How to Mix Psy Trance - 3 DJ Tips to Create Killer Sets!

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@ClubReadyDJSchool 6 ай бұрын

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@amygdalos96 Жыл бұрын

One of the most important parts of mixing psytrance is creating an atmosphere. Make sure your set is smooth and nothing sounds abrupt or out of place. Slow and precise EQing is king here. People will be on drugs and dance for hours. Especially on smaller raves. It‘s not about getting as many sick drops in but getting into the flow. If everyone is dancing like crazy then let the 9min song run the whole length. You can also add live elements like synths that play simple melodies/arps. Especially in progressive psy there is lots of space for adding things like that. Go crazy with effects as well. I found that combining a flanger with the highpass filter really gets the alien sound of psytrance. Add both and increase the amount/cutoff slowly for at least 30 seconds before turning both off at the begin of a phrase. Then the bass just hits really hard. Really liked the tutorial man. Lots of good tips!

7 ай бұрын

wow, this comment was as good as the video! thanks both of you

@zenmorte2793 4 ай бұрын

exactly, its not about quick transitions, its about letting the tracks tell its story

@adriatique1733 Ай бұрын

this actually helped me so much

@rockerlalee Жыл бұрын

Oh, man.. :D +1 for the awesome tips and explanation +1 for the music selection + 1 for the editing skills + 10 for the relatable vibe

@redyellowish2106 Жыл бұрын

Hey Andrew! I took your basic and advanced DJ courses and I just wanna say wow like for real, I had little DJ experience but in 2 weeks my mixing skills have sky rocketed and I’m djing with almost no visuals! Amazing, much love & respect for you!

@ClubReadyDJSchool Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@joelwilcox5424 Жыл бұрын

This is easily the most helpful DJ channel on YT

@agustinamaria6219 Жыл бұрын

You are such a legend, good on you playing some full on psytrance ! Now I would love to see a progressive psy !

@lxxwj Жыл бұрын

or darkpsy lol

@dragon-cloud Жыл бұрын

Early-Mid mix teasing is also a wonder technique that i use frequently. Then mixing through breakdowns and buildups to the drop also gets the crowd curious about incoming mix when they hear the tease of the next track early on.

@sevakrassek 10 ай бұрын

Man you are amazing. Since 2 years I’m watching your videos, I always got inspired and have learned so much! You have such a great positive energy that after watching some of your stuff, I directly have to stand up, jam and try out your tips! Thanks a lot for what you are doing and please keep going! You are a gift for the world ❤️

@ChristopherHealy-uj5xy 10 ай бұрын

It's a small thing, but it's clever how you kill the volume fader on deck 2 when the master track dips in volume @4:35, and then you bring it back right after. I'd never thought about doing that before, but I definitely will do in the future to help to make drawn-out transitions cleaner.

@shennix9871 Жыл бұрын

Once again, thank you for this awesome video! Recently got into Psy trance and this is absolutely amazing! Much respect and love Andrew! 👊🏾

@djmondo4142 Жыл бұрын

Andrew you’re a legend. This man must be protected at all costs!!!!

@AceOnBase1 8 ай бұрын

I love all the music you played, this is exactly what I was looking for!

@DavidG0806 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos man ❤ Thanks!

@georgiakhyabani2716 Жыл бұрын

Nice one. Thanks!

@LukeMancell 11 ай бұрын

Great tutorial, cheers mate

@TheKrang10 9 ай бұрын

I don't leave comments really ever. But I'm just getting into mixing and watching the random videos and found you and just love your approach and your enthusiasm. Will be watching more and taking your courses! thank you.

@behdaddehghanizadeh Жыл бұрын

I am glad you are doing some psytrance videos, this sub-genre of edm has a lot of fans, but least amount of tutorials online for djing

@nakulkanchan7313 Жыл бұрын

True. I guess that's the beauty of psytrance. One of the few genres which hasn't sold out. However, progressive psytrance which most tutorials focus on is just the tip of the psytrance ice berg. Psytrance is an ocean with so many sub genres, amazing tracks and a cult following!!!

@DJEL011 Жыл бұрын

Sounds good!

@neemyn407 Жыл бұрын

I'm saving this

@jplatt83 Жыл бұрын

Just bought your club ready course. So far I like it a lot!

@ClubReadyDJSchool Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@Mistanyycguy Жыл бұрын

Cool bro didn't know u did Psy! It's one of my faves 😁

@KingValas Жыл бұрын

Tbh I do like seeing people making tutorials and I acknowledge how hard psy is to learn to mix but that first mix was way to abrupt in change. Sometimes it’s hard to avoid a noticeable bass swap but the aim of the game is for the mix to sound as progressive as possible. I also didn’t like the full on mix. That is a prime way of how not to mix full on. Full on is my main genre. My older brother who is in his late 40’s, doesn’t understand DJing or psy heard me mixing once and told me “ I don’t know wtf you’re doing on there I can’t tell where one track ends and the next starts” and to me that was a compliment because that’s exactly what I’m aiming for when I mix psy or full on.

