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

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

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[@amygdalos96]

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!

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

[@zenmorte2793]

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

[@adriatique1733]

this actually helped me so much

[@teunl387]

So true I killed with this summer! I had my first set ever! But I prepared for the first half hour because I played for 300/500 I was pooping my pants, but I prepared intro- outro hotcues and had a solid set plan. This worked out great.🎉 had them dancing the whole time!! Next gig is this weekend for 2,5 hours at trance Oriënt express party at ruigoord✌️✌️✌️

[@rockerlalee]

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

[@joelwilcox5424]

This is easily the most helpful DJ channel on YT

[@redyellowish2106]

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]

Thank you

[@ChristopherHealy-uj5xy]

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.

[@sevakrassek]

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 ❤️

[@dragon-cloud]

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.

[@djmondo4142]

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

[@agustinamaria6219]

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

[@lxxwj]

or darkpsy lol

[@TheKrang10]

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.

[@chrisfreeq399]

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!

[@spirosbulk]

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

[@LukeMancell]

Great tutorial, cheers mate

[@AceOnBase1]

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

[@kshitijm9]

Bro your efforts are awesome i like how you are presenting yourself!

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

My pleasure! Keep on learning.

[@neemyn407]

I'm saving this

[@KingValas]

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]

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]

@@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]

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

[@KingValas]

@@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]

@@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.

[@behdaddehghanizadeh]

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]

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!!!

[@kaseystewart7551]

Not Too many ppl mixing Psytrance on KZbin so thank you

[@nicolasblume1046]

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]

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]

Howwwww spicy! I love this !

[@windsailor]

Yes!

[@phaselead_dj]

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]

@@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

[@georgiakhyabani2716]

Nice one. Thanks!

[@shennix_music]

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

[@Mistanyycguy]

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

[@dhiraj1104]

That mix at 14:00 was smooth

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

oooo yeah!!!!

[@GiddyRob]

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 :)

[@ifell3]

You are really good at presenting!!

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

Thank you

[@Oysterdelic]

I really enjoyed your video! I've been dj-ing progressive trance and psytrance for 12 years in Denmark and countries around europe. DJ Oyster is my alias. I LOVE that the first thing you mentioned was track selection. Psytrance (like most electronic genres) has a lot of subgenres.. progressive trance, progressive psytrance, offbeat hamburg-style, full-on, twilight, darkpsy, hi-tek and the list goes on. You can be a master in trimming and mixing but if you if you mix a 138 bpm vocal-heavy Ranji track with a 150 bpm LSD space journey Mad Tribe track it just won't work.. beatport does not have sub genres. That can be confusing when starting up.. the different labels mostly release music in the same sub genre.. Nano records for full-on Psytrance and Iboga records for Progressive psytrance for example. So to all new dj's... when hearing a track of a style you might like.. dive into the label that released it. You'll soon have a favorite psytrance label! ATM with the groovy night-psy/ twilight style that i play the most, my favorite two labels are Looney Moon records and Blacklite Records. ☝🏼🤩 And one thing.... remember this! Especially when you play on PA soundsystems with audience.. never mix .MP3's with lossless files like .WAV's. Always go for .wav or other lossless file formats. Psytrance today is so detailed and well produces that to really get everything from a track, beside a good sound system you really need high quality digital files. ...If you mix the two, especially going from wav to mp3, you'll kill the party.. trust me! 🤘🏼🎧🫶🏼🔈 Thank's again for a nice video! Track selection is key!

[@jplatt83]

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

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

Awesome, thank you!

[@dreamship563]

Best❤😊 thank you🕉️🙏

[@dragon-cloud]

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 😎 🐉☁️

[@shc_hardcore]

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

[@DavidG0806]

Love your videos man ❤ Thanks!

[@phantom-lab]

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]

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

[@UNIQ808]

Thanks 🎉🎉🎉

[@bumpinwhiteboy2504]

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

[@KingValas]

KZbin Zenon Prog.

[@DJEL011]

Sounds good!

[@mikaelfehr817]

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

[@juanca7033]

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.

[@giancarloviolante9239]

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

[@molloyzer1]

This video is very helpful. Might run with Serato. The only thing is i just wanna make my own stuff on ableton and mix it live. Is it easy to upload my own tracks on serato instead?

[@christophschofmann-herzarb1987]

awesome! thank you man!

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

You bet!

[@Freddy_Bear_Bland]

No Thank You youve helped me so much with transitions

[@behdaddehghanizadeh]

Progressive Psyrance please

[@DrRaver]

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

[@jeremysweda9044]

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]

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

[@Sagig3216]

I have psytrance tracks that all of them are only minimal, and I wanted to know how to mix them while I'll save the energy?

[@filideejay]

🔝🔝 you are really very good!!

[@MrEdtangent]

RIP Oli (Space Tribe)

[@stormfox81]

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

[@KYLOWW]

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

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

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

[@alvinhuang9583]

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

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

Good video idea, coming soon!!!!

[@MrLugofe]

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

[@r3sgthepvs448]

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

[@naorben-moshe5181]

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

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

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

[@michaelangelo8001]

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

[@djaykozexson]

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

[@infectedmorchel4057]

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

[@dragon-cloud]

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

[@stebarker1641]

❤️❤️

[@theewolf7413]

#killer

[@DamtDE]

next time center your slider xd

[@ClubReadyDJSchool]

It's disabled

[@No_Name_is_my_only_name]

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]

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

[@MBeezy107]

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]

@@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

[@elspiritualchamber]

​@@MBeezy107 well said!!!

[@findingwondrlnd]

Boring? ? 😅 Maybe you should stick with big room and mainstream edm with its nonstop breaks and “drops” and leave Psytrance to those of us who can vibe to a 7 minute track without the need for additional “entertainment”.