I like the recent increase in the number of guest DJ mixes being submitted for play on MM Radio. In an effort to continue this trend, I would to share screen shots of two of my mixes. I have heard a number of the mixes on MM Radio, all of which sound great. A great number of these mixes have challenged me to better my mixing techniques. I would like to point out that by better my mixing techniques I don't necessarily mean that I have increased the complexity of my mixes. (I think it is best summarized with a quote from one of my favorite movies, "More isn't always better, sometimes it's just more.")

The first illustration is taken from my Blue Monday mix, which was in MM Radio rotation for the latter part of January and the first part of February, I believe. This is an example of a very simple beat mix transition.

The second illustration is taken from my Maybe Mix, which was submitted to MM Radio but has yet to be added to rotation. This is an example of one of my more complex mixes. A careful ear will be able to hear most of the add-ins, but I think the transition overall sounds smooth and well blended.

I offer these illustrations to the MM Forum as an invitation to those who have yet to submit a mix to MM Radio. MM Radio was created with great effort as a legal venue for sharing mix styles and to demonstrate the capabilities of the MixMeister software. While it is true the MM Radio DJ's to date have raised the creative bar high, I still have great interest in hearing mixes that don't push this bar. For those that have had mixed feelings about submitting a mix to MM Radio, I would like to personally invite you to share your creations with us.

Mix and Submit

---JET


THE SIMPLE MIX ILLUSTRATION



THE COMPLEX MIX ILLUSTRATION



[This message was edited by TF on February 28, 2002 at 03:04 PM.]

Wish I could see the pictures!!
When is the next update of MMR schedule?

Give me a beat to mix!

Nice screenshots JET

I'm back from a short break due to being sick as a dog and working non-stop

I will be u/l a new mixx in the morning so stay tuned
If i can ever get my photo pgm to edit right I'll post a few of my screenshots as well

Later

"The Juggernaut"

Nice Shots !! Here is one of my latest mix "Old School Dance"



Give me a beat to mix!

Your teasing me with these old school shots... Your right up my alley but sad to say I can never catch them on rotation.

Jet yours looks very ta-ta-tasty, as well as stephanes!

"Its More Fun To Sample" x-men 1989!

"Everybody be Somebody"

Hi Jet

By looking at your screenshots, I notice that you play a lot with your treble setting (unless it's a MM Pro effect - I not sure since I have MM 3.1).

What is the expected result of such manipulation? To make the snare more prohiminent? Or to lower the entire track volume and only keep the high frequency audible or something else? I use the bass setting most of to the time but never found the treble to be a big concern.

Maybe you can teach me a new trick!!

Give me a beat to mix!

Ah the Treble Marker, where do I begin? It's understated, seldom used, and often misunderstood, but when the dust settles and the day is nearly through the Treble Marker will be there waiting, patiently.

Treble Markers

This post belongs in the Tips & Techniques section, but there isn’t one in MMPro. I’ll post it here and make a mental note to refer those in MM3 to here if asked about Treble Markers.

I use Treble Markers mainly to dial-in voices. Normally I use Treble Marker in conjunction with both Bass and Volume Markers. The technique I use most is to increase the treble a bit and decrease the bass to just BELOW that of the primary or main track. Te goal, obviously, is to insert the “treble” stuff and have the “bass” stuff appear to be beat mixed. I will then use Volume Markers to fine-tune the overlapping segments. Sometimes this refinement involves a cycling of alternating volume levels and other times it involves a general decrease in the volume of the whole overlapped segment.

In the above example, the treble adjustments were designed to be subtler. These are actually residuals from the original mix I built using non-MM software. In the original, with each increase in treble volume I had a corresponding channel switch, think pan or balance control---the effect was awesome because it gave a trace of L-R movement in the sound field. The beauty of this sound field effect was lost in the conversion to the wma format, a problem that stems from the non-MM software, so I abandoned the L-R switching effect and left the rest as the above image illustrates.

I am not sure what the actual center frequencies is for the Treble Markers but my guess it that it’s in the 3kHz range. My instincts tell me the rate of change is less than 12db/oct, but most of my experience has been through headphones, so I couldn’t say for sure.

My suggestion is to play around with Treble Markers it is another MM tool to have in your bag of tricks.

---JET