入breakdown时,硬切换可能听起来不错,但也可能让曲子听起来空荡。视频中还提到了使用EQ(均衡器)来改善混音,以及如何通过录音和回放来提高DJ技巧。

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🎵 灵活运用EQ提升混音质量

第二段视频脚本继续探讨了低音切换的灵活性,强调了根据曲子的具体情况来调整切换方式的重要性。脚本通过一个混音示例,说明了在低音减少时如何保持温暖感,并指出了硬切换可能导致的空洞感。视频中提到了在混音时如何根据曲子的节奏和低音的强度来灵活使用EQ,以及如何通过观察波形来决定低音的切换程度。最后,脚本提到了作者的课程,强调了EQ混音的重要性,并鼓励观众通过学习提升自己的DJ技能。

Mindmap

Keywords

💡基音交换(Base Swap)

基音交换是指在DJ混音时,将两首歌曲的低频部分(通常是鼓点和贝斯)进行切换,以实现平滑过渡。在视频中,基音交换是主要讨论的技术之一,特别是在讨论如何避免过渡听起来空洞或不自然时。例如,视频中提到,如果两首歌曲都有强烈的低频,并且在新歌曲开始时进行基音交换,可以产生很好的效果。

💡硬交换(Hard Swap)

硬交换是指在DJ混音时,突然且明显地切换两首歌曲的低频部分。视频中提到,硬交换在某些情况下效果很好,比如当两首歌曲都有强烈的低频,或者当新歌曲开始时。但是,如果处理不当,硬交换可能会让过渡听起来不自然或空洞,如视频中所述,如果太激进地移除低频而没有保留足够的温暖感,可能会让歌曲听起来很薄。

💡EQ游戏(EQ Game)

EQ游戏是指在混音时使用均衡器(EQ)来调整音频信号的频率响应,以改善音质和过渡。视频中提到,提升EQ技能可以帮助DJ更好地进行基音交换和混音。EQ的使用可以让DJ在混音时更加灵活,创造出更自然、无缝的过渡。

💡过渡点(Transition Point)

过渡点是指在DJ混音时,决定何时从一个歌曲切换到另一个歌曲的确切时刻。视频中强调,选择正确的过渡点对于避免过渡听起来空洞或不自然至关重要。例如,如果新歌曲开始时有强烈的低频,而旧歌曲的低频部分正在减弱,这可能是进行基音交换的好时机。

💡混音(Mixing)

混音是指将多个音轨或歌曲结合在一起,创造出一个连贯的音频体验。在视频中,混音是DJ技术的核心,特别是在讨论如何通过基音交换和EQ调整来改善混音效果时。混音不仅包括音频信号的物理合并,还包括对节奏、音调和频率的精细调整。

💡鼓点(Drum Beat)

鼓点是音乐中节奏的基础,通常由鼓和其他打击乐器产生。在DJ混音中,鼓点的匹配是实现平滑过渡的关键。视频中提到,在进行基音交换之前,DJ需要给自己一些时间来匹配鼓点,以确保两首歌曲的节奏能够顺利对接。

💡低频(Bass)

低频是指音频信号中较低的频率部分,通常与音乐中的鼓点和贝斯线相关。视频中讨论了在混音时如何处理低频,以及如何在基音交换中保留足够的低频来避免过渡听起来空洞。低频的处理对于创造有力量和深度的混音至关重要。

💡混音课程(Mixing Course)

混音课程是指专门教授DJ混音技巧的课程,可能包括理论学习、实践操作和反馈指导。视频中提到,有一个专门的混音课程可以帮助DJ提升他们的EQ技能和混音技巧,从而改善他们的混音效果。课程可能包括对混音技术的深入讲解和实践指导。

💡无缝过渡(Seamless Transition)

无缝过渡是指在DJ混音时,从一个歌曲平滑过渡到另一个歌曲,而听众几乎察觉不到切换。视频中强调,通过正确的基音交换和EQ调整,可以实现无缝过渡,使混音听起来更加自然和专业。无缝过渡是DJ混音技巧的一个重要目标。

💡鼓点匹配(Beat Matching)

鼓点匹配是指在DJ混音时,确保两首歌曲的节拍完全同步。这是实现平滑过渡的基础,因为只有当两首歌曲的节拍匹配时,才能进行有效的基音交换。视频中提到,在进行基音交换之前,DJ需要先进行鼓点匹配,以确保过渡自然。

