If a whole new set of people are used to hearing seamless well-mixed transitions between tracks, that could only be a good thing, right? It raises the bar higher and could demand for DJing in all music-filled environments. While there are many fans of electronic music who listen to DJ sets and go support artists live, there are far more who just listen to playlists and radio-style shows where one song ends and the next starts, totally unmixed. There’s no doubt that a music listening platform heavyweight like Spotify will set standards and expectations around the world. The transitions are not preprogrammed – if you turn on shuffle, the auto DJ still works on the fly.We think there’s some looping of songs going on as the outgoing track will often stay playing well into the mix.Similar to real DJs, if there’s not a good mix in point, it’s not afraid to use a basic echo-out on the old song.It seems to always do the same transition between two specific songs (likely what it thinks is “best”).The new song being mixed in will often choose a drop or major phrase change as the mix point.Here’s a few other things we’ve noticed about the auto-mixing abilities in Spotify: pulling down the volume on the outgoing track just as the beat comes in.bringing in the new track during an drum-less intro about 16 beats before the beat kicks in.It takes careful mixes – usually relying on phrases to do the mixing. Look, don’t expect the most epic double drops you’ve ever heard – but Spotify’s new dnb selector is pretty capable in the mix. Open this playlist – Drum and Bass Fix – and let the songs play out to hear the mixing.Open Spotify’s preferences, and under advanced settings, make sure that “Crossfade songs” is turned off:.Open Spotify on desktop –no functionality on mobile or web yet. If you’re a fan of Keno, Sub Focus, High Contrast, S.P.Y., and others, you’re going to enjoy this test. Here’s how to test the new functionality – which enjoyably is being demoed on a rolling liquid drum and bass playlist (you’re more likely to notice shoddy mixing, auto or not, at high BPMs). Posted by DJ TechTools on Monday, MaHave Spotify? Listen For Yourself The Spotify auto-DJ in action – mixing drum and bass:
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