How Shiftee makes a mix tape

[tauket2]

hold on hold on hold on.... Does everyone record the mixes the post on here this way? or is it only the way official mixtapes are made?

agreed, i don't record and post that many mixes, but everytime i've made a mix, i've recorded it 100% live and then posted the file that came straight of of traktor without editing anything.

please tell me i'm not the only one doing this?

[zimfella]

hold on hold on hold on.... Does everyone record the mixes the post on here this way? or is it only the way official mixtapes are made?

agreed, i don't record and post that many mixes, but everytime i've made a mix, i've recorded it 100% live and then posted the file that came straight of of traktor without editing anything.

please tell me i'm not the only one doing this?

Yeah thats what I do but it seems I have to step up my game now I was tryna figure out a new workflow route and Shiftee's article really helped. but thats just an artists progression I reckon

[djfrogstar]

Yeah this guy is using the same tried and tested formula that spans back to the 70s.
pick good music that works together and make it work

[t3chNOv1LLaiN]

That was both a funny and good read... Not the way I record my mix but seems like a good method to try out...

[photojojo]

I record my mixes 100% straight through, but they're usually just recordings of my live broadcasts so there's not really any other way to do it in my case. Because of that you can hear my screw ups all the time.

[djfrogstar]

listening to perfect mixes is boring.. when someone screws up I almost always find it more interesting to see how the dj recovers.. and I end up listening more on the dj and how he does it instead of just some flawless computer aided/corrected mix.

[keithace]

good read...

i've always tried the live style of recording...but dont have a problem with what he does...i am going to try it for my podcast that i can't seem to get right...sounds like alot of work though...

it's a mixtape/podcast...not a live set...

someone point me to a compression thread or proper explanation please...

[ponyboy]

hold on hold on hold on.... Does everyone record the mixes the post on here this way? or is it only the way official mixtapes are made?

agreed, i don't record and post that many mixes, but everytime i've made a mix, i've recorded it 100% live and then posted the file that came straight of of traktor without editing anything.

please tell me i'm not the only one doing this?

I do that too, however if I was to record a demo I would programme it a lot more, I think this is going to the next level beyond that, it's like a commercial release almost. i think if you want to go to the next level, that's the way you have to market yourself, give people an advanced product.

[Gr0wTesK]

He has a video where he breaks down one of his juggles and its ridiculous to see someone that knows exactly where he's at in the juggle at any point while describing it

[tekki]

hold on hold on hold on.... Does everyone record the mixes the post on here this way? or is it only the way official mixtapes are made?

agreed, i don't record and post that many mixes, but everytime i've made a mix, i've recorded it 100% live and then posted the file that came straight of of traktor without editing anything.

please tell me i'm not the only one doing this?

Like stated before, people do this every once in a while.

We, me and my buddy, have done this for one of our mixtapes, as that it entirely consisted from our own custom remixes.
Every track in was a seperate Ableton Project, so we merged the suckers into 1 big progressive set.

The rest of our DJ set recordings are either done on controllers or vinyl.


There should be a clean distinction between mixtapes and dj set recordings.