Highlights

在进行低音切换时,如果切换点选择不当或过于激进,可能会让过渡听起来空洞。

低音切换时,如果两首曲目的低音部分都很丰富,且新曲目开始时有显著的低音活动,硬切换效果会很好。

在曲目的某些部分,如过渡到副歌或混音进入副歌时,硬切换尤其有效。

当两首曲目的低音部分都很丰富时,同时播放它们可以增加温暖感,而不是完全移除低音。

硬切换在混音进入副歌的断裂部分时也很有用,因为那里通常没有低音活动。

硬切换有时听起来可能不够好,特别是如果你想在退出的曲目中保持一些温暖感时。

在即兴混音或制作混音曲目时,灵活地使用EQ(均衡器)可以提升混音质量。

混音时应考虑两首曲目的低音活动,以及它们如何相互影响,以决定是否进行硬切换。

在某些情况下,保留一些低音可以避免混音听起来过于空洞。

混音时,应该根据歌曲的自然流动和低音活动来灵活调整低音切换的强度。

EQ混音是一种艺术,需要通过实践和反馈来不断提高。

录制自己的混音并回听是提高DJ技能的有效方法。

在混音课程中,讲师会详细讲解EQ混音的技巧,帮助学生提升技能。

EQ混音的灵活性是实现无缝过渡的关键,无论是什么音乐风格或过渡点。

讲师的混音课程得到了学生的积极反馈,许多人表示课程极大地改变了他们的DJ混音方式。

讲师鼓励学生通过课程学习,达到对EQ混音的深刻理解和直觉操作。

课程链接在视频描述中,有兴趣的观众可以通过链接了解更多信息。

Transcripts

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have you ever gone for a base swap and

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when you do the exiting track drops out

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dramatically making your transition

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sound a little bit empty and kind of

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crap now it could be two things okay

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number one you're swapping at the wrong

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point in the track and cutting sections

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in half which can sound unnatural or

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you're one of the many people out there

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that believe that you have to take out

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the base entirely and swap the bases

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aggressively and sure it feels great to

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do a hard swap okay but there's a time

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and place for harder and softer base

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swapping and in this video i'm going to

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explain the difference between both and

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give you a strategy to up your eq game

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now i'll give you a few examples of when

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hard and fast base swaps are really

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awesome so firstly here

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hard swaps work really well when there's

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a fair amount of bass in both tracks and

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also when your new track is starting to

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kick in or has something going on as the

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last thing you want to do is swap your

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basses and make your new track dominant

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when there's little to nothing happening

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is honestly that can sound like an

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anti-climax so let me give you an

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example of that

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i always like to give myself a little

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bit of time to beat match before mixing

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in in this case i'll just take the base

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out this isn't about those ones not this

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video okay

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but okay the base is down

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okay

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and let's say i just go for a hard swap

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here for instance okay

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i'll show you

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okay i'll change right

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thanks

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okay to be honest it's the wrong point

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in the track okay because this one's

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still

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killing it this one's still essentially

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kind of an intro okay so that's like you

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know what you want to do is

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you want to kind of hopefully this one

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drops off as this one kicks in i see

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your drops kicking in

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that's probably a good time to do it at

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least move with what the song's doing

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naturally

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okay

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okay and that's the hard swap to be

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honest it's aggressive it's strong

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people love it and you know if there's

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bass in both tracks and this one's

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starting to kick in and that one's

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dropping off 100 man go for it go for it

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how long you play them both together

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kind of

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differs depending on which part of the

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track you're mixing into

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but uh there i've just come in over the

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outro this one's kicked in dotted swap

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take this out

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cool cool and that's um that's fairly

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straightforward that that's when it

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works now another place that it works

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okay now this actually feels really good

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but it doesn't make that big a

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difference i i personally think but i do

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hard swaps when

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quite often when mixing into the

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breakdown so let's say i've got a track

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here okay and let's say in the middle

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here it drops off and there's there's

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nothing pretty much right well to be

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honest as long as you say i mix in there

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and i want to keep the beat going and i

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don't want to go into that break which

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is awesome well yeah sure 100 i'd come

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in do a hard swap and it doesn't really

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matter because there's no real nothing

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real bass or nothing there that i'm

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really taking out so it just kind of

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like it feels cool so i love that okay

