Yes I know most of you will flame me for this, but in all my years of listening to EDM I have yet to listen to a mix/liveset that doesn't sound like a collection of random tracks thrown together. This includes trance, house, tech-house, compilation albums, podcasts, internet shows, etc.
The only noticeable element to me between transitions is tempo and the obvious intro and outros to a set, but is there supposed to be anything more? EDM tracks as a whole sound so different than each other that I'm having a difficult time believing that they're lined up in a set for a specific reason outside of tempo. Yet I keep hearing stories that some of these sets create intentional soundscapes...
Like right now I'm listening to ISOS 2 and it sounds, to me, just like a bunch of tracks thrown together on a disc.
Yes I don't get it...can anyone give me their $2.49 on this issue and help me out?
Zyklon_Jay
try listening outside of the trance spectrum to guys that do more than play a track for 9 minutes and a simple bass switch after the break.
1+1= 3
figure it out.
srussell0018
Trance DJ's need time to do the Jesus pose in between tracks. That's probably why there's not that much actual mixing aside from beat matching.
Zyklon_Jay
beat matching? :haha:
doubt it.
srussell0018
I meant matching the beat with the frequency of fist pumps coming from the crowd.
SYSTEM-J
quote:
Originally posted by osterzone
This includes trance, house, tech-house
Trance, house and tech house, you say!?
Stop listening to Tiesto sets and broaden your ing horizons.
Zyklon_Jay
jukeboxdjsmakemelaugh.
srussell0018
*Hopes for this to turn into an Osterzone v. System-J battle royale*
Scoops
quote:
Originally posted by osterzone
Yes I know most of you will flame me for this, but in all my years of listening to EDM I have yet to listen to a mix/liveset that doesn't sound like a collection of random tracks thrown together. This includes trance, house, tech-house, compilation albums, podcasts, internet shows, etc.
The only noticeable element to me between transitions is tempo and the obvious intro and outros to a set, but is there supposed to be anything more? EDM tracks as a whole sound so different than each other that I'm having a difficult time believing that they're lined up in a set for a specific reason outside of tempo. Yet I keep hearing stories that some of these sets create intentional soundscapes...
Like right now I'm listening to ISOS 2 and it sounds, to me, just like a bunch of tracks thrown together on a disc.
Yes I don't get it...can anyone give me their $2.49 on this issue and help me out?
try listening to Balance 005, Balance 008, or Global Underground: ATHENS...then you gain the concept of what a proper studio mix is all about
PivotTechno
BAM!
Really, the only thing you need to listen to, to dispel that notion.
Zyklon_Jay
Robert Hood's fabric is way better than that:p
Trance-MB
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