How To Mix Hard Techno on CDJ 3000s (Step-By-Step)

You asked... we delivered. We have had so many requests for Hard techno, so Danny James has dropped a mix that you can follow along with.
In this tutorial, we'll show you how to mix hard techno on CDJ 3000s (Step-By-Step). By following this step-by-step guide, you'll be able to create thunderous techno tracks in no time!
If you're looking to learn how to mix hard techno on CDJ 3000s (Step-By-Step), then this tutorial is for you! By following the instructions carefully, you'll be able to create powerful, Techno tracks in no time! If you're new to Techno, or DJing in general, then this tutorial is a great place to start!
Tracklist -
Temprano - Crossword
MarAxe - Magma
H! Dude, Vinka Wydro - BATAILLE NAVALE (Sandro Mure Remix)
Dahryl - Endorphin Stimulation
Triptykh - Grotesque
CANCEL - Sleep Is The Cousin Of Death
KlangKuenstler - Untergang
Pako Marckx - The Dominator
#hardtechno #djmix #pioneerdj
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[@Crossfader]

Learn to DJ with our dedicated Techno Mixing Course: app.wearecrossfader.co.uk/online-dj-courses/Techno-Mixing-DJ-Course

[@markjohnston8989]

Hi I'm wondering if you have a dedicated course for organic house or melodic house as these are my two favourite genres. Thanks in advance.

[@fredericvangeeteruyen5635]

now do mainstream hardcore please (real mainstream hardcore no piepkicks!) :-)

[@Netsuko]

I’m just so glad to see harder techno making a comeback. Also, that track selection and mixing is absolute fire! This is to all the people who say: “They’re just turning random knobs. All they do is press PLAY”

[@Crossfader]

Love this! Thanks a lot for this comment

[@paque-music]

making a comeback? it has been the most commercial techno i feel like on the scene for the past year

[@thecreepysilence4290]

@@Crossfader Its nothing special to mix Hard Techno. Play live instead of DJing

[@lukemate2783]

Replace hard techno with hard groove and then you have a point. That’s what’s about to take over the scene with chläer, alarico, x club, JXXXO, Beau Didier, Isaiah and so many more

[@topsunnn]

​@thecreepysilence4290 you are comparing BMW with Rolls Royce

[@daljames23]

Absolutely loved it. Great mixing techniques. Techno Peak Time/ Drive is my genre. I've learnt a lot just by watching this, even though I've been DJing for a few years. Everyday is a school day. Well done Danny

[@elektra81516]

The best genre of Techno right now! And the perfect tutorial to boot! Thanks!

[@Crossfader]

So great that you found this valuable!

[@Epicsburg]

Nice! Been mixing hard techno for a couple years. Could never really find lessons, just winging it. Cool to see them coming up. I need to brush up my mixing.

[@llunat1k]

I'm glad to see your tutorial on mixing my favorite genre of music. Some of the mixing elements seemed interesting to me, and I am grateful for the opportunity to learn something new and use it in my DJ sets in the future.

[@Crossfader]

Awesome to hear that! That is exactly why we made this particular mix

[@kennethmalafy8012]

Great mix! I love seeing mixes from different genres. I have the Techno mixing class and highly recommend it- it's a gem!

[@str0kedj]

Excellent stuff, i love the harder stuff and worry all my transitions sound the same but these sound excellent and give me a few new ways. Thanks

[@guillemcama4460]

Mate! Awesome dj skills , I really love your content!

[@richardakirov]

Great tutorial! Thanks for the visual infographic tips, very helpful!

[@Crossfader]

Glad it helped you out!

[@dalesenior7255]

Can't believe I'm listening to a schranz mix on crossfader the crazy thing is my mate is one of the best producers of this style and also the best at mixing it he's called dj instigator

[@jazzWF]

im a fan of that guys tracks!!

[@Crossfader]

Glad you liked this dude!

[@sharayenpather4934]

YOURE FRIENDS WITH INSTIGATOR!!!????!!!!!

[@dalesenior7255]

@@sharayenpather4934 I am yeah, I haven't seen him for a while but yeah definitely a mate

[@Godofhouse]

The fuck you are friends with Instigator!!!! I found his music back in 2012, after Viper XXL. Bro 😭😭😭 I’m gonna cry. You have to tell him he was ahead of his time for me please!!!! I listen to music nowadays and I cant even compare it to Sweet Fuck album that shit was 🩸🩸. His music is my gatekeep music. Only sharing it with my closest friends/udrgnd Djs. Bro one of my catch phrases is “FUCK U ASSHOLE” because of instigator.😭

[@uzib0y]

Insane mixing skills

[@BOLDYOJI]

Nice mix 💚

[@scirocca8053]

Sehr geniales Set. Fetzt ordentlich! Rave on❤❤❤

[@Jasimodo257]

Insane Mix Bro !!!

