Remix Fight!

The Problem From The Start (MC Jack in the Box : Yo Adrian Mix)

admin — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:58:52 +0000

Yo Adrian Mix

The Problem From The Start (fluffy porcupine : Attack of the DJ Lounge Lizards Mix)

admin — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:58:02 +0000

Attack of the DJ Lounge Lizards Mix

The Problem From The Start (fluffy porcupine : Corporate Training Video Soundtrack Mix)

admin — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:57:08 +0000

Corporate Training Video Soundtrack Mix

The Problem From The Start (Daddy James : Home Is Home Mix)

admin — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:56:28 +0000

Home Is Home Mix

The Problem From The Start (Daddy James Remix)

admin — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:55:43 +0000

My first mix with my new toys. Working with large samples is a drag. I can’t get my controller to work properly. I’m having workflow issues. I suck. These are the many problems of Daddy James.

The Problem From The Start (fourstones remix)

admin — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:55:04 +0000

fourstones remix

The Problem From The Start (Xcaad : BB Mix)

admin — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:54:27 +0000

This mix contains a “Bhangra” type beat, that’s why its name is BB Mix. I created some loops for this mix. Adjusted tempo and yada yada yada….!

The Problem From The Start (Fantastic Vamps : Granular Mix)

admin — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:54:11 +0000

Granular Mix

The Problem From The Start (Bill Berry Remix)

admin — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:52:42 +0000

Bill Berry Remix

The Problem From The Start (UnDesirable : Scratchturbation Mix)

admin — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:51:48 +0000

Scratchturbation Mix

The Problem From The Start (The Taco Conspiracy : Detour Mix)

admin — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:50:30 +0000

since I’ve never really worked with a rap song before and was kind of worried about letting the vocals fall out of rhythm, I ended up using something of a Prefuse 73 kind of approach to them. I probably spent much more time than is healthy trying to manipulate that “bill berry” call out into existence.

The Problem From The Start (Parallel 27 : Speedtek Mix)

admin — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:50:10 +0000

Worked on it for a few hours over a three day period. I really liked Parker’s verse, which inspired me to do a drum & bass version of it, since his rap sounds so MC-stylee. Also, I could simply double the original BPM from 88 to 176, which is a fast-but-still-okay speed for DnB tracks I guess. Anyway, because it was easy to double the BPM, I didn’t have to do much timestretching. Created a fairly standard drumtrack,with a HPF’d Amen on top and dropped a simple bassline under Parker’s vocals. This is when it started rockin’. However, the originally conceived bassline was 2 semitones out of tune with the original track, so I had to pitchshift everything up 2 semitones in order to get it right. Started to throw in more and more samples from the pack, filtered and effected the hell out of some of them. Added a nice layer of synthpads, structurized the theme and worked it out. Did some nice fill-in patterns with the drumtrack. Then proceeded to do final mixing. Equipment used: Elektron Machinedrum, Virus C, Roland XV-5050, Korg X2, Native Instruments Kontakt, a lotta Waves plugins, some standard Cubase plugin’s like Tonic filter and the Vocoder. Main mixer: Yamaha 01x. FX: Lexicon MPX550. Sequencer: Cubase. Finalizer: PSP Vintage Warmer.