Making a mistake 45 minutes into recording a mix depreciation

[Afek_One]

Is there anything more frustrating?

 

[cele]

yeah if it is an hour into recording a mix just because the cdj spat the cd out again

but seriously it really sucks when these things happen >_<

 

[sam the dnb man]

Yeah I get that. A mix will be going well. I'll think to myself 'this mix is going well I better not fuck up'. Then. I fuck up.

 

[ThePapa]

I feel your pain Afek. Best way to deal with it is to smile, stay zen and re-record it.

 

[Afek_One]

Im going back in right now. If I don't emerge in a couple hours with a mix, I'm gonna stomp my feet and pout on the Internet. That'll show em.

 

[Fallen.GeMiNi]

Another great feature is to fuck up the exact same thing for 5 times in the row (preferably 30 or more minutes into the mix). Then it's the real rage

 

[Dr Meninges]

Another great feature is to fuck up the exact same thing for 5 times in the row (preferably 30 or more minutes into the mix). Then it's the real rage

lol, when that things happens to me, i usually go to do another thing...not a good day for recording a mix!!

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And yes, it's a bit frustrating when you ruin the mix by a mistake but...imo nothing is perfect if it's not really a big big mistake and it's a bit disguissed, i usually go on.

regards!

 

[Shatner's Bosom]

The mistake might not be as bad as you think, they often sound worse than they are imo, depends how anal you are really

 

[Olllie]

For major mix-ruining mistakes I stop the current track, go back to the last breakdown, continue recording and finish the mix, edit the wav file afterwards to remove the fuck-up!

Is that frowned upon?

 

[Shatner's Bosom]

^ sounds like more effort than re-recording imo

 

[Olllie]

Edit only takes a few minutes. Just deleting a section of the recording using audacity.

Going back to the last breakdown is a lot easier going back to the intro and starting from scratch.

 

[rysk]

don't mind fucking up 45 minutes in, i just fade out before the mistake in the edit and upload. When recording i just go until i fuck up, a mix could be 30 minutes or 2 hours.

it's when i fuck up like 15 minutes in that i lose my shit

 

[Howitzer]

Edit only takes a few minutes. Just deleting a section of the recording using audacity.

Going back to the last breakdown is a lot easier going back to the intro and starting from scratch.

+1, I've done this on a couple of occasions, its a lot less stressful that re-doing the mix over again, especially if youre an hour or so in. Just make sure youre at the same tempo you messed up at!

 

[Rusket]

Might have to try this editing business, I've always wanted to record a 2 hour mix but there's no way i can mix cleanly for 2 hours straight, will take this into account.

 

[Fallen.GeMiNi]

Yeah, I've done the editing thing on one occassion before as well, the mistake being like 75 minutes in the mix and apart from it the recording was nearly flawless, so I hadn't got the nerve to do it all over again

 

[Afek_One]

I always record it again. While I'm mixing I almost always think of ways I could have made that mix better after the fact.

 

[danwell]

i dont bother with all that, making mistakes is part of djing and i like my mixes to be a true representation of how good or bad i am at djing.. so most of the time, i will record and upload and leave it at that. unless i fuck up big time then i will re record. i dont want people to think i am better than i am

 

[jsmith89]

too modest dan... i like that

 

[ZackMRG]

I'll keep going till the end- re-listen and see how bad the mistake was in retrospect, sometimes it sounds a hell of a lot worse than it is at the time when mixing, but listening back its only a minor clang, otherwise I'll start from scratch, regardless of whether its a true representation of how good/ bad I am I figure I may as well throw out the very best I can- no need resting on my laurels for sheer sake of it.

 

[ThePapa]

Well you inspired me to get a mix done what happened to yours then Afek?