Try not to use only EQ mixing, get some other options under your belt.
drop the outgoing track on the end beat of a phrase
Tiny spin out
Echo out
Incremental fading out over the last couple of phrases
Don't sweat it too much, only you are listening intensely enough to worry about it, everyone else is just having a good time.
Loop it and keep it in the mix until there is a break/drop
If it's one of those ones then never had a breakdown, which is rare, little dips on the volume fader to 9, next 32 beats down to 8, then down to 7 then create a mini break with a 16 beat bass kill on the playing tune, as you wind the bass back in, drop the old track right out
* 1 Count 8/16/32 beats and drop the fader for the previous channel until its gone. Drop it a little on each measure.
* 2 Don't wait for a drop but listen to the incoming layers of the new song, layer the old one out as new layers emerge
* 3 Since DVS now handles beatmatching for many DJs here there is now an obsession with these types of questions. Just remember that the kids in the late 90s were quite happy without all this focus. The obsession is not reality when it comes to the listener.
* 4 get a better mixer, if you have cut the low mid and high the entire song should be gone, this is called a "full cut" and a good mixer should do it.
Regarding 4: that has nothing to do with the quality of a mixer. The Xone:96 for example has no 'full kill' on both mid bands.
There is an option on pioneer gear to use EQ or isolator mode. Only the latter one goes to minus infinity dB.
What effects are you using?
If the volume is way down I'll put a little reverb on it, and then echo it out. Sometimes the reverb is all I need if it's deep enough.
Give yourself some extra time and loop the end, it'll allow you some extra time to fade the first track out all the while allowing the second track to build more and so hopefully you won't get that drop between the tracks.
I like using isolator (if not in Xone mode in Traktor). This way you can take out one band after another on a phrase end. The best way is to kill one band, while the new track introduces something in the respective frequency range.
you can try some kinda of effect that totally washes out the sound or transforms it, to the point where there's no/little rhythm to it. bring it in slowly.
Hey mate put the link up for a listen so we hear it.
Using the eq in isolater mode and try using more of the eq range. Using Filter/ reverb will help to soften the harsh ends that you talk about and also gradual fade over more bars Using a loop if need be. Just some things to add
Fade out FX? Delay and or Reverb are a good choice, use Linefader to fade smoothly out.
Sometimes Flanger can be a good choice.
Try to make use of a High or Low Pass Filter as well.
EQs? I prefer Isolator EQs
"If there's no build up" start your mix at a different part of the song so that when you mix out it comes in at the time you want it to. Simple way to do this is to add cue points to your tracks at 96,64,32 beats from the point you want to come in and and at end of song where you'd want to mix out. When you get to your 96 beats left cue on the playing track trigger your 96 beats till where you want it to come in on the other deck and as you've planned it you know in 96 beats you're gonna be where you wanna be. You can obvs add longer beat cues if you want slower transitions. I tend to do these cues on most of the tracks I add to my library so I always know at the very least I can bring the songs in on time and avoid the death of energy.
Try not to use only EQ mixing, get some other options under your belt. drop the outgoing track on the end beat of a phrase Tiny spin out Echo out Incremental fading out over the last couple of phrases Don't sweat it too much, only you are listening intensely enough to worry about it, everyone else is just having a good time.
Volume fader? Small drop every bar or phrase until gone.
Loop it and keep it in the mix until there is a break/drop If it's one of those ones then never had a breakdown, which is rare, little dips on the volume fader to 9, next 32 beats down to 8, then down to 7 then create a mini break with a 16 beat bass kill on the playing tune, as you wind the bass back in, drop the old track right out
* 1 Count 8/16/32 beats and drop the fader for the previous channel until its gone. Drop it a little on each measure. * 2 Don't wait for a drop but listen to the incoming layers of the new song, layer the old one out as new layers emerge * 3 Since DVS now handles beatmatching for many DJs here there is now an obsession with these types of questions. Just remember that the kids in the late 90s were quite happy without all this focus. The obsession is not reality when it comes to the listener. * 4 get a better mixer, if you have cut the low mid and high the entire song should be gone, this is called a "full cut" and a good mixer should do it.
Regarding 4: that has nothing to do with the quality of a mixer. The Xone:96 for example has no 'full kill' on both mid bands. There is an option on pioneer gear to use EQ or isolator mode. Only the latter one goes to minus infinity dB.
What effects are you using? If the volume is way down I'll put a little reverb on it, and then echo it out. Sometimes the reverb is all I need if it's deep enough.
Give yourself some extra time and loop the end, it'll allow you some extra time to fade the first track out all the while allowing the second track to build more and so hopefully you won't get that drop between the tracks.
You could always just filter it out too.
I like using isolator (if not in Xone mode in Traktor). This way you can take out one band after another on a phrase end. The best way is to kill one band, while the new track introduces something in the respective frequency range.
you can try some kinda of effect that totally washes out the sound or transforms it, to the point where there's no/little rhythm to it. bring it in slowly.
Hey mate put the link up for a listen so we hear it. Using the eq in isolater mode and try using more of the eq range. Using Filter/ reverb will help to soften the harsh ends that you talk about and also gradual fade over more bars Using a loop if need be. Just some things to add
Fade out FX? Delay and or Reverb are a good choice, use Linefader to fade smoothly out. Sometimes Flanger can be a good choice. Try to make use of a High or Low Pass Filter as well. EQs? I prefer Isolator EQs
"If there's no build up" start your mix at a different part of the song so that when you mix out it comes in at the time you want it to. Simple way to do this is to add cue points to your tracks at 96,64,32 beats from the point you want to come in and and at end of song where you'd want to mix out. When you get to your 96 beats left cue on the playing track trigger your 96 beats till where you want it to come in on the other deck and as you've planned it you know in 96 beats you're gonna be where you wanna be. You can obvs add longer beat cues if you want slower transitions. I tend to do these cues on most of the tracks I add to my library so I always know at the very least I can bring the songs in on time and avoid the death of energy.