I also do 2 other variations on this approach:Ī. the key here being the timing of bringing in the mid/hi eq of the next track, so that it does not clash with the outgoing track. I often do exactly what you have described and it works great for about 70% of all my transitions. old school sound, so kinda trancy at times. I play (peaktime) progressive house and techno. Basically anything with an isolated intro that isn't overly melodic can work for that sort of thing, like how I worked Personal Jesus (Prydz Remix) into the preceding Fehrplay track in this mix:

All depends on how it sounds.Ĭirez D's Mokba has a great intro bit that's perfect for on-the-fly mashups with a lot of stuff, before jumping into the track proper. You can really mix stuff up here, jumping between the two bass lines, or cut back and forth a little bit.

More along the techno lines, if two tracks sound well together and are in key, I'll sometimes loop a portion of the outro of an outgoing track and keep it going through all or part of the following track.

And then I sometimes do a quick cut, with or without echo, of the outgoing song, particularly if the incoming track has a hard transition from the intro phrase (usually the first minute) and the body of the song. Only change is that for a lot of tech/prog/deep house stuff I actually bring the new track in more quickly, right at the start of 17th measure, and then typically transition the bass at the 33rd, or wherever else works best based on the phrasing. I use the same for the variants of house as well as techno.

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