Dj Estrela Mix 13 CD1 - Progressive Instrumental - includes Teaser, Cue, Txt

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Posted by dj_estrela on Jan-17-2006 19:24:

Dj Estrela Mix 13 CD1 - Progressive Instrumental - includes Teaser, Cue, Txt

Hi TAs!
My new progressive trance mix, composed of instrumental tracks only.

"Teaser" of 30sec samples of the tracks:
http://inesc-0.tagus.ist.utl.pt/~pm...6_-_SAMPLER.mp3

TrackList:
01 - PORTISHEAD - Roads - Sultan & The Greek Remix
02 - COCA and VILLA - La Noche - Original
03 - NUFREQUENCY - 808 - Original Instrumental
04 - RONSKI SPEED and SEBASTIAN SAND - Sole Survivor Sebastian Sand Mix
05 - SYNERGY - Hello Strings - Flash Brothers Rmx

06 - ABOVE and BEYOND presents TRANQUILITY BASE - Getting Away Leama And Moor Remix
07 - MIDOR vs LINN - Breathing - Prgz Mix
08 - FUNABASHI - Daylight
09 - AVA MEA - In The End - Original Mix
10 - NIKLAS HARDING presents ARCANE - Blue Circles

11 - PHARMACY OF SOUND - Searching For Substance - Original
12 - NIKLAS HARDING presents ARCANE - Ice Beach - Original Mix
13 - ABOVE & BEYOND vs ANDY MOOR - Air For Life - Airwave Rmx
14 - MENNO DE JONG - Tundra - Original Fierce Dub Mix
15 - JONAS STEUR - Castamara

16 - MARK OTTEN - So Serene - Menno De Jong Fierce Dub
17 - SONOROUS - Protonic - Ronski Speed Mix

CUE, TXT, download details:
http://inesc-0.tagus.ist.utl.pt/~pm...sets/mix13_cd1/

Emule link:ed2k://|file|DJ_Estrela_-_Mix_13_-_...D2LHYLMWQPE7T|/
HTTP link:[[ LINK REMOVED ]]

Contact me if you have any dificulties, to have access to a private server.
Feedback apreciated and replied throughfully

Posted by the_prime on Jan-20-2006 17:14:

Now thats a nice set dj_estrela (or could I call you Dj_Star, lol)

Your transitions are very good and the track you chose where very good...

Lots of Hi quality instrumental tracks and very few vocals... Very "trancy" indeed...

Congratulations and sucess

Hugs

Posted by MagikMan_643 on Jan-20-2006 19:23:

Ok had a listen, good effort overall, just a few things things I didn't like, but maybe they're just my personal preferences.

The tracks were beat-matched well, but you should work on your transitions, some could have been longer, and you tried to blend the main melodies of tracks together too much, and left out the intro and build up. You also brought the incoming track in too loud at times, rather than a smooth, gradual blend, but again, maybe just preference.

Track selection needs working on too, the first four tracks, although cool, all had the same kinda sound, kinda boring imo.

But a good effort as I said, keep it up

Posted by sensorium on Jan-23-2006 20:46:

Good mix. It has some nice tracks. Props.

Posted by dj_estrela on Jan-24-2006 12:48:

Hi there, many thanks for the first round of comments;
I'll reply to the main topics:

- longer transitions / blending of main melodies:
Regarding my transitions, my first cds featured basic transitions by combining the intros with the outros; later, I've started to try to find interesting combinations between the tracks, namely combination of voices or melodies.
Of course that these transitions are much more dificult to get really nice, thats why I ask listeners to pin-point the best and the worst ones. This type of mixing also has the advantage of featuring more tracks per 80 minute cd.

- incoming track too loud:
Yes, I agree thats a problem on my mixes. This is related to the fact that I do my mixes at night, using headphones only (eg, silently withour amplifier). Thus I have major dificulties to get the volumes constant in the mix.

- track selection:
This is where I invest the majority of the time for producing my mixes: trying to select only the finest tracks (based on my own taste and suggestions of friends), and selecting a good order, typically of increasing BPMs, with softer tunes at the beginning. Then I try to combine the tracks as I've mentioned above.

If listeners give mroe detailed comments, especially in which tracks stand out / stand down, then It will help me on the next sets.

Pedro Estrela

Posted by MagikMan_643 on Jan-24-2006 21:02:

If you want to blend the melodies of your tracks I would advise you to read up on harmonic mixing.

www.harmonic-mixing.com
www.djprince.no

Mixing in key allows you to blend your tracks perfectly, build up the energy in your sets and avoid key clashes, hope this helps