making a mix CD. Which software to use?

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Posted by Adambomb337 on Aug-30-2005 19:29:

making a mix CD. Which software to use?

Instead of recording a mix, this time I want to input the songs perfectly in order into a program and manipulate the whole mix.

Which software would be best to use? Other than Ableton live. Can Adobe Audition do this?

Posted by tmdrums17 on Aug-30-2005 20:56:

I used cubase to do this the few times i have done it.

1) Find the BPM of your original track
2) Paste in Cubase project
3) Time stretch using cubase
4) Line up your songs
5) Edit away

It can be a pain in the ass to get them lined up perfectly... mostly due to the fact that you might have the BPM of your original track miscalculated, and thus your timestretch will be incorrect.

Good luck

Posted by Trancened on Aug-31-2005 07:07:

Re: making a mix CD. Which software to use?

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Originally posted by Adambomb337
Instead of recording a mix, this time I want to input the songs perfectly in order into a program and manipulate the whole mix.

Which software would be best to use? Other than Ableton live. Can Adobe Audition do this?

Just be a real DJ...it's not that hard

Posted by PersianMafia on Aug-31-2005 07:11:

Re: Re: making a mix CD. Which software to use?

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Originally posted by Trancened
Just be a real DJ...it's not that hard

...and the ASSHOLIC TA OF THE YEAR award goes to Trancened!

Posted by Trancened on Aug-31-2005 07:12:

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Originally posted by PersianMafia
...and the ASSHOLIC TA OF THE YEAR award goes to Trancened!

there's bigger assholes than me on this forum but I accept

Posted by PersianMafia on Aug-31-2005 07:24:

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Originally posted by Trancened
there's bigger assholes than me on this forum but I except

Just checked out your site. I like your clean studio/dj setup! Your dad pay for all your toys?

And your aviator shot kinda reminds me of sasha at buenos aires!

Posted by Trancened on Aug-31-2005 07:46:

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Originally posted by PersianMafia
Just checked out your site. I like your clean studio/dj setup! Your dad pay for all your toys?

And your aviator shot kinda reminds me of sasha at buenos aires!

Naw, I paid for my equip, was alot lol

Posted by alligator on Aug-31-2005 17:07:

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Originally posted by Trancened
there's bigger assholes than me on this forum but I accept

i second that, i've seen worse...

as far as programs go why don't you just use mix meister, then you don't have to mix at all, just match your songs and let software take you for a ride. at least if you're using a program like virtual dj, traktor...etc you are still making transitions - the beatmatch (which in some ways is overrated)...

Posted by alligator on Aug-31-2005 17:07:

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Posted by RoBDaWG on Aug-31-2005 22:54:

I'm with the 'asshole' ... be a real DJ

Posted by Adambomb337 on Sep-01-2005 08:15:

I'm more of a producer than a DJ and I want to incorporate as much creativity as possible. It will be faster and more interesting to lay out a mix on the computer than to go through hours of recording. I can be more creative this way and give out a mix that my friends can enjoy more.

My goal is to make a unique mix with superlative quality, not mold to some ideal "DJ" sect.

tmdrums17 - thanks! I've tried cubase and it may be the best to use

alligator - thanks for the tip. mix meister seems like a good program, but I already have cubase so I think I'll stick with that

Posted by Nic on Sep-01-2005 10:48:

look into acid, i used to do this kind of thing with it all the time. its by sonic foundry if i remember correctly

Posted by Stu Cox on Sep-01-2005 12:01:

Yeah Acid is probably the best thing to use. Sonic Foundry have been bought out by Sony so it's made by them now (well, made by the same people but under the Sony Media name now)