Crap Day

Monday as allways! Fuck
Today I had tons of paperworks and now I'm finally done.

Last week i posted Beat #2 so today comes Beat #3

Here you go:
Chilly.C - Beat #3

Cool video i found on DjBattle.net

Chris A - Links

I dont have so much to say really. I'm just waiting for the other guys to finish their part in our essential mix. I did my part for like 2 weeks ago and now it's kind of old so I have to do a new one haha.

Meanwhile I can give you some house music related links.

Beatport
Trackitdown
The House Selection podcast
Steve Angello twitter
Sebastian Ingrosso twitter
Check em out.

Track of today - Adam K - Brighter Days (Original Mix)

Peace

I had nothing better to do than to post a mashup I've been using a lot. It's a mashup between a remix of Eagle Eye Cherry's Save Tonight (I consider it one of my favourite songs) and the original instrumental of Beautiful Letdown by K-Skill.

Link!

Have fun. ;P It's the most creative thing I've made in a few weeks it seems. I need to get more shit done :/:(

My Setup

Today i'll post pictures of my music equipment.
We can start with a picture on my DJ equipment. You can click on the pictures for higher quality and resolution.

My DJ gear contains Denon X1500S mixer and two Denon DN-S5000 cd players. This took me about 2 years to get this gear which was a pain the ass because i bought the cd players first and the mixer 1 year later. So I couldnt try the cd players until i got my mixer. I've had this set for about 2 years now.


This is the Denon DN-S5000. The one thing that makes this cd player unique is that it has alpha track which means i can play from the same cd at the same time in 2 diffrent channels. Denon are the only ones that have this function. The player also has some effects such as DRAG and ECHO, and regular stuff like loops.

Here is the Denon X1500S mixer with 4 Channels aswell as 2 microphone channels. There is also effects on this mixer such as Flanger, filters, echo and delay with various settings on each effect. X1500 mixer also has a sampler function which i'm not very familiar with i must say.

This was a bad picture from my side but hey i'm not a photographer so who cares :)
This is the whole area where i usually mix and record or just listening to music. With a Marentz amp and two Jamo D365 speakers. As you can imagine in a pretty small room is that it can be very loud music playing but that's what it's all about. You can also see my guitar and LP of Bob Dylan's Blood on track album aswell as Rolling stones which is behind the Dylan LP.

This is not a complete set, things to get next are two technics 1200's, Korg Kaoss pad and tons of LP's

Chilly

For the past 2 weeks I have been working on some beats.

Chilly.C - Beat #2 has a cool sound but i don't know.. Something is wrong with it

Chilly.C - Beat #3 Is also nice but I think a bit too depressing

Chilly.C - Beat #4 On the other side is a masterpiece imo

I will only give you Beat #2 for now, then next week I will uppload Beat #3 and the week after Beat #4

Chilly.C - Beat #2

MultiBand Sidechaining

Here's a little technique that I came up with some time ago now for that subtle (and boy do I mean subtle) sidechaining. Although, technically, I think it should be refered to as ducking. But I don't give much of a rats ass about that sort of thing so I'm calling it:

Multiband Sidechaining

What is it?

Really it's a way to set up your parametric EQ in FL to allow multiple band-passed kicks to control it, using the peak controller plugin. This guide will address how to achieve just that specifically in FL8, but I am guessing that it could be done in any DAW.

To start with...

Take the kicksample and clone it 4 times, like this:


The top channel is the original, all the others are just clones. Notice I'm using the same pattern, which, ofc, should come to no surprise. (note: you don't have to use the kick, I'm just using that for explanation purposes, any element of your track can be used this way. You don't even have to use 4 of them, you can use 2, 4 or even 15 for all I care)


After you have done this, you are going to assign each of the kicks to different mixer channels, I'm going to use channel 1 for the original kick, naming it 'kick'. For the others I will use channel 2-5, naming them 'low', 'lowmid', 'himid', and 'hi'. Why I'm using those terms should become clear later. After this you add a parametric EQ to all the channels except the original ('kick'). You will only use it as a BP-filter though, so set one of the bands to Band Pass, and turn the other bands off. The band width should be set to 1.00, the tightest possible. The setup so far should look like this:



Now, add a spectroman to you original kick channel and try to work out the main freq points of the kick you are using. Just loop the sample and look at the way it uses the spectrum. The low point of the kick I am using seems to be at around 60 hz. So, I'm going to set the freq of my BP filter in the 'low' channel to 60 hz.

