Re: (idm) k&d/ mixing software

From Hrvatski
Sent Thu, Jun 10th 1999, 00:44

>Speaking of which, the new Thievery Corporation DJ Kicks is really excellent.
>The press release says they used software to put the songs together (I was
>wondering how they got Les Baxter exotica to mix with hip-hop beats). I've
>heard Andrea Parker also used similar software to make her DJ Kicks...does
>anyone know what this software is and if there are shareware versions?

>From what I understand, EVERY DJ Kicks release (except for the John
Acquaviva "Skills" CD, which is part of an actual DJ mix series) is done in
Pro Tools (yes, even the Carl Craig/Claude Young/Kevin Saunderson/etc...).
Kind of defeats the concept of DJ mix CD's, but of course yields excellent
results in a non-real-time composition of a DJ set. Coldcut's "Journeys By
DJ" set sort of proved the use of this technique, apparently they had been
composing all of their radio shows for years this way, ahead of time. -Våt

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