god it is fucking frustrating as hell. who feels me?

totally man! all is going great till you start recording, then it's all shot to hell!

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Originally posted by JohnSmith totally man! all is going great till you start recording, then it's all shot to hell!

That is so true

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Originally posted by JohnSmith totally man! all is going great till you start recording, then it's all shot to hell!

I have noticed that when you are recording, everything sounds great live, but when you listen to the recording the beats maybe off just a little bit, not a whole lot, but enough for you to notice them. I find that very frustrating. For that reason and you know you are recording, so it's like somebody is watchin you like a hawk and you don't want to mess up. So I feel the pain of making a recording.

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ive gota agree with ya all there, i always seem to fuck up when recording, like the other day i was making a cd for my mate, and i just constantly kept screwing up, then i had a lil rest nd came back to it, going smoothly until the 2nd to last transition, arggggg

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Originally posted by spike_boy69 ive gota agree with ya all there, i always seem to fuck up when recording, like the other day i was making a cd for my mate, and i just constantly kept screwing up, then i had a lil rest nd came back to it, going smoothly until the 2nd to last transition, arggggg

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Originally posted by Project T practise, just remember there is no pressure compared to a live audience

actually I think it's much worse when recording at home, cause you will hear every transition over and over again while at a club or rave you hear it only once and then it's gone. People forget fcuk-ups quite quickly if the next transition is good...
i hate making home recordings. that's part of why i quit (for now)

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Originally posted by Gourhellyea god it is fucking frustrating as hell. who feels me?

I agree but record mixes @ home to listen them it's a needed for improve own skills.

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Originally posted by djdawn actually I think it's much worse when recording at home, cause you will hear every transition over and over again while at a club or rave you hear it only once and then it's gone. People forget fcuk-ups quite quickly if the next transition is good...

I agree, in a club for you and for the crowd it isn't possible to re-listen a mistake. But in a live audience there is a pression of other genre that is bigger than in own bedroom.
The key words are practice and experience.

playing live is a hell of a lot easier for me
i'm there to have fun and i'm feeding off the energy of the crowd
my sets rock when playing live

but at home recording... it's hard cause it's something you can hear again and again so you always have that little thought in the back of your mind

so basically what dawn said...

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it took me almost 6yrs to realize that when i am recording and something fux up... i can just pick up the needle and redo that transition and then edit in the computer. it is one thing if you are recording a "live" cd, but if you are making one to pass out to pees you deem as important for your career or what not, i feel it is better to give them a quality cd of "live mixes" than a less-than-par "live cd". also, if you do that while you are mixing.. it is easier to get the levels right.

on the latest cd i just made, i didnt like how the last 3 tracks were situated, i just went back and rearranged, added, and deleted a few back there and viola, done... rather than going back and re-recording the mix.

just my opinion

onceler: Totally agree It takes more time doing a little editing afterwards, but to finish with an entire CD you're happy with rather than hating one of the mixes is much better.

There's a point that people haven't said so far: a loud sound system masks mistakes a bit too. It is much harder to pick up on things like beat phasing when the volume is too loud.

That said, if you mix a CD or tape, you'll probably listen to each mix at least a few times. Generally, you're trying your hardest to find fault with your mixing so you'll normally hear something you don't like.

I always find mixing at home difficult because there is no crowd energy to feed from, after 30-45 minutes I'm getting a bit bored of mixing. In a club it is just totally different.