Hi, I mostly agree to tip 1. Mixing in key definitely makes it sound better. But depending on the outro of the ending song and the intro of the beginning song it can be possible to mix out of key without soundclashes. Also mixing out of key may add some tention to your mix which could make your mixes more interesting. A +2 key adds energy for instance. Tip 2 is only good if you mix tracks with 6mins or more. They have long intros and outros so you can take time. In short tracks you can add some loops to achieve similar but if you exaggerate on the smoothness of the transition your mix could in the end sound boring. About tip 3: I would recommend to create folders/playlists for different categories/types of tracks. Tracks within each category should be consistent of course. Categories can be energy level of songs and genre (albeit genres are always bit difficult to classify). But for instance you can have a folder for house and subfolders for chill house, dancable house,... So instead of having a prepared set you can stay within one folder or you can also react to the crowd and switch to a different category and folder. All your tips will work well for chill/deep house where you don't want to create any tention and want to keep everybody just relaxed. But for other tracks/occasions I fear that mixes would get too boring in the long run. Just my 2 cents
Helluva good explanation man. Depends of music genre n bpm. At the and of the night, crowd only wants just good music n damn good ride... they don't care 'bout smooth ass transition. All they care is good playlist 🤘
I agree. I really enjoy Arman's videos and his tips here are great for the style of music he plays, but they don't work for every style or genre. Quick and rough mixes and transitions can sound really exciting if they're handled well. I find following the Camelot wheel all the time can be limiting and boring as well as a DJ. Without it, you can find some really cool combinations - but you have to trust your ears. Great content anyway Arman, keep it coming.
Im a starting DJ since couple months and these are my exact thoughts of how i want to approach it, just have to figure out how im gonna categorise genres and the different energies, maybe with colourlabels?
Hey Arman! I did a practice set at home where I began with choosing a key to start in, as well as a genre and I then went "around the wheel", mixing in key while changing subgenres (I went from Deep House to Future, then Tech House and ended with House about 5 songs apiece), and ended where I started (keywise). As it was a practice set, there were no effects used, but it sounded like a 59 minute song.
You help me understand more the transition motion and take my time in it. Please! Keep to coming! Looking forward to watch and learn more Dj tips (also your record!) Kudos!
Hello. May be you can do in depth video about mixing with LOOPs? It is really hard to find good info on youtube. And thanks for your vids they are helpful!
Hey man, love your vids but I'm struggling with learning how to hear which song is in front and which is behind when beat matching...any chance you can help?
how do you bring in tracks with a different key in then? if you always mix in key your whole set would be in the key of the very first track then same question kind of also goes for bpm best dj tutorial channel by the way. keep it up
In short, imagine your first key is 1A, Then you move on to 2A, then 3A, then 4A then 4B then 5B then 6B then 6A...(just an example). You can change keys, you just need to remember which keys can mix together (Arman has a different video on that). Also, remember that there is no software that is 100% accurate and sometimes it will detect a wrong key.
Hi,
I mostly agree to tip 1. Mixing in key definitely makes it sound better. But depending on the outro of the ending song and the intro of the beginning song it can be possible to mix out of key without soundclashes. Also mixing out of key may add some tention to your mix which could make your mixes more interesting. A +2 key adds energy for instance.
Tip 2 is only good if you mix tracks with 6mins or more. They have long intros and outros so you can take time. In short tracks you can add some loops to achieve similar but if you exaggerate on the smoothness of the transition your mix could in the end sound boring.
About tip 3: I would recommend to create folders/playlists for different categories/types of tracks. Tracks within each category should be consistent of course. Categories can be energy level of songs and genre (albeit genres are always bit difficult to classify). But for instance you can have a folder for house and subfolders for chill house, dancable house,... So instead of having a prepared set you can stay within one folder or you can also react to the crowd and switch to a different category and folder.
All your tips will work well for chill/deep house where you don't want to create any tention and want to keep everybody just relaxed. But for other tracks/occasions I fear that mixes would get too boring in the long run.
Just my 2 cents
Helluva good explanation man.
Depends of music genre n bpm.
At the and of the night, crowd only wants just good music n damn good ride... they don't care 'bout smooth ass transition. All they care is good playlist 🤘
Dude, r you serious? Don't get it twisted. Literally, you must be limited as fuck if you think what you think? Relax n injoy 😉
I agree. I really enjoy Arman's videos and his tips here are great for the style of music he plays, but they don't work for every style or genre. Quick and rough mixes and transitions can sound really exciting if they're handled well. I find following the Camelot wheel all the time can be limiting and boring as well as a DJ. Without it, you can find some really cool combinations - but you have to trust your ears.
Great content anyway Arman, keep it coming.
Im a starting DJ since couple months and these are my exact thoughts of how i want to approach it, just have to figure out how im gonna categorise genres and the different energies, maybe with colourlabels?
I love your DJ tips. Keep them coming 👍
Hey Arman! I did a practice set at home where I began with choosing a key to start in, as well as a genre and I then went "around the wheel", mixing in key while changing subgenres (I went from Deep House to Future, then Tech House and ended with House about 5 songs apiece), and ended where I started (keywise). As it was a practice set, there were no effects used, but it sounded like a 59 minute song.
Hey what's can i find the set? Wells live to listen to it
Awesome channel and videos buddy! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, you are helping out so many people! May you be blessed!
i'm so grateful i found your channel
You help me understand more the transition motion and take my time in it. Please! Keep to coming! Looking forward to watch and learn more Dj tips (also your record!) Kudos!
Amazing videos as always, great work, keep it up !!! Thanks from Argentina:) Stay safe out there
Muchas gracias amigo! Stay safe ;)
Brilliant tips. just starting out with my controller xmas present!
Thank you. Simple and very helpful
Extremely helpful, thank you.
Great video Arman, thanks buddy 👊🏽
Always enjoy your videos and take onboard your tips! 🙏
Hello.
May be you can do in depth video about mixing with LOOPs?
It is really hard to find good info on youtube.
And thanks for your vids they are helpful!
Thank you so much!!!
great video! would you mind the tracklist?
Instead of slowly fading down the volumes you can use the trebble the same way you use the mids ;)
Hi arman what is your iq setting? Is it isolator or default?
Hey man, love your vids but I'm struggling with learning how to hear which song is in front and which is behind when beat matching...any chance you can help?
I also have the exact challenge, please share how you managed to walk around that. ✌
how do you bring in tracks with a different key in then? if you always mix in key your whole set would be in the key of the very first track then
same question kind of also goes for bpm
best dj tutorial channel by the way. keep it up
In short, imagine your first key is 1A, Then you move on to 2A, then 3A, then 4A then 4B then 5B then 6B then 6A...(just an example). You can change keys, you just need to remember which keys can mix together (Arman has a different video on that). Also, remember that there is no software that is 100% accurate and sometimes it will detect a wrong key.
first track id ? :)
I would also like to know!
Roderic & Jacqueline Jones • Passengers (Acid Pauli Remix)
Out of key that's me :)