@michaelangelo8001 Жыл бұрын

It's great that you have acquired that skill, but you will put your audience to sleep if you don't learn to break up your pattern and keep things interesting. The DJ you are criticizing, is further ahead of you than you are currently able to comprehend.

@KingValas 11 ай бұрын

@@michaelangelo8001ell let’s see. I’m currently playing sets at big 3 day psytrance festivals and I’m getting good set times so clearly I’m doing something right. This type of music needs extremely smooth transitions to sound good.

@michaelangelo8001 11 ай бұрын

@@KingValas We'll see how long that works for you...

@KingValas 11 ай бұрын

@@michaelangelo8001 Well it seems to be working quite well because I get told my transitions are really smooth quite frequently. You don't mix this music anything like house or tech house it is far more complicated and complex to mix this music effectively.

@michaelangelo8001 11 ай бұрын

@@KingValas LOL... Can't tell DJs anything. They are all "the best", and they already know everything there is to know. You're still young. By the time you are his age you will understand what he and I are talking about. That is; if you last that long.

@ifell3 Жыл бұрын

You are really good at presenting!!

@ClubReadyDJSchool Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@spirosbulk Жыл бұрын

Psy trance how to... At least!!! Thank you so much Sensei Andrew, my love & respect from Greece.

@nicolasblume1046 Жыл бұрын

Can you please do a Video on how to Mix Uplifting Trance? It would also be interesting to learn to how maintain peak energy with tracks that have a buildup section in the middle that is too long for that

@juhalinnanen3062 Жыл бұрын

I was going to ask for the same thing. Trance has some really long breakdowns and it is hard to keep the energy up if every track does that. But also usually the best part of the track comes after the breakdown, so do t want to mix out before either.. Would be great to hear tips for this!

@agustinamaria6219 Жыл бұрын

Howwwww spicy! I love this !

@windsailor Жыл бұрын

Yes!

@phaselead_dj Жыл бұрын

Glad to find someone else interested in this topic as well. That's exactly the topic I've been researching for years. So I'm really interested in what's Andrew's thought about this. Personally, I'm playing a couple of tech trance or hard techno tracks with minimal breakdowns between uplifting trance. Also I always prepare some track combinations where I can layer the breakdown part of an uplifting track on top of the outro of currently playing track. This helps me quite a lot, but still far from perfect 😅

@KingValas 4 ай бұрын

@@juhalinnanen3062that’s how that style of music is meant to be played because the long breakdowns have long energetic buildups. Exploration of Space by Cosmic Gate is a prime example of that. The breakdown is really long but it’s got an extremely energetic buildup that builds into the drop

@halilcemcankurtaran6242 2 ай бұрын

Thanks 🎉🎉🎉

@christophschofmann-herzarb1987 Жыл бұрын

awesome! thank you man!

@ClubReadyDJSchool Жыл бұрын

You bet!

@chrisfreeq399 Ай бұрын

Great tutorial, and great techniques. I've ittle by little started to DJ again after over 10 years of hiatus, and it really feels like learning to walk again. Probably also because my taste has widened a lot over the years, and I'm switching up genres a lot more now. Anyways, great video, thanks!

@dragon-cloud Жыл бұрын

If you want to hear the masters of psy/acid trance look no further than astral projection! Christopher Lawrence has also been making good psytrance over past 15yrs since he switched from progressive trance. Loved your set from the other day of psy trance andrew! Still waiting on an all vinyl set from you brother 😎 🐉☁️

@dreamship563 10 ай бұрын

Best❤😊 thank you🕉️🙏

@bumpinwhiteboy2504 Жыл бұрын

Perfect timing lol- just discovered dark progressive trance and it's a life changing genre for me

@KingValas 11 ай бұрын

KZfaq Zenon Prog.

@GiddyRob 3 ай бұрын

Some great tracks and tips here. Been mixing for year, but always like to see if there's anything new. I tend to make sure, if I'm going for energy, that I get the track that's coming in level a tad higher to feel like it's driving through the old track, can then just smoothly get it back to the normal level. Also fun to beat loop out the other end too to stop the fading track coming out with some crazy shit that burns the mix. Also a bit of fx to drop between em helps to not make the transition too obvious and boring. Great channel :)

@olafwinter6303 Жыл бұрын

Awesome vid. Would love to see you play some progressive psy like Ranji, Phaxe, Unseen Dimensions etc! Viva la doof!

@kaseystewart7551 Жыл бұрын

Not Too many ppl mixing Psytrance on KZfaq so thank you

@filideejay Жыл бұрын

🔝🔝 you are really very good!!

@Freddy_Bear_Bland Жыл бұрын

No Thank You youve helped me so much with transitions

@mikaelfehr817 11 ай бұрын

Well Space Tribe(Rip) was also a live act playing his own music. That’s a total different thing than a dj set.

