DJs post your mixes for download

true!!

not w/ every single one but sometimes it does

if a program has trouble with a vbr mp3, the mp3 probably has missing or broken headers. i'm sure there are other methods but mp3 diags should be able to fix them, among other things

24 bit FLAC, invest in a external drive and you're good to go.

Except that a lot of promotional music only gets released as an MP3, so I still have tons of those.

I guess I just prefer FLAC when say ripping fairly clean vinyl.

serato cant handle FLAC, p sure traktor cant either?

Both Ableton and Traktor can use FLAC, I'm not really a Serato guy.

If I was using Serato I would use AIFF files, because you can still tag those with artist names and other info.

I don't know why anyone would ever use WAVs.

My ideal setup is have to have my files in Traktor tagged with BPM, genre and key signature. But then I am a nerd.

at least you're not starring them

key signature? really?

Whatever you do don't feed Ableton a bunch of 192s and expect it to sound wonderful if you change the tempo +/- 10 bpm.

Yes, really. It's not really that hard, you can used Mixed in Key to do it for you automatically. It costs like 20 bucks.

i never try to mix in key, i'm impressed

Good for mashups, if you're into that kind of thing.

if it's too out of key i just slam it over

then again i do techno type stuff and not deep house

oh right, mashups, no i don't do that unless it's like w/ a dj tool

Whoah, I just checked the price for Mixed In Key and its gone up significantly. Wonder why?

If you've got enough musical training you can do it by ear but I'm nowhere near that level myself.

The people who blow my mind are Theo Parrish and co who do this all by ear, on the fly, using an isolator to pick out various parts of tracks.

I had no idea how he was able to go from a jazz song to some hard techno in a single mix, until I realized that he was mixing harmonically.

oh no kidding, no i can't do this at all

i guess it helps to be a trained musician

i can barely pick out whether a track is 110, 120 or 130 let alone hear what key its in.

What I really ought to do is set up a script that'll rip to both FLAC and MP3 simultaneously, seeing as I'm only ripping a small percentage of my CDs and not every single one of them

dmr: EAC is a CD ripper with some super crazy magic secure ripping mode that will not only let you know when a disc is scratched and has errors, but will reread the problem sectors until it gets a reliable (re: not-skippy) copy. It will often give you pristine rips of discs that skip in most other cd players, whereas iTunes will just blaze through them and give you garbled files

I do not have time to fully listen to every file I rip

when you play percussive bass / treble tracks at 192 really loud or 256 you get artifacts on the cymbals and shit but if its midrangey music (pop, etc) i think it sounds okay

http://soundcloud.com/newtownradio/wtbs-with-dj-speculator-and-2

spike golf channel
bebi doll rudi dance mix
amanda lear follow me
KLOVENHOOF takes over..playlist may be a little off.. but its pretty close:
landscape the doll's house
reinhard lakomy
kreidler rote wuste
tolouse low trax karaoke kalk
S U R V I V E floating cube
hermann hesse
nuclear waves where the sea stands still
ralph lundsten
S U R V I V E hourglass
Incantation on the wings of a condor
blues control love's a rondo
kim wilde child come away
kinho in our eyes
cleaners from venus only a shadow
nued photo
cerrone phonic
egyptian eyeliner anger and frustration
tanki tanki
enya evening fllas
philadelphia 5 not leaving without jerry
FG's Romance what's love today
corridor plateau GANG 1

http://www.mixcloud.com/josiahs1/babylon-sisterrr-mini-mix/

Man I really need to get back into practice. All my talk of ideal situations aside my files are a mess right now.

strictly Strictly Rhythm

short, humble response to twitch's mix from a few months ago. one take direct to cassette. just grabbed some faves, tossed em on the bed behind me and went at it.

damn andrew this is so good

thanks! thought long and hard about doing a second, perfect take, then thought fuggit, is what it is.

noice

http://www.mediafire.com/?zipds6t95t12c3f

Fort Romeau - Kingdoms
Four Tet - Pyramids
Jus Ed - Stuck In A Train To Berlin
Tazz and Bacanito - Cosmic Sex
Naum Gabo - It's On (Tevo Howard Remix)
Gene Hunt - May The Funk Be With You
Omar S - Here's Your Trance, Now Dance!
Salva and Grenier - Forest Floor
Moodymann - I Can't Kick This Feeling When It Hits
Ron Trent - Pop, Dip and Spin
Salva - Yellobone
Morphosis - Too Far
Kassem Mosse - Enoha
Alex O Smith - Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Boddika - Up and Dance
Steve Poindexter - Born To Freak
Gemini - Z Funk
Ibex - 360 (Dub)
Jorge Caiado & Matthew Jonson - Ecovillage
Nina Kraviz - I'm Week
Mood II Swing - Move Me (Alternative Mix)
The Music Freaks - Tribal Trance (Tribal Mix)
Age of Love - Age of Love (Stella Club mix)
Kuniyuki Takahashi - The Session (Cobblestone Jazz Remix)
Dinky - Polvo
Disco Nihilist - Coffee and a Worn Paperback
MK - Given (MK Dub)
Tevo Howard - Crystal Republic
Midland - Through Motion (Tevo Howard Remix)

Beeeeeeer.

speaking of which, what happened to PRISONEEEEEEEER

I does not knowwwwww.

But listen to my mix, it is fast paced and crunchy. And possibly a little creaky. I blame the beeeer.

http://www.mixcloud.com/josiahs1/babylon-sisterrr-born-to-freak/

i got so sick of soundcloud's stupid copyright tagger, couldn't believe i was paying for that shit

http://www.mixcloud.com/misterprimeminister/

a new 60 min cassette with an hip house meets dubstep meets acid techno vibe

haha i eluded the copyright tagger last time i uploaded by dropping 30secs of thunderstorm sound fx at the start ^__^

tlg i was gonna ask u how much $$ you were paying-- you had a lotta stuff up and theyre not cheap!!

The only things that bug me about Mixcloud are the time it takes to tag everything and no download option.

But hey, Mediafire.

i was paying like $10/mo for vanity purposes but then i was just like fuck it, this is stupid

let's face it, nobody's going to DL your shit anyway

I don't know I like to at least give the option, hate that the only version of a mix is some 128 kbps stream.

oh shit, really? mixcloud streams at 128?

btw when i say nobodys going to DL "your shit" i mean "my shit", the "royal us" so to speak

You can upload whatever you like to mixcloud as long as it fits. I've done smaller mixes at 320 I think. Maybe 256, defo 192. I think they made the file sizes you're aloud to upload bigger fairly recently. I always stick up a download at a better quality somewhere else too mind, like in the comments or on my blog. Not done a mix for a bit cos I've been busy and not had the radio show: http://xpldr.tumblr.com/post/29684332676/xpldr-mix but I'm prob gonna do one soon ish now the summer slump of 12"s is on the wane and I'm coming to the end of the gardening like a bastard season...

i've started making all of my mixes at 30 mins to fit them on cassette, i think i heard their limit is 100 mb?

Well I just uploaded a 132 mb file, so it must have gone up. That was 60 minutes at 320.

I thought that all Soundcloud streams get bounced down to 128 though?

dling that mix now josiah, love pop dip and spin and 360 so thats a good sign

stream some mixes but prefer DLs for ones that look good

I make no promises, I was slightly inebriated. Sometimes that means my mixing is looser, sometimes trainwrecks.

Hope its fun!

trainwrecks are great fun

Well the creakiest mix is 3/4 of the way through so if you've made it that far: Salud.