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deceptikon
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Preparing track for play on a club system

Yo guys, one of my tunes is getting a playout infront of a crowd at a trance night in a few wks, eq and arrangement etc are fairly much done for playback as MP3, but if the track is burnt to a CD for play on a club system are there any frequencies I need to cut, any audio tracks I need to make mono etc? Or does that only really apply to vinyl? Thanks for the help in advance!


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david.michael
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Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Dayton, OH, USA

My first piece of advice is to watch your "fairly high" frequencies. I played my "Through The Looking Glass" track out at a bar in between my buddy's band's sets and the upper frequencies on one of my leads were ear piercing. (Can't say TA's didn't warn me.)

Also, if you're concerned about your track possibly being played in mono, mix down a version of your track to mono and see if it sounds right. Correct any phasing issues, etc.

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cybernetica
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Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Cologne, Germany

If your stuff sounds good on decent speakers or monitors, it will by 95% sound good on club systems (from my experience).
Make sure your kick is well compressed and EQed against the bass so theres enough punch in the low range.
The highs are often the biggest problem. 3kHz to 8kHz, this is where my tunes sometimes tend to be too loud. This might not show too much at home, but at full volume in a club, it can sometimes be a pain in the ears.

I think you should go ahead and just try it out. Do not cut anything. You will see yourself whats wrong and whats right about the sound. If the guys like it at home, they will also like it in the club I'm sure. You will see.


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DJ KaRiM NeT
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Registered: Sep 2004
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ya it is the same tune .. but just louder ! if you feel the highs r disturbin you a *little* @ home .. then it will make ppl suicide in a club


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richg101
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make sure your kick is really good. and punches through the mix so it hits the dancers hard


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Storyteller
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If you don't have monitors which give you a decent impression on the low freq try and roll of somewhere around 30Hz and lower. Often tracks have lot's of rumbling going on in that range without knowing it, because they can't hear it on their own system. Nothing is nastier than a constant randomly raging sub , except for piercing highs.


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Rusty O'Hara
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Registered: Oct 2004
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Worse case scenario, let the dj figure it out, thats what eq's are for...

Whenever one of mine is being "tested", I'm on the dancefloor, and analyzing the whole thing... also get feedback from the dj about what they did (ie: eq tweaks (if any)) and their thoughts.

You've got good monitors, so if it sounds good in the studio, it will sound good in a club.

Congratulations btw

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