DJs post your mixes for download

ripping your own stuff can sound really good, rips you find elsewhere aren't always done with quality in mind. i suspect that's the intention so you'll actually pay for the record if you want to play it out.

Yeah, internal soundcards/mics suck, but I agree w/ Matt that that's probably not the cause of the noise you're hearing. Probably recording at too low a volume.

But you can upgrade soundcards. For 50/60 bucks you can get an external audio interface that's probably as good or better than what's built into the AT turntables.

You also have to think about pre-amps. I'm assuming you have a simple DJ mixer of some sort. That can also help you make sure you've got your gains set well enough. I'm pretty confident that I can take the output of a 1200 through a DJ mixer into the mic input on a mac and record something that will sound fine in a club.

Or just get the LP120.

Yeah, it's either 1200 or LP120. It's win-win. The only problem is that the LP120 costs twice the retail price here.

what do decent 1200s go for these days?

saw a dude who wanted $1800 for serato in-box, rane mixer, two 1200s, asking $1800. seemed exorbitant.

Serato is expensive. Ranes are expensive (and worth it). 1200s are all over the place. Just saw one on craigslist for 150 w/ mixer. May be a scam. Otherwise 400 to 800. Less if you're lucky?

hm i guess maybe not such a bad deal after all?

The cheapest used Rane 57 on NYC craigslist right now is 669$

I think it should be less than 1800. Package deal and all that. Offer him 1500. Depends on which Serato, which Rane exactly etc.

$1800 is pretty reasonable, assuming:

Serato: $600
Rane: $500
1200's: $800

Speaking about serato, what's really the advantage of that other than having millions of songs at your finger tips? OK people say you get the vinyl experience but why is it better than "CDJ experience"? I don't scratch or anything.

i dunno i guess it just seems more challenging (and therefore fun) to me

I personally never got Serato. I'm just as happy using a Pioneer CDJ and I've never wanted to bring my expensive and fragile computer to a gross bar or club. If I'm going to be playing digital files, I'm just as happy using the CDJ.

where's the challenge? I've never tried it so I don't know but surely softwares make everything easier.

i'm sure it will be more challenging than traktor

Not beatmatched or anything, just a flavour of what's played early doors at my SubVert night:

https://soundcloud.com/mrjohnkennedy/as-the-door-opens
http://www.mixcloud.com/mrjohnkennedy/john-kennedy-as-the-door-opens/

01. Michael Smith - Roots
02. La Cumbia Moderna De Soledad - Shacalao
03. A. Mislayene - El Fen
04. Ophelia - Red Light Lady
05. Philippe Nicaud - C'Ex
06. The Liminanas - Votre Cote Yeye M'emmerde
07. Jeff Britton - Rub Out
08. Ram & Sel - Screw You
09. The Ballroom - Baby, Please Don't Go
10. Adam & The Ants - Physical (You're So)
11. Butch Willis & The Rocks - Drugs
12. Cougarman & General Z - Susan Loves To Jack
13. The Untouchables - Crawlin' (The Crawl)
14. Buddy Rich - The Beat Goes On
15. Shirley & Company - Shame, Shame, Shame

another uk-ish techno mix

https://soundcloud.com/susiedramas/line

alan johnson - goron sound
pearson sound - gridlock
theo parrish - shave mister
l-vis 1990 - ballad 4d
visionist - i don't care
gesloten cirkel - the hole
logos - alien shapes (feat. dusk and blackdown)
jam city - worst illusion
gremino - monster 130 vip
special request - cold blooded
tessela - nancy's pantry
paperclip people - floor
boxwork - leak
champion - lose control
funkystepz - warrior
h&m - real life
marco shuttle - the vox attitude (pangaea remix)
goldffinch - sultry steel

that looks good. how do you guys get mixes up on soundcloud without being rejected?

throw two seconds of something in front to confuse the matcher ime. altered speed / pitch works too and if something is vinyl-only it won't find it.

tempted to go back to mixcloud but i saw something the other day about "signing up" for the "new version beta" or something, set off my warning flags.

how do you guys get mixes up on soundcloud without being rejected?

start all mixes with your own private unreleased dubplates

lol

these mixes are great. really enjoying the last two at the moment, from Matt P and electrobiscuit.

https://soundcloud.com/susiedramas/sinker

kenny larkin - you are (c2 remix)
jessie ware - running (disclosure remix)
fabienne - taxi (preditah remix)
mella dee - ripe traxx
low steppa - simples
hauswerks - worth the wait
jessie garcia, dario nunez - f*** me
jimmy edgar - mercurio
ellen allien - the kiss (jesse perez remix)
dj haus - thug houz anthem
alden tyrell - some house
dj q - come with me
marco bernardi - i know her
agoria - magnolia
toyboy & robin - jaded (village remix)

finally had time over the holiday to do a new wintry mix. slow & low for the most part, with lots of my edits/dubs. also i've come to terms with making mixes the same way i produce (i.e. i have some tricks for transitions for no real beatmatching), 'cause i'm not a dj.

http://soundcloud.com/chantssound/no-death-in-winter-mix

Mirel Wagner - No Death (Chants stretch)
Philly Jo Jones - Rutgers 1979 Drum Clinic
Mirel Wagner - No Death
Chants - Oubliette
Roy Hargrove & D'Angelo - Bullshit (Chants screw)
Tamia - Imagination (Chants screw)
Purrnce - I Luv U In M3 (Chants sloppy 808 edit)
Miley Cyrus x Sich Mang - STAHP
Deft - Thought You'd Fancy It (Chesslo Junior remix)
Riley Lake - Dub 3
Hazy Memories - Star Projectors
Boody - Guap
Eganomixxxxxxx - Angel
Chants, untitled beat
Lamin Fofana, Dubious Prey
ELOS, My 23rd
Michael Jackson, Ain't No Sunshine (Chants slow dub)
Shigeto, New Light
Torus, Monday Masses
Chants, untitled beat

bumping my last one because why not

http://www.mixcloud.com/misterprimeminister/break-pressure/

om unit - le singe
etch - hybrid
special request - mindwash
martyn - all i have is memories
cluekid - ninety three
alex coulton - break pressure
africa hitech - make a livin
mumdance & logos - wut it do
flava d - hold on vip
philip d kick - horizons
dj rashad & dj manny - drums please
addison groove & sam binga - rzor
panamax project - maximum height

finally back with another mix for the first time in like three years

http://www.mixcloud.com/karljaims/a-very-karl-nye-in-fl/

KWC - Dreaming Of You
Paul Giovanni - Willow's Song
BJ Smith - Umi Says
The Dead Rose Music Company - Shake
The Black Madonna - We Still Believe
Tornado Wallace - Underground Sugar Caves (version Idjut)
Mark E - Midland Nights
Francis Bebey - Bissao (Pilooski Edit)
Name In Lights - Blue Swede
Vester Koza - Mosquito
Patricia - Plural
The Mole - Jamais Que Toi
Marcellis - Untitled B2
Daniel Wang - Not Feeling It
HNNY - Mys (Young Marco Remix)
Palms trax - Equation
E-Contact - Banna
Shit Robot - We Got A Love
Permanent Vacation - Zuckerhut (TBD Remix)
Royal Crown of Sweden - Mälaren

i flubbed like the most climactic transition a little bit, i might have a been a little drunk, but its kinda funny and doesn't sound that bad.

normally i let tracks breath a lot more than in this mix, but i wanted to get a lot of good stuff from this year (and some good old stuff) into a bite-sized one-sitting package

WTBS with special guest.. TRAXX

https://soundcloud.com/wt-records/wtbs-with-dj-speculator-and-17

d/l link available here:

https://soundcloud.com/odempress/karl-jaims-mix-for-more

TRAXX, very nice.

http://www.mixcloud.com/Austintayeshus/60s-pop/

01 Moorpark Intersection - I Think I'll Go Out and Find Me A Flower
02 The Remains - Don't Look Back
03 The Byrds - Why
04 The Electric Prunes
05 The Lemon Pipers - Ask Me if I Care
06 Chad + Jeremy - Rest in Peace
07 Hardwater - City Sidewalks
08 Peppermint Trolley Co. - Trust
09 Twinn Connexion - Turn Down Day
10 The Turtles - You Showed Me
11 The Cyrkle - The Words
12 The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
13 Donovan - Get Thy Bearings
14 The Common People - I Have Been Alone
15 David Bowie - Conversation Piece
16 Buffalo Springfield - Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing
17 People - I Love You
18 Grateful Dead - Morning Dew

WTBS with special guest florian kupfer
https://soundcloud.com/wt-records/wtbs-with-dj-speculator-and-18

love the 60's pop mix!

Started a music mag at UC Berkeley and made a mix for our Spring Semester 2014 Launch. Kind of indie, punky & airy. Newer local stuff along with bigger indies. I'm from D.C. so I like trying to cover both the coasts. Anyway, a kool thing for the kids--

https://soundcloud.com/berkeleybside/the-b-side-spring-semester

1. Intro
2. Ballet School – Heartbeat Overdrive
3. Misun – Nothing Else 3:46
4. Keys N Krates – All The Time (Tove Lo Flip)
5. Morgan Delt – Make My Grey Brain Green
6. Dum Dum Girls – Rimbaud Eyes
7. Ariel Pink & Sky Ferreira – My Molly
8. Sun Glitters – Too Much to Lose (Niva Remix)
9. Andrew Levin – The Distant Future (The Year 2,000)
10. Wild Beasts – Wanderlust
11. White Lung – Blow It South
12. Charli XCX – Allergic to Love
13. Parquet Courts – You Got Me Wonderin’ Now
14. Cheatahs – Kenworth
15. Special Explosion – Clotheslined
16. Cathedrals – Unbound
17. Snowbird – Porcelain
18. Warpaint – Love Is To Die
19. Tree – Probably Nu It
20. Betty Who – You’re In Love
21. You Blew It! – Award Of The Year Award

https://soundcloud.com/susiedramas/powerr

el-tuff - 2-3-bass
anthony 'shake' shakir - the drummer downstairs
pangaea - mission creep
llesca - sharks (neana remix)
youngstar - pulse x (blackwax remix)
notion - in the corner
dj nigga fox - powerr
miss modular - reflector pack (4/4)
helix - linn jam (no synth)
gherkin jerks - midi beats
steve poindexter - work that mutha fucker
french fries - yo vogue (house edit)
literon - knob explotation
pole - silberfisch (the mike huckaby synth remix)

^ tracklist looks nasty

:) it's p dope

did you see ben ufo?

just enjoyed that one, Matt P

prog megamix!

Koenjihyakkei - Lussesoggizomn
Weidorje - Elohim's Voyage
Holger Czukay - Ode to Perfume
Liliental - Nachsaison
Rush - Jacob's Ladder
Darkthrone - Kathaarian Life Code
Judee Sill - The Donor
Art Bears - Man & Boy
Magma - Mekanik Zain
Roedelius - Fabelwein
Graze - Airror
Cluster - Marzipan
Martin Newell - Straight to You Boy
Miles Davis - Miles Runs the Voodoo Down
Funkadelic - I Wanna Know If It's Good To You
David Hykes - Ascending and Descending
Burzum - Rundgang um die transzendental
Cluster & Eno - Tzima N'Arki
Schumann - Waldszenen Op 82: Jager auf der Lauer Hochst lebhaft

did you see ben ufo?

― just (Matt P), Wednesday, January 22, 2014 4:08 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I did and unfortunately Ben kinda disappointed me. I didn't come for a one dimensional techno DJ. I wonder where the Ben whose sets contain various styles of dance music was. I saw this video where he magically mixes a dark murky track into the sunshiny bliss of andres' 'you're the one'. I didn't hear anything like that, only pounding drums after pounding drums. No break, no release. RA disagrees with me though: http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=14379

stupid review. "plastic dreams" is all-time and should never not be played.

yeah, I don't see why the reviewer thinks that tune was not keeping with the tone of the night. sounds like something ben ufo would play.

here's a mix of mostly indie electro/pop from the 2013 eoy noms (almost none of which placed but whatevr). thanx to whoever nom'd these trax, which now i love all but mostly had never heard 'til the polls happened. yayz ilx.

808 MIXTAPES VOL. 72

1. Oh Land - My Boxer
2. Cherokee - Don’t Matter [feat. Darianna Everett]
3. Chela - Romanticise
4. Miami Horror - Real Slow
5. Jim James - Know Til Now / Pixelated remix
6. Cuushe - I Love You
7. Jorge Elbrecht - 1/4 Circle Black (Turning Shrines cover) [feat. Tamaryn]
8. !!! - Slyd
9. Lost Scripts - I’ll Be Watching You
10. Bonobo - Cirrus
11. Lusine - Lucky
13. Owlle - Ticky Ticky
13. Pharaohs - Miraculous Feet
14. Appaloosa - Intimate
15. Rebeka - Melancholia
16. Classixx - Holding On
17. Rex the Dog - Do You Feel What I Feel [feat. Jamie McDermott]
18. Alan Braxe - One More Chance [feat. The Spimes] / Lifelike Remix
19. Alan Braxe - One More Chance [feat. The Spimes] / Original Mix
20. Kastle - Red Light [feat. Ayah Marar]
21. Naughty Boy - La La La / DEVolution Remix
22. Breach - Jack
23. Flight Facilities - I Didn’t Believe [feat. Elizabeth Rose]

damn dominique this prog mix is pretty fucking rad. prog is like... the most obnoxious noise ever but i think i love it.

Here's a mix inspired by the recent ILM Tracks EOY voting poll smorgasbord:

NUMBERS ON THE BOARD

DOWNLOAD: https://soundcloud.com/doglatin/2014-numbers-on-the-board

Tracklist:
LULU JAMES "Closer"
BUNJI GARLIN "Differentology"
JANELLE MONÁE ft. ERYKAH BADU "Q.U.E.E.N."
LADY SAW "Bun Fi Bun"
KONHENS "Drink And Rave"
FANTASIA ft. KELLY ROWLAND & MISSY ELLIOTT "Without Me"
DANNY BROWN "Smokin and Drinkin"
PUSHA T "Numbers on the Boards"
A$AP FERG ft. A$AP ROCKY "Shabba"
OMAR SOULEYMAN "Wenu Wenu"
YOUNG GALAXY "Pretty Boy (Peaking Lights Mix"
LANA DEL REY "Summertime Sadness (Toyboy and Robin Mix)"
EAGLES FOR HANDS "Holla"
OMADATH MAHARAJ ft. RAVI B "Bacchanal"
ANGEL HAZE "Echelons"
ROCKO ft. BLACK HIPPY etc "U.O.E.N.O."

So Confused - The Best Of Gucci Mane 2013

1. One Minute (808 Mafia)
2. Hell Yes (Honorable C-Note)
3. Threw With That Shit (Honorable C-Note)
4. Chasen Paper / Young Thug & Rich Homie Quan (Honorable C-Note)
5. Pablo / E-40 (Honorable C-Note)
6. So Much Money / Chief Keef (Dun Deal)
7. Point In My Life (Dun Deal)
8. No More / 2 Chainz (Mike Will Made It)
9. Jackie Chan / Migos (Zaytoven)
10. Work / Young Scooter (Zaytoven)
11. Activist (Honorable C-Note)
12. Remix Rerock / Waka Flocka & Young Scooter (Zaytoven)
13. Half (Will A Fool)
14. You A Drug (Metro Boomin & TM88)
15. 1982 (Metro Boomin)
16. Holmes / Migos & Young Scooter (Zaytoven)
17. Faster / Young Scooter (Zaytoven)
18. Break Dancing / Young Thug (Lex Luger)
19. Jugg Finesse / Young Scooter (DJ Plugg)
20. Confused / Future (Zaytoven)

https://soundcloud.com/giraffo/so-confused-the-best-of-gucci

thanks, i need this longneck

You're welcome!

https://soundcloud.com/wt-records/wtbs-with-dj-speculator-jan-27

playlist:
jj cale
respect yourself
joel peskin love-gram
covergirl im a winner
do the flex
rocky mizell
tod foster
atmosphere ep
exit lets work it out
kaballa
cubic 22 wyro
che what you've been through is love
808 state
ready made uro breaks
the hippy opera
ricky rouge
jason nevins remixes
chase smith
PTA
tornado wallace
model human
mobo mobo dance
tommy kelvin jungle bow wow
venom 18
venom 18
tzarinaqcut
funkapolitan
resista nr. 002
funkapolitan
public enemy
rolando
k. alexi

amateurish question here: why do vinyl dj's tend to fade out a track early, before the incoming track "starts"?

What do you mean? I've never noticed a trend like that.

But if you have, it may be because nowadays with CDJs and serato, you can look at the waveform and see when the track actually kicks in so it's easy to know when to fade the first song out, if you don't know it that way. With vinyl, you'd have to actually know the song well enough to know (or be able to predict), when it kicks in, and more often than not, you're just winging it and have no idea about the structure of the song. You're just happy that it's remotely beatmatched and you're frightened that if you let the first record play too long, it'll totally clash with the second.

That of course assumes you're playing music where something like that would actually be noticed.