The kick I am using is rather monotone, and doesn't have many dips and leaps to its spectrum. So I'm going to arbitrarily set the 'lomid' to 200 hz, the 'himid' to 1200 hz and the hi to 5000. Note that these settings are individual to the kick you are using, so take care in selecting how to set the freqs.

After that, take whichever channel peaks the loudest, ignoring the original 'kick' channel, and add a compressor to it. This will almost always be your 'lo' channel. Set the threshold to 0db, the ratio to 1:1, and turn the gain until you peak at 0 db. You never want it to peak above that. Some compressors, and I am now talking mainly about the Native FL compressor, have a limiter built in and if you peak above 0 db, it will slighty mess up your sidechaing later.

Now, after you have set your 'lo', or whichever peaks the loudest to start with, to peak at 0 db, add a compressor to the other channels, again, ignoring the "kick" channel, and set them to the same excact settings. They won't peak at 0 db, because you just want them to peak relative to eachother, with the loudest peaking at 0 db.

We are starting to get somewhere. Just bare with me for a few more minutes.

You will now add a peak controller to every channel, do I need to say you should ignore the original 'kick'?. Set the base to 50%, the volume to -50%, tension to 100% and decay to 100%. Leave mute on. You can play around with these settings later. You don't have to set them all the same, but I most often do. There might be technical or musical reasons to set the 'lomid' differently than the rest ofc. But for now, use those settings for all the channels. It should look like this:



And we are getting even closer now. Add a parametric EQ to an unused mixer channel. I'm going to use channel 6 in my example. Name it "Multiband Sidechaining", or something shorter if you prefer that. Set the band to the same freqs as your kick channels, in my example it's 60, 200, 1200 and 5000. Also, you want to set the band type to "peaking". Then right-click the levelfader on your first band, which is set at 60 hz in my example, and click "link to controller..." on the pop-up menu. Use and "internal controller" and select the controller called "peak control (low) - peak". I'll give a quick explanation if you don't use the peak controller much:

"Peak Control" in the name means it is simply a Peak Controller plugin that controls that internal controller. The name in the parenthesis refers to the name of the mixer channel it occupies. And "Peak" means it is controlled by the Peak of you Peak Controller, you can use the Peak Controller as an LFO if you want to as well.

Thus link all the band levels to its appropriate controller. Also, set the band width of all your band according to how wide the band is on your original 'kick'. For example, if there is a dip in your kick at 200 hz, which there often is, set the width of your lo (say at 60 hz) and lomid (say at 300hz) so that you leave some space in the 200 hz are. Try this out by by just lowering all the levels to 50% or something and see what form they take. You want it to look roughly like the spectrometer in your 'kick' channel looks like.

And it's done. If you want any elements to be controller by your multiband sidechaining just route them to that mixer channel. The parametric EQ will shape the sound live according to what the kick sample sounds like. No need to duck the entire frequency spectrum when you only need to duck at 600 hz is there?

Here's a quick example using only native FL8 stuff:

Multiband SideChaining Test

Experiment with this please. Try using the vocal to control the melody, instead of just using the kick. Best of luck, and if you do come up with something intresting using this technique, please let me know.

Plans

I've been busy the last couple of days getting ready for school finally got my schedule and starting on monday :)

The incoming plans are the collab mix me, Sebastian, Romeo and Chris. A are doing should be done by the end of the week. If i have time i'll post a short Dubstep mix with crazy tracks be tuned.

Here is a dubstep video were Ed solo and C.o remix a classic tune starting from 2.30.´The diffrence beetween Ed solo and the original track is just sick.


Here is the original track

Chris A - A tribute to Inpetto

I just want to show you some of my favorite producers and I do have a few so I'm going to start this little thingy "A tribute to" and first out are Inpetto


Inpetto are two guys from Germany that have been producing a type of progressive house since 2000 and I bet you've heard the mega hit Fragma - Toca me that was remixed by Inpetto.

My top 3 Inpetto tracks:

1. David Guetta feat. Chris Willis - Everytime We Touch (Inpetto Remix)


2. Those Usual Suspects - Shadows (Inpetto Remix)


3. Meck feat. Dino - So strong (Inpetto remix)


Check out their myspace for more hot tracks

My Setup

So after spending tuesday's night drinking (hey, if it feels good it is good), I decided to post some pictures of my gear. It's kind of low-budget, but it works for me... For now :D


Some of my setup in all it's glory


My MIDI-controller that I use to control the first 2 decks in Traktor, together with my DJiO, and a guitar pluck (I have a guitar too :D). The DJiO I plan to upgrade to a 8in*8out soundcard.


