how does one mix dubstep?

**Yep.** · 03-10-2011, 10:44 PM

Well, I was going to do a good in depth description, but theory28 raped any mixing strategy I could have gone deep into. So, I will give you a short but sweet description of my thought processes when I mix dubstep; keep the crowd moving, keep the crowd consistent. What this means for me is that you want to keep your crowd dancing, and you want to keep the surprises out of the mix. The best way to keep the crowd dancing is to keep the music's energy very similar, slowly bumping it up (like making a set from ascending BPM's) when the maximum energy level that you want to reach is hit, don't bring it down too much too fast. Otherwise, it's all basic stuff, keep the volume of the new track low during the breakdown if it has a long intro (gold dust (flux remix)) . If it's short, it probably has a really quick and abrupt drop (Woo Boost) if it's average length (pro nails (rusko remix)) try to keep the frequency lower in the beginning of the intro and slowly increase up both the volume and frequency until the drop or pre drop breakdown. That's pretty much my strategy. Consistency with volume, frequency and energy.

**theory28** · 03-10-2011, 10:52 PM

Originally Posted by MrPopinjay

+ D1 - midnight blues. That's a cool track. May have to go collect that.

here (this is legit as far as i can tell, since it says HE gave them away):http://youdunknow.co.uk/2010/09/d1-d...tunes-for-you/

right click download then click save as. otherwise it might not work. and it might take a while to start

im surprised i found that link since i got these in October or early November lol

**Accidental-DJ** · 03-11-2011, 03:52 AM

WOW, didn't expect this much help

will buy 5 tracks off beatport and try tomorrow..

how come some dubstep songs are either 70bpm or 140bpm?

if someone could list 5 that are the same bpm ill be sure to grab them

**MrPopinjay** · 03-11-2011, 03:54 AM

They are 140. People just think they are 70 for some reason.

What kind of dubstep are you after? It's a fairly diverse genre. To be honest you should be discovering and building your own collection dude.

**Yep.** · 03-11-2011, 09:26 AM

Almost every dubstep track that I know is between 67.5 and 72.5 minimum bpm which is Halved, The only exception that I can think of is the Subfocus Remix of Hold on by Rusko which is either 180 or 170 BPM. After a little while you can tell what the bpm is, and you can also calculate it when you listen to the preview by counting the beats for 15 seconds and then multiplying the BP15seconds by 4 to get a minute. Otherwise, a 2.5 BPM difference isn't going to kill you as long as you sync up the BPM. Mixing dubstep is probably one of my favorite things to do to waste time and practice. I hope your future mixing goes well, have fun!

**fullenglishpint** · 03-11-2011, 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by Accidental-DJ

if someone could list 5 that are the same bpm ill be sure to grab them

tbh, you'll have quite a hard time finding a dubstep track that's more than about 2bpm away from 140, so no problems there!

Originally Posted by MrPopinjay

They are 140. People just think they are 70 for some reason.

It's because the main drumbeat (ie the pattern of kicks and snares) is usually quite sparse and at half time (70bpm) while the bassline tends to drive a lot of dubstep songs at 140. Technically all are 140 (or thereabouts) although listening to the drums alone you might think otherwise.

Originally Posted by Yep.

Almost every dubstep track that I know is between 67.5 and 72.5 minimum bpm which is Halved, The only exception that I can think of is the Subfocus Remix of Hold on by Rusko which is either 180 or 170 BPM.

This is just me, but personally I wouldn't call anything at 170 odd bpm dubstep. It may have a wobble bassline, but in my eyes it's still Drum & Bass.