How Do You Mix Songs

[Makaveliandcheese]

Ok so I wanted 2 know is there sum kinda walkthrough or sumthin 4 mixing songs? every time i try i am told it is off beat and i just wanna know how the pros do it so please help me!!!

[Big Worm]

dude i told u use a audio editing multitrack software

[Oscar]

it just takes practice...rite now u wont hear it much...but as you "train" your ears..youll start noticin the little things u didnt b4...like off-beat songs...

[Nikola]

Man u dont need trained ears to hear if acapella is off beat.
just follow snare drum kit "clap" and see how it flows.

[Oscar]

actually u kinda do...not super trained but yea a bit of trainin helps...when i first tried to do a mix..i cudnt even hear that it was off-beat..now that i hear it...it is so obvious...i dont mix no more tho cuz i sucked at it..

[Ray Finkle]

Mixing is fucking impossible. Ive tried it for ages and only got 1 onbeat/onbar mix

Id just say it take a lot of practice. But after a while you will figure it out more and see how it all goes.

[Oscar]

^i have none haha....

[Big Worm]

haha i have no skills either so Makncheese u one of us niggas lol but wat do u use can we get a description on the programs n ur headphones or wateva u use!

[Esoteric]

I think the best tip I could give you, not as a mixer myself, is that not every instrumental will work with every acapella lol. Some things just aren't meant to be.

Other than that nugget gold, do what Nikola said with the snare kicks

[Makaveliandcheese]

i use reaper

[Big Worm]

ok then can u notice where the drums start from in the track???

[Makaveliandcheese]

kinda but its a pain to keep it on beat

[Ray Finkle]

^Fuck yeah dude. Im glad youre asking for help instead of just getting an acapella, instrumental and putting one ontop of eachother and calling it good

[coughdrops]

kinda but its a pain to keep it on beat

I always found it essential to map out of the BPM of the acapella first in Soundforge. That is if the acapella has a constant BPM; if it does, then it's dead simple. If not, then fucking hell it gets annoying. Like that Thug Luv acapella! I never bothered to make a complete mix of that thanks to being unable to map a constant BPM without major cutting up. :/

Using the Soundforge regions and auto-region functions you can easily map out an acapella or instrumental for easy mixing. Though that also takes practice to master, so what everyone else says is right: just keep playing around and you'll get better and better.