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Posted by Venik on Sep-17-2005 20:01:

Venik - Salvation [Trance Mix]

After judging "TranceAddict NON-LIVE MP3 Mixing competition 1" I got inspired and made a mix of my own
Would appreciate if you could give me some comments.

>> DJ Venik - Salvation <<
(Cue file included)

01 Synergy - Hello Strings (Original Mix) (Venik's Intro Edit)
02 Whiteroom - Someday (Instrumental Mix)
03 Ridgewalkes feat. El - Find (Original Mix)
04 Ava Mea - In The End (Hydroid & Santiago Nino Remix)
05 Digital Blues - Digital Blues
06 Madonna - Die Another Day (Tiesto Remix)
07 Ernesto vs Bastian - Dark Side Of The Moon (Dogzilla Pure Filth Remix)
08 Marco V - More Than A Life Away (Original Mix)
09 Sam Sharp - Error
10 Marcel Woods - Cherry Blossom
11 Yahel - Liquid Love (Eddit Reznik Remix)
12 Hemstock & Jennings - The Passion (John O'Callaghan Remix)
13 Alphazone - Revelation (Original Mix)
14 Cloudchaser - Aerodynamic (Alphazone Remix)

Enjoy,
Venik

Posted by XDR on Sep-17-2005 20:46:

Downloading

Posted by XDR on Sep-18-2005 10:35:

Listening now

Posted by djkoolaide on Sep-18-2005 16:43:

Downloading!

Posted by djkoolaide on Sep-18-2005 17:10:

Uhh.. I already won't give this a 75/75

Listen at 5:19.. the pitch suddenly increases by like 3%! That's not smooth at all man.. sorry.

Posted by XDR on Sep-18-2005 19:10:

quote:
Originally posted by djkoolaide
Uhh.. I already won't give this a 75/75

Listen at 5:19.. the pitch suddenly increases by like 3%! That's not smooth at all man.. sorry.

Yeah agree with that. Also I heard some keyclashes. Beatmatching is perfect but that is the least you can expect with these kind of mixes. I do like the tunes you picked though

Posted by Venik on Sep-18-2005 20:01:

quote:
Originally posted by djkoolaide
Listen at 5:19.. the pitch suddenly increases by like 3%! That's not smooth at all man.. sorry.

You know what.. i noticed that too. I'll have to check the file cause i think i got a bad version I'll fix it up and reupload. (nothing really stopping me from increasing the first part by 3% )

Edit: fixed the tempo problem at 5:19 as well as another problem closer to the end. Mix is reauploaded now with all the changes

Posted by Venik on Sep-18-2005 20:07:

quote:
Originally posted by XDR
Yeah agree with that. Also I heard some keyclashes. Beatmatching is perfect but that is the least you can expect with these kind of mixes. I do like the tunes you picked though

Can you tell me where (time) i had some keyclashes.. just so that i know what to look for next time and improve. Thanks

Posted by djsphere on Sep-19-2005 06:45:

Hey mate! I just finished downloading your set. I'll burn it onto cd and give it a listen. In fact, I think I'll score and comment it, just like in the old competition I used to run. How are you doing?

Posted by O-man on Sep-19-2005 08:07:

Great tracks used in this mix! Tnx!

Posted by Venik on Sep-19-2005 18:01:

quote:
Originally posted by djsphere
Hey mate! I just finished downloading your set. I'll burn it onto cd and give it a listen. In fact, I think I'll score and comment it, just like in the old competition I used to run. How are you doing?

Thanks man.... Your mix is already in my MP3 player and i listened to it in the car once already When all the meetings are done at work i'll give it a proper listen and rate/comment also.

Posted by djsphere on Sep-19-2005 21:17:

Great mix indeed. Well build and smoothly executed, though not a 75/75 one IMO.

About beatmatching there's nothing bad to say, just a little offbeat sometimes but I can hardly hear that on my headphones (on large speakers it sounds perfect) so 25/25. BTW, better than mine, I thought I thought I'll get 24 on that.

About melodics, you often have both track playing their melodic line while crossfading, which doesen't sound good every time. For example in your first transition you have the basslines of those two tracks playing at the same time from 6:04 to 6:23, than the melody of the first track and the bassline of the second. It sounds preaty bad cuz those two tracks are not matching key.
Same thing in second transition, and this problem continues, though it get's better in the second half. Actulay the second half is way better. It may sound funny but my transitions were too late and yours are too early. 22/25 on melodics.

About the tracklist, all the tracks are realy nice, but it seams to me like I'm listening to two mixes. After that Tiesto remix of Madonna things start to sound quite different. I know you wanted to do a build up, but there's too much energy all of a sudden. When I play one hour mixes I like to keep a continuous flow all the way, or slowly decrease the rithm, but that's just a personal thing. So I think 22/25 should do it.

Once again the second half is what could be scored as 75/75 but the first part isn't that good. Overall, good mix.

Cheers mate!

Posted by Venik on Sep-19-2005 21:31:

Thanks Sphere. I maybe next mix i will not try to go from a 135 bpm to 142 bpm but rather something like 135>138 or 137>140... i think you'll like that more
Once again thanks for the comments, really appreciate your input.

Posted by djsphere on Sep-20-2005 13:01:

No problem mate. Thank you too.

Posted by Venik on Sep-26-2005 14:31:

Shame on you guys... 160 downloads of the mix and only 2 people commented. I guess you just cant stop listening to it

Posted by Salegon on Sep-27-2005 00:23:

quote:
Shame on you guys... 160 downloads of the mix and only 2 people commented. I guess you just cant stop listening to it

now it's three

thx for uploading your mix.

edit: uhm, 4 I mean... shame on me missing that guy in the very beginning^^

Posted by O-man on Sep-28-2005 14:06:

I've listened this mix about 10 times now, still love it. Great track selection and build up. Keep it up and gimme more mixes like these.