Soundtracking away
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petroniaFinalised both the Nana FST and RanMix. ^_^v Mostly sequencing, i.e. listening to the ends and beginnings of the tracks over and over to find the most seamless joins. (I should get software so I can do a spot of real basic mixing, but it'd prolly just be annoying for most of you if I start posting 80MB mp3 files.) Then there's stress-testing, which is just me listening to the entire playlist over and over. If I can keep my finger off the Skip button for more than a couple of hours, then it's a success. Basically these are skill0rz I honed making mixes for myself, because I'm horribly picky and have never been good at listening to albums from end to end. Am not being perfectionist for your sakes, no. XD
Stress-testing is difficult with t3h RanMix. It makes me slump over the desk and slide off my chair. Not that it's boring, because it's not, but it's very much the sort of set that gets played at 4AM to wind people down and encourage them to fall asleep on the sofas. Downtempo/ambient ahoy.
After which - for what reason I am unsure - I logged onto AIM and added a bunch of people, basically trawling through the flist userinfo pages and adding everyone who had a handy-dandy AIM link and who I didn't think would be too nonplussed if I suddenly poked her out of the blue. Of course, it is very late and thus none of you people are actually online (or else I'm doing something wrong, which is just as likely). A pity, that. I only open up AIM or MSN once every six to eight months, so y'all have missed me. Biiida. XD *goes to bed*
Stress-testing is difficult with t3h RanMix. It makes me slump over the desk and slide off my chair. Not that it's boring, because it's not, but it's very much the sort of set that gets played at 4AM to wind people down and encourage them to fall asleep on the sofas. Downtempo/ambient ahoy.
After which - for what reason I am unsure - I logged onto AIM and added a bunch of people, basically trawling through the flist userinfo pages and adding everyone who had a handy-dandy AIM link and who I didn't think would be too nonplussed if I suddenly poked her out of the blue. Of course, it is very late and thus none of you people are actually online (or else I'm doing something wrong, which is just as likely). A pity, that. I only open up AIM or MSN once every six to eight months, so y'all have missed me. Biiida. XD *goes to bed*
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Date: 2004-06-05 08:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-05 09:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-05 11:01 am (UTC)As for joins/mix programs: the first is why god invented samples, which you can get tons of for ch33p, seeing as every electronic music magazine in existence worth its salt includes a CD with tons of them every issue (my samples folder is over two gigs). For the second, FL Studio (http://www.flstudio.com/) is the way to go, although it's not the most intuitive of programs. But it is cheap enough at the basic level, they have a preview, and you can upgrade to the more expensive versions if you ever decide you want to be a l33t DJ/mixmastah. And it includes samples, too. (And it's a hell of a lot cheaper than the Eurotrack I'm currently eyeing.)
Wow. You on AIM. The mind boggles.
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Date: 2004-06-05 06:19 pm (UTC)Dr Mario
Date: 2004-06-05 09:36 pm (UTC)Dr Mario - Chill
That rocks! :D
-Ced