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dmtree

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  1. i don't know any full-on artist whose every track is consistently good. some have a few good tracks out there - hux flux, logic bomb and artax, rinkadink, hujaboy, some dynamic and bizzare contact, nomad, cosmosis, orion, some eskimo collabs, psysex, random, tikal, error corrective, kybalion, evp, hydraglyph and u-recken (with the exception of those godawful albums).. there are plenty more - and again, i am talking about occasional good tracks and/or albums, not the whole body of work.

     

    I think v/a Assasi-Nations from TIP World is a good indicator of how good the genre CAN be, though it rarely if ever reaches those heights anymore.

  2. i stopped playing SA full-on a long time ago 'cuz it started to bore me.. and this album isn't doing much to change that.

     

    though that first track is really funny, just wish it had a bit more to it than just the dum-- dum-- dum dum-dum-dum... :ph34r:

  3. I saw him play live in Oregon in 2003 - nice melodic, very goa-ish and trippy set, but he was having some technical problems, his laptop kept crashing which kinda killed the flow. :( I think it may have had something to do with the amount of moisture in the air, it was really wet..

     

    I also seem to recall seeing his name on a party flyer from California sometime last year.. so he is still around, possibly. If you really want to know, you could ask in the North American section on [that other forum]. ;)

  4. well yes.if the melody is off-beat even with the bass cut you will see the mismatch....

     

    but what i usually do is cut the bass completely,and when the 2ond track kicks in,i put the bass a little louder,its kinda like dropping the bass bomb!i hope you get ny point! ;)

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    you mean you are not really mixing the kick-drums from the two tracks at all - just waiting for the second track to kick in before you bring it in? I think that's more like fade-mixing if I understand correctly.

     

    what I mean by beat-mixing is cueing the 2nd track on a beat where it kicks in and starting it somewhere within 1.5-2.5 minutes of the end of the 1st track, so the two kicks are going simultaneously for a while. That way you can't really get rid of the trainwreck by cutting out the EQs since the frequencies of the kick-drum aren't contained in the single pocket, usually they are spread out between the low and low-mid EQs (also helps when you're bringing in the second kick to have the mids turned on also to get the full spectrum, not just the low woof-woof).

  5. thats what i meant!

     

    its relatively easy to do it and you dont get those awful double beats!

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    that's not true, if you're off-beat it'll be painfully obvious, since you never cut the EQ out completely BEFORE bringing the other one in - always do it smoothly to continue the flow. There are really no cheats or shortcuts to avoid having properly beatmatched tracks, sorry.

  6. hhmmm...

     

    i am certainly not an experienced dj but usually when i pass from a track to another i cut off the low's on the mixer when the 1st song ends,and put them back on when the other starts...it helps imo but as nobody mentioned it,maybe its a bad tactic to use???enlight me please!!!! :)

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    not sure what you mean.. when i mix, i usually start the second track (on the first beat, matched with the 16/32/64sequence of the first track) and slowly bring it in with all of the EQs cut, then gradually bring in the EQs - usually the mids and highs first, while simultaneously cutting the EQs on the other track. Other times I switch the bass first, letting the kick from the second track go while the mids/highs of the first track play out, it really depends on the tracks and my mood, the first method is smoother, the second brings more energy, it's more like dropping the bass. With more minimal progressive tracks, I often let the two tracks play together or fade between them for fun.. :rolleyes:

     

    Usually (though not always) I try to avoid mixing the basslines and/or mids/highs together at full volume, but there are some DJs who do it all the time, really all your personal style, whatever sounds good to you is what you should do.

  7. There are quite a few tracks that are not set on a BPM, it's something like 147.3333 or 146.5, and some of them even change.. what do you do in those cases? not play them at all? or trainwreck if the track doesn't fit the 0.7% holy grail? no, you mix it by ear.

     

    and what if you want to mix some breaks for a change?

     

    The experienced DJs here - I am sure they can beatmatch anything without having BPMs written down, they just use it to help them and save time. Try to learn without using BPMs, only then use them if you think it's helpful. Train your ear, young Jedi.. it'll come in useful.

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