[@dinonodi3042]

Finally! 🖤💣

[@thenewworld3848]

Thanks For the tuturial. Hardcore next pls!

[@DJ_GECKOTr]

Great work, more tutorials like this are neccesary

[@bomusic_]

xD

[@danazarsounds]

Finally a tutorial on how to mix hard techno on youtube.

[@RudeProtagonist]

I love it. thanks...

[@alessandrogabrieleambrose4324]

we need more videos on hard techno!

[@topsunnn]

Thats the best set I heard from crossfader

[@spacenavigator6877]

Flawless

[@iannisiglesias5598]

thank you so much!

[@SD-kp6fj]

Thank you!

[@temprano4794]

Thank you very much for your support of my track. Temprano - Crossword (Available in Audiocode Records)

[@sharayenpather4934]

I love it bro. I bought your album off bandcamp after hearing it here!

[@mikey42325]

love parade vibe ❤

[@DJ-XTRM]

The most banging education ever 🎉 ❤ 👽

[@dj.inafix]

sick!!!

[@Livano_music]

Good tutorial. Even i prefer a 8 bar loop on CDJ's. It gives you a little bit more time to mix

[@orang-utanklaus8998]

Stable mix, more of it please😃👍

[@meno437]

Stabil auf englisch übersetzt haha

[@TUSHAR_K1220]

Crossfader AWESOME 😎😎

[@Crossfader]

😍

[@adrienossywa5425]

Awesome

[@boardmandave]

Tunes!

[@marlon.techno]

Niceeeeeeeee!!

[@chrissenosier9235]

Whooaaaaa! My MacBook speakers are about to explodeeeeeeee lol ! ❤

[@eliilasso]

nice tracks

[@cesarlongobardi7358]

i love

[@TECHGUN_prod.]

Rocking

[@docnabo4417]

waw well done

[@djkoMba1]

Nice

[@mattjox2760]

lets gooooooo

[@TheDenny34uk]

For me techno is very difficult to keep that energy up there especially on 2 decks m8 this is fire thanks for the tutorial.

[@cLutchCeeS]

are there actually techno djs who consistently use more than 2 decks?

[@japanesemale]

@@cLutchCeeS most of them. look up tham or ki/ki

[@nicolasblume1046]

Awesome! Could you do this for Trance too? :)

[@ownedbyjos]

trance is gay

[@Magic_Mushroom420]

@@ownedbyjoshe can play what he want to Play

[@janbr1767]

@@ownedbyjosdude you are on a techno video and use „gay“ with a negative vibe to it. I hope you stop going to every techno event. Just don’t go anymore thank you

[@googlemail9110]

@@ownedbyjosrespect trance, a lot of techno djs incorporate trance into their mixes

[@C4RloCrAcK]

@@ownedbyjos1. Using gay as an insult is just funny, are u a 13 years old? 2. Maybe you need to know more about the history of techno and “hard” techno

[@Rahmeanthony]

great! could you make one for Acid techno? (Deborah, Amelie, etc.)

[@KatazuiOfficial]

I know this might be a lot on the editor of the video, but wouldn’t it be cool if when he turns down the bass EQ, the color of the video fades out the RGB of red? That would be sick.

[@kishafromukraine]

harosh!

[@plegrand97]

Now you can make an hardstyle or rawstyle mix 😈🔥🔥

[@elektra81516]

no sorry, Crossfader only plays good music

[@plegrand97]

these good musics that get crushed at festivals, you don’t know what you’re talking about 😂 What’s your favorite style ? Let me see 😂

[@GREENO1509]

The slip reverse he uses throughout on the CDJ..is there an effect within rekordbox that would sound similar. I have a flx4 so basic

[@26maria_ray]

🎉🎉🎉❤

[@leonzalirchirl2828]

Hey crossfader team I have a question about virtual DJ how come when I don’t have my DJ controller the two songs end at the same time but when I have my DJ controller connected the two songs don’t end at the same time what can I do to fix that

[@louisdeclety103]

nice mix ! Don't you quantize your fx ?

[@uncommon_sense104]

Can you do an hour long set

[@ItsWesSmithYo]

The shxt you don’t know you are looking for until…🎲🥵😜😎🖤💸🍭👽

[@pimp8512]

how do you know when to play the next track? do you alway press play button when the first track beat drops?

[@BuenoSociety]

06:17 how did you beat jump to align phrasing? I saw you've set a marker for this prepared transition, but how did you beatjump? so how did you know how much you had to jump?

