Alright... i guess i have a bit to say. Its mostly relevent to the Pioneer DJM600, but might provide some inspiration if youre working with effects processors at all.
If you dont have a 600, the go to a music store and try one out. Maybe try some of these methods with the effects.
We'll start with an easy one: the flanger. Once the auto bpm
has the tempo, set the effect time paramiter to a slow setting (i like 32 beats -the max- for this).
Sure its fun to turn on the effect and crash it in at any point in the breakdown (or any part of the track for that matter) but try this. With the "level" at 3/4ths (pointing to the right)
. Hit the effect button on the first beat of a phrase (or where the first beat should be at the begining of a breakdown). Now just leave it on for a while. Itll give the track an "up and down" multi-climactic feel.
Then theres the filter. I like to select the 4 beat period length (the middle light as in the pic). Then at the end of the breakdown, if theres a cool "pad" or "stab" I turn the filter on for the last bar (a space where 4 beats would be). For the first half of the bar i increase the "level" from one half (normal, straight up) to full, then bring the level back to one half for the remander of the bar (or other two inaudible "beats"). What this does is takes that pad or stab and twists it into this really cool "FILTERED" sound. A variation on this is to just leave the level at one half (straight up) and hit the button for the last HALF of the last bar (or two inaudible beats).
Then theres the echo. With the channel fader at full, set the effect to a half-beat pattern (go all the way to the left on the "beat" display... this is the fastest setting). Before the last bar of the phrase, turn on the echo and quickly fade out the track with the channel fader and back in on the beat. So youre basically turning the volume up and down with every beat, so the fader is all the way up when you hear the kick. Do this for the last four beats of the last bar in the phrase. Ill just let you do it for you to know what it sounds like. Remember the fader has to be all the way up EXACTLY on the kick. You can also do this with the cross fader if you have two records that are beat matched. It works best with harder house/trance... more energetic stuff.
Ill be back with the "delay" trick later. Time to go out and party. Post any more cool ones you guys have.
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