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| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
You might be surprised by how many studio Essential Mixes were done in ProTools rather than on turntables. Even by DJs who could mix perfectly well. If you listen closely it's usually quite easy to tell. |
This is something I always wondered about. For the sake of "argument"...if you have the skills/chops to mix well on turntables, but you're just churning out a mixcomp for a paycheck, do you do it all analog style, with all its warts...or do you go digital and, presumably, the "safer" route with less chance of little analog issues along the way? The flip side of me says that are probably just as many ways, although different, to "screw up" a digital mix. Fun stuff to consider and debate. I know that anecdotal evidence is, well, anecdotal, but I'll say this based on personal experience: I learned to mix on a set of Nurmark direct drive turntables with vinyl. I later sold all the kit to a friend and picked up a Numark Pro digital deck/mixer combo, and I replaced about 90% of my vinyl with the equivalent mp3s from Beatport, mostly. Holy.fookin.hell. I could not mix for shit on the Numark Mixtrack Pro. I know it's different and like starting over in some ways...but I could NOT achieve the subtle tactile response from the digital decks that I could on the vinyl. I knew my turntables and my reocrds, and I knew just how much to speed something up or slow it down or drag or push the platter for a split second. I was all over the fucking place with the digital. God, I need to drag the Mixtrack Pro out, get over my frustration, and just make a real, concerted effort to try again. The bottom line: I miss the fuck out of mixing.
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