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offline BoxBob-K23 from Finland on 2008-09-17 04:06 [#02237306]
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Alright, here's for your pleasure a 50-min DJ Mix,
assembled in Ableton Live (where else).

It's for crazy and fun people!

highlights:

1) Nelly Furtado deconstructed

2) An ungodly mix of Ace of Base and Squarepusher!

3) video game music where you least expect it

4) no bullshit

tracklist:

01 Uffie - Pop The Glock
02 Nelly Furtado - Maneater
03 The Rice Twins - For Penny and Alexis
04 Modeselektor - The First Rebirth
05 Jonathan Coulton/GLaDOS - Still Alive
06 Michael Mayer - Supertiel rmx
07 Ace of Base - Don't Turn Around
08 Squarepusher - My Red Hot Car
09 Ott - Neon Tetra (aka Umberloid)
10 Younger Brother - All I Want
11 Autechre - Blyz Castl
12 Timbaland - Kill Yourself (feat. Sebastian & Attitude)
13 Kraftwerk - The Man Machine
14 Drop The Lime - Mandeer Hunted
15 Rob Hubbard - Spellbound
16 Uffie - Robot Oeuf
17 Chris Hülsbeck - The Great Giana Sisters (title theme)
18 Orbital - Much Ado About Nothing Left

click here for download


 

offline BoxBob-K23 from Finland on 2008-09-17 04:11 [#02237307]
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This is my first full length mix with Ableton and I'm still
learning to find my way around the GUI. So, don't be shocked
by some mastering issues, they will be corrected in my next
mix. :)


 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2008-09-17 04:25 [#02237313]
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downloading, but it's 3:22 am and i've been dj'ing all
evening myself so i must go to bed. i'll try to check it out
in the morning.

are you playing this live or are the tracks pre-sequenced?
what kind of setup are you using? i've been spinning with
ableton for about a year so i bet i could give you a nifty
tip or two.


 

offline BoxBob-K23 from Finland on 2008-09-17 05:23 [#02237333]
Points: 2440 Status: Regular | Followup to hedphukkerr: #02237313



thanks for your time, dude

Yes, it's all pre-sequenced. I haven't yet done any live
DJ'ing although I've had a few opportunities... the mix is
rather dance-oriented, so I guess it could work on a
dancefloor as well as on an mp3 player, but it's not
improvised live or anything like that.

As for Ableton, yea, my main problem is keeping the levels
normalized without resorting to excessive compression or
distortion during crossover and mash-up sections. These
problems usually disappear after a bit of practice with any
given software. Luckily this only happens once or twice
during the mix (with Still Alive it's deliberate) and
doesn't distract too much. The other problem is, I haven't
found a way to speed up a track from a lower RPM to a higher
one except incrementally, in sections. Is there an easy
solution to speeding up a track little by little?


 

offline rudster from the glasgow on 2008-09-17 05:31 [#02237334]
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downloading


 

offline vlari from beyond the valley of the LOLs on 2008-09-17 05:37 [#02237338]
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loading


 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2008-09-17 05:47 [#02237339]
Points: 8833 Status: Regular | Followup to BoxBob-K23: #02237333



i have come across the same problem when doing mash-ups
actually. compression is certainly the easiest solution, but
the sound gets so flat when you play it on a good system.

the best results i have gotten are from cutting certain
frequencies instead of doing a straight fade. for example, i
have one track playing normally. on both tracks i have both
a bass cut and a lp filter. i start the second track and
slowly roll in the cut off of the filter. then at a build
up, increase the resonance on the filter for the first track
and roll it back a bit, then at the drop cut back the bass
on the first track and bring it in on the second.

to increase the tempo (BPM not RPM) of the track gradually
(in sequencing mode) expand the master tab, then select
mixer > song tempo and draw whatever envelope you want.


 

offline vlari from beyond the valley of the LOLs on 2008-09-17 05:51 [#02237340]
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yes, eq or filtering is your friend


 

offline rudster from the glasgow on 2008-09-17 05:53 [#02237341]
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i'm not to keen on this mix to be honest sorry man, tempo is
far to slow and the track selection im not to keen on maybe
its the track order i dont know, the psytrance from younger
brother doesnt fit to well either, sorry man, cheers for
uploadin anyway


 

offline cuntychuck from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2008-09-17 07:10 [#02237359]
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you disappoint me.


 

offline BoxBob-K23 from Finland on 2008-09-17 11:48 [#02237422]
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yea, thanks anyway.

The tempo is slow, but it's natural tempo except for maybe
two tracks where it's pushed down. It's meant more for laid
back listening anyway, hence the inclusion of psybient.

I always adored Alex Paterson's eclectic mixes, mixing
country with acid house. Plus, it started out as more of an
exercise than anything, but i decided to upload it anyway
because someone might get a kick out of it.


 

offline BoxBob-K23 from Finland on 2008-09-17 12:06 [#02237427]
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yes! LP- or HP-filter crossfade seems to be a popular
technique. Also, good pro tip finding that "song tempo"
envelope, it was in an unexpected place!

Anyway, I can't imagine using Ableton for actual composition
except marginally. It's basically an extended interface, and
a pretty good one at that, but more suited for crowning or
mastering a track rather than starting from scratch. But of
course "live" is in the name, so that should give it away...


 

offline vlari from beyond the valley of the LOLs on 2008-09-17 12:30 [#02237433]
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not my cup of tea for the most part, but what you did to
ace of base :O
sacrilege


 

offline BoxBob-K23 from Finland on 2008-09-17 12:35 [#02237436]
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my pleasure ;)


 


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