All of the edits I've done (and frankly I can only speak to my own philosophy on this) have been kind of personal. I wanted to do Kraftwerk's Hall of Mirrors and re-vision it as a near tech-house groove...I wanted to see if I could make a song by The System sound like an industrial track...I wanted to make a cheesy rock song like 'love is like oxygen' a stomper. All of the edits I've done have my personality built into them, they have many of my signatures: drum programming, new or reworked basslines, etc.
I did these things not to 'improve' them, as they were strong tracks to begin with and tracks I liked to start out with. I did them in MY style-creating something for my own DJ sets and the like. I really don't know why others do edits (money, power, respect?) however I to this point had not done any...most of this has been practice for remixing for me. And yes, Abelton Live is a GREAT program for mangling and re-arranging loops and samples. The key is the creativity of the user with the tool...a chisel in a sculptor's hands rather than in the hands of an auto tech I guess. And, sadly, there are so many things now that are released that DON'T make the cut. Most are available on mp3. With that, I say...vote with your feet. I've had a gift of time to do something I've not done before, and it seems to be paying dividends...you'll hear about it soon! Cheers listers! On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:44 AM, David Powers <cybo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Meant to say: "life is too SHORT to waste time..." etc. > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 10:43 AM, David Powers <cybo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Yeah, I mean I don't really listen all these edits, but if 1 minute of >> cheese ruins 5 minutes of genius, what's wrong with improving it? That >> said, I personally don't have time for such shenanigans, there are so >> many good records out there already, life is too to waste time editing >> ones that don't quite make the cut... >> >> Actually it's funny how many records aren't quite there, but would be >> good if they just didn't have that one horrible sample or hit running >> over top of things ruining them... >> >> ~David >> >> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 10:29 AM, kent williams <chaircrus...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> If the original was good on its own terms, you don't improve it by >>> editing it. There's a bazillion 'disco edits' right now, and they >>> bother me because they take something with its own internal pace and >>> flow, and fit it to the procrustean bed of DJ expediency. And >>> usually, to fit the ADD no-soul mixing style of DJs who can't tell >>> fake funk from real. >>> >>> The point being, it's great to sample but add something new, make it >>> your own, be original with it. Just because Ableton Live makes it easy >>> to chop tracks to pieces doesn't make it right. It's akin to >>> bowdlerizing Shakespeare. >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 10:12 AM, David Powers <cybo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> What difference does "being true to the original make?" >>>> >>> >> > -- fbk sleepengineering/absoloop US