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A DJ mix or DJ mixset is a sequence of musical tracks typically mixed together to appear as one continuous track.
DJ mixes are usually performed using a DJ mixer and multiple sounds sources, such as turntables, CD players, digital audio players or computer sound cards, sometimes with the addition of samplers and effects units, although it's possible to create one using sound editing software.
A DJ set is usually performed live in front of an audience or recorded in a studio and may also be referred to as a liveset (with "DJ mix" referring more to a studio mix not performed live). In live situations the progression of the DJ set is a reactionary process. The DJ chooses tracks partly in response to the activity on the dance floor. If the dance floor becomes less active, the DJ will make a judgement as to what track will increase dance floor activity. This may involve shifting the tempo or changing the general mood of the set. Track choices are also due, in part, to where the DJ wishes to take his audience. In this way the resulting mixset is brought about through a symbiotic relationship between audience and DJ.
DJs often distribute their recorded mixes on CD-Rs or as digital audio files via websites for promotional purposes. Many popular DJs release their mixes commercially on a compact disc. When DJ sets are distributed directly via the Internet, they are generally presented as a single unbroken audio file; cue sheets may be provided by the DJ or fans to allow the set to be burnt to a CD, or listened to, as a series of separate tracks in the way it would be produced as a commercial mix.
DJ mixes are usually performed using a DJ mixer and multiple sounds sources, such as turntables, CD players, digital audio players or computer sound cards, sometimes with the addition of samplers and effects units, although it's possible to create one using sound editing software.
A DJ set is usually performed live in front of an audience or recorded in a studio and may also be referred to as a liveset (with "DJ mix" referring more to a studio mix not performed live). In live situations the progression of the DJ set is a reactionary process. The DJ chooses tracks partly in response to the activity on the dance floor. If the dance floor becomes less active, the DJ will make a judgement as to what track will increase dance floor activity. This may involve shifting the tempo or changing the general mood of the set. Track choices are also due, in part, to where the DJ wishes to take his audience. In this way the resulting mixset is brought about through a symbiotic relationship between audience and DJ.
DJs often distribute their recorded mixes on CD-Rs or as digital audio files via websites for promotional purposes. Many popular DJs release their mixes commercially on a compact disc. When DJ sets are distributed directly via the Internet, they are generally presented as a single unbroken audio file; cue sheets may be provided by the DJ or fans to allow the set to be burnt to a CD, or listened to, as a series of separate tracks in the way it would be produced as a commercial mix.
Notable recorded examples
- Global Underground series
- Balance series
- Back to Mine series
- Tranceport series
- DJ-Kicks series
- Late Night Tales
- Solid Steel
- Fabric and Fabric Live
- Café del Mar series
- In Search of Sunrise (series)
- A State of Trance
See also
External links
- Is a Mixset a Piece of Art? by Brent Silby ─ article provides argument to support the claim that a DJ Mixset is an artwork.
Audio mixing is used for sound recording, audio editing, and sound systems to balance the relative volume, frequency, and dynamical content of a number of sound sources. Typically, these sound sources are the different musical instruments in a band or vocalists, the sections of an
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A DJ mixer is a type of audio mixing console used by disc jockeys. The key features that differentiate a DJ mixer from other types of audio mixers are the ability to redirect (cue
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Edison cylinder phonograph ca. 1899]] The phonograph, or gramophone, was the most common device for playing recorded sound from the 1870s through the 1980s.
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Terminology
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A Compact Disc player (often written as compact disc player), or CD player, is an electronic device which plays audio Compact Discs. CD players are often installed into home stereo systems, car audio systems, and personal computers.
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MP3 player, a digital audio player or "DAP" is a portable, handheld digital music player that stores, organizes and plays MP3 and often other audio files. Most DAPs are powered by rechargeable batteries, some of which are not user replaceable.
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Sound Card
A Sound Blaster Live! Value card, a typical present-day PCI sound card
Connects to:
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A Sound Blaster Live! Value card, a typical present-day PCI sound card
Connects to:
- Motherboard via one of
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sampler is an electronic music instrument closely related to a synthesizer. Instead of generating sounds from scratch, however, a sampler starts with multiple recordings (or “samples”) of different sounds, and then plays each back based on how the instrument is
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Effects units are devices that affect the sound of an electric instrument or other audio source (such as recorded material) when plugged in to the electrical signal path the instrument or source sends, most often an electric guitar or bass guitar.
