"lets have some balls out , live mixes with no edits and post production."
i don't think these need to be or should be seperated from any other mix, just put something along those lines in the blurb when posting it.
at the end of the day , it's the vibe, track selection, attitude, presentation, associated good memories (if it's say recorded in a club) that's important, who cares if it was done digitally or not, I always release digital mixes, purely because that way I can play my own stuff/netlabel stuff etc, ableton doesn't mix the tracks for me and it takes quite some time to loop/setup all the tracks, setup the channels to work in a way suitable for the mix, then I have to mix the tracks together, not all are quantised the same, there are bits that might still clash, and I often mix up loops from up to four different tracks whilst letting a main track play, I always record in one take with no edits, I just compress the overall mix, maximise it, and fire it straight out with a tracklisting and some artwork.
so why is this not as good as one guy playing 2 turntables and a dj mixer, playing other peoples music.
And more importantly, why should the 2 be seperated, this is 2006, the music we listen to is technology based, if ur still using 2 turntables and a mixer and complaining that other folk are smokin ya with digital gear - , like I say - to the bedroom/back of the smokey old pub with you
LOL
sorry - the tone of this is tongue and cheek, I really don't wanna come across as dissin' anyone, I like mixing with turntables like anyone else - it's fun, but I'd never analyse music on the basis of wether it was presented in one way over another - it's silly.
But I do think that some folk have got the wrong end of the stick with digital mixing, if done correctly, it's as valid a medium as turntablism IMO, and no - it doesn't do it for you.
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