(TUTORIAL) How To Beat Match PART 3

Starting your first mix and beat matching



So, you’ve should now understand how to count bars and select your
music but now’s the biggest step of them all: mixing and beat matching.

Whatever system you’re using (vinyl, CD or digital), start up the first song.

Don’t worry about mixing right away; you may want to give the song a
listen or two first in order to pick up the essence and structure of the
beats.

Once you feel comfortable with the first song, it’s time to…


Queue up the second track



While the first song is playing, queue up the second track.

The first thing you’ll want to do is to find where you want to begin
mixing in your second track. For the purpose of learning how to beat
match the first time, simply get your second track to the start of the
first kick.

What you’ll want to do at this point is to rock the track back and
forth on the first kick. You should hear a sort of “oompf” sound as it
goes backwards and forwards over the kick.

Now, while you’re rocking the second track back and forth, you’ll want to be counting the BPM and bars of the first track.

There’s no ‘perfect’ time to mix in the next track but you most often
don’t want to mix in two sets of vocals on top of one another because
this causes a clash.

Instead, you may want to start the second track as the first one is beginning to end.

Most tracks have a buildup and outro. During this outro, you’ll want
to push the second track forward at just the right time as the kick on
the first track hits.

If you started the second track at precisely the right time, the two tracks should sound in sync with another.




The tracks should be in sync with one another



However, having your second track start and sync with your first
track may not always be possible, which leads us to… (STAY TUNED TO THE
NEXT LESSON) ;-)


Controlling the pitch of the record

However, having your second track start and sync with your first
track may not always be possible, which leads us to… (STAY TUNED TO THE
NEXT LESSON) ;-)


Controlling the pitch of the record

PART 4 TUTORIAL in PROGRESS!!!