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Re: Re: tommyd
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They are always extra detailed! Even when I'm in a rush! Anyway, here it is:
Mix 1
4/4pts Intro Track
Very good beginning and energy for an intro track. The shortness of the track was good and it kept the intro exciting.
7/10pts Consistent Beatmatching
Your second transition was off on several counts by I’ll recoup it all in this section. First off, it wasn’t phrasematched by at least 8 beats. Second, it wasn’t beatmatched and third, it wasn’t equed properly at all. If you are going to mix a track in that early, you need to reduce the highs and mids before you slam home the cue track’s melody. The 6th transition was pretty bad for beatmatching. The phrasematching was good, but you weren’t able to correct for the beatmatching at all after a good 30 seconds. The cue track was too fast. The matching was off on the last track too. You were in general, very good with beatmatching, but when you were off, you were way off!
9/10pts Consistent Phrasematching
The phrase matching was off by a bar or two in your third transition. The 4th transition was phrasematched quite well, kudos. In general it was well phrasematched.
8/10pts Track Key Matching, Volume Matching and Gain Structure
The volume levels on transition 1 could have been better. Especially after the transition, the volume increased more than it should have. Though I say that, it was a good transition, I’m just knit picking. Going into your third track, the phrasematching was off, but you could have compensated by reducing the rhythm volume (highs and mids)—you didn’t. I think that the volume could have been a little bit louder on the 4th transition. The eqs needed to be used on the last transition too.
8/10pts Track Selection
The tracks were all pretty good. The ones that were really good and carried the set were mostly the popular epic tracks that we have all come to know and love. The new ones or new mixes (to me) helped the set along nicely too. I think that the overall energy of the set was good and consistent but the last track took away from it. It is an overplayed track and I think that it stole energy from your set because it is too overplayed, and it doesn’t have enough energy to finish up your set.
7/10pts Mixing Style/Originality
I really liked the 5th transition as far as originality goes. It was a very long transition and it worked incredibly well. The tracks were meant for each other. The set carried well, but nothing that was really incredible for me. I think that you can mix in your tracks a whole chorus earlier. It would speed up the set and help maintain the energy.
4/5pts Sound Quality
There were several stereo sound defects in your set. The first couple were in your second track and they went on from there. It seemed like the same error like a bad wire connection throughout, so I will only dock you one point. Everything else was good except for the fact that the bass was lacking from most of your set.
1/3pts Effects
I only hear one flanger as you exited the set….
5/5pts Track Order
From the tracks that you have selected, I think that you put them in a very good order.
1/3pts Exit Track
I think that the way you exited the set was kind of poor. You cut out just as the next chorus was about to hit its peak! It is an okay track for giving the crowd a rest, if that is how you wanted to end your set.
Total = 54/70 = 77%
Mix 2
4/4pts Intro Track
The set picks up quickly and nicely.
9/10pts Consistent Beatmatching
Beatmatching wasn’t on during the first transition, though it was very short and you cut it well, considering that the beats were off.
8/10pts Consistent Phrasematching
The 4th transition wasn’t phrasematched. It was off by 4 beats. So was the 5th transition.
9/10pts Track Key Matching, Volume Matching and Gain Structure
The first track is a bit weak in highs and mids. Equing could be used to better this. The volume increased a bit too high during the last track.
8/10pts Track Selection
The track flowed very well with each other and there was continuity between the beginning and the end. As with the first set, there was nothing really special about the track selection, but it was mostly new or refreshing to me and better than the first.
8/10pts Mixing Style/Originality
The timing on your 2nd transition was good, though I think that you could have done better by bringing up the volume on the cue track a little bit more a bit earlier. As with the first set, I think that you can mix in your next tracks a bit earlier.
5/5pts Sound Quality
No problems here.
1/3pts Effects
None that I could hear, but just incase…
5/5pts Track Order
Given the tracks that you selected, you did a very good job.
3/3pts Exit Track
The ending track gave the whole set continuity because of the same sound samples as in the intro track. It didn’t end like a typical track.
Total = 60/70 = 86%
I think that both sets were pretty comparable, but the second set has the advantage both technically and artistically. The second set has few technical mistakes like beatmatching and phrasematching. The second set also flows better than the first. Picking the next track is one of the most important aspects of Djing, and set two can do it better than set one.
I declare that set 2 is the winner!
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oh and does the scratching count as sound effects? which cat. does it get included in?
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