[@gailouz3032]

I think beat jump is a cdj 3000 feature, and I guess he knew he was a beat or a bar late because maybe he missed a loop exit or the play of the mix in track

[@lorenzodelfino6141]

Are you using cdjs to control rekordbox or traktor? Because I don't see audio cable going from cdj into mixer

[@miguelgoncalves1001]

Why he leaves sometimes the filter slitly in the high position? That should take energy of the music but he makes looks easy and sound good

[@v0tez]

where do you take or get your music from?

[@RuneSmedstuen]

Is it harder to mix on 3000s than on 2000s? Or even the good old 500's?

[@hugo112max]

Getting phrasing on point is quite different I suppose. On the DDJ400 with rekordbox I line them up as you can see on the waveforms that are on top of each other. On the CDJs it looks much harder?

[@juandavidninokruh5378]

You can use hot cues to make that easier and you can also see the full waveform of the songs on the bottom of the CDJ screen, so maybe you don't have a waverform on top of another, but you still know at wich point of your track you're at. You can try mixing that way con your DDJ400. Just select the browse option in Rekordbox (instead of, for example, the 2-deck horizontal) and you can try it out.

[@Carl96739]

Can someone tell me the best way to download hard techno on to your laptop?

[@Kurt20051YT]

I didn't expect a hard techno mix on the channel, can you guys make a hardstyle/rawstyle or hardcore mix in the future?

[@K.mersch]

No because Hardstyle is trash

[@Kurt20051YT]

@@K.mersch Although I highly disagree, you're welcome to have your own opinion. Personally I think hardstyle/hard dance is better than house, techno, hiphop/rnb, and most other mainstream genres but that's just my opinion and I know many people will disagree.

[@elektra81516]

@@Kurt20051YTHardstyle fans be like "This distorted kick on its own for 5 minutes straight is fire!"

[@Kurt20051YT]

@@elektra81516 Lol I mean you're not entirely wrong tbh

[@atmbm5261]

@@elektra81516 You can say the same about techno. Just straight up kicks and bass for hours and hours with some slight changes in melody. Still fire tho

[@simon2868]

12:40 is brutal

[@miguelboersma1904]

Isn’t it a useful technique to always just have the phrases alligned? So tthat when mixing in track 2 u have it in an 8 bar loop ans u don’t have to think about looping again?

[@23ftunder]

I always thought phrasing was the basis of mixing, but I guess I was wrong :|

[@gailouz3032]

I think when you have a short timing you just try to mix in as soon as possible, introduce the first elements, then sometimes you are not phrased correctly, but you correct as you are close of a change in the phrasing of the master track

[@finnnixgaming6154]

i need your tracks

[@jakobthegammer]

Has anybody else noticed that the cdjs aren't connected to the mixer that's wired And also why are they using the 900nxs2 not the a9 Just wanted to point that out.. Anyways great video guys I definetly learned a lot espacially because there aren't many techno tutorials out there. I would love to see more genre specific mixes like this one.

[@djdannyjamesuk]

The mixer is connected to Rekordbox on a laptop via USB on top of the mixer and all going to a network with the CDJs. No need for the audio cables from CDJ to mixer 👍🏻 Also didn’t have access to a DJM-A9 at the time of recording so the DJM-900NXS2 had to do 😊

[@Motel-Music]

Now everybody is going to mix Techno like a pro :(

[@BuenoSociety]

10:13 you missed the bass dude ;)

[@kerzyDJ]

see what really confuses me, how do you know when 16 bars is here ready to mix into? I'm setting cue points directly telling me when 16 bars ar coming

[@anhtuanha8926]

Lot of ear training and counting i guess. Most of 16 bar have some kind of signal like change in drum pattern for example at the end of each loop to make the track less boring. Count my friend, count

[@HuskyStudios]

Could've used this about a week ago LOL

[@Crossfader]

Sorry we were late 😅

[@HuskyStudios]

@Crossfader Better late than never haha keep it up guys

[@user-cz3fz1hi2m]

5:00

[@kahs1180]

I have question, why hard techno and techno peak time is really hard to harmonically mix the tracks with each other because I listen to psytrance and I find that the DJs can harmonically the tracks without any issues🙄

[@klubstompers]

Because techno has a huge variation of kicks, in different keys, some long some tight, sometimes multiple kicks together, while most all psytrance kicks are similar and are A-tonal, meaning they do not have a key, making it easier to transition from track to track. When you hear a psytrance kick you immediately know it's a psytrance kick, while techno on the other hand is way to diverse to single out so easily, and is usually only given away by it's hi-hat patterns. Another reason is that techno is such a broad genre, that has massive variations of sounds and styles.

