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Please critique my mixing - melodic/epic trance
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| DamnDirtyApe |
I've done another mix CD, and I thought I would subject myself to the harsh criticism of the experts. I think it's much better than the previous ones, with only a few mistakes (see if you can spot them). The idea was to have a mix of mostly-new melodic trance tracks, starting off slow, getting emotional, then getting a little hard at the end (but not too hard).
The mix can be downloaded by right-clicking here and the matching cue sheet can be found here
1. Sarah McLachlan - Sweet Surrender (DJ Tiesto mix)
2. 2 Players - Signet
3. Midway - Monkey Forest
4. Thrillseekers - Dreaming of You (Original mix)
5. Dario G - Heaven is closer (ralphie b vocal mix)
6. Solar Stone - Solarcoaster
7. Solid Sessions - Janeiro (armin van buuren mix)
8. Aquanuts - Deep Sea (martin eyerer remix)
9. Ralphie B - Massive (mirco de govia mix)
10. Energy 52 - Cafe del mar (marco v remix)
11. Second Sun - Empire (pvd tpod mix)
Please let me know what you think of the tracklisting, beatmatching, and especially my EQ'ing (that's where I need to focus the most, IMHO). |
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| Alccode |
Well I'm downloading the set now so I can't comment on it just yet, but I have to give a preliminary estimate and say that I like your tracklist a lot!
I'll get back to you when I listen to the set. |
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| a-aplz |
It SUCKS!!!!!
:p I'm kidding...I have yet to listen to it. Tracklist looks good. :) |
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| JohnSmith |
yep, just like them, i am downloading, tracklist looks sweet.
how did you mix this? with turntables? |
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| Vizay |
nice tracklist....but what connection is the ftp using that's hosting the file....I'm downloading at a nasty rate of 10kb/s
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I'll just put it up on my webserver when I've downloaded the files so ppl from europe can get a better rate coz i think it's you beeing so far away that's the problem :) |
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| beatnik16 |
i want to download but somehow i cannot get the ftp to work right. any tip on how to do it right, or an alternate way to download?
thanks,
beatnik |
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| Project T |
nice progression, maybe a tad to much ralphie b, but i dunno, nice tunes ;)
track 4 may be a little out of place, not sure tho, i could do with downloading it to really tell, but my modem is pretty anyway and i got a load of dling to do soon, but tracklist looks sweet ;) |
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| JohnSmith |
well, it was great until the download died. slow ass speed, yuck.
let me know when it's up somewhere reliable and fast.
i don't pay for T1 so i can leave downloads open over night. |
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| DamnDirtyApe |
Man.. I wasn't expected such a big response. I'm hosting it on my own cable connection with 50kbytes/sec upload.
If anyone can suggest a place that will host a 100MB mp3 file, go ahead and tell me. |
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| Dj Flesch |
| quote: | Originally posted by beatnik16
i want to download but somehow i cannot get the ftp to work right. any tip on how to do it right, or an alternate way to download?
thanks,
beatnik |
Try right clicking on the link and choose save as. That should do the trick ;) |
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| DamnDirtyApe |
| Yes, you have to right-click. Left-clicking doesn't seem to work for some reason... |
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| Dj Flesch |
Here is my critique of your mix:
First off, cut the dead space in the begining of the file.
Track 1: Good track to start out with. Even though it's sarah mclachlan, it's a mix of her's that isn't overplayed (yet) ;). The begining of the track works well for an intro track.
Transition 1: The transition is perfectly beat and phrase matched. Very well done! The bass on track 1 is much more intense than track 2, but you transition to it very well and both tracks are in the same key. The volume levels are good.
Track 2: It brought up the energy a bit, while still being a nice chill track.
Transition 2: The trasition is perfectly beat and phrase matched. The bass beats on these tracks are much more similar and both tracks are in key and the volume levels are good.
Track 3: Nice Flanging effects, very subtle, just the way that I do them myself. Do you have an effect depth level knob on your mixer?
Transition 3: You bring in the mix a little early, and it's not phrased matched by two beats (if I counted correctly). The transition isn't as smooth as your first two, but the volume levels are right on and the tracks are in the same key.
Track 4: First one with any major vocals and it's good that you have it this late because it gives the listener a chance to get into his/her groove before the vocals come in. Again, nice subtle flanging effects. You must have a DJM-600?
Transition 4: The transition is not as well beatmatched as your others, though it's very very close to being perfect. The volume levels are right on again, the phrase matching is a beat off, though it's hard to notice because you bring the mix in late (though not too late). The tracks are in the same key.
Track 5: Nice flanging effects because they are extremely subtle. The bass picks up a bit, but it's gradual enough to not notice. I'm assuming that it's because of the track and not because of bass eq increase.
Transition 5: The tracks were beatmatched and phrase matched perfectly. The volume levels were good and the tracks were in the same key.
Track 6: It's refreshing to hear something by solar stone that isn't seven cities--nice track!
Transition 6: The beatmatching is just a hair off, but barely noticably! The tracks are phrase matched and in the same key. The volumes are pretty close, the bass is slightly noticable during the transition.
Track 7: This is a very good track, though it slightly kills the energy that was built up with the previous tracks for a little bit, although it gives the dancers a needed break and the track picks right back up with great energy!
Transition 7: This transition was quite good--it is beatmatched perfectly, though it wasn't phrased matched by 1 or 2 beats. The transition was long so you couldn't tell unless you counted beats, and it wasn't too long so that it lost energy. The tracks were in key and the volume levels were right on.
Track 8: I think that the begining of this track lost too much energy because of the lack of beat for the first minute after the transition. The energy picked up to its peak so far, so it's a flaw of the track, not the track selection.
Tranistion 8: The transition is perfectly beat and phrase matched, the tracks are in the same key, but the volume on track 9 is slightly louder than track 8.
Track 9: Again, nice subtle flanging effects, though this is begining to be the only effect that you use that I notice.
Tranistion 9: Perfectly beat and phrase matched, the volumes are excellent and the tracks are in the same key. Very nice and smooth transition.
Track 10: This is a classic track, though a recent remix. I think that it adds to the mix quite nicely--if I wasn't a tranceaddict and had this track available for download, just like you did.
Transition 10: Nicely beat and phrase matched, the volumes were perfect and the bass blended in great! The tracks were all in the same key and the volumes were right on.
Track 11: A good track that is going to be overplayed by lots of djs, though not to the point of tracks like better off alone etc where you don't like the tracks anymore. I think that if you had a track with a littly bit better ending, then the mix would go great by itself.
As it is, the mix is very very good. I think that, as a mix, it is only a set that would be suitable followed by a headliner, not as a headliner itself--though I think that is what you were trying to aim for, and kudos! My comments were mainly knitpicking and even another dj would have to count beats and concentrate on the critique to make any negative comments about your mix. You have talent for sure, and you can make it well as a dj if you promote yourself well! |
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