Music
Endless Summer
This mix originally appeared on abrooklynlife.com back in 2006 as a part of the podcast series. I put this mix together using Ableton Live and I am very proud of it. It is definitely one of my favorites, and I think it turned out pretty well.
[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/tranzfuse/endless-summer-a-dj-mix-by-adam-smith-august-24-2006[/soundcloud]
Tracklist:
- Junior Boys - Double Shadow - Domino
- Daniel Bell - Rhodes 2 (Loop) - Logistic
- Social System - Right of Way - Archipel
- Butane - Ulcer (Gurtz Remix) - Unfoundsound
- Herbert - Banquet (Herbert Remix) (Loop) - Peacefrog
- Ada - Cool My Fire (I'm Burning) - Areal
- Jesse Somfay - Your ...
SVEK!
This mix is an ode to one of my favorite record labels ever, the now defunct SVEK Records out of Stockholm. This was mixed on two good ol' Technics 1200s turntables and my Pioneer CDJ3000 Mixer. This mix is from 2006 and originally appeared over at abrooklynlife.com as a part of the podcast series.
[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/tranzfuse/svek-svek-svek-a-dj-mix-by-tranzfuse-may-5-2006[/soundcloud]
Tracklist:
- Forme - Lordag - Svek 047
- Sunday Brunch - Things You Said - Svek 042
- Forme - Sondag - Svek 047
- Sunday Brunch - Festen - Svek 042
- Sunday Brunch - Honung - Svek 034
- Jesper Dahlbäck - Vatten [Dub] - Svek 039
- Nordelius & ...
Simply Superstitious
This mix was put together for my friends as a part of their podcast on abrooklynlife.com way back on (Friday!) October 13, 2006 and originally appeared here. This was one of a handful of digital mixes I created in Ableton Live. I'd say it is one of my favorites I've done. I still enjoy it from time to time.
[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/tranzfuse/simpley-superstitious-a-dj-mix-by-adam-smith-october-13-2006[/soundcloud]
Tracklist:
- Drexciya - 700 Million Light Years from Earth - Clone
- Lab Rat XL - Lab Rat 3 - Clone
- Professor X - Reconstruktx - Clone
- Der Zyklus - Mxyzptik - Gigolo
- Der Zyklus - ...
iPhone as MIDI Controller: TouchOSC, OSCulator, Ableton Templates for BigSeq VST
The iPhone does make a handy MIDI controller fo sho. Combined with TouchOSC and OSCulator, the iPhone becomes a customizable physical interface to control endless plug-in parameters for the DAW of your choice.
Here is a set of templates for my favorite combination of software right now that will hopefully get you going quickly. The idea to do this was originally inspired by and derived from chromedecay's video tutorial on vimeo.
12 Songs in 2010: January Project
First actual full song I've ever completed. I don't love it, but it's not too bad. The real goal is to get over that hump of coming up with a half-baked idea and then abandoning it, which is what I did most of last year as I learned the ins and outs of Ableton.
Take 1: January (First Attempt)
Notes:
- Used Analog Warmth rack on master track
- Too much low end
- Sounds way too muddy, basically unlistenable
- Removed Analog Warmth rack
- Sounds better, but still too bassy
- Improved low end
- Snares and hats too loud