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-- need some criticism.

need some criticism.

hows this transition?
http://hauntedzorz.homestead.com/files/perfect.zip

small. about 1.5mb
short. only 2min?

Sonorous - Glass Garden ronski speed mix -- Iio - Rapture Deep Dish mix.

tell me what ya think.. good/bad

been spinnin since sept 8th
so little over a month

pretty good
i would've either mixed a bit earlier in rapture or held the bass of the outgoing track a bir longer till the bass of rapture kicked in

of course there might be others who think otherwise, but that's just my mixing style

but other than that, it sounds great

First off, your recording is horrible. You are clipping the bass very badly. I don't know if this is your source or if you're overloading, bad compression, bad soundcard etc. but please fix it It will make listening to your transitions for critique much easier.

The two tracks are beat and phrase matched, though the volume on the second track is a bit lower than the first. Also, the second track has a lot less energy than the first, which depending on what you want to accomplish, may be a good or bad thing. If this was a warmup set mix, then it would be okay, though only if not too many if any people are dancing because you'll kill the energy mixing into a track with very little energy and bass beat coming down from a higher energy track.

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Originally posted by Dj Flesch First off, your recording is horrible. You are clipping the bass very badly. I don't know if this is your source or if you're overloading, bad compression, bad soundcard etc. but please fix it It will make listening to your transitions for critique much easier. The two tracks are beat and phrase matched, though the volume on the second track is a bit lower than the first. Also, the second track has a lot less energy than the first, which depending on what you want to accomplish, may be a good or bad thing. If this was a warmup set mix, then it would be okay, though only if not too many if any people are dancing because you'll kill the energy mixing into a track with very little energy and bass beat coming down from a higher energy track.

and yea... what he said

i was just commenting on the technical skill
but if you wanted a more in depth critique... there ya go

its not horrible
i recorded it to 64 because i dont have that much webspace and my upload sucks (10kb/s)
i know that these two songs would not go well together in a set
i was just trying to match two random vinyls i can pick out for practice.

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Originally posted by Dj Flesch The two tracks are beat and phrase matched, though the volume on the second track is a bit lower than the first. Also, the second track has a lot less energy than the first, which depending on what you want to accomplish, may be a good or bad thing. If this was a warmup set mix, then it would be okay, though only if not too many if any people are dancing because you'll kill the energy mixing into a track with very little energy and bass beat coming down from a higher energy track.

What he said.

P.S. Stop posting one of your new transitions every week for us rip apart. Practice for a couple month at least and come back with a set.

i wouldnt exactly call it ripping apart.

Hey, there is a house mix of glass garden, does anyone know whats it's called?

Sonorous - Glass Garden (Kayestone Remix).mp3


maybe original

you should just spin till you feel it's right. Then come back asking for critiques on your spinning style more so than if your beat/phrasematching is on.

i havent listened to it, but if you hear a "THUMP" together instead of a "THUMP THUMP" every 2 beats, then you got it and just have to work on your own style of mixing

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Originally posted by Haunted its not horrible i recorded it to 64 because i dont have that much webspace and my upload sucks (10kb/s) i know that these two songs would not go well together in a set i was just trying to match two random vinyls i can pick out for practice.

No offense, but if you don't think that what you posted as a recording of you mix is bad quality, then please clean your ears. 64kbps if very bad mp3 quality and if that is why it sounds bad, then please post at least double that and shorten the length by a little, or post in windows media file to make the strain on your bandwith less.

Part of anyone critiquing a mix inately involves thinking of what it would sound like in a live mix. so you can't just say, how were the technical skills and leave all of the other critisisms out. As a DJ, I do not just judge on technical ablility, I judge on the ability to keep the crowd dancing. I was a raver for many years before I became a dj, and so I can alway imagine myself dancing to the sets that I spin. I hate when I am hyped up and the next track kills that hype. This is one major major aspect of djing that must be learned if you want to be a great dj.

Part of being a good dj is being able to pick out two "random" tracks and mixing them. But it is even more important to pick out two tracks that go well together because you know all of your music that well.

damn you guys are rough!!!
ive found the mix great

wow. if youre here whos running hell?
actually the rough criticism is what i need.
but i wasnt recording a set..
like i said. i just picked out two random songs and mixed them together. I didnt have a crowd infront of me.
when i pretend theres a crowd infront of me and i record an actual set.
then i care about what goes well together.
and no not everything goes together

btw
maybe you need a better sound card or speakers?
im on audigy and a 4.1 system.. and when i play the mix.. i can hear the beats perfectly,tell if its phase matched.. beat matched.
why do you need perfect sound quality? do you want to take my mixes and spin them at a club?
im just asking you to critique my transition..

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Originally posted by Haunted wow. if youre here whos running hell?

LOL!

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Originally posted by Haunted why do you need perfect sound quality? do you want to take my mixes and spin them at a club? im just asking you to critique my transition..

Uhm, to be able to judge your skills one has to make sure that the soundquality is
perfect so you dont get hung up on that.
Playing a record with the biggest and phattest scratch that makes the tune go
"SCRRRRRZ" every 15 seconds makes it really hard to focus on the music, same goes
for bad quality in recording, there seem to be people that think that the quality
is unsufficent. So redo the recording and recompress it into a 192kbit mp3.

Then you can rule out bad sound quality and start getting pure critique on your mixing skills.

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