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weymouth
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Registered: May 2003
Location: Delaware
How do big name remixers remix?

Hey everyone. I have tried to make my own remixes using just my TT's and the knobs but they still sound a lot like the same song. Do the big remix people use a computer and music equipment(synths and drums) to remix or do they actually use the turntables?

Weymouth

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CarlosM
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Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Valencia, Venezuela

yeah, u can make a song sounds a little different with the TTs,just mixing two tracks but if u want to make a real REMIX of a track u need an studio or production programs so u can build ur own track.

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Tony Morello
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often when people are asked to do a remix they're given a DAT or something similar which has all the different elements of the track which can be isolated
this way they can just swap the basslines or do a major overhaul


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Jakhira
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Registered: May 2003
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The easiest way to do a remix is get a midi file of the melody or whatever, that's how we do it anyway

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Tiger777
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Yup, when you want to remix a song, you need to have the keys of that song. The midi file contains those keys. You have to put them in a synthesiser or in a program.


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RobertRollie
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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Melbourne, AU

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Originally posted by DJ_Shockwav
often when people are asked to do a remix they're given a DAT or something similar which has all the different elements of the track which can be isolated
this way they can just swap the basslines or do a major overhaul


MOst remixes are paid work from the record labels who want to put a big name on a track they think will sell by a producer no one knows :P Or at any rate, when a record company asks someone to do a remix they give them the original samples and sequence list for the song.

If youre trying to remix just by ripping the samples with a computer or something youre in for a rough ride. If youre serious about it contact the record company and ask them if you can do one.


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Dj Thy
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Registered: May 2001
Location: Belgium, Earth

You have two aspects : djing and producing.

When you dj, you spin already produced tracks.

When you produce, you make your own tracks out of separate elements.

Remixing is to be placed under producing. As you get several elements and you make your own tune (a remix is nothing else than a composition that can stand on its own, but that is based on an existing composition).
You can get a midi file, but you can start over from scratch also (that's done a lot also you know, even more than starting from midified tunes imo). For a tune to be called a remix it has to have elements from an existing tune. That can be (part of) melody, samples, progression, ...
Some remixes are so "original" that you have a hard time finding out it's based on another tune...

PS : the opposite is true also, some so called "original" tunes are so unoriginal you'd think they are a remix of something else.

What you are doing with the TT's and EQ's is merely altering the sound of an existing tune, not remixing...

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weymouth
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Registered: May 2003
Location: Delaware
creating tracks

Now are their producers that create tracks just using their computer and maybe a synthesizer? Are these of as good of quality as high end produced songs that use tons of equipment? I have noticed that some TAs have created their own songs, do most use just a computer program? An example of a good solid program?

Thanks for anything answered,
Weymouth

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Martin McG
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Registered: Apr 2002
Location: Glasgow

most people on here use Reason or Fruityloops

i myself use fruity!


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Dj Thy
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Registered: May 2001
Location: Belgium, Earth

Owning a huge amount of equipment doesn't guarantee you good songs. In some occasions it's even the opposite. It's the way you use your equipment that results in a good or bad tune.


Generally people that own lots and lots of equipment don't know how to use half of them at their full extent. When you're working with limited stuff, you'll be much more prone to push your gear to the maximum of their abilities.

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ChavezHype
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Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Toronto

so you're suggesting mainly computer then?
I know that generally you can have a whole studio from computer programs synthesized right on your screen. Then why do so many producers have full studios with all their grooveboxes, euromixers, synthesizers... etc.? I guess it takes many years to learn it all.
BTW, how hard is it generally to produce tracks? I know there's a huge difference on whether the track being good or not, but genereally is it difficult?

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JohnSmith
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Registered: Apr 2002
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it's not that hard. get fruity loops, you can throw together a track in a few minutes. it won't be good or anything, but it's easy enough.


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