英和和英

名詞

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.
   • 2017, Mark J. Butler, Electronica, Dance and Club Music:

     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.

   • 2003, Frank Broughton, ‎Bill Brewster, How to DJ Right: The Art and Science of Playing Records, page 58:

     More than anyone else, it was Francis Grasso who made beatmixing a required skill for DJs.

   • 2015, Michaelangelo Matos, The Underground Is Massive:

     In 1973, Knuckles and Philpot began working at the Gallery in SoHo, blowing up balloons and lacing the punchbowl with LSD for DJ and proprietor Nicky Siano, who pioneered the smooth beatmixing that eventually became the standard for dance DJs.