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A DJ mix or DJ mixset is a sequence of musical tracks typically mixed
Audio mixing

Audio Mixing may refer to:*Audio mixing *Audio mixing *Audio mixing ...
 together to appear as one continuous track. DJ mixes are usually performed using a DJ mixer
DJ mixer

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 a non-playing source to headphones and the presence of a crossfader, which allows for an easier transition between two sources....
 and multiple sounds sources, such as turntables
Phonograph

The record player, phonograph or gramophone was the most common device for playing Sound recording and reproduction sound from the 1870s through the 1980s....
, CD players, digital audio player
Digital audio player

A digital audio player, more commonly referred to as an MP3 player, is a consumer electronics device that stores, organizes and plays audio file formats....
s or computer sound card
Sound card

A sound card is a computer expansion card that facilitates the input and output of sound to/from a computer under control of computer programs....
s, sometimes with the addition of sampler
Sampler (musical instrument)

A sampler is an electronic musical instrument closely related to a synthesizer. Instead of generating sounds from scratch, however, a sampler starts with multiple recordings of different sounds added by the user, and then plays each back based on how the instrument is configured....
s and effects unit
Effects unit

Effects units are devices that affect the sound of an electric instrument or other audio source when plugged in to the electrical signal path the instrument or source sends, most often an electric guitar or bass guitar....
s, although it's possible to create one using sound editing software
Digital audio editor

A digital audio editor is a application software for audio editing, i.e. manipulating digital audio. Digital audio editors are the main software component of a digital audio workstation....
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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).






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A DJ mix or DJ mixset is a sequence of musical tracks typically mixed
Audio mixing

Audio Mixing may refer to:*Audio mixing *Audio mixing *Audio mixing ...
 together to appear as one continuous track. DJ mixes are usually performed using a DJ mixer
DJ mixer

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 a non-playing source to headphones and the presence of a crossfader, which allows for an easier transition between two sources....
 and multiple sounds sources, such as turntables
Phonograph

The record player, phonograph or gramophone was the most common device for playing Sound recording and reproduction sound from the 1870s through the 1980s....
, CD players, digital audio player
Digital audio player

A digital audio player, more commonly referred to as an MP3 player, is a consumer electronics device that stores, organizes and plays audio file formats....
s or computer sound card
Sound card

A sound card is a computer expansion card that facilitates the input and output of sound to/from a computer under control of computer programs....
s, sometimes with the addition of sampler
Sampler (musical instrument)

A sampler is an electronic musical instrument closely related to a synthesizer. Instead of generating sounds from scratch, however, a sampler starts with multiple recordings of different sounds added by the user, and then plays each back based on how the instrument is configured....
s and effects unit
Effects unit

Effects units are devices that affect the sound of an electric instrument or other audio source when plugged in to the electrical signal path the instrument or source sends, most often an electric guitar or bass guitar....
s, although it's possible to create one using sound editing software
Digital audio editor

A digital audio editor is a application software for audio editing, i.e. manipulating digital audio. Digital audio editors are the main software component of a digital audio workstation....
.

History


Technique

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. Studio DJs have the luxury of spending more time on their mix, which often leads to productions that could never be realized in real-time.

Distribution

DJs often distribute their recorded mixes on CD-R
CD-R

A CD-R 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....
s or as digital audio files via website
Website

A Web site is a collection of related Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that are hosted on one Web server, usually accessible via the Internet....
s for promotional purposes. Many popular DJs release their mixes commercially on a compact disc
Compact Disc

A Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store Data , originally developed for storing digital audio. The CD, available on the market since October 1982, remains the standard physical medium for sale of commercial Sound recording and reproduction to the present day....
. When DJ sets are distributed directly via the Internet
Internet

The Internet is a global network of interconnected computers, enabling users to share information along multiple channels. Typically, a computer that connects to the Internet can access information from a vast array of available server and other computers by moving information from them to the computer's local memory....
, 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 burned to a CD
Compact Disc

A Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store Data , originally developed for storing digital audio. The CD, available on the market since October 1982, remains the standard physical medium for sale of commercial Sound recording and reproduction to the present day....
, or listened to, as a series of separate tracks in the way it would be produced as a commercial mix.

Commercial mix albums

  • Back to Mine series
    Back to Mine

    Back to Mine is a series of mix albums, usually 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 out, rather than as part of a nightclub session....
  • Café del Mar
    Café del Mar

    Caf? del Mar is a bar located in Sant Antoni de Portmany, Ibiza, just to the west of the West End, San Antonio, Ibiza. It is a popular summer tourist destination, noted for its view of the local sunset....
     series
  • Choice - A Collection Of Classics
    Choice - A Collection Of Classics

    Choice - A Collection of Classics is a series of DJ mixs, audio mixing by various artists for the independent record label Azuli Records....
  • Distinct'ive Records
    Distinct'ive Records

    Distinct'ive Records is a record label which has hundreds of releases from artists such as Way Out West . It is also the parent label to Distinct'ive Breaks Records....
     Y4K series
  • DJ-Kicks
    DJ-Kicks

    DJ-Kicks is a series of DJ mixs, audio mixing by various artists for the independent record label Studio !K7....
     series
  • Fabric
    Fabric mix albums

    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 FabricLive....
     and Fabric Live
  • Global Underground series
  • In Search of Sunrise (series)
    In Search of Sunrise (Series)

    In Search of Sunrise is the title given to a Trance music mix-compilation series by Ti?sto under his most well known pseudonym DJ Ti?sto, and just Ti?sto from the fourth installment onwards....
  • Late Night Tales
    Late Night Tales

    Late Night Tales and its predecessor Another Late Night are the names of two related series of DJ mixs released on Azuli Records independent record label....
  • Renaissance: Masters Series
    Renaissance Recordings

    Renaissance Recordings is a UK recording label founded by the club Renaissance in 1994....
  • A State of Trance
    A State of Trance

    A State Of Trance is the title of a weekly radio show hosted by popular trance DJ Armin van Buuren. First airing in March 2001 on ID&T Radio , the show takes the format of a two hour DJ mix in which he plays new trance music, both Promotional recording and commercially released....
  • Solid Steel
    Solid Steel

    Solid Steel is the name of a series of DJ mixs issued on Ninja Tune independent record label in the United Kingdom.Solid Steel also has a radio station webcast and related live concerts which further showcase the DJing talents of such artists....
  • Tranceport series


See also

  • Beatmatching
    Beatmatching

    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....
  • DJ Kool Herc
    DJ Kool Herc

    Clive Campbell , also known as Kool Herc, DJ Kool Herc and Kool DJ Herc, is a Jamaican-born DJ who is credited with originating hip hop music, in the Bronx, New York City....
  • Mix tape
  • House music
    House music

    House music is a style of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, USA in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discoth?ques catering to the African-American, Latino, and gay communities, first in Chicago, then in New York City and Detroit....
  • Harmonic mixing
    Harmonic mixing

    Harmonic mixing or key 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 key or in a subdominant or Dominant relationship with one another....
  • Turntablism
    Turntablism

    Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating music using phonographs and a DJ mixer. The word 'turntablist' was coined in 1995 by DJ Babu to describe the difference between a DJ who just plays records, and one who performs by touching and moving the records, stylus and mixer to manipulate sound....


External links

  • by Brent Silby - article provides argument to support the claim that a DJ Mixset is a form of art.