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<Wildr>

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Welcome Saint Steven!

You Mix is now on rotation, under the name of stevenq.

Let's give the man some positive encouragement & constructive feedback folks!

R.

MrCucho

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Registered: Dec 29, 2006

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Saint Steven,
sounds like we have alot in common, I have closet full of vinyl from that same era. I too just recently joined the Family, so from one new beatmixer to another, welcome! Looking forward to catching your set

Mr C

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Registered: Jan 03, 2007

Posted

Well, I have to make the first criticism myself. Rookie error. Lesson: listen to the WHOLE thing before you upload it, not just the mix points.

There is a spot in one song (True) where the tempo slows noticeably for a few measures. I didn't notice that before I submitted it. First I thought I had a stray tempo marker, but I had tweaked the beats on this because they are dropping and adding half measures like crazy.

I had the tweaks a little bit off at the point where it slows down. I didn't realize the effect that misplace beat markers could have on the speed. They got back on track after that, so it wasn't noticeable in the outro and I missed it until I listened to the whole thing.

Oh well. I fixed my mix. I'm tempted to ask wildr if I can have a do over and submit it again, but I probably should be made to live with that goof playing over and over as a lesson in what happens when you are in too much of a hurry to get your first mix in rotation.

Ignored post by Saint Steven posted

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Registered: Jan 03, 2007

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Well, my mix did not play at about 11:50 ET at the spot in the playlist that it should have.

Gee, was it that bad? Did the automatic quality control agent filter it out...

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MrCucho

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Hey Steven,
Caught about the first 30mins of your set! The songs brought back some fond memories. As you already mentioned earlier, your tempo was up & down on "True" (It happened again on "Love's Theme")The Mixes were getting smoother as your set progressed though. Anyway I thought I'd throw my 2 cents in. You know us "Rookies" gotta stick together

MrCucho

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Registered: Jan 03, 2007

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quote:
Originally posted by MrCucho:
s you already mentioned earlier, your tempo was up & down on "True" (It happened again on "Love's Theme")

MrCucho

I missed my set. it must not have played in the same order as listed in the playlist. Now you have me worried that the mix did not get converted right. The slow section in Love's Theme that I just found was after it was mixed out and shouldn't have been audible. It isn't audible when I play it in Studio. Well, there were a couple of measures earlier that were just slightly off, but they were barely noticeable. If you could hear that section of the song that shouldn't have been audible, I'm wondering if somehow the uploaded mix isn't the same thing I'm hearing in MM.

I'm having trouble with the beat slicer in trying to adjust that end portion of love's theme, because at one point it just stops playing the song, but the ticker keeps going, so I can't hear the beats at the end to adjust them. Maybe I'll have to ask in one of the other forums about that.

Thanks for your comments.

Steven

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<Wildr>

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quote:
Well, my mix did not play at about 11:50 ET at the spot in the playlist that it should have.

Gee, was it that bad? Did the automatic quality control agent filter it out...

Nope! It was my bad - apologies, I'd moved it into the wrong slot - it actually played but was 1 place out on the schedule - this has now been corrected.

quote:

Well, I have to make the first criticism myself. Rookie error. Lesson: listen to the WHOLE thing before you upload it, not just the mix points.

There is a spot in one song (True) where the tempo slows noticeably for a few measures. I didn't notice that before I submitted it. First I thought I had a stray tempo marker, but I had tweaked the beats on this because they are dropping and adding half measures like crazy.

I had the tweaks a little bit off at the point where it slows down. I didn't realize the effect that misplace beat markers could have on the speed. They got back on track after that, so it wasn't noticeable in the outro and I missed it until I listened to the whole thing.

Oh well. I fixed my mix. I'm tempted to ask wildr if I can have a do over and submit it again, but I probably should be made to live with that goof playing over and over as a lesson in what happens when you are in too much of a hurry to get your first mix in rotation.

Yeah, it's worth checking your mixes before submitting them!

You are most welcoem to a do-over! Re-do the mix and then resubmit it with a slightly different title (vol 1.1 for example).

I'd reccomend *Always* checking the song slicer for Fusion & Studio 7 users, 1 errant marker can make the whole mix lose it's flow.

I look forward to your re-submission, and catching this set myself!

R.

<Wildr>

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quote:
I'm having trouble with the beat slicer in trying to adjust that end portion of love's theme, because at one point it just stops playing the song, but the ticker keeps going, so I can't hear the beats at the end to adjust them. Maybe I'll have to ask in one of the other forums about that.

Yeah, this is a common issue (Bug?) that we all suffer with - as a workaround, whilst you're previewing the song in the slicer, grab one of the last markers and move it slightly (even out & back to it's original position will do), and the you should then hear the whole tune up to where it ends.

The mix that uploaded shouldn't be ANY different to what you've produced, It probably is due to the section you've been unable to slice, try and correct it and upload it and we'll soon hear if it's fixed

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Registered: Jan 03, 2007

Posted

OK, I THINK I got the tempo problems worked out. Updated mix is uploaded with "redux" added to the end of the title.

I admit to tweaking a couple of the mixes besides fixing the beats. You know how that goes.

So wildr, please delete that abomination of a first mix and replace it with this abomination, so I can get on with my quest to single-handedly take dance music back 20 years.

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