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Key Mixing?
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| just curious what the rest of you people think. me, im pretty anal about it. i dont really have the experience to know which tune would be awesome to play next, so mixing in key narrows down the options for a newbie like myself (and sounds way better imo). |
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| TCB |
| the mix sounds so much more nicer when in key. everything flows so smoothly. all depends on how rushed i am. |
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| Trance Nutter |
| I dunno how to do it (I don't have much musical knowledge about keys and can't pick a key), I just play what I think would go well. If they are key matched, thats a bonus. |
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| Philby |
| i'm with nutter on this one hehe |
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| Antistatic |
| Who cares. You should listen to your tunes anyway and know what sounds good before you play it out. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| ^^ yeah, but i have 190 odd tunes. everytime i buy a new one, should i then go and mix it with the other 190 to find out which go together well? if theyre all nicely labelled in key it cuts down a lot on the guesswork. |
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| eRRaTiK |
| once i dropped my car keys and house keys at the same time and they got pretty mixed up. |
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| eROs.au |
| quote: | Originally posted by eRRaTiK
once i dropped my car keys and house keys at the same time and they got pretty mixed up. |
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| tathi |
there are much more important things than key mixing, it does sound nice when used well, but if it's the only technique you rely on your set will just sound horribly flat. imo the technique seems terribly restrictive, what happens if you have some tunes named: every, good, boy, deserves, fruit - but "every" is an uplifting stormer and "deserves" is a chilled melodic track? you will get some nice sounding transitions but overall the set will sound very choppy
personally i would focus on basic set structure before even thinking about key mixing:
filler filler filler, thriller, f, f, t, t, f, t, t, t. two steps forward and one step back
and make sure there is some relentlessly hypnotic driving bass and percussions (and minimal melody) in the third quarter of your set, this is that amnestic part of the night where you lose all sense of time - this is "trance" :p
grab some Sasha and Digweed sets from 1997 to see the masters at work :eyes: :eyes:
ps. i scrunch my toilet paper
pps. i want begics babies |
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| Teflon_Teapot |
| have had various discussions with a number of people and everyone of them has been different. each to their own i say and that should be the end of it. |
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| Dean Millson |
| tathi speaks the truth! |
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| batemanscott |
| quote: | Originally posted by tathi
there are much more important things than key mixing, it does sound nice when used well, but if it's the only technique you rely on your set will just sound horribly flat. imo the technique seems terribly restrictive, what happens if you have some tunes named: every, good, boy, deserves, fruit - but "every" is an uplifting stormer and "deserves" is a chilled melodic track? you will get some nice sounding transitions but overall the set will sound very choppy
personally i would focus on basic set structure before even thinking about key mixing:
filler filler filler, thriller, f, f, t, t, f, t, t, t. two steps forward and one step back
and make sure there is some relentlessly hypnotic driving bass and percussions (and minimal melody) in the third quarter of your set, this is that amnestic part of the night where you lose all sense of time - this is "trance" :p
grab some Sasha and Digweed sets from 1997 to see the masters at work :eyes: :eyes:
ps. i scrunch my toilet paper
pps. i want begics babies |
Lol! Jake, if i could adopt u i would! :D Each to their own, you'll never convince those that are set on it that it is a waste of time, and the other side will never convince those who dont do it that is superior musically. |
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