One of my TT200's, with the shitty headphones I use to mix, and produce, and play videogames, and listen to music, and so on and so forth. I intend to upgrade the headphones soon enough. The TT's I'll probably keep a while though.


The Numark 5000FX. Channel 1 is for the Xbox, channel 2 and 3 for the TT's, channel 4 for deck A in Traktor (aswell as the main output for windows itself) and channel 5 for Deck B in traktor. When I upgrade the sound card I will be using TC vinyls to control Deck C and D in traktor. I will then route the sound to the line inputs on channel 2 and 3. Furthermore, if I ever get CDJ's, I will route the sound from Deck A and B in traktor to the phono input on channel 3 and 4, and then route the CDJs to the line input on the same channels. So, in theory, I will be able to mix 2 channels of CDs, 4 channels of mp3s, as well as 2 channels of vinyl. Mix heaven. And, least I forget, when I get a third TT, I will route it to the phono input on channel 1 on the mixer. (Yes, that mixer has a wicked amount of inputs, 18 all in all)


My second TT together with the cleaning equipment I use


My newest addition. The entier Korg Nano series. So cheap I couldn't pass it on. I've yet to acctually use them, but then I only had them for a week or so, I'll figure something out :D Although, all jokes aside, I have used them a little bit for my production. I'm only now trying to figure out how to bring out the best in them



My vinyls. 50 of them so far. Obviously most of my collection are mp3s ;P The vinyl you see first, or don't see, it being blurry and all, is Magnesia - Today. Wicked.


And that was all for me this fine hangover wednesday.

Head in the clouds

Hello

First of all let me say that we are working on our collab mix and that the mix should be done soon i hope. The collab mix will include everything from melodic techno to trance so it will be wicked :)

Got really nothing else to say except i'm gonna play with my gear and hopefully if the weather is good go out and skateboarding.

Anyway here is a mix i did that was for a collaboration mix a while ago with Sebastian and Chris A. Enjoy

Roberto Goranci - Collectiv Rapidshare

Roberto Goranci - Collectiv FTP (no wait time)

Monday!

The begining of the week, the punisher of Sunday sins.

I spent last week on making the forum, now it's about finished.
Go check it out

Crossfade Collective

And yesterday I spent the whole night in fruity loops trying to perfect this song. I'll let you listen, then you can judge if it rocks or sucks

Here's a sample:
Chilly.C - Lost in Bongo

It's really nothing special, and it isn't that awsome but at least i tried.
Also I would be pleased if you did critisize me, tell me what I did well and what I did wrong, and what you think about it so far.

Im usualy in to making hip hop and rap beats.
This is the first one I've created since I joined Crossfade Collective

Chilly.C - Beat #1

Same goes here.. Tell me what you think, speak your mind!

Chris A!

Hey!

I just want to say that i'm really proud to be a part of this group.

We got alot of things going on, mainly producing tracks and mixtapes. I hope we can start upload these things pretty soon.

Meanwhile you can just sit back, relax and listen to my little minimix I just created.

Download here

Dirty South - We are (Avicii remix)
Wendel Kos - The piano man (First sunlight mix)
Antillas & Uppermost - Somebody (Antillas club remix)
Patrick Hagenaar - Feel the same (Nathan C dub)

Download here

First!

So, as my first post I thought I'd share a track I produced a couple of weeks ago. It's called Hotel Chaplin because I couldn't come up with any other name ;P

Sebastian Zander - Hotel Chaplin

Have fun with it, and if you do like it, let me know just how much. The people at club-a-club recordings say they like it, check them out, they got a lot of cool discolike tunes.

But it's not excactly brain surgery is it ;P:



and today I'm beatmatching car blinkers

Crossfade Collective

Hello and welcome to Crossfade Collective.

Me and Sebastian decided to form a group of DJ's we were familiar with who had done some collaboration mixes together in the past, which is how this blog was created. We also have a forum where you can post your mixes or work you created aswell as other features.

We have some work in progress for our real launch which will come with a collab mix from Me, Sebastian, Chris.A and Romeo.

Justice @ I love Techno 2006