For me, it's usually the second to the last transition that usually gets hosed. Sometimes, when I listen back to some mixtapes that I think were perfect, there is always one or two transitions that sound on when I play them, but later I can always here they are like the tiniest little bit off. Not enough to notice in a big system or by a lot of people, but because it was my mix, I can pick that up quick.
Jan-21-2005 09:14
tu_face
No Known Cure...
Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Sheffield, UK
i think that this is some mysterious disease that DJ's suffer from. i used to have it, but as everyone says, the more your ecord yourself the easier it will be. eventually you will find no difference between the way you mix normally, and the way you mix when recording.
i often fond that things that sounded shit at the time don't always sound as shit when you listen back because you are concentrating more on the flow than you are the actual beatmatching. you may be tinkering with it all through the mix but when you listen back it could be as smooth as a babys arse...
setting yourself high standards is a good thing though, and will only lead to improved DJing!
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Jan-21-2005 09:45
Zild
Ten City
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: San Antonio, US : TXTA #156
I used to think the same thing, then I just started recording myself everytime I did a mix. I learned they hey I do suck, I need maybe a year or two more before I can do mixes I'm satisfied with. I can beatmatch alright but thats not really the problem with my mixes. They just don't sound as nice or as smooth as I would like them to. Maybe I'm just very self critical of myself when I listen to my mixes because I already know exactly where every little mistake is. I hear those mistakes like nails on a chalk board.
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i have the same problem too. even tho i record every mix when i dont im better. not cuz i dont record so i dont notice but i (almost) never trainwreck.
and when im with friends im usualy mixing perfectly.
Jan-21-2005 11:00
Zild
Ten City
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: San Antonio, US : TXTA #156
Just because you can mix without any trainwrecks doesn't make you a good DJ. I haven't trainwrecked in awhile and I think my mixes sound pants. They're 100% better then say 6 months ago but not up to my standards.
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I've never been able to eat a whole baby.
Kill the women. Eat the children.
It's just one of those days where you want to bend over everyone you know and kiss their ass goodbye with a big sideways boot.
i mean that when im recording im sometimes trainwrecking and never when im not
Jan-21-2005 11:23
Zild
Ten City
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: San Antonio, US : TXTA #156
quote:
Originally posted by dj jasonF
i mean that when im recording im sometimes trainwrecking and never when im not
That sucks.
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I've never been able to eat a whole baby.
Kill the women. Eat the children.
It's just one of those days where you want to bend over everyone you know and kiss their ass goodbye with a big sideways boot.
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: San Antonio, US : TXTA #156
You should record yourself all the time, thats what I do now. Then I listen to every mix I do a couple of times and tear it apart. I've caught myslef doing so much stupid thing I didn't notice live in the mix. Like having a tracks perfectly beatmatched but verly slightly out of phase for a whole transition, accidently knocking the crossfader all the way over with my elbow and not noticing it for about 45 seconds because I was beatmatching the cued tracks in both of my headphones, EQing the wrong track, etc...
You should make it a habit to listen to every mix you do.
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I've never been able to eat a whole baby.
Kill the women. Eat the children.
It's just one of those days where you want to bend over everyone you know and kiss their ass goodbye with a big sideways boot.
as i said in my first post i record my self almost every time but once or twice a month i dont and im reaaallyyy better
Jan-21-2005 11:45
Zild
Ten City
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: San Antonio, US : TXTA #156
quote:
Originally posted by dj jasonF
dude you dont understand me... hehe
as i said in my first post i record my self almost every time but once or twice a month i dont and im reaaallyyy better
That is very strange. I screw up whenever I'm at a venue so I see what you're saying. I haven't tried not recording myself in a long time though.
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I've never been able to eat a whole baby.
Kill the women. Eat the children.
It's just one of those days where you want to bend over everyone you know and kiss their ass goodbye with a big sideways boot.
i think its also to do with the nature of recording. EG. i can play my guitar just fine. i can bash out back to the old house fairly consistantly but crucially when im just playing for fun, if i make a very slight mistake (like muting a string accidentally) ill just carry on and not worry about it. i still got the rest of the tune down solid right? well if you record that, that little string mute shows up like a sore thumb. and when you listen to a recording, you arent concentrating on playing guitar. you are sitting back and listening to every finger movement playing back to you. i used to go through this phase in mixing when i used to chop the channel faders constantly. it wasnt my fault - my mate's DJM 500 makes chopping fun. it was only on record that i noticed how shit it sounded. the whole track just appears to fade in and out and in and out and it was weird.
i guess what im trying to say is that listening to your own stuff playing back to you is an unusual experience - you notice alot more of the things that you are doing wrong than when you are just having a casual mix and theres not so much pressure to get it right. but ultimately its beneficial that you notice this so you can tighten up your sound.
