Similarly when I first listened to the derrick may mayday mix I thought it was live but soon found out it wasn't - as it happens tho I can pull off quite a few of those tricks live now and Ive always kinda strived to push the live mixing thing a far as I can.
Peace-out Marc > -----Original Message----- > From: Brendan Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 2:27 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: RE: (313) Fw: Dex and FX with Kirk Degiorgio > > > I would agree that "traditional" DJs listening to mixes done > in things like Ableton will try to copy some of the > techniques they hear, and that this will also help the > traditional form of mixing to progress and absorb new ideas. > For example, the first time I heard proper booty music was > back in 1996 when I got a tape from 12 Tech Mob - the tape > had been recorded using multitracking and various other > tricks, but at the time I didn't know - I thought it was a > straight mix. > > So off I went, spending the next few years gathering booty > and ghetto-tech records and attempting to emulate the > frenetic multi-layered action you get on the mix tape. When I > eventually found out that the mix was not recorded live, of > course, I realised I'd been wasting my time, but in the > process of trying to do the whole thing live I'd learnt a > whole bunch of new tricks and had generally upped the > standard of my mixing, which was a good thing. And did it > make me value the tape any less? No! It was just as enjoyable > a listening experience, whether it had been put together by > NASA or by a demented child with sticky tape. > > I definitely don't think straight-turntable mixing is dead, > and won't be for a long time. And when I say "long time", I'm > speaking in generational terms, not "the next few years". > Even if the future sees us all with ableton/final scratch and > so on within about a five years, the fact of the matter will > remain that if your basic track selection skills are lacking > then you won't do very well. > > Brendan > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: robin pinning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 23 May 2003 12:05 > > To: Brendan Nelson > > Cc: 313@hyperreal.org > > Subject: RE: (313) Fw: Dex and FX with Kirk Degiorgio > > > > > > > > i agree with brendans post below. the software approach > only becomes > > invalid when the mix is presented in a trad 2x1200 and a mixer way > > (like a lot of these main stream protooled juke-box style mixes) > > > > i was listening to the megamix on the "techno 1 - the new > dance sound" > > compilation the other day and noticed (over)use of the spin > back which > > i guess made a lot of people see that this could be used when > > mixing in a live (not > > megamix) setting. > > > > so when a dj hears some interesting approach done in software > > is he/she > > more likely to try and reproduce this sort of this on decks? > > > > i think he/she is, so i'm quite excited by all this. it's > > amazing what can > > be done with a simple sampler, decent eqs and a delay > live...this all > > bodes well for the future of djing (as does the use of FS, so > > adding your > > own edits into the mix). > > > > i see there's another article in Jockey Slut this month > > saying that mixing > > records together is an out of date approach. i beg to differ. > > > > > > robin... > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This communication is for information purposes only and should not be regarded as an offer to sell or as a solicitation of an offer to buy any financial product, an official confirmation of any transaction, or as an official statement of Lehman Brothers. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not represent that this information is complete or accurate and it should not be relied upon as such. All information is subject to change without notice.
