> On 12/04/2013 05:57 AM, Filip Hráček wrote: > > Hi Sean, > > > > Thanks for your email! I'm excited to hear that Mixxx is thinking about > > parsing DJ Notation! > > > > I have been postponing this for months now, but today, I finally got to > > write down all the changes from the original specs. www.djnotation.org > > <http://www.djnotation.org> now contains what I've been using for a long > > time now (it's not a big change from version 1, though). Of course, feel > > free to use in any way. > > > > One of our other developers wants to suggest using the asterisk (*) > > to denote a "drop" where everything comes back in to the mix. > > > > > > Interesting. So, for example, -#~-#= could be written as -#~-*=? If > > that's the case, I don't understand the benefit. Am I missing the point? > > Could you please clarify?
Drops are similar to "buildups" as you've defined them on the dj notation page, but I feel like with newer ee-dee-em and brostep music it is something more specific. One web page describes: "The drop is a feature of many dubstep and other electronic tracks. After an initial build or introduction, typically with higher-register synths and percussion, and a short musical break or interlude, the song abruptly introduces a heavy modulated bass line usually accompanied by heavy percussion. This is the drop. Drops may occur one or more times in a given track." check out this shitty video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE-uH0OVL_Y I'm not a huge fan of dubstep but The Drop is an important element in modern electronic music. (If you don't want to add a new notation, at least mention which of the current symbols should apply to drops) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sponsored by Intel(R) XDK Develop, test and display web and hybrid apps with a single code base. Download it for free now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=111408631&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Get Mixxx, the #1 Free MP3 DJ Mixing software Today http://mixxx.org Mixxx-devel mailing list Mixxx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel
