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"There are no barriers, only choices."

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Originally posted by EricR. First of all, thanks to DaveT for allowing me to download these mixes. I listened to the 2005 A State of Trance Megamix on my 2 hour trip to school today, and I must say I was disappointed. I saw Armin play live a month ago, and he totally blew me away. He played one of the best trance sets I had ever heard, so I was excited when I downloaded this mix. I haven't listened to a lot of Armin sets, so I expected a set similar to his live performance that I saw. I was completely wrong. This set is filled with bad mixes, old tunes, and the energy just wasn't there. The mixing is really subpar as well. While the beat-matching is decent, the mixing blows. Oftentimes he can be heard mixing 2 strong melodies into another and then just fading the one out come breakdown time. I heard some really amateur mistakes. Don't even get me started on his track-selection, it looks like he ripped of a Paul Van Dyk tracklist from last year. Paul Van Dyk has been spinning these tunes 2 years ago. It's okay to throw one or two classic trance hits into the mix (such as Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar), but it's not like these are classic trance hits, they are just old songs. 11. Way Out West - Mindcircus 17. Paul van Dyk featuring Second Sun - Crush (Original Mix) 21. Ralphie B. - Massive (Original Mix) (heard this one in 2002 from PVD) 22. Thrillseekers - Synaesthesia (another one I heard PVD spin in 2002) 29. Oceanlab - Satellite 51. Paul van Dyk featuring Hemstock & Jennings - Nothing but you (Club Mix) 52. Randy Katana - In Silence (Txitxarro Remix) (Even I don't spin the record anymore because its so played out) Poor mixing and a mediocre track selection, I'm not impressed. Certainly not what you would expect from a world renowned DJ. Give me a fuckin break Armin.

You are crazy if you think this is a mix with no energy. What in the hell...I've probably rocked to this mix more than any other this year...just seeing how he cleverly moved from track to track, did custom mashups (ie. As the Rush Comes w/ Love Theme Dusk, OMFG!!!) that sound beautiful, etc....just amazing.

Dave

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just browsing through this mix i hear great tracks from back in the day... sounds good so far.

i would realllly like to know the paremeters of this set... mixer, turntables, cdj's, software etc...

anyone?

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It was done purely with Ableton Live ... I remember Armin even giving thanks for a few labels sending over a couple tracks in full uncompressed quality for the mix.

Armin probably spent a couple weeks making it...his 2004 Megamix (from Jan 2005) took him about two weeks to complete, although it was a lot more tracks (80 I think?) if I remember correctly.

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Thanks mike! looks like a sweet mix. well check it out.

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Originally posted by EricR. First of all, thanks to DaveT for allowing me to download these mixes. I listened to the 2005 A State of Trance Megamix on my 2 hour trip to school today, and I must say I was disappointed. I saw Armin play live a month ago, and he totally blew me away. He played one of the best trance sets I had ever heard, so I was excited when I downloaded this mix. I haven't listened to a lot of Armin sets, so I expected a set similar to his live performance that I saw. I was completely wrong. This set is filled with bad mixes, old tunes, and the energy just wasn't there.

I don't understand how you could think that this set has no energy.

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You guys are pretty tough critics. I personally love mixes like this, because this is what gets new people into trance. C'mon, admit it, you guys all liked all of these songs at one point in your lives. And when you stick em all together in one mix, people listen to that mix and get hooked.