Beatmixing

Beatmixing is a disk jockey technique of playing two songs at the same time so that the beats of one song occur at the same time as the other.

History

Beatmixing was invented in the late 1960s by Francis Grasso, who tried to keep people from leaving the dance floor between the songs. Initially he was looking for records with the same tempo, counting the tempo with a metronome. When the tempos didn't match, he was adjusting the pitch control on the turntable to bring the beats in sync. Rosie, a mixer built for him by Alex Rosner, let him listen to any channel in the headphones independently of what was playing on the speakers, allowing him to beatmatch the records by ear; this became the defining feature of DJ mixers.

Due to its increase in popularity, beatmatching and beatmixing are now considered basic techniques among DJs in electronic dance music genres, becoming standard practice in clubs to create a seamless mix through the night, even if there are multiple acts.

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