Hey everyone, someone had a link to strictlyhits.com and I was in the party breaks section and this is the kind of stuff I want to be doing. My question is what are these guys using to create these mashups. This can’t be done with just Traktor Pro can it? Or is it with something like ableton? I just ordered a NI Maschine so i’m hoping with that I can get really creative and make some unique mixes and mashups.
2 Turntables, a battlemixer and a minidisc-recorder.
That’s how I started producing mashups.
Later I started beatmatching the records first, then record the tracks in Cubase or Logic, cut them into pieces and rearrange beats and vocals.
I know there is timestretch and all this stuff, but I never wanted to produce any mashup that I couldn’t do live with two or more turntables.
We often spin sets with 2 or 3 DJs on at least 4 Turntables, so that’s why I still stay with Turntables and DVS for most of my shows.
There are many ways to create Mashups and Bastardpop-Bootlegs.
Most of them are done in Ableton Live now and where done in Sony Acid in the early days.
that track you gave as an example can be done with traktor quite easily using loops and a few effects. if you want to get into mashups using traktor only, i suggest trying out 4 deck mixing, where you also have buttons mapped out for loop lengths. but like others said, it can also be done with other programs
Thanks for all the input guys. I have mad respect for anyone who was doing this before digital systems existed. As far as doing it with 4 deck mixing, it seems possible, but it sounds like these mixes use so many different samples so how would I handle constantly switching new samples into one of the 4 decks?
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Thanks for all the input guys. I have mad respect for anyone who was doing this before digital systems existed. As far as doing it with 4 deck mixing, it seems possible, but it sounds like these mixes use so many different samples so how would I handle constantly switching new samples into one of the 4 decks?
[/quote]you use ableton to make your track in the studio first.
So when it comes to mash ups most of them are pre made and then played live? Obviously you could do some quick 2 track mashup on the fly but to throw all those different samples seems like it requires some work before a live set.
Right. If the mashup seems heavily produced, it’s probably just that.
If it seems really raw, it’s probably just that. Raw and Live.
My entire DJ sets are basically comprised of mashing to some degree and most of it is done live. So it just depends on what sound you’re looking for. Raw, or produced.
Perfect, this makes me feel a lot better lol. All this time I thought that those kind of mashups were done live and it seemed like it would take a loooong time to reach the skill level to do those on the fly.
I guess it all depends on what type of mashup you want, and how many samples you want to include.
Girl Talk uses Audio Mulge, which is a program that allows for “contraptions” where you can run hundreds of loops simultaneously(similar to clip view in ableton). but a bit less in depth. I would defintely +1 using ableton. It is very easy to massh up stuff in ableton, but i do like the audiomulge as well.
