beatmix

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To transition from playing one song to playing another by adjusting the second track so…

   To transition from playing one song to playing another by adjusting the second track so that its tempo and pitch match the song that is ending, resulting in a seamless flow of music with no break.

   • I could beatmix if I could be bothered, but frankly what's the point?
   • Every club wanted the seamless mix, but not every suburban disco DJ was able to beatmix.
   • He showed me how to beatmix and I started to incorporate that into what I was doing at the Ritz.
2. 2

   A mix of multiple tracks produced by a disc jockey who employs beatmixing.

   • Hardly inspirational stuff, but this beatmix collection of popular House/garage cuts by DJ Pierre, Roger S, Ultra Naté and others is probably the easiest place to find Farley's anthemic "Love Can't Turn Around".
   • Don't worry if your mixer has a smoother “beatmix curve” crossfader; it just means you'll have to move it farther for the same effect.
   • Another work which utilises sound (and technological imagery) in a novel way is Wade Marynowsky's Diaspora 2000 (1999), an insane beatmix of sample loops and images weaving in and out of Olympic City Sydney […]

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