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beatmixing

beatmixing noun: 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. Also the present participle and gerund of beatmix.

Noun

beatmixing (uncountable)

  1. 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.
    • 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.2017, Mark J. Butler, Electronica, Dance and Club Music
    • More than anyone else, it was Francis Grasso who made beatmixing a required skill for DJs.2003, Frank Broughton, Bill Brewster, How to DJ Right: The Art and Science of Playing Records, page 58

Also used as

beatmixing is also the present participle and gerund of beatmix.

Questions about beatmixing

What does beatmixing mean?
Beatmixing means 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.
What part of speech is beatmixing?
Beatmixing is a noun.

Words near beatmixing in the dictionary

  1. beatmatches
  2. beatmatching
  3. beatmix
  4. beatmixed
  5. beatmixes
  6. beatmixing
  7. beatnickery
  8. beatnik
  9. beatnikery
  10. beatniki
  11. beatnikish

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