Sevrin Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Can anyone recommend any video tutorials for beat mixing funk vinyl? Not much on utube, happy to buy something if it was worth it. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxyKon Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 I'll do you one better, get yourself a beat counter, you can find them in the app stores on your smart phones, then start listening your vinyl and tap to the beat. I started mixing using vinyl like the dinosaurs did back in the day, what i had to do was borrow a beat counter off of a friend and i then started to do this to all of my vinyl at the time. On each track, i'd just write a number next to it (get little stickers from officeworks if you're worried about ruining the wax), that number was the BPM and allowed me to know how far off it was from the other track. Then it's just a matter of playing with you tempo controls until you can match the beats. eg... Say your 1st track is counting at 122bpm, and track 2 is counting at 124bpm. You need to decrease the speed of track 2 by 2bpm (-2 on tempo) and then when you release the track it might need just a little bit of nudging here or there to match it perfectly. It'll take some time to get used to but this is how i taught myself, if it worked for me who is now mixing Drum & Bass at like 175bpm, then i'm sure it'll help you out. i did however find this video on YouTube that should give you a better visual: Sevrin and eggssell 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabRat Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 I would assume funk would be similar to mixing dubstep, dnb or breaks... Maybe more so hip hop. If this is so, the snare is what you'll be beat matching to as the kicks are not consistent like house style music. As far as timing in concerned, I would assume that there would be a 4 or 8 bar intro so mixing in and out would be quite quick. This comes with practice and knowledge of your tunes Sevrin and eggssell 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sevrin Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 Great!! That'll get me started, cheers!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Depending on what funk you're playing, it can be a weird. Also tempo changes in the tracks can make it more difficult. If you want to count the BPM of your tracks you can get this app https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/bpm/id296956954?mt=8 Find a few records you have that are similar tempo, or even the same tempo would be perfect for beginning to learn. Something with a consistent kick makes it easier to get the technique down pat in the early phases. This youtube playlist is full of beginner DJ tutorials, scroll down to the bottom (hit load more) to find some of the older ones which are based on vinyl. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkqsu4WzeMg7hmBi9Nr7lK4lqoOYZpVvW Also just to touch on what oxy said: -2 on the pitch fader isn't equal to 2 BPM, it's -2%. If the track's original tempo was exactly 100 BPM this would be correct, but if a track was originally playing at (exactly) 80 BPM, moving the pitch fader -2% would make it 78.4 BPM. If a track was originally at 130BPM, -2% would make it 127.4 BPM... Also one of the joys of vinyl is you need to be aware of the fact you may get small fluctuations in pitch depending on how good your decks are etc. Good luck eggssell, OxyKon and Sevrin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggssell Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 nice advice gang haha i remember getting bpm on my iphone. i would tap out every song i thought id like to mix. and then copy that to a note pad. so when i was mixing id know which songs to grab and practice with what type of funk we talking about? old school like parliament and james brown? hi-funk (80s)? nu-funk? im partial to george clinton and bootsy collins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sevrin Posted September 11, 2016 Author Share Posted September 11, 2016 On 30/08/2016 at 1:05 PM, eggssell said: nice advice gang haha i remember getting bpm on my iphone. i would tap out every song i thought id like to mix. and then copy that to a note pad. so when i was mixing id know which songs to grab and practice with what type of funk we talking about? old school like parliament and james brown? hi-funk (80s)? nu-funk? im partial to george clinton and bootsy collins Pure late 60's and 70's funk and soul, no 80's. Lyn Collins, Marva Whitney, The Soul Tornadoes, Marsha Gee, Betty Davis, James Brown, Quincy Jones,...and loads and loads more of the greats. Fun stuff like sesame street, and movie themes and then just a whole pile of obscure shit, like Bollywood psychedelic funk, 70's porn soundtracks, 60's punk//funk crossovers. What ever!! I also like ultra funky covers of classic songs for the novelty factor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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