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dattrax: I made this on my friend\u2019s Allen & Heath XONE: 92 set up with two Technics SL-DZ1200 cd turntables(pictured here) in her three floored Bar/ Lounge in downtown Toronto.\xa0

This mixer outputs great crisp sound, and looks & feels great. It\u2019s sturdy and responsive- that\u2019s probably why I\u2019m not into midi-controllers (yet), they feel like toys and all the knobs and slides are super loose w/ no tension. I think it would take a while to get used to and I don\u2019t believe I can have the control necessary. This \u201c92\u201d is the only mixer that I\u2019ve played on that splits the mids into two (hi and low halves of the midrange) on each channel, so that you have more control of the mid-range sounds.\xa0

Great for isolating vocals, congos, washes, etc. Unfortunately I didn\u2019t spend enough time testing the sound and the result after recording when I fooled around w/ the midrange EQ knobs. Since I know nothing about sound/ music, just what I like when it comes to house music, I started mixing and recording.\xa0

I realised later that the way I had the mid\u2019s EQ\u2019ed for most of the tracks, the whole mix had a slight sharp shrill sound that is unpleasant to the ears at higher volumes. I removed some of the low end off the midrange thinking that it would enhance the mid, but it just made it hallow and too sharp. Another mistake I made was not testing my latest batch of buys off of Beatport.com. At 10mins \u201cTide\u201d and 25mins in \u201cCasualties\u201d w/ Eryland Oye\u2019s vocals, these two for some reason was overly compressed and mastered incorrectly, so the highs are too sharp and the bass is not tight. And it didn\u2019t help w/ my poor EQ\u2019ing compounding the situation. You win some and you lose some, but you always learn in the process. I can\u2019t tell you how many good mixes have gotten ruined because of new things (different- software, hardware, etc.) I was trying and backfired.

This was such a fun mix listening to that I didn\u2019t have the heart to delete this one. This mix is full of exciting house tracks w/ techy grooves smoothly aggressively blended together.\xa0

Starting two minutes in w/ \u201cAnymore\u201d by Badmouth remixed by Phonique. Another of my favourite vocal tracks begins almost 13mins in, \u201cMoan\u201d by Trentemoller remixed by Radio Slave. Within 34mins, \u201cCalling You\u201d by Electrochemie drifts in haunting vocals and hypnotic beats & grooves. Love Electrochemie! They probably couldn\u2019t imagine their dark and electronic tunes would be mixed w/ these other house tracks. I want to make a 45min, Electrochemie tribute mix soon!

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