Ever purposely post a mix with a few minor mistakes?

D-Jam, post: 29263, member: 3 wrote: I will tell you…in most cases, DJs and hardcore enthusiasts will notice mistakes. It doesn’t excuse you from trying to achieve as close to perfection as you can, but also bear in mind most fans won’t notice mistakes.

I use sync nowadays, and I don’t deliberately insert mistakes, but I don’t try to make things “100% perfection” because it’s like performing a song on an instrument. Every time you play that song…it’ll sound a little different than the other times you played it.

I always think of the non-DJ/non-enthusiasts when I make mixes…because the DJs and die-hards are mainly going to listen to big names over you. It’s the average joes and janes who will listen and love those mixes made by locals.

I’ve tried honestly to use DAW stuff to make mixes…even played with MixMeister. I just can’t do it. I can’t just lay out tunes and call it a day. I need to play it like I’m at a club. Granted I can redo a bad blend with some audio slicing in a program like Sound Forge, but I never felt like I could make something “amazing” unless I’m playing it like I would in a club…sync or no sync.

Even when I am playing said set and recording, my mind imagines myself in that perfect club or event…so I keep the vibe attuned to that imaginary place. I’m sure Phil and some others would tell me I need to get back into doing gigs…but that’s a different debate.

D, that is sort of what my mindset was. I am concerned about DJs and enthusiasts noticing, which is one of the primary reasons I was hesitant. That being said, I really feel like the sum was greater than the lesser part.

I try for perfection, but I’m just not good enough not to make a mistake at this point, frankly. But the re-assuring thing is the feedback I’ve gotten on this forum. Nice to hear that everybody feels that live is the way to go, and mistakes are a part of life, from Digweed down to the bedroom enthusiast.

I did one mix where I used the sync through the entire thing, simply because I was working with drum patterns that just weren’t working well with my skill level.

Since then, I’ve made it a point to focus on exclusively manual beatmatching and using Traktor’s ahead/behind the curve feature to adjust the best that I can.

It ain’t easy, and mouse head can suck my pinky for saying you just need to count to four.

I’m really looking forward to getting my feet wet, and I hope that the end result and the passion will shine through enough to carry through the f-ups.