[@kahs1180]

@@klubstompers Thank you so much for this information, I have tried many many times to mix techno tracks with each other and I always feel that the tracks doesn't go along with each other thus I lost hope and decided to choose another genre 😕

[@klubstompers]

@@kahs1180 You need a huge library of tracks so you can find something that fits, and a large variety of transition skills. Some mixes are long, some are short, some are teased in, some are brought directly in, etc. A good skill to learn is hi-pass filtering the old track before u bring in the new bass line, anywhere from 8-32 beats before the drop, to make the transition sound better when going from one bass line to the next if they don't compliment each other. Another good thing to do is wait for one melody to end before u bring in the new tracks melody. Give it 16 or so beats of no melody before the new melody drops. Dont try to mix 2 melodies or vocals together unless they sound really good together. You can try pre looping your new track to get a solid beat match if you want to bring in the track from the first beat, so you dont hear the track being shuffled in the mix. You can also put a 4 beat loop on the old track near the end of your mix, to make sure your drops line up, if you need it. Don't give up on techno, it is super fun, when you nail the mixes, and will learn a lot when working out mixes and sets.

[@bartudilmen2764]

Psy trance is the harderst genre of electronic music to produce but easiest to mix and play.

[@gabelwerfertv7937]

I do not get it.....advice on how to get startet?

[@Crossfader]

We have a Techno Course where all the techniques shown in this mix are covered: wearecrossfader.co.uk/techno-course-sales/

[@konanpruiksma9792]

TikTok Techno

[@umutagirbas7418]

techno mixing is the easiest thing in tha world

[@pistolwhip8980]

*How To Mix Mainstream Techno on CDJ 3000s (Step-By-Step)

[@djtekknotis]

schranz sounds better at 160bpm

[@Holapic_]

Gg

[@mattjox2760]

THIS IS FUCKING TECHNOOO!!!

[@croma3211]

What kind of reader is he?

[@elysian4908]

What if you guys try making a Trap EDM mix, artists like Yellow Claw, ISOxo, RL Grime, Flosstradamus, Skrillex?

[@aureliusmaximus829]

Klingt von Anfang bis Ende gleich.. bissel EFX und Loops ist auch nicht schwer.. aber schlecht gemixt ist es nicht... passt schon

[@Tokent555]

I see you guys are also picking up whats hot and trendy nowadays, its also funny seeing someone standing still and chill while mixing hard techno 😂

[@Tokent555]

Meaning it was big in 1 area does not mean it is world wide known like nowadays, tomorrowland mainstage was 90% techno this year, I think this speaks enough of what is happening in the music world@@djstuc

[@elektra81516]

When something gets popular, DJs will want to mix it, why not make a video on it?

[@jazzWF]

hmm its almost as if they said in the description there was a lot of requests for hard techno, if we really dig deep into some stats this may even have a correlation to it being more popular now!

[@yeelawnmask6771]

wtf this is lsd vs industry baby crankdat remix. i just made a mshup of this...and now i come on youtube and see this.

[@petehuda7457]

LOL for all the noobs who will never rock a vinyl set

[@maxdeejaytrapanotto7019]

Ok a musica più sbagliata da mettere x mixare!!!!

[@alessandrogabrieleambrose4324]

ma taci

[@N.n.i.k]

Anything above 145 BPM isn't Techno imo...

[@JuLi3v2]

Obviously, it's not techno, it's Hard Techno, master.

[@elektra81516]

Oh look, here comes another techno snob...

[@N.n.i.k]

@@JuLi3v2 even if it's hard techno, 150 BPM is too high, 145 is the sweet spot. Anything above 150 is already DnB BPM

[@N.n.i.k]

@@elektra81516 not really a techno snob. been playing techno for many years but never at 150 cause that's way too fast. 145 is the sweet spot

[@Wolfy420]

This may sound very dumb, but it's a question I've had for a few days - mixes like the one in the video are prepeared beforehand, correct? That is, you dedicate days or weeks picking out your tunes, polishing your transitions or do you just go in raw and shape it up as you go? I'm really fascinated by DJing & all the mixing that goes on so I receny decided to get into it myself x)

[@auxcordlord]

Majority of the time a set list will be curated for performances where the stakes are a little bit higher: a live club set, a set for a video, etc. Usually these curated set lists are ordered by the energy of each song. You start with more mellow songs at the beginning to get everyone warmed up, drop the bangers in the middle once people have had a few drinks and loosened those muscles, and close out with some more mellow songs to cool people down, or more bangers if the crowd is raging and dancing hard. You know when a DJ closed out with bangers when the crowd is going "ONE MORE! ONE MORE! PLEASE! CMON ONE MORE!" Though there are some DJs (Laidback Luke comes to mind) that just play based off of crowd reactions to the music being played. Generally, as you search for and download songs you'll have an idea of which other songs in your library they would sound good with, making it easier to simply freestyle down the library or create a set list if you wish to.

[@Wolfy420]

@@auxcordlord thank you :)