How to do a long groove blend
Keep the rhythm rolling for 16 bars while the songs trade places.
- Essential
- medium
- About 16 bars
When to use it
- Use it when both songs sit at a similar energy.
- A natural fit for Afrobeats/Latin.
- Best when the two tempos are within about 3% of each other, because both songs play together for a long stretch.
- Both songs' melodies overlap, so it sounds best when their keys are compatible on the Camelot wheel.
Step by step
- 1Sync B and start it on the phrase, percussion first.
- 2Ride both grooves together and never let the rhythm drop.
- 3Hand over the bass halfway through.
- 4Fade A out underneath B's groove.
See it on a controller, and hear it with your own songs
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Build a set for freeGenres this works for
- How to mix Punjabi and bhangra songs
- How to mix Afrobeats and amapiano
- How to mix reggaeton and Latin music
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Similar techniques
- Long blend + bass swapRide both tracks together, then hand over the bass.
- 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.
- Bassline swapRide both grooves, then trade basslines in one move.
- Percussion layeringLock B's drums under A before the full track arrives.
- Drum-only bridgeStrip both tracks to drums so the switch is invisible.