: It's important to understand the concept of "Song structure", and how to plan your remix's direction and form
1, Remix Song Structure Creating the ebb and flow the first rule of remix song structure ; mix-in and mix-out( about 32 bars) →a clean, uncluttered beat, with few to no pitch elements a section commonly insert midway →"breakdown" = a return to the track's basic beat interspersed with light musical elements, the beat may drop out altogether, with layers of chords and arpeggios taking over carrying the track's rhythmic pulse through careful arrangement and production techniques
2, Creating a Basic Structure
3, Energy Ebb and Flow to start setting up the track's energy : where it will peak or dip →you should create a road map to follow →to draw a diagram that shows target energy levels in relation to bars elapsed
4, Differentiating Section transitions : introducing into different sections that may be obviously dramatic or smooth that they slip by without notice basic techniques ; including standard drum fills, the careful arrangement of loops, creative special effects it's fine to use the same fill or transition arrangement more than onceto add or subtract background parts
1) Drum Fills 1, standard drum fills are most predominant in drum-and-bass, hip-hop, and down tempo 2, the drum-marchine snare roll ( TR-808, TR909) an electoronic snare sample, any drum sample slowly faded in to create a crescendo effects a filter effect : occasionally added for more dynamics doubled for more climax for extra punch ( an 8th-note roll will become 16 notes on the last few beats) trills pauses
2) Crescendo and Decrescendo 1, slowly adding in loops 2, quickly fade loops in 3, slowly fading loops out over several bars = decrescendo
3) Dramatic Pause 1, drop everything out but the most basic elements 2, make the mutes on a downbeat, and let a little reverb or delay trail over from the muted loops to create the impression of a quick 3, muting beats or actually inserting a bar of silence immediately a peak 4, dropping drums and parts of loops out in bar's fourth beat 5, after a big fill or climatic build 6, insert a bar of silence immediately before the downbeat
4) Synth swells any synthesizer sound that slowly crescendos over time with thick or complex patches, holding down a single note sounds better than a chord ; the patch's Attack parameter →to determines how long the crescendo ; the Release parameter →the note cuts off right when it's released, on the downbeat
5) Backwards Reverb 1, backwards reverb effect : for creating an ambient swoop record the reverb return ( like a snare hit running through a reverb plug-in, with the wet/dry ratio set to 100) to an audio track then just reverse the waveform then scoot the waveform to a spot just in front of a downbeat 2, trim the effect's end : it cuts off right on the downbeat 3, sliding the effect earlier in time by an 8th or 16th note creating a brief pause right beh?fore the downbeat
5, Putting It All Together 1, create a rough outline of the remix, with song markers by muting and unmuting loops in the different section 2, map out ; remix's to flow 3, forming your rough arrangement→a final arrangement adding the necessary transitions 4, it's time to add the final production touches that will make your remix really stand out from the crowd.