DJ Drop 2. I made this in Adobe Audition

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jtnichol

jtnichol

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See what you think....its for a big prom coming up. If you saw the other thread I have now changed the pronunciation of the word "platinum" as in knardini's "Platinum Sound".


This is the big opener for a prom we are doing in April together. I'm going to add pics and photos. Its 1 minute.

Advice or criticism or compliments welcome.

thanks!
 

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jtnichol said:
See what you think....its for a big prom coming up. If you saw the other thread I have now changed the pronunciation of the word "platinum" as in knardini's "Platinum Sound".


This is the big opener for a prom we are doing in April together. I'm going to add pics and photos. Its 1 minute.

Advice or criticism or compliments welcome.

thanks!
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If this is an opening to a dance instead of saying "listening to..." how bout "dancing to.." or "partying to..." or "Getting your funk on..."

The last one was a joke.. ;)
 
jokerswild said:
If this is an opening to a dance instead of saying "listening to..." how bout "dancing to.." or "partying to..." or "Getting your funk on..."

The last one was a joke.. ;)
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very good point....I was also thinking of incorporating on the website too....
 
Wow. Excellent. Only thing I would change is that the music is a little loud and makes it hard to hear the speaker. that might be different when playing over a sound system instead of my laptop speakers.

I'd like to know how you make that if you have a minute to explain. I'd love to try it.
 
The Wizard Of OZ said:
Wow. Excellent. Only thing I would change is that the music is a little loud and makes it hard to hear the speaker. that might be different when playing over a sound system instead of my laptop speakers.

I'd like to know how you make that if you have a minute to explain. I'd love to try it.
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Yes, its not good for lappy speakers....I'm thinking that if it goes on the website, I'm going to have to fine tune that. It was produced and listened through my Cerwin Vega DX-9's. I haven't referenced it on anything else yet. I'm hoping it'll sound good through a JBL SRX system.

I'm using Adobe Audition with a mastering rack plugin.

I recorded it using an AKG C3000 1" diaphragm condenser. A basket choir mic basically. Signal goes through a cheap behringer into my Turtle Beach sound card on an AMD machine.

The main voice track has been filled up a bit with a tube compressor plugin on adobe audition. Then fattened a tiny bit with some reverb. Different portions of it were flanged/modulated a bit. And then I simply copy and pasted the "P" a few times on the word "Party" to get that P P P Party sound.

The secondary voice track also used a compressor and a notch EQ to get that "on the phone" sound to it.

The audio track was Madonna Crazy Train and then at the end was the tag of the track "Bring Em Out"

This is it in simplified terms....thanks!
 
ok here is my opinion

yes song background is a little too loud

yes its also a little busy - too many things at once and you cant quite hear what its all about

if you want me to do some arranging ask jon what I did when he supplied just a few samples and I gave him the finished product

anyway keep up the good work .... if you want to hear a few i have done i'll get you the addy its still online!
 
DjDennis said:
ok here is my opinion

yes song background is a little too loud

yes its also a little busy - too many things at once and you cant quite hear what its all about

if you want me to do some arranging ask jon what I did when he supplied just a few samples and I gave him the finished product

anyway keep up the good work .... if you want to hear a few i have done i'll get you the addy its still online!
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i'd love to hear it. [email protected]
thanks!
 
Here's my take; great job by the way...

Should say "Fasten your seatbelts" and not "Get your seat belts on."
Background track is a bit loud.
I couldn't understand that "silhouette screens" until I listened to it a couple times.
You say "...?... quality DJs"
"LEDs" and "Moving Heads"... Nobody will know what the heck you're talking about, I would remove them. Even I thought "Did he just mention the Talking Heads?"
Too long for an initial drop at a school. Sounds more like a commercial.
I like the soundtrack / sound choices!
Your voice sounds great!

I hope that helps!
 
maestro said:
Here's my take; great job by the way...

Should say "Fasten your seatbelts" and not "Get your seat belts on."
Background track is a bit loud.
I couldn't understand that "silhouette screens" until I listened to it a couple times.
You say "...?... quality DJs"
"LEDs" and "Moving Heads"... Nobody will know what the heck you're talking about, I would remove them. Even I thought "Did he just mention the Talking Heads?"
Too long for an initial drop at a school. Sounds more like a commercial.
I like the soundtrack / sound choices!
Your voice sounds great!

I hope that helps!
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I agree totally. I had my issues trying to get those stupid "on the phone" sound bytes to come through. Its a mess to my ears as well. Too much info for the common kid. Also remember the track has been compressed a bit too.

Yes, it is long. I plan on sending it to the school to forward over email and let it start the dance once the time is right. Not a "drop" I suppose....

What speakers did you use to listen? Just curious because I only referenced them on cerwin vega DX-9's

thanks for heads up
 
Brian said:
Its good, my only suggestion would be to make your voice more "boomy" and "assertive" over the music.
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Not sure if boomy is what I'm after...I'm guessing taking down the music bed will help. Thanks for the listen!

What speakers did you use?
 
djsarge said:
Why do you need this at all? Not bustin chops, just curious.
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well, for a 1000 kid prom, me thinks rockin' the place with our name and over email won't hurt at the beginning at all.

I personally don't use professional drops at all because I'm CD based, but when I move over to lappy based (eventually) then me thinks it will be easier to throw in a 3 second byte while transitioning songs.....

Drops make sense if the crowd is into the mix and it may make the kids feel like the DJ is more professional? Like live radio dj on a saturday night? I dunno...

Good question man....
 
I don't normally do teen events, but I guess I can see what you're trying to do. Trying to get the group fired up a bit. Been a long time since I was a kid. lol

Of course from hearing DJ's back in the 70's and 80's, I think the shout out and "DJ" voices are kind of silly and sound fake nowadays. Like used car salesmen.
 
jtnichol said:
I personally don't use professional drops at all because I'm CD based, but when I move over to lappy based (eventually) then me thinks it will be easier to throw in a 3 second byte while transitioning songs.....
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It dont matter you cd based or laptop based - if you can have 3x cd players setup (1x small one for drops) then what does it matter

remember I am all CD based in Australia because to convert will cost me lots of money in licencing fees

ppca = dj licence $275 per year
amcos = copyright licence 2% of my gross amount made each year

new licence
aria = format shifting $880.00 per year


no thanks I have enough to pay now.......
 
djsarge said:
Of course from hearing DJ's back in the 70's and 80's, I think the shout out and "DJ" voices are kind of silly and sound fake nowadays. Like used car salesmen.
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I think the easiest way to explain it is the shift in the format of entertainment. Damn rappers give shout outs IN their songs! beginning to end....

Not that I emulate it on the mic, but if I can recreate it a bit ahead of time, I can have that whole crappy shout voice perfected a bit....


Do any of you notice at dances how many people will dance, then text?
 
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