Acapellas in the mix

It is possible. usually they’ll play a kinda dub version and put whatever acapella they want on top of it.

But consider the fact that they’re probably playing so many times during a week etc. that they wouldn’t really have time to play the pella over an instrumental every time so it’s likely they’ll edit them at home/studio and play them out together instead.

It’s possible..
But requires dexterity

i drop acc’s live all the time.. im sure a lot of the big name guys do as well.. but i do know of quite a few ppl that edit them at home.. i dunno y tho.. its fun floatin an acc over another beat especially when u got 3 and 4 decks to play with

I’d say its a bit of both to be honest. If there’s and aca and a tune that the dj has found go really well (so many times aca on top of coraco – morillo uses this) then its probably been done in the studio. but ive seen top djs whip in acapellas all the time during sets, thats why most top clubs have 3 cdjs. theres videos on youtube etc that proves that the top djs do drop them live as they put effecs on them or loop them etc, search for some of erick morillos vids, hes renowned for chucking in acapellas, heres a vid i filmed in pacha ibiza this summer, listen at 1min25 and you can clearly see all 3 of the cdjs with cds in. ahh that vid brings bak memories from summer!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgIS1c954t4

Great way to show off dropping pellas over tunes, djs u mention will have their own edits but i would guess they edit the tune, not just paste a pella over it in a studio. Practice it at home, the Larry Heard – InThe Beginning is a good 1 to start with as if ur just going to play the pella u dont have to mix it, but if ur gonna loop sections of it then sounds much better mixed, but just practise practise practise is great fun.

i know what tune its from mate, thanks , Larry Heard aka Mr Fingers, only reason i and a lot of people would call it in the beginning is cos thats what the pellas called on countless pella cds and ull notice the absence of any of the Can You Feel It vocals in it. But yes it is from the tune Can You Feel It

i love to drop some acapellas live, but it does go wrong easily
so mostly when i do it i have practiced it before,i dont really make my own edits

djs can make their own re-edits. i have done a couple myself on my computer at home but its much better live when u drop pellas in over tracks. some djs even do live remixes of bootlegs that already exist- for exmple even tho the tunes ‘umbrella’ and ‘at night’ have been mixed onto mp3 to make ‘umbrella at night’ i seen ingrosso make his own version and layerd the pella over the top differently to the one thats already been made…then he used echoes etc.
making it on your comp is all good but live is much better and adds originality to sets.

nah I dont ..