Mixxing help

[Kingy999]

ok so i use virtual dj and its great and all but i want to start editing songs and spending a bit more time and effort on it rather than just hittin the sync button.

what are some other programmes out there that would be good for me?
Thanks

[djaudiophile]

editing songs ? what do you mean editing ?

are you talking about wanting to produce your own tracks for mixing or creating remixes ?
cus thats a different ballpark all together than virtual dj.

what is it you want to do exactly ?

[baax]

ok so i use virtual dj and its great and all but i want to start editing songs and spending a bit more time and effort on it rather than just hittin the sync button.




Is that all you have to do with that program, select two tunes and hit sync?

[Kingy999]

creating remixes.

[Kingy999]

wel u can but it dosnt always work that way ahaha

i was just using that as a point i wanted more of a challenge.

[djaudiophile]

mate u need to get some other software
like logic, acid or protools
depends on how much you want to do with creating your remix, an idea of what you want to make is gonna help your progress move alot quicker
are you changing genre ? then there might be tempo changes to consider.
are you recording live instruments into it or adding new vocals ?
some of these things you might not even think of until your halfway done.

if ur gonna be bootleggin these then record ya vinyls into the software, cut up the different sections you like into clips, try keep in mind how many beats/bars your cutting out so that its in time
maybe find yourself a simple drum machine program to create a new beat
save all these as wav files and piece it together with the software
you can download demo/trial versions of them to see how you like it

if u find doing that isnt a problem then there are plenty of tutorials on more advanced use of the software.
Using complete DAW's to create your own sounds from different synths, create your own melodies, basslines etc..

let us know how you go.

[Kingy999]

Thanks heaps for the detailed reply.

i have tryed Acid in the past i found it very hard to use, although i only had a muck around with it and didnt do any of the tutorials. ill have a look for some trials/demos and see how i go thanks for ya help.

[djaudiophile]

no worries mate, keep us upto date with how ya go :thumb:

[littlebrains69]

I actually think acid is quite easy to use... it was the first program I'd ever used and thought it was quite cool. The beatmapper is a great tool for making mashups which you would be accustomed to with your sync button.
If you're board with what you're doing, maybe you should also try getting different software that will require you to match beats yourself...

[ferretrock]

ok so i use virtual dj and its great and all but i want to start editing songs and spending a bit more time and effort on it rather than just hittin the sync button.

what are some other programmes out there that would be good for me?
Thanks

err, do you mean edit/remix, or just mixing?

audiophiles post might be suitable for remix software - but as best i know you can do real beatmatch based mixing in virtual DJ, all you have to do is NOT hit that sync button or look at the BPM counter - just have a mix output and headphone cue output also (thus you'll probably need a better audio interface that is suitable for this..)

[bobshled]

Are you Mac or PC based?
Remixing and producing requires a level of musical and notation knowledge (a song's key, tempo and typical 4/4 song structure etc.)
I've been doing Midi based producing and remixing for a couple of years, and currently use my Macbook with Cubase SX4 and Audacity to apply re-pitching and time-stretching, and use Garageband for the high-quality synths and effects, linking them via ReWire and Soundflower.
If you are on a budget I recommend using Garageband if you're are on a mac, it has enough features to create reasonable quality remixes and very easy to use.

[RudeTed]

If you want to do edits just learn acid and play around with that. A remix is a lot more work then i think you are willing to dedicate my friend, but edits are fun and easy and puts fresh individiual flavour into a song. So learn acid. its easy. It's just a plain old sequencer, and all production platforms have sequencers, so if you want to do this you will have to learn at some stage.

Mixxxxxxxing it up :lol:

[Master Mischief]

Haha...all you fags are think he's trying to produce music....when he's just asking....how the f*k do I beatmatch and mix two choons togeather....???

Buy some real decks homo...!!!! If you had any nuts you would...

The rest of you can kiss my bum bum...

[djaudiophile]

Haha...all you fags are think he's trying to produce music....when he's just asking....how the f*k do I beatmatch and mix two choons togeather....???

Buy some real decks homo...!!!! If you had any nuts you would...

The rest of you can kiss my bum bum...

HAHA you suck!

editing songs ? what do you mean editing ?

are you talking about wanting to produce your own tracks for mixing or creating remixes ?
cus thats a different ballpark all together than virtual dj.

what is it you want to do exactly ?


creating remixes.

[bobshled]

Haha...all you fags are think he's trying to produce music....when he's just asking....how the f*k do I beatmatch and mix two choons togeather....???

Buy some real decks homo...!!!! If you had any nuts you would...

The rest of you can kiss my bum bum...

Worst. Post. Ever. :rainman:

[Funkedub]

Haha...all you fags are think he's trying to produce music....when he's just asking....how the f*k do I beatmatch and mix two choons togeather....???

Buy some real decks homo...!!!! If you had any nuts you would...

The rest of you can kiss my bum bum...



:stroke:



interesting .. no wait .. what's the other thing ... tedious!