@shc_hardcore Жыл бұрын

and next... mixing hardcore techno :))) that would be very nice to see this. by the way: very nice stuff on this channel!

@giancarloviolante9239 9 ай бұрын

Hey man, great video! 15:36 you said just listening to the songs in 2 player mode before plugging in the decks. What does this mean without the desks? Thanks

@phantom-lab Жыл бұрын

I have noticed that most, not all, but most Psy tracks are very long, usually between 7 to 9 minutes. It sounds like the DJ you mentioned played each track to its fullest and transitioned on the last section. you clearly transition between the tracks. Again great work my friend!

@KingValas 11 ай бұрын

The music is generally made that way and often there’s a point mid track that has a mix out point as well where there’s a drop with not much going on melodically for 16 bars. Using those points is extremely important to getting a progressive set going

@MrEdtangent Жыл бұрын

RIP Oli (Space Tribe)

@juanca7033 Жыл бұрын

At minute 12:24 the lows collide and a saturation occurs. how can it be avoided and why does it happen? thanks for the tutorial and I wait for your answer. psd: sorry for the english, i'm using a translator.

@KYLOWW Жыл бұрын

How has the flooding been in Australia i hope everything is ok.

@ClubReadyDJSchool Жыл бұрын

Thank you, yes all dry now - at least where I live!

@r3sgthepvs448 5 ай бұрын

For Janine or freestyle mixing the preview player is your friend.

@alvinhuang9583 Жыл бұрын

hello Andrew, how did you beatmatch the beatless intro ? any tips ?

@ClubReadyDJSchool Жыл бұрын

Good video idea, coming soon!!!!

@behdaddehghanizadeh Жыл бұрын

Progressive Psyrance please

@DrRaver Жыл бұрын

when beatmaching psytrance before drop it's hard not to destroy drop. need to kill first track :P

@stormfox81 4 ай бұрын

I'm curious to know why you didn't match the BPM in the first transition since deck A is 147bpm and Deck B 144bpm

@stebarker1641 Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️

@naorben-moshe5181 Жыл бұрын

HOW CAN U KNOW THE VOLUME OF THE 2 TRACKS R THE SAME? explain me the gain thing plz

@ClubReadyDJSchool Жыл бұрын

That's pretty hard to explain in a comment but check out the video I did on my channel - search "sound levels"

@infectedmorchel4057 10 ай бұрын

Is not the best tips and trick but thank u a much

@michaelangelo8001 Жыл бұрын

It doesn't bother you that the visual waveforms are moving backward in relation to the turntables?

@theewolf7413 Жыл бұрын

#killer

@djaykozexson Жыл бұрын

Hm... What 'bout offbeat prog psy trance?! Personally, ain' t no better sub genre in psy trance 4 me Andrew my bro 😀

@MrLugofe Жыл бұрын

Thanks to use DDJ-400. I can learn more how to mix...

@jeremysweda9044 Жыл бұрын

What are your thoughts on mixing too seamlessly and making it always sounding like the same song? Should you let the crowd hear the transitions sometimes. So as to not let the crowd get “bored”

@Cosmic.Species Жыл бұрын

It's good, but sometimes resetting or redirecting the energy seems needed and that can be done with a more drastic change.

@dragon-cloud Жыл бұрын

Astral Projection Christopher Lawrence Infected Mushroom Hallucination LSG S.U.N. Project Seven Ways All amazing psy/acid trance producers 🕺🏻🎶🕺🏻🎶🕺🏻🎶🕺🏻🎶🕺🏻

@Progamer-dm8cl Жыл бұрын

From a listeners perspective if someone plays the full track it feels repetitive and boring considering a 6-7 min mainstream psytrance with very little or no variation throughout the track

@KingValas 4 ай бұрын

Pretty much most Psytrance is very progressive and variates a lot between drops.

@MBeezy107 3 ай бұрын

I see, you don‘t know shit about psytrance… the real OG way of psytrance was to get you into kind of a psychologic trance. For that reson, there are normally not many changes or if there are, it meant to be smooth, so you don‘t even really recognize it… the point of psytrance in the old days was to get you (most liekely with help of some supplements) in a psychologic trance so your head just kinda turns off and you just feel the beat and let your body do all the other „work“. It meant to be like an almost „Hypnotic“ sound, that just takes control over your body and let it flow through your body. How i understand your comment, it sounds like it‘s to boring for you… I mean you‘re not alone with that opinion… many people want to make party hard and actually feel the drops and giving it all… i understand it, but the OG way of psytrance is „boring“ to get you into the state, what it was inventet for. If you like partying, okay… but please don‘t disrespect the roots of psytrance like that

@bocaraka 4 күн бұрын

@@KingValas i mix psytrance 20 yers lot of the magic of the tracks happens at the i barlely touch or mix its more about music selection i dont like cutting tracks