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From: "Craig Harrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Toby Frith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "James Bucknell"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 1:45 PM
Subject: RE: (313) re: best decks
> Depends a little bit on the amount of time you've got to get the mix in,
and
> whether or not the target track is being thrown out to into the open, or
> whether it's only in your cans. Pitch mixing also means you've got to know
> your tracks very well, OR (I emphasise or) that you've cheated in some way
> (front->back box, or BPM's on labels).
Just a matter of practice if ya ask me ('cheating' isn't necessary), but it
always helps to know your records of course. There's no reason mixing with
the pitch should ever be slower if you've learned to mix that way. I can't
say I'm at the 10-20 seconds rate that Jonny's got, but I can match to where
I'd feel comfortable easing it in within the first 16 bars (about 25-30
seconds) - some tracks/circumstances are harder than others of course.
It's futile for anyone to try and convince someone else they should mix
differently than what works for them, but I will say this much from my own
experience: I know a number of people who used to swear by touching their
records (including me) who now only touch their records in the mix if they
really f*ck up, but I don't know anyone who's learned to mix w/o touching
that has decided that touching records in the mix is a better way to do it.
If you ever want to see a master of this technique, watch TP.
Tristan
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