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we're going to get into

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what not to do in a second but this is

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sort of you know

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when i probably would do quick like you

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know we're not made by hard base swaps

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too like the full way okay

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and then i'm going to show you when it

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can sound empty and sound okay and

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how that mixing with the eq should be a

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bit more of a flexible thing okay give

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myself some time to beat match i love

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that

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cool i'll take my base out again i like

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using more of the eq but this is about

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base swapping this video

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so because i've got those there up i

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might just come in carefully

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okay so let's say now i mix in the new

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track this is dropping off

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great time to mix in my base sure let's

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go for it

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okay cool and me taking that out like i

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said there's not really anything there

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okay and i could just fade that out this

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one kicks in so another great place to

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do hard swaps

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however hard swaps sometimes sound kind

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of okay especially if you want to

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maintain some kind of warmth in the

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exiting track and play both tracks

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together especially when doing sort of i

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guess mashups on the fly so let me show

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you okay and i'll be honest i think a

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really good way to excel as a dj is to

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record yourself and listen back and i'll

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be honest i did no people might not

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picked up on no one said anyway but in

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the recent live stream that i did

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i was listening back to that and to be

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honest it was just a point where i could

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hear it i just took the bass out too

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aggressively and didn't really leave

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enough warmth in the exiting song and

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kind of when i was hearing it i was like

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you know what i could really improve on

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that and that's the beauty you record

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you listen back you find ways to improve

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and in my course too i listen to student

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mixtapes as well and give them that kind

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of feedback as well and just how to kind

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of up their game and tighten their

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skills so uh this was a mix that i did

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okay and i'll show you the vision here

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and i want to talk it through and the

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the goal here what we're about to talk

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about is that that base swapping and

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taking it out a certain way should be

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flexible based on what the songs are

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doing okay and how much bass there is in

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both tracks so what i'm going to do is

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i'm going to mix a beat into this

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breakdown here but because as the bass

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drops off there

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anyway right but there still is stuff

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happening in the last one there was a

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break completely so i just went for it

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but in this one it's going to drop off

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and there's going to be some vocals

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there and you'll hear even though the

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vocals are essentially this one but the

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bass kind of contributes a little bit

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and i like having a little sometimes not

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going the whole way out because that

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you're going to hear i'll show you in a

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second how that can make it sound empty

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sometimes i might just take that down

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less depending on how much is going on

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and kind of reading the waveform so in

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this case if it's not that much base

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there there's probably no harm in sure i

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put the base of this one in i come in

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that allows me to come in underneath i

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get the base going this one's going

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strong and maybe i'll take a little bit

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of that out sure to make this one the

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dominant track but i do want to maintain

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some warmth and let me show you let me

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show you so

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okay so cool okay

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cool okay

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i'll come in gently

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okay so this is what i did so i'll show

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you i did a hard swap okay so listen

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it's not great have a listen so go for

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the swap

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okay now that's that kick in but listen

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here to that vocal it's a bit thin empty

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you know listen if i add some warmth to

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it

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it sounds better

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okay

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and now it's really interesting because

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this one's about to go to base and this

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one's going to drop off in the base so

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if i had that down

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which i did listen listen i had that

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down listen

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okay

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so now listen to that that's empty

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that's why you've got to be flexible see

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if i had that seal in a bit

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and had it really over committed in the

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first place this would sound better

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but then again like i said before you

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got to be conscious of what the songs

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are doing this one's about to go to a

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drop it's about to kick in

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okay creating space for the drops that's

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a you know a powerful move

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at the end of the day using the eq

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should be flexible and ideally it gets

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to a point that you understand it so

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well that it kind of becomes intuitive

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right making all your transitions

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seamless every single time no matter the

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genre no matter the transition point now

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personally i love eq mixing and by far

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this is one of my specialties and in my

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course i break it down a big time and i

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can explain it in a way that will make

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sense and it'll transform the way you

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look at djing possibly forever like it's

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it's a big thing now i know that's a big

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call but everyone's always telling me

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how the course is blowing their mind and

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i'm receiving daily messages from

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students sharing their accomplishments

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and

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it's actually blowing my mind i want to

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blow yours too anyway so

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anyway the link for the course is in the

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description i'm sure it can change

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things very quickly for you it's got a

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lot of support but anyway guys um thanks

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for the yeah thanks for watching cheers

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