This is something I mixed in 2003, my third mix ever. See below for the story and playlist. Enjoy.
Story
In 2003 I started practicing with digital mixing. Since I didn’t know that there where specific apps like Acid and Logic I used Amadeus II to do the work. This app is similar to Cooledit/Audacity. It is only possible to perform destructive audio editing; thus manipulating sound directly. Pitching songs to the right tempo was a pain; I developed a formula to perform quicker beat-matching but still it would take some time to get it right. Transitions where build by copy-paste tracks over each other, sometimes with some fade-ins and fade-outs. Although mixing is possible, it is not possible to go back and change parts of the mix. With an undo space of 30 edits the rule was simple; once pasted, cannot change it.
It might sound outdated; the computer used for mixing was an iMac DV 400 mhz, with a 13 gigabyte harddrive. The tracks where taken from my CD collection, specifically from the Turn up the Bass cd’s. To speed up working the audio was in aiff, but the resulting mp3 was of low quality. As you might notice, all tracks have a nice party atmosphere; but it’s a poorly built set. That being said; its a fairly decent mix and if you’re a fan of hiphouse and the sounds from the good old days you’ll probably appreciate it.
Since editing and mixing took so long, the mix was never finished.
Playlist
- Twin Hype – Do It To The Crowd
- D-Shake – Yaaah
- Queen Latifah – Come Into My House (Zanzibar Mix)
- 2 Static – Boy I’ll House Ya
- Mister Mixi & Skinny Scotty – I Can Handle It
- Icy D. & Doc Daze – Get On Up And Dance
- Kraze – Let’s Play House
- Fax Yourself – Walking on sunshine ’89
- Steve “Silk” Hurley – Work It Out
- Nikki – Mucho Macho
- Tony Scott – Get Into It
Length: 9:21
Finished on: Â May 1st 2003
Thanks to Discogs for the covers in the video.
In 2003 I started practicing with digital mixing. In those days i didn’t knew about software like Acid and Logic. This was the third mix I made, and was mixed using Amadeus II; a destructive audio editing app for manipulating sound directly. The songs where pitched manually by a formula for manually pitching up/down songs, fitting them to the 4-bar speed of the target mix. I created my own formula for doing this, but still it would take some time to get it right. The tracks are copy-pasted over eachother, with a limited undo space of 30 edits; once pasted, you cannot change it.
The computer used for mixing was an iMac DV 400 mhz, with a 13 gigabyte harddrive. The tracks where taken from the Turn up the Bass series. There is not much set-building and most of it is mixed using copy-paste transitions. If you’re a fan of hiphouse and the sounds from the good old days you’ll probably can appreciate this mix.
Before you start to wonder; the mix was never finished due to the time it took to mix things together.
Length: 9:21
Finished on: Â May 1st 2003