With mp3’s being much cheaper than vinyl, and Serato releasing a version of their software for free to use with the Numark Mixtrack Pro, going digital was inevitable. Especially as it includes features such as assignable cue points & a bunch of effects (HPF/LPF/Flange/Echo…) previously only available via my Korg KAOSS Pad 2.
As I’d not done a “live” mix for so long I purchased the Mixtrack in November 2011 to give myself a kick up the arse…
The third instalment (In The Mix: Volume 3) comprises of old Breaks tracks that were influencial to me from the early 2000’s, plus some newer tracks and a deviation into Drum & Bass for the finale.
After Fancy vs The Flirts I was compelled to mix some Italo Disco tracks from the previously mentioned Neon playlist on Spotify. Due to some vastly differing BPMs it turned out to be a bit difficult & I ended up chucking in the last 2 tracks unmixed for the Hell of it.
What is happen now? Now, you click play and rock out for the next 52 minutes! Unless you hate Italo Disco…
Kano – Another Life
Stage – Can’t Get You Out Of My Mind (Dance Version)
Bobby O – One More Shot
Airplay ft. K. van Haaren – For Your Love
Fancy vs The Flirts – Slice Me Helpless (Mashup)
Fancy – Turbo Dancer (Remix)
Fancy vs The Flirts – Slice Me Helpless (Mashup) (Reprise)
Having just installed the software Fruity Loops, I decided to use this competition as a reason to teach myself how to use it. Almost every night over 2.5 weeks in November 2010 was spent messing around with the samples provided & layering instrument samples chosen from a Computer Music Magazine DVD until it was submission time. Unfortunately, I hadn’t enough time to learn how to master my track & thus it sounded pretty awful, Jeff T won the competition with an awesome take on the track (available from Beatport here), and that was that.
Now, 5 months later, I’ve re-opened the FL project file & mastered the track as best as possible on my old XP machine, that for some reason made playback crackle after running each element through a compressor and in the end forced me to tweak the settings blind (or deaf, however you like to look at it).
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After a walk around Bathpool, Kidsgrove, I climbed down to the abandoned railway line & Harecastle railway tunnel as it had been a long time since I had ventured into the eerie pit past the car park.
