Does anyone do remixing with DP?

jimjacobsen · Post by **jimjacobsen** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:07 pm

Is there anyone around here who does professional remixing (dance, etc.) using DP? Seems like everyone uses other software. I've been DP for years but find myself moving into electronica more these days. Wonder if i should bite the bullet and get Logic Pro. of course one doesn't have to use what everone else uses, but there must be a reason...
And any general opinions on Logic Pro vs. DP?
Thanks

jgest · Post by **jgest** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:21 pm

I'm not a pro by any means but have always leaned toward electronica (goa/psychedelic trance, ambient, acid-jazz, down-tempo) and DP is all I have ever used.

Other people use other software in these genres because Europe is where this type of music 'really' fits into the norm and traditionally had a small mac presence, so Cubase and Logic....(Live as of late) were the default go to apps. the Crystal method Use DP, and others.......

It is not a dp issue, but more of the fact that PC's make up more of the global user base....

grimepoch · Post by **grimepoch** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:04 pm

I guess it depends how you are doing the remixing. I know a lot of people that use Live for doing remixing.

For the few remixes I have done slated for commercial release, I did them in DP and found it quite nice. The audio editing in DP is very nice. For what I've used in Logic, I just didn't see a reason to switch (as I have more than enough CPU power on my system).

gearboy · Post by **gearboy** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:18 pm

Live5 rewired into DP is an amazing setup IMHO. Love it!

Jeff

jgest · Post by **jgest** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:08 pm

gearboy wrote:Live5 rewired into DP is an amazing setup IMHO. Love it!

Jeff

I agree, with the addition of a virus or a nord.

jimjacobsen · Post by **jimjacobsen** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 4:01 pm

OK, well I'll look into the LIVE business. I tend to be wary of learning new software because I suffer from latent luddite-ism, but the only way forward is through, so I'll check it out. Live is at v.6 now: is there a reason ya'll named v. 5?

Dubstylie514 · Post by **Dubstylie514** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 7:34 pm

I worked with Jonathan Peters for 3 years and I am currently working with Tony Coluccio, they the ones who basically started the remix revolution (Whitney Houston's "My Love Is Your Love" was the big one) anyway they have done about 100 remixes and all were in DP and tons of different modules, from the nord, JP8080, Novation, to the Motif, DP is GREAT for remixing

thracks · Post by **thracks** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:18 pm

It's certainly possible to do remixing in DP but........ I recently did my first real remix project and found DP to be very frustrating. I knew what I wanted to hear, but found myself feeling like I was walking in quicksand. I bought Live 6 and I was blown away by how cool that app is. Of course the final mix & master was done in DP

But Live is my new best friend for this type of work.

jimjacobsen · Post by **jimjacobsen** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:58 pm

Thanks for the feedback, everyone. I guess I'll look into the live thing and just stick with DP as my main sequencer.

rcannonp · Post by **rcannonp** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:12 pm

One great thing about Live is that it can run as a rewire slave or master. You can use Live in conjunction with DP and not solely to replace it.

jlaudon · Post by **jlaudon** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:40 pm

..and the learning curve in Live is much more intuitive and quick than Logic IMHO (as well as less $)...

paradeatw · Post by **paradeatw** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:04 pm

Dubstylie514 wrote:I worked with Jonathan Peters for 3 years and I am currently working with Tony Coluccio, they the ones who basically started the remix revolution

huh? not sure but what are you suggesting by this comment? are you suggesting that JP made remixing popular or something?

TOD · Post by **TOD** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 7:11 am

House / Electro-House is all I do. Remixing about 10-20 artists a year for Billboard Dance Charts. Always in DP and with LIVE rewired.

jgest · Post by **jgest** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 7:55 am

jimjacobsen wrote:OK, well I'll look into the LIVE business. I tend to be wary of learning new software because I suffer from latent luddite-ism, but the only way forward is through, so I'll check it out. Live is at v.6 now: is there a reason ya'll named v. 5?

If you realy want to do remixing, muscle through and learn live. It's the best app for this these days......

gearboy · Post by **gearboy** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 11:52 am

jimjacobsen wrote:OK, well I'll look into the LIVE business. I tend to be wary of learning new software because I suffer from latent luddite-ism, but the only way forward is through, so I'll check it out. Live is at v.6 now: is there a reason ya'll named v. 5?

Live is intuitive and elastic, but I prefer to mix in DP. I usually start ideas in Live5.2 (which is the version that I own). Then I rewire to DP for mixing. I basically use Live like a VI, though both programs are very capable of remixing by themselves. Live's ability to Warp tracks and easy looping while Warping are the reasons why I start off there. Plus, Live has some simple plug-ins / samplers that can be utilized with less CPU hit / RAM than Battery or Kontakt and I like to use them when starting off a track.

Jeff

MOTUnation.com

Does anyone do remixing with DP?

Does anyone do remixing with DP?

thanks for the feedback