are any of you playing or have played sets this NYE right over the stroke of midnight? If so have you got any special tricks up your sleeve for the countdown itself?
I played one two years ago and dropped the fireworks segment off Fireworks (by Wally Lopez & Dr Kucho), then Bedrock - For What You Dream Of into the back of it which went down well, altho having fireworks going off on Sydney Harbour directly behind us certainly helped :-) Anyway am playing again at midnight this year and wanted to play a "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" countdown sample - does anyone know where to get hold of one or got any other nice tricks up their sleeves??
Dec-29-2004 09:11
Jake Conlon
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Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Birmingham, England
the only problem with playing countdowns is if you want it to be in time with the actual fireworks itd need to be at either 60 bpm if you release it 10 seconds before or 120bpm and release it 5 seconds before...its all very dodogy
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Dec-29-2004 10:55
TranceSpeeder
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Europe
u can make one your self.
Dec-29-2004 19:14
bokus
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Idaho falls, Idaho
A sample of "Its a beautiful day" by U2. Or my buddy threw a awesome y2k rave and when it hit 0 all the lights went out and we covered the LED lights from the table so they thought the bug hit. Then the sample he made was "I got you ******s good" Then in came fast paced goa.
Dec-29-2004 20:11
filthjet
Junior tranceaddict
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Sydney
quote:
Originally posted by bokus
A sample of "Its a beautiful day" by U2. Or my buddy threw a awesome y2k rave and when it hit 0 all the lights went out and we covered the LED lights from the table so they thought the bug hit. Then the sample he made was "I got you ******s good" Then in came fast paced goa.
nice!
Dec-29-2004 20:58
onceler
Puttin' out the vibe
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: CTA #6
Like TranceSpeeder said... just say it yourself, or get one of those computer programs that talk text and type out the numbers. Add some effects to not make it sound so dry and cut the file up so it has a number hit every second. Play it at 0 pitch over whatever else is playing.
Dec-29-2004 22:18
Allied Nations
Make it happen cap'n
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: MTHELL
New Years Dub 2000 (Ferry Corsten Vocal Extended Dub) - U2
an idea just struck me. you'll need a CDJ-800 or other CD player which allows you to mess with loops like it.
you have a massive track, time it so the most orgasmic part is on near midnight (play with loops if necessary) so that you'll be in a small loop about 20 seconds before midnight. close this loop into the shortest possible, making the IN be the part right before the beat comes in, or another high energy part. when the loop is closed into noise, drop a "10, 9..." countdown sample, and after a bit of screaming from the crowd, let it loose.
Originally posted by Inertia
an idea just struck me. you'll need a CDJ-800 or other CD player which allows you to mess with loops like it.
you have a massive track, time it so the most orgasmic part is on near midnight (play with loops if necessary) so that you'll be in a small loop about 20 seconds before midnight. close this loop into the shortest possible, making the IN be the part right before the beat comes in, or another high energy part. when the loop is closed into noise, drop a "10, 9..." countdown sample, and after a bit of screaming from the crowd, let it loose.
easier to do than explain i guess.
pretty good explanation though. sounds like a pretty cool idea, would make crowds go insane
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: near Vancouver, Canada
There's a clubby house track Missy Elliott - Pass the Dutch (Crowbar rmx by Scumfrog) that has a 5,4,3,2,1 countdown in a breakdown just before before the beats start again. If you time it right the beats could start at midnight.
Actually they have 3 places in that track with the countdown.
Dec-30-2004 07:22
sndh
'dispels & contradicts'
Registered: May 2003
Location: Amsterdam
U2 works quite well, but isn't that original anymore... anyone some ideas?
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Dec-30-2004 08:54
filthjet
Junior tranceaddict
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Sydney
quote:
Originally posted by Inertia
an idea just struck me. you'll need a CDJ-800 or other CD player which allows you to mess with loops like it.
you have a massive track, time it so the most orgasmic part is on near midnight (play with loops if necessary) so that you'll be in a small loop about 20 seconds before midnight. close this loop into the shortest possible, making the IN be the part right before the beat comes in, or another high energy part. when the loop is closed into noise, drop a "10, 9..." countdown sample, and after a bit of screaming from the crowd, let it loose.
easier to do than explain i guess.
sounds like an awesome idea Inertia - have got cd decks in the set up. Just need to think of the track now! Probably won't bring it back in afterwards because the fireworks sample goes on for a good minute but sounds like a classy way to bring the final track of 2004 to an end. What's this New Years Dub 2000 like btw - ingnorant of me but don't think I've heard it! anywhere to d'load it from ? Have been leaning towards an old classic like Orbital - Chime for first track of 2005 NFI why
