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Electro House Mix – March 2011 – Version 1 & 2
Mar 2nd
A 70-minute mix-set full of Peak-Time Electro House bangers from big names including Sidney Samson, Michael Woods, Feed Me, Afrojack, Steve Angello and even a bit of Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg!
I’ve recorded 2 different versions of the same mix-set. The first has a lot of edits and effects throughout and I wasn’t sure if it worked well enough. Version 2 has fewer effects & edits and more attention on the mixing.
Listen Links:
Version 1:
Version 2:
Electro House – Mar 1st 2011 by kevin_e
Download Links:
Version 1: http://www.house-mixes.com/Profile/DJ%20Kevin-E/download/electro-house—mar-1st-2011
Version 2: http://soundcloud.com/kevin_e/electro-house-mar-1st-2011/download
Tracklist:
Sidney Samson Feat Tara McDonald – Set Me On Fire (Original Mix)
Porter Robinson – The Wildcat (Original Mix)
Miles Dyson – I-tune (Original Mix)
Michael Woods – First Aid (Original Mix)
Feed Me – Grand Theft Ecstasy (Original Mix)
Dada Life – White Noise / Red Meat
Afrojack & Bobby Burns – Bridge (Original Mix)
Nero – Me & You (Kamuki Remix)
Freakhouze – My Brain Is Bigger Than Yours (Lazy Rich Remix)
Alex Metric & Steve Angello – Open Your Eyes (Original Mix)
Steve Angello vs Dr Dre – Knas Episode (Laidback Luke & Junior Sanchez Mashup)
Bart B More – Gilles (Original Mix)
Mr. Skeleton – The Road…
Junior Sanchez – Weee! (Play Da Rave) (Original Mix)
Tristan Garner & Gregori Klosman Vs Laidback Luke Vs Daft Punk – Fuckin With The Best (Tristan Garner Bootleg)
Funky House Mix – Jan 2011
Jan 22nd
It’s been a while since the last mix, 5 months nearly, so here’s my latest funky house mix, with a blend of funky, uplifting, vocal funky house plus a few electro tunes to end off with.
62mins//192kbps//13 tracks
Tracklist:
David Herrero – Spanish Lick (Original Mix)
Peter Gelderblom, Randy Santino & Angie Brown – Exceptional (Original Vocal Mix)
Kid Culture & Thomas Robson – Yes I Need You (Original Mix)
Brent Vassar – Old School Slow Jams (Banana Groovz & Jackie Remix)
Lys – Few Things (Original Mix)
Miguel Picasso, Rebeka Brown – Show Me Your Love (Jean Philips & Mike Kelly Mix)
DJ Slider & Anton Liss feat. Soozy Q – Mr Devil (Original Mix)
Firebeatz – It’s Like That 2011 (Original Mix)
Lookback – Suonasse (Original Mix)
Modaal – Just Killin’ It (Original Mix)
Mac Zimms – Strings and Synths (Original Mix)
Bruk – On You (Original Mix)
Starjackers – Something’s Happening (Calvertron Remix)
Traktor Pro Distortion? – A Possible Solution
Jan 9th
I’ve finally found a way to solve the distortion and stuttering playback in Traktor Pro when connecting it to my MIDI CD decks.
I searched for days on Google about possible ways to solve the problem, such as re-installing drivers, disabling wireless etc but none of them worked until I came across this…
The issue was with the MIDI mapping settings, and here’s the process I have to do each time I load Traktor Pro to get good sound quality.
At the start you can just about hear the stuttered playback, and then I make the settings changes I need to make every time I load the software to get good sound quality.
Behringer DDM4000 Mixer
Dec 31st
I’ve been looking lately at buying some new DJing gear, something I can link up to Traktor Pro and use as a mixer, and I came across the Behringer DDM4000 Mixer.
Usually I wouldn’t look twice at Behringer as they’re not famous for high-quality gear but I’ve read some great reviews about the 4-channel mixer that’s packed with loads of features (2 effects processors, sampler, eq kill buttons, MIDI, optical faders).
My current mixer, the Pioneer DJM400 cost £100 more at £350 and it doesn’t have nowhere near as many features, only 2 channels – not 4, no MIDI, fewer effects, and no cue mix for headphones. The price really is unbelievable at £250.
I can’t wait to get it and replace my Pioneer mixer that has broken master outputs (only the left output works)
Traktor Pro & Windows 7 – Not So Bad Now
Dec 30th
I previously reported about terrible distortion and clipping of sound with Traktor Pro but I seem to have sorted out the problem somewhat by changing the mapping for my Denon DNS1200 cd players.
Before, all the midi mappings for the decks were assigned by one setting in traktor, but after separating the mappings to each individual deck it seems like I have better quality and have no terrible distortion at 15ms.
So for anyone with similar distortion issues with Traktor, try adjusting your mappings and changing them so you have 2, each for your different deck (duplicate each and assign them to each cd deck!)
Traktor Pro & Windows = Frustration
Dec 24th
Having changed my setup to Traktor Pro with MIDI Denon cd players using my iMac, I then decided to buy a laptop to use with future gigs, as an iMac is far from easy to transport to and from gigs.
Traktor Pro worked like a dream on the Mac, shame I can’t say the same for Windows 7 though – stuttered playback (tracks keep on stop/starting) and distortion. It’s not as if the laptop is bad spec either, it’s an Intel i5 processor with 4GB RAM, more than enough to run Traktor Pro.
I’ve tried everything I’ve read on forums, changing the power plan, upgrading drivers, disabling others, anti-virus, wireless etc but I can’t get better than 20ms latency – which is far from good! Looks like for now I’ll have to live with bad latency.
Still no mixes since August so I really to get some done in the New Year!!!
House Classic – Deep Swing – In The Music
Oct 12th
A great funky house classic from 2001 -Deep Swing’s “In The Music”.
New DJ Setup – Traktor Pro
Oct 10th
I’ve recently changed my DJ setup to using Traktor Pro with an Apple iMac plus a new Traktor Kontrol X1 controller together with my existing Denon DNS-1200 cd players and Pioneer DJM400 mixer, which you can see in the photo below.
I wish I had done it months earlier, the capabilities and extra things you can do is superb, looping, effects and editing/remixing the music live is great, as before it became rather boring just mixing intros into outros of tracks.
Finally it’s all set up and working with the software via MIDI/USB, so stay tuned for some new mix videos to be uploaded soon.
New Traktor Pro DJ Setup Preview Video
Oct 1st
A quick preview video of my new DJ setup using Denon DNS-1200 cd decks and a Traktor X1 Kontrol connected up to Traktor Pro DJ software on the iMac.
It took a while to get it all set up properly, getting the cd player display to show correctly and to get better pitch resolution with MIDI etc, but it’s all working and I’ll be making some new mixes very soon! Well, as soon as I can sort out a mixer as my current DJM-400 has problems with the outputs (right channel isn’t working)
Tune of the Week – Tensnake – Coma Cat
Aug 7th
Tensnake – Coma Cat, released earlier in the year but only now have I come across this beauty. “Coma Cat” has an older disco-house style to it, but it’s blend of vocal samples, and cowbell, piano sounds just combine into a superb chilled out house track. I’ve always preferred the older, more purer house sound, and this brings it back but it’s still fresh and is a potential classic. I love it!!