What do you think is the hardest music to mix?

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My opinion is that if you have a passion and feel for a genre of music your going to most probably find this the easiest to mix. I first started mixing HappyHard/ Old Skool Core back in 95 as has been mentioned some of these tracks have some weird breaks, I found no problems mixing the music becuase I had an emothional bond to it I love it. I have sinse moved on to Progressive House/Hard House I have found this the same.

If I was to mix UK Garage I find this difficult cos I dont have a love and passion for it. Off course anyone can beat match anything up, thats not hard but if you dont have a love for the music you cant Pysically and mentally strut your stuff in the box.

Funky Monkey>:monkey:
 
i cant believe some of you will even spin on belt driven turntables!! what are you thinking, no wonder you have the troubles you say you have!

belt driven turntables are simply not an option!
 
i think hip hop has got to be the easiest to mix because its so slow...and all of it has the same beat. I play house but i think he hardest music to spin is hardhouse because there are more kick drum sounds than anything other genre of music and those are more noticeable when they go off beat even at the slightest.
 
I say that Jungle is hard to mix. (ie: is that a break or a bad mix) Especially if you're matching 2 different types of beats like a step-type beat with a really shuffly jungle beat.

But I would also say that trance can be really hard to mix too. Most would say that it's easy but with the elevated amounts of instrumentization and melodies, it can be really easy for one to get out of phase or key. Plus many of the build-ups and drop-offs are in weird places. They're still in time, but in weird places sometimes and if you don't know the track your mixing too well (new wax) then you can get caught off guard with your crowd/audience/wall/pets/friends/and your self thinking "Err.....?"

I think that hardhouse is the easiest for me to mix. There's lots of really hard kicks that are highly noticable if you screw-up. But that's what frequency kill switches and EQ knobs are for. I just make sure both trax have the same levels/eq by tweaking with the record in cue. Then I just kill my bass on one platter and wait for a break on the first vynil and either switch them with kill switches (Channel 1 bass down/Channel 2 bass up) , or slowly bring the level back up on the second record.
 
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So, to sum up these 5 pages I guess we can conclude that the genre that are the hardest to mix would be... : 'Just about every genre out there' :D :dj:
 
V said:
i cant believe some of you will even spin on belt driven turntables!! what are you thinking, no wonder you have the troubles you say you have!

belt driven turntables are simply not an option!
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Even worst (and frustrating): on the right, fukedup beltdrive that does everyting wrong between +1 and -10 and, on the left, flawless 1210... I'm losing hair...
 
ive tried mixing with most genre's of dance music. I think it is ignorant to say that mixing any one particular type is easier than another. Some people find mixing techno easy, house hard and vice versa. Of my limited experience all i can say is that there are too many dj's laying down crap music simply because they can perform a mix with it comfortably. 3 international dj's ive heard (i live in australia) including roger s, sander kleieneberg and Adam freeland IMHO performed mixing that appeared to be nothing but lazy, however there sets were unbelievable. So it's important to remember, if you are going to be playing in a club pull your head out of your a*** and play good music.
 
Interesting point.....
For the non-professional this should be nothing but obviousness to try to accommodate :dj:
 
IT's easy to mix, but it's hard to get to the level were you can make a O.K trance or hard house tune into a amazing one.....
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Point of order. There is no such thing as an amazing hard house tune. There really isn't even anything as an O.K. hard house tune.

I just don't understand the uninspired mindset that flocks to that garbage. I hate r&b and garage, for example, but it takes loads of talent to produce and has a real musical value to it. Hard house is produced for ******* by *******.

And it's by far the easiest to mix. It's fast, so there's less time in between beats to hear subtle tempo mistakes. Every single beat has a loud punishing kick drum, so there's no way you can lose the beat. Every song has a build-up and come-down structure so that there's no worry about tricky melodic mixes.

Great stuff.
 
Who the f**k are you mozart or something?:mad:
 
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Hands down the hardest stuff to mix is Experimental DnB. That junk is whack unless u got a good ear and like it :) The scratchin u gotta throw in there while that noise is blaring is just sick yo. Those are some good kids that can make experimental sound good :)

-DiGiTaL MaYHeM CreW (WPB)
 
Hardhouse is not up my alley - but your comment is, DJ Boink (hahahaha :D)
 
Who the f**k are you mozart or something?
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No. I'd bet that Mozart would be much less kind in his comments on hard house.

And my comments simply pointed out the regular, formulaic, paint-by-number approach that hardhouse follows. It is the epitome of right angles and regular rhythms. No different rhythms, no different beat structure, no out-of-place drums or breaks. Just formula. That's why it's the easiest to mix. The further you stray from that formula, the harder mixing is.
 
Anything with a human drummer is hard as hell to mix. Like if you throw down a cheesy 80s hit over some beats like Michael Jackson and shlt you have to keep a hand on the pitch slider and know exactly when the drummer speeds up and slows down etc...
 
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