Originally Posted by
duerr
i guess im one of the few who get completely ocd about it ( like i do about a lot of things hahah). it used to be something that wouldn't take me much longer than a day or two, but the last couple of mixtape releases i've done took roughly 2-3 months from start to finish for a 2 hour set - mind you i don't work on it every day of those 2-3 months and a day is usually 2-6 hours work at the most. I'm working on a new one right now that's almost done, i've been working on it since the beginning of june.
the lions share of the time is creating the set structure and playlist. It takes about a day or two to create the basic structure or rough draft of the playlist. From there I start the long process of refining it to the final draft of the playlist. I start weeding out the weaker parts, and the challenge is finding other songs and variations to fill those gaps in the structure. This process of restructuring,refining and test driving the playlist takes about a month or two itself.
After the playlist is done then I start the easy part which is planning all my cue points, beatgrids, the fx i will use and write notes for each transition so I can remember for my recording. Do a couple test runs to make sure everythings tight, then it's time to record.
I record each transition/pairing of tracks one by one, multiple takes for each pairing so I can choose the recording that sounds best. Then I start cut&pasting all my pieces together in soundforge. Then she's basically ready to go.
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