RE: Life before drum machines

From: McAtee, Malcolm (mmcatee@philamuseum.org)
Date: Mon Feb 12 2001 - 22:42:40 CET

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    I have seen derrick carter mix some old disco tracks for quite a while by
    adjusting
    The tempo w/ the pitch control on the turntable w/ no headphones (show
    off!).
    He has probably mixed all those tracks thousands of times tho -----!

     -----Original Message-----
    From: Nathaniel Rahav [mailto:nat@rhythmlove.com]
    Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 12:32 PM
    To: Adam Cohen
    Cc: AcidJazz
    Subject: Re: Life before drum machines

    Depends on the track... but you definitely have to know the tracks you're
    mixing very very very well.
    Usually its more of the beatmatch-quick-mix but some tracks work well in
    longer mixes, like for example Cerrone Super Nature or any of the Candido
    tracks...

    peace
    Nat

    On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, Adam Cohen wrote:

    > For those of you who spin old disco in your sets, do you match the beat as
    > close as you can and then mix it very quickly before it has time to go
    off,
    > or do you try and keep it on beat as long as possible by constantly
    > adjusting the pitch and hoping you don't mess it up? Maybe I'm just not
    > experienced enough, but I have a hell of a time trying to mix certain
    > records, where the pitch keeps changing. Usually I just mix it pretty
    > quickly before it becomes a train wreck, but I'm just curious as to what
    > everyone else here does.
    >
    > Adam
    >



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