If there's any percussion at all in the tune, find it and work with this first..ie match this part with the other record you're mixing. The percussion stands out easily so you can concentrate on it a lot easier than, say, strings etc. Then rewind to the beginning of the tune (the beatless intro I'd guess) and drop it in at the desired moment.
This was one of the questions i used to ask myself too, but eventually you become skilful enough to just go with the groove regardless of what it's comprised of. ahem. chris Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:01:00 -0000 To: 313@hyperreal.org From: "beautiful individual" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: mixing problems Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> i'm going to look like a right ignorant sod here, but feck it. i have a problem (luckily, not a sexual one), i have great difficulty mixing (no laughing, please) with tunes that have beatless intros, ie no kick drum, high-hats, hand-claps or discernible beat, an examlpe would be modus vivendi 'modus vivendi' (top tune by the way, imo). i use headphones to mix, listening to both tunes at same time (have no aspirations to play in club as techno dj, cause i know my limitations), but by the time the kick comes in the beats are all over the shop. any advice would be greatly appreciated. any thanks for reading, aidan o'doherty
