You're right - I guess I should re-read that book, I read it several years ago now and I've discovered a lot of stuff since then !
Gwendal > -----Original Message----- From: robin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 1:04 PM To: Cob > ert, Gwendal Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: (313 > edits > not necessarily, to pick one example if you look back over detroit > history a lot of tracks were created by one person and then re-edited > before release by another person. it's how a lot of detroit > artists got > their break... (it's mentioned in Dan Sicko's Techno Rebels > btw, a book > i recommend anyone read if they haven't already)...of course this was > in the days of tape edits. > > robin... > > > > ... sounds like the best answer so far. Bringing a second > question : a > > re-edit is usually done without the original artist's > authorization, > > while a remix is "commissioned" by the artist, right ? > > > > Gwendal > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > From: Tom Churchill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 11:42 A > > > > M > > To: Cobert, Gwendal; 313 > > Subject: Re: (313 > > > >> edits > > > > > >> what is the difference between an "edit" and a "remix" ??? > > > >> > > > >> A re-edit, in the original sense of the word, uses only the final > > > >> two-channel (stereo) recording of a song, which is then cut > > > >> up, extended, > > > >> shortened, reversed, put through effects etc. These days this > > > >> would most > > > >> likely be done in audio software like Pro Tools, Logic or > > > >> Cubase, but in the > > > >> old days it would be done by cutting and splicing > > > >> quarter-inch reel-to-reel > > > >> tape. > > > >> > > > >> A remix, on the other hand, is generally done by someone > > > >> who's been given > > > >> access to the original multi-track tape (in the old days) or > > > >> individual > > > >> sounds, loops, samples, beats etc (today). The remixer can > > > >> then use as many > > > >> or as few of the original building blocks of the song as > they like, in > > > >> conjunction with musical elements created themselves, to > > > >> create a new track > > > >> which uses any number of parts of the original. > > > >> > > > >> The primary difference being that anyone with a copy of the > > > >> record can do > > > >> their own 'edit', but to do a proper 'remix' you need the > > > >> original producer > > > >> to provide you with the song's original 'building blocks' in > > > >> isolation. > > > >> > > > >> Cheers, > > > >> > > > >> Tom > > > >> > > > >> > > > >
