good software for making a mix?

every mixing program I've ever used has been fucking shit. non of them can beat match anything correctly unless it's minimal 4/4 techno. fuck all that ableton warp marker bollocks - takes fucking forever and is fiddly and annoying. if someone actually came up with a program that could intelligently mix between different types of beat (ie not just 4/4) without you having to firstly TELL the fucking thing where every hit is, then, i for one would illegally download it.

  zaphod said:

i am NOT doing a live dj set. again, this is for personal amusement. i think adjective is on the right track here. i'm just looking for something to do crossfades, layer tracks a bit, mess around generally. i'm just tired of listening to mixes i make that are just 12 tracks in a row, or something, without any kind of layering. i wouldn't mind learning how to beatmatch and really overlap things as well, so if there's room to grow with the program that would be cool.

From what you've said here, I'd say Traktor also. Although I can't say I know much about the other programs mentioned other than Acid, but I don't think that's what you're looking for.

Have a read up on each I guess, but I'm with the Traktor school of thought. All comes down to how you get on with each program, UI etc. Horses for courses and all.

  BCM said:

every mixing program I've ever used has been fucking shit. non of them can beat match anything correctly unless it's minimal 4/4 techno. fuck all that ableton warp marker bollocks - takes fucking forever and is fiddly and annoying. if someone actually came up with a program that could intelligently mix between different types of beat (ie not just 4/4) without you having to firstly TELL the fucking thing where every hit is, then, i for one would illegally download it.

goddamn bro! Acid 3.0.

SICKK.

  sneaksta303 said:

  BCM said:

every mixing program I've ever used has been fucking shit. non of them can beat match anything correctly unless it's minimal 4/4 techno. fuck all that ableton warp marker bollocks - takes fucking forever and is fiddly and annoying. if someone actually came up with a program that could intelligently mix between different types of beat (ie not just 4/4) without you having to firstly TELL the fucking thing where every hit is, then, i for one would illegally download it.

 

goddamn bro! Acid 3.0.

 

SICKK.

+1

Acid's beatmacthing is limited only by your own ears

Reason + Sony Sound Forge + Acid

although I'd like to try traktor, and I would probably enjoy cubase and maxMSP

use metasynth and import the cover art

actually, yeah, ACID's pretty good for beatmatching - i actually think ACID v.1 is probably the best as it gets too complicated it the later versions with the whole Beatmapper thing (which is basically the same as the Ableton warp marker process). unfortunately i have a Mac, so no ACID for me :(