Jem

Emma Partnow, post: 3105 wrote: Hello Jem :);
Harmonic Mixing was an Absolute Revelation to me;
Until I read the Review on DDDT (The Second Review); I wasn’t interested in finding the Small Amount it Costs; and just Ignored the Possibility of what it could do for me;
Now; I Seriously Wouldn’t Be Without It;
Once I have Renamed my Tracks; before even Using them in any Software; I put the Tracks Through Miked In Key;
Beatmatching (or even just BPM Matching) is Cool; but there is No Way – unless you are prepared to sit down with a Keyboard on Every Track you Own to Work Out The Key; which I Definitely Wasn’t (even though I am Musically Trained – or at least my Certificate says so :)); but the Realisation that 2 Tracks will Actually Mix Together and you Never have to Worry about ‘Trainwrecking’ through ‘Key Clashes’ is like having your Eyes (Ears) Opened For The First Time; … How could I Possibly have Known that The Prodigy Mixes Harmonically with Ricky Martin ? (Just a Hypothetical Question); but to Know/Realise that they Do; is Nothing Short Of Amazing when you Hear it for the First Time; and so; although I use Mixed In Key as a ‘Guidline’; rather than a ‘Be All and End All’; the Concern/Worry about whether 2 Tracks will ‘Clash’ is Literally Gone Forever :cool:;
Our Ears Are Our Ultimate Tool Of Course; and so No Software is Perfect; but if Mixed In Key gets it Wrong in 1 out of 200 Attempts; that is Money Well Spent in my Book 🙂

Thanks Emma, think I’ll give it a go – I’ll let you know what I think!

😉

Just found this on the Pioneer forums, looks like I’m not the only one unimpressed with the ‘upgrade’ …..

http://forums.pioneerdj.com/entries/20243708-t1-tracktor-2-edition-functions-missing

Well, got a chance to have a play with it last night and…… I can’t stand it! I ended up switching back to the old version. It felt clunky, the pitch didn’t seem to work right (and there’s no pitch fader display) – I fail to see any advantages whatsoever.

Disappointed. :confused:

I would also like to expand on my original comment about genres:

I fully believe that because of the pigeonholing of dance music, it becomes expected that if you are going to make an acid skiffle funk track or whatever you will use x, y and z sounds, which will be familiar and therefore appeal to the buyer of that genre. I’ve found myself doing it – you listen to a track and like it, then realise that the reason you like the snippet you heard was because the elements were familiar. Actually, the records that have had the most longevity with me are often the ones that took a while to grow on me – probably they were unfamiliar elements but ultimately their originality leads to them remaining in the record box far longer than last weeks generic deep house buys.

I remember when House music first exploded in this country and the clubs that were playing this stuff would play all sorts – you would hear Detroit techno next to Italo pianos next to The Stone Roses next to all sorts of stuff – we didn’t know the genres back then, it was all just House music.

Emma Partnow, post: 1074 wrote: Hello Jem :);
I couldn’t actually gain the information from the Article about what ‘Metadata’ Actually ‘is’;
So I ‘Hope’ that this rather Technical Information may be of some Assistance 🙂

Thanks Emma, that’s comprehensive info. 😀

Jem