How to carry on a mix ?

[MisterMoleyMole]

Hi all,

I was in the middle of a mix the other day and my bloody mother turned up mid way through so it was cut short at just 35 mins.

Isnt there a way you can carry on from that spot i left the other night ?

If so how ?

Cheers
Gav

Ps i was using traktor to record the set.

[Jester]

if you were using the native mix recor.....oh thats right its not there anymore. Looks like you gotta start again buddy. unless you wanna chop a bit off the end of what you got in an audio editor, and reimport that section back into traktor, and then grid that recording...hang on, that would take ages. starting again from scratch and tying your mom up makes more sense

[MisterMoleyMole]

hahahaha ... i was using the traktor recording tool.

How do the mix train guys do it then when they send there sections on to others ?

[Jester]

They decide on a set BPM, such as 128 i guess for house. Then on each DJ's last track the put a 32 bar loop at the end then just cut off, to make it easy for the next guy.

[Jester]

with the native mix recorder you could go back to any section of the mix and redo it, as it only recorded the key presses, not the audio. perfect for your situation

[JAC]

This kind of thing happens to me all the time at home, phone rings, people call round, non-stop interruptions! Anyway what I do is open up the mix in Audacity and cut the bit where I had to stop at a really noticable point, such as the main drop in the track.
Then go into Traktor, continue your mix from the last track you used and, at the end, cut the first track at the same point you did in the original mix. Glue the two pieces together and there you go, fully complete mix!

PS: If you soom in really close to the wave in Audacity you can ensure you cut the mix in the exact spot you want, which makes everything sound smooth and seamless, no glitches or jumps.

[MisterMoleyMole]

nice one guys thanks for the responses.

Just out of interest what do you mean by the native recorder ? the one in traktor?
or an older version of the one in traktor ?

[Sherlock Ohms]

Or you could use audacity ...

That's what we use when we're making tag mixes, you get passed the track before you, mix into it whilst recording, play out and pass it back to the guy collating the tracks. He takes your track and passes it to the next bloke.

Dead easy.

[BentoSan]

just grid the last track in your mix, then continue on djing.

Then import the 2 files into Ableton or another DAW then cut them together so they form one long continuous file.

Seriously though, if your only 35 min into a mix then id just record the mix from the start again - its not a huge loss

[Lambox]

Seriously though, if your only 35 min into a mix then id just record the mix from the start again - its not a huge loss

That's what I was going to suggest. Otherwise maybe you could just mix the original mix in, let it play, and then at the end pick up wherever you left off.

But really that would take 35 minutes anyway, so why not just redo the whole thing?