Beatmixing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Beatmixing is a noun meaning present participle and gerund of beatmix.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of beatmix.
More Meanings
- The technique employed by disc jockeys to match the pitch and tempo of one track to the next, fading out the first track while bringing up the second, so that they merge into a seamless whole.
Example Sentences
More than anyone else, it was Francis Grasso who made beatmixing a required skill for DJs.
From "Little" Louie Vega, David Camacho, and Tyrone Francis I learned about seamless beatmixing, using a so-called lollipop headphone for one ear and a monitor speaker for the other.
In 1973, Knuckles and Philpot began working at the Gallery in SoHo, blowing up balloons and lacing the punchbowl with LSD for DJ and proprietor Nicky Siano, who pioneered the smooth beatmixing that eventually became the standard for dance DJs.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mixdown, crossfeed, demixion, intermixing, downmix, backmasking.
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