How to do a filter handoff
Wash A out with the filter while B comes in.
- Essential
- medium
- About 8 bars
When to use it
- Use it when both songs sit at a similar energy.
- A natural fit for house/techno, melodic/trance and EDM/big room.
- Works when the tempos are up to about 8% apart, because the overlap is short.
- Both songs' melodies overlap, so it sounds best when their keys are compatible on the Camelot wheel.
Step by step
- 1Cue B at the start of its intro.
- 2Start B on A's phrase change, B's volume at about half.
- 3Turn A's filter slowly toward high-pass over 8 bars.
- 4Bring B to full volume as A thins out.
- 5Close A's fader and reset its filter to the middle.
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Similar techniques
- Long blend + bass swapRide both tracks together, then hand over the bass.
- Hard cut on the phraseSnap from A to B exactly on a new phrase.
- Short blend on the downbeatA quick overlap so the keys never get time to clash.
- Tempo ramp, then blendGlide the tempo over, then do a short blend.
- Half-time switchDrop B so its beat sits at half (or double) A's speed.
- Bassline swapRide both grooves, then trade basslines in one move.