mix like dave clarke?

[sash]

Dave clarke is the one dude who i can't work out how he mixes? as he drops in the new track the old track is totally gone yet everything is still pushing forward. This is easier said than done cuz what i can't work out is what he's doing with the hi's? There's never any loss of energy. He gets rid of the old tracks so well that even when u notice the track drop out it still sounds good.

ive heard a few dj's say how easy it is to mix like that but when i hear their best effort to mix like DC it's never the same. Ive listened to world service a zillion times and it's doing my head in!

if anyone has any idea as to what he's doin with the mixer eq's and fader i'd love to hear it :)

[theledge]

I agree, i've always said that he's on another planet when it comes to mixing...I have never heard anyone else mix techno and not be able to work out how they're doing it

I'm off to see him in Manchester in november, I can't wait :)

[sash]

it's totally unique yet so simple. Dosen't he just use 2 decks? if he does use 3 i can't imagine him sittin on 3 tracks like beyer or someone. does he even touch the mid's and hi's?

[theledge]

I think it is just a super tuned ability to match the speeds pretty much instantly. And turntable skills, he can scratch then drop a track in and out instantly without a glitch pretty much every time,

So he does the simple things better than anyone else

Lots and lots of practice I reckon

[theledge]

That's my best guess anyway :lol:

[G-BO]

the thing is, he dosent really mix most of the time

just good timing and selection is what makes a dave clarke set so unique

his set on shine on saturday was easily the best techno set ive ever heard, better than any hawtin, surgeon, sims sets ive heard easily

its so painful to see him play so much average sets and then pull this monster of a set out of nowhere, absloute legend

[theledge]

i've never seen him play...I hope he plays a set even half as good as some of the CDs I have heard and I will go home happy

[Jay Pace]

Like G-Bo put it, it comes down to good timing and selection.
Heard him mix plenty of tracks just by cutting abruptly from one into another. This would usually sound shit, but he matches his tracks well, picks them instinctively and knows when to cut in and out. Few to none do this.

Very aggressive hip hop style mixing, creates energy and urgency. Very individual. Class.

[Buttman]

Heard him play double copies of Badger Bite in, hmm I think 1999?
It was a real cock-riser.

All times I heard him after that he sucked hard.
Just delay out the track, make some noob scratch with a new track and then launch it in sync with the old delay.

[basslinejunkie]

ditto.the first time i saw him he nailed it,was amazing.

saw him many many times after that and he sucked hairy balls.

[stjohn]

the thing is, he dosent really mix most of the time

just good timing

true...being able to cue up a track fast and scratch it in means generally the 2 records dont have to be beat matched... just close enough so the drop into one another.

he's animal at doing that tho

[Dustin Zahn]

Like the rest said, it's focused mainly on the cut-and-paste method of hip hop mixing. Lighting fast mixes with proper timing and the right amount of funk. It's definitely easier said than done.

[Miromiric]

i could not make such mixes in million years.

[tots]

His mixing is raw,in your face and totaly individual with an old skool feel which makes him second to none and proves he hasnt forgot his roots........Wicked!!!

[eyeswithoutaface]

all that coupled with about 15 years djing at the top level behind him. You dont get that amount of confidence just playing in your bedroom or even in small clubs. It's all about the pressure, the bigger the club you play the more you know you gotta pull something out the bag. After years of doing this, it tends to come as second nature.

Easily the best dj still out of the non 3 deckers if you get me, it's pretty hard, and pointless, comparing him to mills or sims, who are equally amazing dj's, just different mixing styles.

[Buttman]

That ****ing retard Marco Carola is ****ing flawless technically. Tighter than Mills (lol no shit) and Sims and everyone else I heard.

Musically I really like Rachmad and sometimes Mulero.

[Miromiric]

yeah carola is amazignly tight with decks

[Stretch]

Anyone seen the video of him on 'You Tube' with him spinning two copies of Surgeon's first British Murder Boys track? Here's the link www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SlBPGOjxDY

[Buttman]

I just got some respect back for him.
The stuff at 1.30 kind of blew my mind.
Oh wait, I just saw he used the delay, that explains it lol.

Well I got respect for him for doing what he did with that BMB even though it was very jolly/silly.


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Only ex-Yugoslavs would claim their country "to rock".

[Miromiric]

lame :-D