Those who are beginning to
mix music will probably find that
jungle music is one of the more difficult
genres of
electronic music to
mix.
As in many other forms of
electronic music, there is a very simple
trick to
mixing jungle music. First of all, what you have to do is
listen to which
instrument is carrying the
beat. Unlike
Trance,
House,
Hip Hop and
Hardcore, which are carried by the
bass kick,
Jungle tends to be carried by the
snare.
Some
mixers will allow you to change the
treble and
bass levels in the
cue in order to make
beat matching easier by increasing the
high end in order to hear the
snare better.
Once you have found the
carry beat, make sure that you
mix appropriately with the
patterns in the song. So that if you were counting the snares as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8... you would make sure that you started the
mix on either the first, fourth or eight
snares so as to achieve a proper
beat match.
This will allow you to
mix two
tracks together without bad
overlay, and make you the
life of the
party.
Also to be kept in
mind is that when
mixing jungle, there is a lot of
snapping involved, so you should be sure that the
record is properly
beat matched by listening to the two
channels on your
mixer for a minimum of 32
counts.