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Best Engineered/Mixed Trance and House Tracks...

What tracks/records released over the last year or two have sounded the best?

- LOOKING FOR records that are balanced, transparent, tight, punchy and dynamic.

- NOT LOOKING FOR muddy low-end, over-loud mids or harsh highs.

The type of sound you long to produce, the tracks you A/B to get the best from your mixes!

eric prydz - pjanoo

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Originally posted by enydo eric prydz - pjanoo

yes anything from Prydz

D. Ramirez & Mark Knight - Colombian Soul

Anything from U-Recken

BT - Rose Of Jericho (Album Mix) is incredibly well balanced, most of his productions are.

....and pretty much anything by Robert Babicz.

further back, David West's stuff was always crystal clear

currently, Tom Middleton, Claes Rosen, and Shur-I-Kan come to mind

this question reminds me of the movie black swan, her technique was perfect but no emotion

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Originally posted by stev� this question reminds me of the movie black swan, her technique was perfect but no emotion

i think 'perfect' is pretty subjective here too. a classical engineer is going to have a different idea of perfection than a dub engineer than a jazz engineer than a swedish house mafia engineer

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Originally posted by nefardec i think 'perfect' is pretty subjective here too. a classical engineer is going to have a different idea of perfection than a dub engineer than a jazz engineer than a swedish house mafia engineer

The way I judge what a good mix is, regardless of genre and stylistic protocol, if I don't fight hearing it and if it draws my attention without me noticing. If the world around me completely evaporates; conversations with others are stopped (because everyone's listening - not just me) and put on hold until the song is done - that's a good mix.

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Originally posted by EddieZilker The way I judge what a good mix is, regardless of genre and stylistic protocol, if I don't fight hearing it and if it draws my attention without me noticing. If the world around me completely evaporates; conversations with others are stopped (because everyone's listening - not just me) and put on hold until the song is done - that's a good mix.

I like the ones that go untz untz untz untz.

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Originally posted by srussell0018 I like the ones that go untz untz untz untz.

+1

Lady Gaga. True story. One of the best masterings I've ever heard..probably because she's got a major label behind her though.

Most things from the following artists are well mixed down:

Eric Prydz, Robert Babicz, Martin Buttrich, S�bastien L�ger, Christopher Norman, Dubfire, Stimming

I'm sure there are more; feel free to add!

Prydz has always had a nice balanced mix and tight productions skills. Babicz has his own unique mastering techniques (i.e. using magnetic when decoding songs to analog) which makes his productions distinctive and give nuances. Too me old Daft Punk tracks were just so well produced or sampled but nonetheless mixing down the track and the end product shined; the French house music techniques work, analog baby.

I blasphemed and forgot Stimming. What an ear that guy has!

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Originally posted by TranceElevation Anything from U-Recken

You have to be kidding. U-Recken's stuff has no dynamic range at all, it's always a complete brick wall.

Another You Another Me

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Originally posted by Subtle Another You Another Me

Gavyn Mytchel rmx

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Originally posted by Domesticated You have to be kidding. U-Recken's stuff has no dynamic range at all, it's always a complete brick wall.

You gotta be a total idiot for judging the dynamic of a track exclusively from its waveform.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIoLnbUYYDQ (considering the youtube detraction)

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Originally posted by TranceElevation You gotta be a total idiot for judging the dynamic of a track exclusively from its waveform.

You don't have to look at a waveform to tell that an audio source has been heavily passed through a brick wall limiter........ and they come hand in hand, a heavily driven audio signal through a brick wall limiter will result in poor dynamics.

That being said, I've not paid particular attention to U-Recken's work, I'm speaking generally.

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Originally posted by Acton You don't have to look at a waveform to tell that an audio source has been heavily passed through a brick wall limiter........ and they come hand in hand, a heavily driven audio signal through a brick wall limiter will result in poor dynamics. That being said, I've not paid particular attention to U-Recken's work, I'm speaking generally.

This is obvious. What I was implying is that dynamics doesn't expire with this.
For example, his tracks are extremly rich in terms of sound movement, extremly rich in elements and structure changes during the track. This is also dynamics.

actually, I tend to find that Tritonals tracks are quite well engineered...

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Originally posted by kadomony further back, David West's stuff was always crystal clear currently, Tom Middleton, Claes Rosen, and Shur-I-Kan come to mind

shur i kan has great deep house.

others I think are good: Norman Doray, Matan Caspi, Ben Coda, Essential Groovers

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