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I run a blog that I'm hoping to put weekly/fortnightly mixes up on just to keep me active. I don't have any decks now though and definitely can't afford them. So I think I have 2 options: 1. Use mp3 mixing software such as (which has problems at the moment with the headphone cue - which is a bit of a problem) or 2. Basically use cubase to create a mix of tunes I like. Option 1 is a bit of problem with Mixxx having some errors at the moment with headphone cueing. Does anyone know of any good open-source alternatives, or strongly recommend any purchasable dj'ing software. Option 2 makes me wonder whether it is really a mix set! Would you feel hard-done by downloading a mix that wasn't actually dj'd but 'constructed'? |
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or . Download the demos and try them out. |
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The way I used to do it was in Cool Edit Pro. I'd take a 4 bar loop of each track that I wanted to mix and see how long they were. The % difference was also the % speed adjustment you needed to make to mix the tracks. Results varied between awesome and terrible depending on the track. You could do the same thing with Audacity if you wanted to keep it cheap. My explanation probably sucks balls but the jist of the idea is there. As for the construction thing. Radio Soulwax Part 2 was basically a construction and I loved it. I enjoy both types of mixes myself. Just because someone hasn't done it live doesn't mean that they haven't put effort in. If I could link you up to Fuck Analord by deepspace9mm then I would but I lost it when my old site hosts deleted everything on the server. Fucking cunts. It might be floating about somewhere. |
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i'm not sure i know the purpose of mixes at all. here at work a guy always sends me his trance mixes (he calls them 'projects') through local chat. i don't know how can i listen to five sent mixes, each around 400 megs and more than one hour long and full of music i don't usually like. i've downloaded some mixes from xltradio and xltvibes. all deleted when i needed space. one constructed mix still is on hdd - it's Fuck Analord. |
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i think that mix is the same as his xlt radio show? its on the bittorrent page if it is... anyway if you want to mix live then go for Traktor, if you dont mind the contructed mix thing then Ableton, but they are very different animals in terms of the process and the result, in my opinion. |
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I have cubase and once did a 5 hour mix for a friends birthday present. Getting beat matching was difficult though. I don't have 200 quid spare at the moment to get tracktor, especially with christmas approaching and a nasty credit card bill to pay off! |
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Awesome. I'll check that tonight. I hope it is as it was one of my favourite mixes. The mixes on my zilty radio show were done in Live and were done, well Live. |
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I guess I like mixes when I can't decide what music to play. It's nice to just put one on and let it play through. I often find tracks and artists that are new to me and go investigating as a result. |
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but were they done well, live? |
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Well I can't really be the judge of that to be honest. I thought they sounded good. Give it a download and find out :P |
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i only have 1 deck (ask hanal) personally, i think if you're fast enough, you can mix with 1 deck (no computer) |
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good plug, i think i will |
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which of the torrents are you referring to? |
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3. Use Mixmeister to do a mix on the fly. Here is my Xltronic radioshow which is a great example of what can be done with Mixmeister. I also used some pre-mixed parts btw. |
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xltronic-radio-20051011-deepspace9mm.mp3 I'm not 100% sure its the mix were talking about but try it, if its an amazing mix then thats it... by the way there is a very simple version of Traktor, im not sure what the price is but i see it bundled with hardware all the time so it cant be much. It might be good cause then youll know how to work traktor in case you want to get the fancy version |
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I had a quick look at the demo of mixmeister.. unfortunately it doesn't look like it supports ogg files, which is what I've encoded most of my cd's in, therefore leaving my music collection a little bare! It looked good on what it did with the mp3's I did try in it. Seemed fairly accurate. |
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ok well traktor wont deal in anything but mp3s either |
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Ableton Live. Definitely. |
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It's time to convert your music to the standard mp3 format then ;) |
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I just had a look at the traktor site, and the new version 3 does take ogg files as well. so that's encouraging. I might have a look at the demo |
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although i don't have €200 knocking around at the moment. so i'll just be torturing myself |
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Mixxx, what a piece of shit program...go with Traktor instead. |
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Yes Traktor is a fine program. |
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