really really hard techno mix

[anx]

hey check out www.hardsignal.com for my new mix
its hard and dirty as **** techno that ends with some acid.
i cant link to the file directly cause of bandwith and an agreement with the site. but if u check it out just d/l my mix...im the february dj

heres the listing

alex bau - the meaning of darkness
Dave the Drummer and Julian liberator - Clanking (4x4x4)
Glen Wilson - Enemies Cloaked
Pounding Grooves and Rowland - Sub Siren
Christian Varela - Pornographic 1
Lars Klien - Sweat
Ant - Multi-Purpose Operations
Pounding Grooves - Remix #1-11
Glen Wilson and Ignition Technition - Bioformatic
Chris Liberator and Dave the Drummer - Put fingers here and spin
Paul Damage - Jaw Breaker
Chester Beatty - Tuning Remix
Chris Liebing - Stigmata 5
Speedy J - Electric Deluxe
Digital Destroyer - Frontier
Chris and Guy - Red 192
Geezer - Raw 3
Geezer - New Cross
Punk Floyd - Comfortably Numb

[DJ Jabba]

excellent mix m8, it got me chairdancing so must be good:D

l8er

[MARKEG]

thanx for your linx mate...

i hope i clicked on the right mix (i had to go through the website first) so....

i have to say, i really liked the tune selection...

but i wanna be honest here... that's what i want this forum to be about...

did anyone notice that the mixes went completely out sometimes? it's like you've turned down the gains on the channel you're mixing out to hide the fact that the speeds are out on the odd ocassion...

at the end of the day, i listened to the whole of this because the flow was really good, but technically there's a few things that could be improved.. will anyone join me in helping?!?!?!?

[anx]

hmmm...im not sure what you mean Mark
i didnt touch the gains at all during the mix
although i may have touched the recording level on my computer when it was getting recorded but i didnt do it to hide anything...

i'll admit the mixes arent the tightest and i am redoing it with some different tracks and better mixes...i want to come out with an official hard dark mix, this is my first shot and i want the critism before i decide to hand it to promoters/sell it at the record store by my house.

thanks

[MARKEG]

post the exact link to this mix.... not the one through the website,,, perhaps i clicked on the wrong mix....

sorry man.. i'm only trying to be objective as poss...

[anx]

207.44.162.99/~signal/hardsignal_presents_-_february_2003_(mixed_by_dj_anx)-hs.mp3

[MARKEG]

yes, this is the mix i heard.

it is a good mix to most people i'm sure, if you pop it on in the car - have it running in the background. none of the kick drums clash, no elephants wonder into the mix - i like it! - but if you REALLY listen, things aren't 'tight' enough. i can hear you pushing the record in places. One thing you learn NEVER to do is push the platter with your hand - always use the pitch slider unless you're confident about mot making it slur when you do it. if you really get in a mess, you might have to 'push' it, but then you know it's totally noticable and you should start your mix again. things like this, promoters definitely notice. if your names jeff mills and your putting in one record each twenty seconds, i can understand it but if you're not - you HAVE to be tighter.

my advice is to do the same mix AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN. spend all week doing it - every day every second. be a perfectionist. do every change in volume level methodically. plan everything if you have to but everything must be as tight and clinic as a robot. that's techno.

then you'll have a CD that you will be so confident with, you'll want to post it on every site across the world and send it to every promoter you can think of. i guarantee it.

[Adverse]

i completely agree.. pushing the platter forward more often than not is a) completely noticeable and b) way more often than not catastrophic i've taught my self to stricly rely on pitchbending and i have to say that it's a smoother and less noticeable technique.

[gunjack]

yes, this is the mix i heard.

it is a good mix to most people i'm sure, if you pop it on in the car - have it running in the background. none of the kick drums clash, no elephants wonder into the mix - i like it! - but if you REALLY listen, things aren't 'tight' enough. i can hear you pushing the record in places. One thing you learn NEVER to do is push the platter with your hand - always use the pitch slider unless you're confident about mot making it slur when you do it. if you really get in a mess, you might have to 'push' it, but then you know it's totally noticable and you should start your mix again. things like this, promoters definitely notice. if your names jeff mills and your putting in one record each twenty seconds, i can understand it but if you're not - you HAVE to be tighter.

my advice is to do the same mix AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN. spend all week doing it - every day every second. be a perfectionist. do every change in volume level methodically. plan everything if you have to but everything must be as tight and clinic as a robot. that's techno.

then you'll have a CD that you will be so confident with, you'll want to post it on every site across the world and send it to every promoter you can think of. i guarantee it.



damned facist... :wink:

[anx]

thats really great advice
i kinda knew the mixes werent as tight as i wanted them to be when i listened to it the first time

i got new speakers just yesterday and they are so clear so im pretty sure the next one will be wikkid

thanks guys

[krakp0t]

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how i d/l this?

[MARKEG]

god that reads back like i AM a facist!!! arrrggghhhhhhhhh/.....

:shock:

there's nowt like honestly though :=]

[Jimfish]

spend all week on a mix?
god, im glad im no dj
id rather just sit around scratchin me balls like i normally do all week...

[MARKEG]

This board seems to the strange effect of making people honest!!?!?! Thanx for that info Jimfish :lol:

[wenna]

i am glad that someone mentioned the work "flow" on this page.........any one got any tips??????? (please)

[MARKEG]

'flow' to me means good 'programming'. ie putting the right tracks next to each other to get from one place ot another. ie you don't put a vince watson track next to a glenn wilson one, but you might be able to get there in about 1/2 hour if you gradually make the percussion more frantic. ie vince - hardcell - headroom - glenn (with some similar ones in between).

we all have our ways of programming, but i personally think (just like if you make tracks), you should have your own style and mission when it comes to programming. Me, I just start at the bottom and work up, gettin harder and harder in most sets I play. Other people do things other ways.

Think hard about how you like to hear music and apply that to your own style of programming. That's my advice.

[anx]

programming is my favorite part of making a mix

[tekboi]

'you don't put a vince watson track next to a glenn wilson one.

Don't get me wrong you can't keep switching from different styles non stop throughout a dj set as it will interfere in a listeners mood to dancing or whatever, though I myself and believe that sometimes combining funky / vocalised tracks alongside grinding material such as glenn wilson can work at times if mixed well enough, I find it not only fun to do but also gets the listener's attention a bit more.

Though Mark I do agree with you that the programming of the set is important and that most of the time you should be building your set to a climax or even easing your way to a calmer finish etc A DJ set "should" make sense to the crowd not be all over the place.

Then again everyone has and should have a different style in DJing thats what makes things intersting.

Ciao!

[MARKEG]

fair play mate - point taken.

without experimenting, you don't get anywhere...