3 EASY Tips to Mix Radio Tracks

Mixing in radio tracks may seem daunting for beginner DJ’s because these types of songs don’t have proper intros and outros, but with a little practice, preparation, and research, you’ll find radio edits mixable!

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The first option is to echo out the current song and simply play the next song.

So it works like this. You let the first song play, and when you reach a part where you want to transition out of, you do 3 things.

First activate echo on the deck, then cut it’s volume or stop the song in any way you want, and then play the next song, and you can play the next song by either just playing it, scratching it in, or cue pointing it in.

The second way involves creating a loop on the next song and mixing it in with the current song.

So this one takes a little bit of anticipation. Now, the loop length and it’s location totally depends on your preference and creativity.

So this is how this method works.

You let the first song play and when you reach a section where you want to mix out from, you trigger the next songs loop. And this loop can either start with it’s volume all the way down, or with it’s filter knob all the way to the left side.

Now when you trigger the loop, slowly bring it in the mix, and stop the previous song by either just stopping it, lowering it’s volume or doing a spin back. I personally prefer any of these with an echo effect activated. And once you’ve faded the previous song away, release the loop and play the song.

And finally we have the cleanest way to mix in and out. But this one involves preparation. You gotta know the next song.

So here’s the idea. We determine on the next song, how many beats it has before it actually begins, and we make a cue point there.

Then on the current song, we look at the section where we want to be done mixing out from, and count backwards the number of beats the next song has before it actually starts, and we make a cue point there.

Now determining the number of beats the next song begins totally depends on the song and your preference.

So now that we know these two things, we then do 4 things in this transition.

1st play the current song,
Then wait for the section where we want to mix in, which we’ve marked
Then play the next song via the cue point we just made on It. And it can begin with volume down or filter all the way to the left side. It totally depends on you

Then just do some standard mixing and finessing, and you’re done.

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[hbussular]

Greetings from Brazil DJ Carlo! I'm really learning a lot from your videos. I'm a local DJ in a really small scene (brazillian zouk parties) and your teachings are really helping me push it to the next level. I'm really grateful that ppl like you teach and help random guys like me to DJ properly and have fun!

I'd also like to suggest 2 topics for a video. One: how to clean your DJ equipment, especially controllers. There is almost no material on youtube/internet that properly says how to do that (not even my ddj rb manual lol);
Two: how to properly scratch/practice scratching with the song playing/platter moving. I learned how to baby, forward, stab and transformer scratch, but I'm having a lot of difficulty being able to do them with the song moving (didn't find anything on youtube 'bout that either).

Thanks a lot again for helping me get better at something i love to do. Keep up the good work! :)

[markcaulfield]

hey man! just found this tutorial of yours, just had my ddj sb3 for a week now and yes when unboxed the controller I thought omg! found this video of yours about mixing and transitioning songs for us beginners and this is a massive help, thanks Carlo, for making this and explaining it in simple terms, I can practice this over and over and determined to get this perfect, look forward to more of your

[djbigduley]

Great video as always my favorite transition is the echo out

[MrJFunkSanchez]

Well done 👍🏾 your timing is everything to make these mixes work. Out of the 3 I liked the preparation one and we dj’s should do this to all our tracks. Know the music we play and it sounds a lot better.

[androidgeek]

Always dope stuff can't get enough of your wisdom and experience bro... keep up with the good work you're doing man. Helping people out here man.

[rjmn]

Djing off and on for over twenty years, and I still learn something from all your videos, thanks brother 🤙

[RamblingGirl]

Thank you for this! My favorite is the 1st one with the echo. :) I'm looking forward to your next tutorial!

[witozaar]

Thank you very much for this

--> can you pls make a tutorial how to use the sapler (where to get samples, how to mashup, and so on)

[YourBeaTisMyBeat]

You're one of the best DJ teachers I've ever seen and on top, you can mix every genre and that's amazing. You are my new mentor despite I've 20 years of vinyl mixing experience :)

[TonyHogan]

WOW, Carlo, AWESOME intro. I'm trying to catch up with all your videos, great stuff and THANK YOU! I liked them ALL, going to give it a try.

[alexandrepereira]

I liked very much the preparation tip i never new how dj's mix so perfectly until now.
Keep it up with this awesome tutorials 👍

[shawnbrewsteroldboy]

Your formatting and info graphics are really well done. Nice video. Thanks.

[joshuajohn]

I had to watch the video twice just to make sure I got everything but it's awesome thank you so much...

And as good as the echo and loop transitions are I think a little preparation goes a long way so I prefer that one, but thanks again for doing these tutorials it helps so much 😜😎

[Banbz]

So valuable as always and.... right on time, I've got a gig at a beach/surf bar next friday where I'm gonna play some rock/blues and deep(ish) house tracks, which is definitely not my go to genre so thanks for the help!

[gdimelis]

I am not a dj. I am a pharmacist. I enjoy watching your videos because djing is something that I like watching and I hope someday I will put these skills that you share to practice. I love that you personally answer to the comments and the fact that you are humble, even though you are the best! Thank you for the skills that you share! You are doing it perfectly!

[djvosgue]

Thank you for putting out more videos and providing helpful tips!

[MyZimeCharts]

The one with the preperation sounds best but it's also the most difficult one which I only use if I prepare a set with pop songs. But if I need to mix a music request from the crowd I prefer the echo out effekt.

[damienpatch]

Superbe vidéo! Thank you! It’s very cool what you do for us, who begins. 👍👏

[mysticaltwinsmusic]

wow!! im gonna try this in my gigs!!

thankyou very much sir!!!

-dj ermix

[bashanborlangkhongshei]

Wow that is dope and plus very hard indeed but very awesome to be able to do such awesome Mix Radio mixes..Thanks again MASTER..really awesome tips and tricks...and most of all this will take a lot of dedication practice