I'm trying to make a bootleg of my own that I've recorded using Traktor. The end result is pretty good but always have the feeling that it could be even better: some more reverb there, some filtering here, better beatmatching, better at mixing in the tracks, etc.
So my question is: what's the best way to produce a bootleg USING ONLY A PC?
I thought of overdubbing the bootleg to make it a little bit better each time I'd listen to it but I think it might be too troublesome.
I've heard the name of Ableton Live somewhere. I don't know exactly what it's for but i've been told that live bootlegging could be done using that (like the "White Lies" bootleg of Paul van Dyk in his Global Gathering set). So I've thought that pre-recorded bootlegs woud be cake for Ableton.
What's your thought on that? Any help is of course welcome.
Thanks in advance.
your barking up the wrong tree bro. if you just want to put two tracks together you can use anything to do it. acid, ableton, soundforge, whatever.
however we produce here and what you might call a bootleg, we call a 'bad mixing dj'
Aug-08-2007 17:58
Vizay
immiNspired
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Stockholm & in my mind
well there's bootlegs and then there's bootlegs...wich one are you trying to do? (referring to either straight mashups or a real bootleg where you take a track and remix it without permission)
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Aug-08-2007 18:25
MERiDiAN5i2
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Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Texas, USA
Ableton Live is great for live performance, which is what is was designed for. You could certainly do a remix/mashup/bootleg/whateveryouwannacallit with Live, but I'm personally not very fond of it's mixer nor it's GUI.
Have a look at Cubase SX. Cubase is where it all started, and where it's still at It has excellent audio manipulation functionality as well as great support for VSTs, including VST instruments, effects, and samplers.
Some people might disagree, but I find the Cubase interface quite straightforward and very functional.
Aug-09-2007 06:38
ponsshin
Trance free since 2007
Registered: May 2007
Location: London, UK
quote:
Originally posted by Zombie0729
however we produce here and what you might call a bootleg, we call a 'bad mixing dj'
Well I'm kinda forced to do "bad mixing dj" cause I don't really have all the samples from the two songs I want to mix. And isolating and clearing each sample to record it would take too much time for a result that would not be guaranteed.
quote:
Originally posted by Vizay
Well there's bootlegs and then there's bootlegs...wich one are you trying to do? (referring to either straight mashups or a real bootleg where you take a track and remix it without permission)
I don't have the accapella from one or either track so it's not really a true mash-up. It's more a mix of two full tracks.
Thankz MERiDiAN5i2, I'll have a look at Cubase when I have the time.
