Denon DJ Competition (Vote for me, with a twist!)

**cpetticrew** · 08-23-2013, 03:51 PM

Not another one of these threads especially when it's crap! HAHA jk nicely done man listened to most the entries and you earned my vote.

**makar1** · 08-23-2013, 08:11 PM

Thought you might want some actual feedback rather than just a handful of votes. Here's my analysis anyway.

1:05 Track A too quiet and thin
2:25-2:51 Track A too quiet, strange filtering going on, highs from A left too long
3:37 Vocal sample cut off, then played too quietly
4:43 Random drop in volume
8:40 More strange uneven filtering
9:14 High pass filter tail
11:35 Unnecessary high pass filter? Making Track A thin and quiet, tailing off and sitting in the background.
13:25 More high pass filtering? Uneven changes in volume? Sounding thin again.
19:22 Another high pass filter tail, where proper phrasing would have sounded much better.
21:28 Filter..
22:40 Track A sounding very thin (filtered again?) with overpowering bassline from next track
23:11 Random gap/poor overlap. Again, proper phrasing would have avoided this
24:35-25:20 Messy clash between both tracks. Track A sounding thin again throughout.
31:26 Part of the song? Cueing with fader up?
37:00-37:20 Some phrasing would have been nice
38:45 More overdone high pass filter
42:30 Sounding weak again with the filtered track
43:00 Cut off too soon. Echo freeze might have been good here.
45:55 Noisy clash
46:44 Abrupt end, phrasing needed
49:00 Another clash (keys?). Track B needs to be louder too, take out some bass from A
51:47 Another high pass filter tail. Track A should have disappeared by now.
53:03 Part of the track? Or another track sitting in the background?
54:10 Bassline is a little heavy, vocals a little quiet.
54:58 Very thin sounding lead synth + vocals.
56:44 Bad clash. Proper phrasing needed.
59:11 More pounding bassline with thin sounding melody in the background.
61:05 Echo would sound better on the end of the vocals.

As before, EQing and phrasing need work so you might want to avoid the filter+FX for a while until you get those sorted.

**padi_04** · 08-24-2013, 10:36 AM

Voted (you are 5th now)

Not too fond of "what Beatport calls Progressive House" but still. Keep it up and best of lucks!

**Ross** · 08-25-2013, 05:34 AM

Originally Posted by makar1

thought you might want some actual feedback rather than just a handful of votes. Here's my analysis anyway.

1:05 track a too quiet and thin
2:25-2:51 track a too quiet, strange filtering going on, highs from a left too long
3:37 vocal sample cut off, then played too quietly
4:43 random drop in volume
8:40 more strange uneven filtering
9:14 high pass filter tail
11:35 unnecessary high pass filter? Making track a thin and quiet, tailing off and sitting in the background.
13:25 more high pass filtering? Uneven changes in volume? Sounding thin again.
19:22 another high pass filter tail, where proper phrasing would have sounded much better.
21:28 filter..
22:40 track a sounding very thin (filtered again?) with overpowering bassline from next track
23:11 random gap/poor overlap. Again, proper phrasing would have avoided this
24:35-25:20 messy clash between both tracks. Track a sounding thin again throughout.
31:26 part of the song? Cueing with fader up?
37:00-37:20 some phrasing would have been nice
38:45 more overdone high pass filter
42:30 sounding weak again with the filtered track
43:00 cut off too soon. Echo freeze might have been good here.
45:55 noisy clash
46:44 abrupt end, phrasing needed
49:00 another clash (keys?). Track b needs to be louder too, take out some bass from a
51:47 another high pass filter tail. Track a should have disappeared by now.
53:03 part of the track? Or another track sitting in the background?
54:10 bassline is a little heavy, vocals a little quiet.
54:58 very thin sounding lead synth + vocals.
56:44 bad clash. Proper phrasing needed.
59:11 more pounding bassline with thin sounding melody in the background.
61:05 echo would sound better on the end of the vocals.

As before, eqing and phrasing need work so you might want to avoid the filter+fx for a while until you get those sorted.

Wow. Wow. Wow.

**Stewe** · 08-25-2013, 05:50 AM

Makar 1, can I send you my mixes for analyses?

**Ross** · 08-25-2013, 05:52 AM

Originally Posted by Stewe

Makar 1, can I send you my mixes for analyses?

I think I'd rather eat a bag of dicks than have such a detailed analysis of any of my mixes like that. How can you listen to ANY DJ now without being so critical?