Native Instruments Kontrol S4 User manual - What Is Mixing?
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What Is Mixing?
Mixing is the process of playing more than one song at a time and utilizing the various
features of Traktor 2. Mixing is not simply playing both songs at equal volumes, but
using these features to add style and character to each song and each transition between
songs.
Finding New Music
This section explains how to find music from many different sources. These sources are
not the only ways to find music for use in the process of mixing, but are some of the
most popular.
Finding Music on the Internet
Possibly the quickest and easiest way to find music is on the internet. The internet is
extremely large and can be useful in finding the songs very quickly. Two examples of
websites for finding and purchasing music are www.beatport.com and www.itunes.com.
Beatport (Figure 17) is one of the most popular
sites for finding music specific to using in a DJ set.
Beatport allows searching for music by genre, label,
and artist and also has a feature that allows viewing
of the top 100 most popular songs on their website
which is very useful for finding what other people
may consider to be popular.
The iTunes library is another useful source for
finding music. It has all of the features that
Beatport uses. The iTunes library top 100 is
different from Beatport’s and can provide a
different view on popular songs in every genre.
Figure 17: Beatport Home Page