How DJs Prepare Their Music the RIGHT WAY — Transcript

All done. Most new DJs download a bunch of songs and put them into a playlist and think that's it. Well, it's not. Loading a brand new unanalyzed track can cause sluggish DJ program performance, misaligned beats, and improper volumes and mixing. New tracks are difficult if done for the first time as well. Like, how do you know when and where to mix? So in this video, I'm going to teach you how to properly prepare your tracks so that when you mix, it'll be perfect every time.

tracks is difficult if none for the first time as well like how do you know when and where to mix so in this video I'm gonna teach you how to properly prepare your tracks so that when you mix

Before you proceed, let me just let you know that all the songs we are going to use in this tutorial are all available for download below or right over here. So if you want to follow along, get those songs.

along get those songs anyway the first thing you should do when you download a bunch of tracks is analyze them so here's how to do this on cerrado and on record box DJ and on tractor analyzing your tracks with you three

Anyway, the first thing you should do when you download a bunch of tracks is analyze them. So here's how to do this on Serato, on Rekordbox DJ, and on Traktor. Analyzing your tracks will do three things.

side I thought all tracks have the same inherent volume level somewhere louder and some are just softer so by analyzing your track the software automatically adjust our inherent volume so that when you mix each Chuck will be properly balanced

Number one, it'll beatmatch properly so that when you press the dreaded sync button, the tracks will match perfectly. Number two, it will adjust the track's internal gain, which is basically its volume. So here on your side, I thought all tracks have the same inherent volume level, but some are louder and some are just softer. So by analyzing your track, the software automatically adjusts the inherent volume so that when you mix, each chunk will be properly balanced with each other.

take a lot of computer processing power so now that you know the benefits of analyzing your tracks let's now try to understand what the basic DJ track actually is now most DJ tracks after two to sixty four-bit intros choruses and outros and this is

And number three, it'll make loading them a lot faster. You see, when you first load a new track, the software will automatically analyze them, and doing so live may cause your program to slow down because analyzing songs takes a lot of computer processing power.

do it on time and at the correct section or beat to get a clean and perfect transition down because if you don't something like this may happen [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so how I make sure to always mix

So now that you know the benefits of analyzing your tracks, let's now try to understand what the basic DJ track actually is. Now, most DJ tracks have a 32 to 64-beat intro, chorus, and outro, and this is all dependent on the genre and BPM. So if you plan to mix your next song with the 32-beat intro, you must then trigger and play it at the current song's chorus section or outro section, but you have to do it on time and at the correct section or beat to get a clean and perfect transition down. Because if you don't, something like this may happen.

the second one will be at the chorus section so this cue points position will be 32 bits away from the end of the chorus and the last will be at the beginning of the outro section now if you want to

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time so the overall goal is to mix cue point a at either the curt songs to point B or C section since our next songs cue point a is ready to beat away from the beginning of the song by mixing

So how I make sure to always mix perfectly on beat and on time is by cue pointing my tracks. So I place a total of three cue points. One at the intro section. So the position of this cue point will be 32 beats away from the end of the intro.

we will be certain that we're mixing during the current songs outro section [Music] so if you want to mix perfectly every time even with new songs you have to properly analyze and cue point them and I know I know I know it's a big hassle

The second one will be at the chorus section. So this cue point's position will be 32 beats away from the end of the chorus. And the last will be at the beginning of the outro section. Now, if you want to make this process a lot easier and faster, then use a beat jump feature. This feature allows you to jump any number of beats forward or backward.

mix at the current songs cue point B position I usually do this if I see the card is not enjoying the current song and if you wanna mix slow then mix up the current songs to Point C position

So now your songs are properly cue pointed. Let's move on to getting the perfect mix every time. So the overall goal is to mix cue point A at either the current song's to point B or C section. Since our next song's cue point A is ready 32 beats away from the beginning of the song, by mixing it at the current song's cue point B section, we will be certain that when the current song's chorus ends, the next song's beginning begins.

the question of the day is are you obsessed with your tracks and properly labeling and arranging them or do you just not care let me know in the comment section down below and I'll see you all in the next one