why? WHYYYY?

no matter how hard i try, recording seems to fuck me up. always. i never seem to be able to record a damn session in one go.

whereas, i can spin for hours and hours and not screw up. but as soon as that recorder is on, i'm wrecking like a train on a mission. and it's not that i spin and then listen to the recording and think it's shit, no, i can actually hear the fuck ups while i am making them, rendering it useless to go on, since i already know i fucked up.

i've actually PITCHED MY RECORDS AND TESTED THEM, both faders open, for over 2 minutes, and not anything anywhere near drift. i click that recorder on, and magically, the records seem to have travelled miles and miles away from eachother. i mean, wtf.

i've been able to record 2 successful sessions in my life. the first was the only time i've recorded successfully in one go. it was for a DJ competition, deadline was noon, monday, and i had gone to a friend's house on sunday, to chill, and remembered. luckily, i had my tracks with me, so i recorded on his setup. was a bit rusty, but after a 30min practice session, i turned on the recorder and did a nice 40min set (that was what they specified).

funnily enough, whenever i have friends over and they want to record a versus set, that i can do fine. theres one floating around the web where i spun with a good (and somewhat known locally) friend of mine. he did the first hour, perfectly, i got on at about 55mins in, and when i gave back control to him, i had spun impeccably. he was the one who made mistakes on his 2nd heat.

so i don't get it. is it a mental thing? (i'm pretty sure it is) am i putting too much pressure on myself? i just want my recordings to reflect the sound i know i can, and have, made many many times.

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I fuck up my mixes quite a bit to when I turn on the recorder. It must be a mind state or something. Because no one else but me is going to listen to it again. I keep thinking that my mixing is ok, then I go relisten to it and it sounds like utter crap. Basslines clash, melodies clash blah blah... I need to learn harmonic mixing.

I've heard from this problem before, from various people.

A solution that did work for a good amount of them is to record every single set (even when only consisting of three of four records) to get over this. It should eventually get better.

For me personally, it's not always possible to record, leaving me with the same syndrom

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Originally posted by basd I've heard from this problem before, from various people. A solution that did work for a good amount of them is to record every single set (even when only consisting of three of four records) to get over this. It should eventually get better. For me personally, it's not always possible to record, leaving me with the same syndrom

Im lucky, with fs2 recording is so simple i do it everytime without fail. i just click record and its already all hooked up and everything, really helped me get past it.

Now that im past it, its no big deal anywhere.

Maybe try a couple beers before ur next recording.

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Same thing happens to me. Ill just be messing around and it seems like Im playing an awesome set, so Ill try to do the same thing again and record it and I suck balls.

It also seems like I record my best sets when its completely impromtu and not planned at all. Like if I try to have a playlist and have everything planned it wont go as smoothly as it will if I just pick random songs.

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Originally posted by Protege Same thing happens to me. Ill just be messing around and it seems like Im playing an awesome set, so Ill try to do the same thing again and record it and I suck balls. It also seems like I record my best sets when its completely impromtu and not planned at all. Like if I try to have a playlist and have everything planned it wont go as smoothly as it will if I just pick random songs.

same lol..

....Another one of my probs is I can practice mix a few tracks sweet, load up soundforge, start recording and a couple of tracks later I'll screw up. Its always 30 minutes!!! annoying as hell!!! Been trying to record an hour demo cd to give to a promoter for at least 4 months now!

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j/k

Best bet is to always record everything. Diskspace doesnt cost anything these days so just go for it, dont plan ahead or anything.

R.

wow... i thought i was the only one... it is not so much the beatmatching that bugs me, but in some instances where the eqing gets tricky... it tends to not be perfect enough for my taste, and i want my recorded sets to be perfect, due to the fact that i have been granted the time to plan this out etc... it better be good.... right?... damn right!

I love when i am mixing a set and it sounds so perfect and then when i press the play button to here what i have recorded it sounds awful. Then when i go and play live i have no problems whats so ever and djs telling me my mixing is really good

I am gonna start bringing a recorder with me whenever i play out.

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Originally posted by spdandpwr I love when i am mixing a set and it sounds so perfect and then when i press the play button to here what i have recorded it sounds awful. Then when i go and play live i have no problems whats so ever and djs telling me my mixing is really good I am gonna start bringing a recorder with me whenever i play out.

Club systems are much more forgiving than house setups usually, gotta keep that in mind.

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Originally posted by alefort Club systems are much more forgiving than house setups usually, gotta keep that in mind.

Although a crowed is not as forgiving during a big fkup as your bedroom room

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Originally posted by basd I've heard from this problem before, from various people. A solution that did work for a good amount of them is to record every single set (even when only consisting of three of four records) to get over this. It should eventually get better. For me personally, it's not always possible to record, leaving me with the same syndrom

yea

record every time you step up to the decks

1. you can critique yourself all the time which will help
2. you'll get used to the feeling knowing that you're recording
3. if you come up with something spectacular, you have proof

if recording isn't an option, make it an option
go buy a minidisc recorder or something, a tapedeck will even work, as long as you're recording

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