5 Easy Steps on How to Mix Beats Like a Pro

Learning how to mix beats comes with a talent to listen to music. A beat producers ears are the most important tool in making the beat. It is very essential because how you hear a beat will affect what you produce. It could make or break your career in this field. For starters, you could listen to the existing beats that you are interested in. Carefully analyze the recordings and take note of the effects and study how the sound your after is produced.

Since beat mixing is the smooth blending of two songs without muddling over each song's tempo and beat. Usually, DJs use this method to maintain the party mood in events that they hold. Mixing is not the mere blending of songs but also the matching of songs. It would be much easier if you would have two songs with similar tempos.

The basic materials that you would need are:

• Mixer

• Two tracks or records

• Headphones

• Speakers

• Two audio sources

5 Steps in The Beat Mixing Process:

1. After choosing the records to beat mix, play the first record from the speakers and start the second from the headphones.

2. Listen to the beat and familiarize yourself with the beats of each record.

3. When you have deciphered the "perfect" timing, match the beat of the snare drum and configure where it comes from. Then, time when you can match it with the song.

4. Next would be to find the main beat of the second song and hold or pause it, then, let it go to your preferred beat of the first record.

5. Control the pitch while both records are playing. Observe if there are "off" beats and adjust the pitch until both beats match (Some software levels the input of the beats internally while other mixers are set up manually).

Now you know how to mix beat remember the main goal of beat mixing is to produce a cohesive and unified record out of the two different beats. In addition, to add color to the record, you could add some effects within or for the whole the record. You could even play with the volume to add little twists in the presentation of the beats. In effect, a good beat mixer or software would best help you in achieving the sound you are looking for or the sound that defines you as the mixer.

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