From: tlims@mindvox.phantom.com (Richard Hall)
Newsgroups: alt.rave
Subject: remixing advice
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 11:55:36 EDT


yet another commonly asked question(in addition to-how do you sync up a
303?, how can you make reords?etc) is-how do you do a remix?

there are many ways to do a remix, here are some of the most common:

1)get the master tape(usually 24 track 2 inch, sometimes 48 track) take
it to a studio and either remix the existing tracks or replace certain
parts(drums, bass, etc) with your own.  to replace tracks you can either
play new tracks live or lock up a sequencer to the tape(usually via
SMPTE).

2)an increasingly common way to do a remix is to take the master tapes
and put the tracks that you want(vocals, interesting sounds, etc) onto
dat and then sample them.  you then basically write a new song and
sequence the sampled parts from the original song.  most people remix
this way cos it enables you complete freedom and allows you to do the
work in the privay of their own studio.  i've done both ways and i much
prefer this way.

3)write a new song based on the original, but that includes nothing from
the original.  

after mixing many people then edit the track(more common when the remix 
was done completely from the original 2 inch tape(s)).  the old way of 
editing was to put the song(and whatever parts the remixer wanted to
include)on 1/2 inch tape and break out razor blades and cut it up and 
tape it back together(derrick may was the king of this, as were the latin 
rascals).  nowadays most people do their editing digitally with sound 
tools, pro tools, or some other hard disk based editing system.  

there is no right or wrong way to remix or edit, in fact the more 
unconventional approaches tend to yield the most interesting results.

bye,
moby