downloading now. nice speed! i will let you know what i think.

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Checkin it out right now...comment after I listen to it.

Tracklist ? <--- Thanks

Overall it thought it was really good 6/7 out of ten...keep up the good work, good beatmatching and all that good stuff

Peas

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1. Nu NRG - Supersonik Way [Vandit]
2. Nu Rican Kidz - Excuse Me
3. The Roc Project - Never (Filterheadz Luvtina Dub)
4. Nu NRG - Butterfly

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I'm impressed. I really liked Nu Rican Kidz - Excuse Me. That was a bad ass track. However, i think i would have inverted the last 2 tracks n played Nu NRG butterfly 3rd n Roc project last. Just my opinion. great job

yeah, good job. personally, i hate that second song, but that's just personal preference. the mix out of it, the bass is a little to high and distorted, but it's not super bad or anything.

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You mixing was pretty tight. You definitely need to adjust the volumes differently on the second transition. The 3rd track was WAY to loud. The second track really really sucks and doesn't go with the rest of the tracks at ALL. Your first track is a good starting track for a 4-track set, and your last one is really good too.

I especially like the last mix. I was all into reading another article on the web when your last transition pulled my attention back onto the music. Very well done! There is still room for improvement. I think that your main problem is adjusting the volume levels. Two things here: First, as I mentioned before, you have to tweek the volumes of the two tracks just so, along with the bass eq, in order for me not to distinguish the bass change-over. Second, you have to remember that the crossfader (or volume sliders if you use that) adjust the volume level, so that when you start your transition, start you movements in quick pulses, and most importantly, in phrase!! This is the one biggest thing (imo) that most amature djs need to work on.

You all get beatmatching down, then you learn phrasematching, then on to other things. But so many people leave the final card out of learning the art of the transition. If you listen to a professionally mixed cd, then the transition will usually be short and it will always be in-phrase. By in-phase, not only do I mean that the two tracks are in-phrase with respect to each other, but that you bring in the volume in such a way that the end result is the second track is in-phrase for the audience. I'll try to explain a little bit more about what I mean. When you press play or pause etc on your cue deck when the volume level is zero, the crowd doesn't hear it. When it is up, then they will hear it. But when you slide the volume bar up, or the crossfader over, then you have to do it so that the audience hears the first beat of the incoming track on beat 1 of the measure of the live track. You can do this by short burst movements instead of sliding the fader gradually.

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dude, you should get a job as a professional mix critic, yours are always the best. I want to hear one of your mixes!

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thanks for the comments guys
actually i was just mixing 4 new records i got (actually 3 since the Nu NRG are on the same record)
so i know the Nu Rican Kidz doesnt fit in

i like it
how come you guys hate it so much ?
i know about the volume
especially when bringing in Roc Project
i usually listen to the cued song a little louder to distinguish beats and i forgot to lower the level of it before bringing it in

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Originally posted by Haunted how come you guys hate it so much ? i know about the volume

I don't know i just don't like it, it's a crappy song. and it doesn't go well with the other tracks either. maybe in a bad boy bill set pitched way up with some pounding techno it would sound good, but not with the other 3 trance tracks you have chosen.

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Originally posted by Haunted especially when bringing in Roc Project i usually listen to the cued song a little louder to distinguish beats and i forgot to lower the level of it before bringing it in

yeah, i do that to, i think everyone does. what i usually do is check the cue meter and make sure it's not bouncing higher than the other one. and if your mixer doesn't have that, a good way to do it is, turn the gain all the way down on the one track, and then turn it slowly up so that you can tell where it starts to to be louder than the other.

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ya my mixer has that :] i have a vestax pcv 275.

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Originally posted by JohnSmith dude, you should get a job as a professional mix critic, yours are always the best. I want to hear one of your mixes!

Hehe, thank you, I am glad to help out when I can I have a few mixes out and one new one that I'm working on with all brand new or recently new tracks. The only problem is that I can't afford hosting right now--I'm spending too much on aftermarket car parts, vinyl, school and saving up for my wedding in Septmeber. Though after the wedding, I've already found a good hosting site that I'll hook myself up with. I'll be glad to share my mixes at that time--unless anyone wants to donate some hosting space for one of my mixes?

[email protected] if you'd be so gracious. It would be in the 75-150MB range.

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