Audio Clips

Audio examples and support files

This page holds audio reference clips that the book refers to directly.

Beatmatching audio files

One question that comes up constantly is what tune to practise beatmatching with. The honest answer is "anything with a strong, clear beat" — so rather than point you at something you'd have to buy, there's a small package of eight audio files built around the same drum loop, meant to be used alongside the beatmatching guidance on Basic Mixing.

Download the beatmatching audio pack (zip)

This link points at the original file host, which may or may not still be live — let me know if it's dead and I'll get it re-hosted.

Reference tones

Useful for lining up input/output levels on a mixer — see Better Mixing for why that matters.

For example DJ sets rather than reference material, see the Mixes page.