beat mix

English

Verb

beat mix (third-person singular simple present beat mixes, present participle beat mixing, simple past and past participle beat mixed)

1. Alternative form of beatmix
   • 1999, Jimi Fritz, Rave Culture: An Insider's Overview, page 72:

     It is limiting because you can't really beat mix DAT tape because you can't adjust the beats per minute. You can just fade out one source and fade in another. But Goa trance is not really designed to beat mix because it is too complicated .

   • 2004, Tom Frederikse, Xtreme DJ, page 23:

     This allows the DJ to then beat mix the two records (for a few bars usually) when mixing from one to the other. In order for beat mixing not to sound like a car crash, the two records must keep perfect time and their sounds, beats and music must all blend together.

   • 2013, Stacy Zemon, The DJ Sales and Marketing Handbook, page xiv:

     Did you ever try to dance while the disc jockey tried to beat mix for the first time? Ouch! See what happens when you don't know what you're doing?