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A digital audio editor is a computer application for audio editing, i.e. manipulating digital audio. Editors designed for use with music allow the user to do the following:
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CD-R (Compact Disc-Recordable) is a variation of the Compact Disc invented by Philips and Sony. CD-R is a Write Once, Read Many optical medium (though the whole disk does not have to be entirely written in the same session) and retains a high level of
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An audio file format is a container format for storing audio data on a computer system.
The general approach towards storing digital audio is to sample the audio voltage (which on playback, would correspond to a certain position of the membrane in a speaker) of the
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The general approach towards storing digital audio is to sample the audio voltage (which on playback, would correspond to a certain position of the membrane in a speaker) of the
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A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN.
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Compact Disc
The closely spaced tracks on the readable surface of a Compact Disc cause light to diffract into a full visible colour spectrum
Media type: Optical disc
Encoding: Various
Capacity: Typically up to 700 MB
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The closely spaced tracks on the readable surface of a Compact Disc cause light to diffract into a full visible colour spectrum
Media type: Optical disc
Encoding: Various
Capacity: Typically up to 700 MB
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Internet is a worldwide, publicly accessible series of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol (IP). It is a "network of networks" that consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government
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A cue sheet, or cue file, is a metadata file which describes how the tracks of a CD or DVD are laid out. Cue sheets are stored as plain text files and commonly have a ".cue" filename extension.
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Global Underground is a series of electronic music compilation albums, which reflect the performances of high profile DJs in venues from around the world. They are released on Global Underground Ltd.
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EQ / Stomp is an Australian progressive dance music record label founded in 2001. They have released singles from artists such as Sander Kleinenberg, but are probably most popular for their DJ mixes. They have two sublabels: EQ Recordings and EQ [Grey].
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Back to Mine is a series of mix albums, usually (though not always) mixed by renowned DJs or composers of electronic music. The compilations usually feature artists other than the artist compiling the album, and are based on what the artist would play at home after a night
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Tranceport is a trance music DJ mix album series. The series debuted in November 1998 with Paul Oakenfold's Tranceport, released on Kinetic Records. The album featured many trance songs that were receiving a lot of dance club play at the time, including Three Drives on a
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DJ-Kicks (typeset DJ-KiCKS on all cover artwork) is a series of DJ mix albums, mixed by various artists for the independent record label !K7 Records.
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Late Night Tales and its predecessor Another Late Night are the names of two related series of DJ mix albums released on Azuli Records independent record label. The tracks on the albums are selected and mixed by a diverse selection of DJs, recording artists, and bands, asked
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Solid Steel is the name of a series of DJ mix albums issued on Ninja Tune independent record label in the UK.
Solid Steel also has a radio station webcast and related live concerts which further showcase the DJing talents of such artists.
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Solid Steel also has a radio station webcast and related live concerts which further showcase the DJing talents of such artists.
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The London nightclub Fabric has released monthly compilation albums mixed by popular DJ's since November 2001. There are two series that alternate months, entitled Fabric and Fabric Live.
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The London nightclub Fabric has released monthly compilation albums mixed by popular DJ's since November 2001. There are two series that alternate months, entitled Fabric and Fabric Live.
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Café del Mar is a bar located in San Antonio, Ibiza, just to the west of the West End. It is a popular summer tourist destination, noted for its view of the local sunset. Café del Mar is the original Ibizan "sunset bar", opened by Ramón Guiral, Carlos Andrea, and José Les in 1978.
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In Search of Sunrise (ISOS for short) is the title given to a trance mix-compilation series by Tijs Verwest under his most well known pseudonym DJ Tiësto, and just Tiësto from the fourth installment onwards.
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A State of Trance
Genre Trance, Progressive, and Electronic Dance
Running time Two Hours
Country Netherlands
Home station Slam! FM (Broadcasted Worldwide through other stations)
Starring
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Genre Trance, Progressive, and Electronic Dance
Running time Two Hours
Country Netherlands
Home station Slam! FM (Broadcasted Worldwide through other stations)
Starring
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mixtape is a compilation of songs and or tracks (typically copyrighted music taken from other sources) recorded in a specific order, traditionally onto a compact audio cassette. Video mixtapes have emerged as well.
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Beatmatching is a disc jockey technique of pitch shifting or timestretching a track to match its tempo to that of the currently playing track. This allows beatmixing, smooth mixing between the tracks without stopping the beat or changing the tempo.
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Harmonic mixing is a DJ's continuous mix between two pre-recorded tracks that are most often either in the same key, or their keys are relative or in a subdominant or dominant relationship with one another.
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