Over time when you’re DJing your music collection a lot, it’s definitely possible to come across music tracks that you find work really well together.My advice is to experiment mixing all sorts of music tracks to build an ear for what and what doesn’t work in the mix, harmonically speaking. You memory and experience of DJing your musicīuild up knowledge yourself about which music tracks are compatible.
DJ software such as Rekordbox or Serato.The methods to gain harmonic key information: Knowledge of which music track is compatible Quick switches of the crossfader or channel faders between big heavy bassline drops. Usually featuring heavy punchy basslines, and most often than not sit well with quick crossfader mix transitions. On the flip side of Liquid Drum and Bass, for example Jump Up or Neurofunk, usually offer music tracks that are sound design heavy. Random Movement Jump Up / Neurofunk D&B is Different.In Drum and Bass there are some music tracks that are heavily vocal based with a strong focus on chords (played with pianos and strings etc).ĭance floor / Liquid Drum and Bass from producers such as the below are examples of producers you can pick to mix tracks with in key. Melodic / vocal Drum and Bass music is usually a strong candidate for mixing in key. Types of Drum & Bass that benefits mixing in key Melodic Tracks Benefit from Mixing Harmonically Just be careful you don’t miss out on some really great music tracks are not “in key”.Ĭheck out the Reddit thead on the topic, there’s a few different opinions to consider on harmonic mixing Drum and Bass. Some people prefer to use harmonic mixing as their default, which is perfectly fine as it does really come down to personal preference. Note that mixing music together in key all the time is not a hard and fast rule.Ĭonsider mixing in key (harmonic mixing) as a complimentary aspect of DJ mixing.Įspecially important to consider for certain types of mixes of tracks and particularly “ musical” tracks. Mixing Drum and Bass music that’s compatible in key does really sound amazing and fluid in the mix. Want to get better at DJing DnB? check out my article here on ‘ How to Mix Drum and Bass‘ – with video run through too. Below is a tutorial that explains a bit about harmonic mixing and how you can apply it to Drum and Bass mixing too. The clashing of sound simply means that the two music tracks you’re mixing aren’t compatible in harmonic key. Starting mixing both tracks together in ‘Key’.Select a melodic or vocal track in ‘Key’.Scan the DJ software for list of compatible music in ‘Key’.Start playing a melodic Drum and Bass music track in channel 1.Set DJ software to highlight compatible ‘Key’ of music.Have you noticed some that tracks that you’ve mixed together just don’t work or the sound clashes. Making your DJ sets sound the best they can should be on your agenda all the time.
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