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JonAvalon
06-28-2013, 01:27 PM
Mix 1 (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5847651/Battles/catch22-vs-hoff-1.mp3)

Mix 2 (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5847651/Battles/catch22-vs-hoff-2.mp3)

Rules:
- ~30min
- 2 decks
- no sync

Fultron
06-28-2013, 02:12 PM
Download link so I can actually listen to these while driving? :shrug:

Catch22
06-28-2013, 02:22 PM
Hope there a few voters on this. Glad to hear hoff threw his together too. :P

hoff
06-28-2013, 02:26 PM
Hope there a few voters on this. Glad to hear hoff threw his together too. :P

there should be a dece turnout, lots of interest in the calling out thread. really dunno how mine will hold up tho, so last minute

Rad
06-28-2013, 02:30 PM
They download fine for me, no problem.

Fultron
06-28-2013, 02:34 PM
They download fine for me, no problem.

Lol, I got them. Please excuse my stupidity :lol:

Hausgeist
06-28-2013, 03:36 PM
I will be checking this one out some time this weekend.

Era 7
06-29-2013, 05:21 AM
listening right now :) this is going to be a close call.

EDIT:

not so close after all.

Mix 1: solid track selection. the kind of stuff i liked. not much i can argue about the mixing. overall good flow.

Mix 2: started off nice and spherical, but sadly turned away from that towards the middle of the mix, which kinda messed up the flow for me. didn't dig it as much as i did the track at the beginning. some of the mixing sounded wonky to me as well.

i'll have to go with mix 1.

Rad
06-29-2013, 02:50 PM
ok, both great mixes, sure had my foot tapping and my head nodding while I was listening doing work in the weekend.

Here's my notes:
Mix 1, starts of like you expect 'driving techno' to sound. Nice transitions, nice selection, and nice mix. Only negative I can think of is that there are some 'glitches' in the audio first @ 9:50, later again a little after 29:00. I re-downloaded the file to make sure it was not just my download, but it was still there.

Mix 2, very, very nice intro. Transitions were good, maybe slightly less so than in mix 1, but not enough to influence my voting. You clearly thought about having an intro and an end to your mix, which is great, but I would have liked the end better if you just stopped two minutes earlier, you know where there's the little breakdown. Also fits the label 'driving techno' very well.

I am voting for number one, mostly of track selection, and by that I mean I think the tracks work together very nicely, not me preferring the tracks over those in mix 2.

hoff
06-29-2013, 09:37 PM
God damn rad, I still can't rep ur ass. Thanks for listening n voting bro!!

hoff
07-01-2013, 01:22 AM
lez get some more votes :)

Hausgeist
07-01-2013, 06:26 AM
I listened to both mixes this weekend. I will cast a vote shortly.

hoff
07-02-2013, 01:11 PM
so what did you think haus?

Hausgeist
07-02-2013, 10:58 PM
Honestly this was a tough one for me.

Mix 1: This is a technically nice mix. It has smooth, tight blends, and it was definitely "driving techno". However, as a whole, it really didn't take me anywhere, and it was almost to the point of becoming a bit monotonous.

Mix 2: I liked the variation and dynamics of this mix a lot. However, the blend at 19-20ish was mad terrible. It completely threw it off for me, and almost makes me not want to vote for it.

Mix 1 is a technically good mix, but at the end of the day I am voting for Mix 2, because the ebb and flow was more interesting to me, despite the flaw. Thanks guys. :tup:

hoff
07-03-2013, 10:44 AM
thanks for the detailed feedback haus! i still cant rep you :argh:

i might have to start going and throwing rep around so i can rep my battle voters.

xs2man
07-04-2013, 08:45 AM
Listened to them both now, a few times. Excellent battle and VERY difficult to choose between them.

Mix 1: Solid, driving mix. Nice and deep in places. Excellent track selection, right up my street. Loving this mix, and done fantastically.

Mix 2: Great variation in this mix, while still sounding solidly put together. Nice intro and Outro as mentioned before. Right up my street also in the track selection. Very slick mix. Did clock that blend around 19 mins, but wasn't as bad for me as Haus suggested, lol.

I'm gonna vote for mix 2 here though. Although I loved the track selection in both, and the mixing was perhaps a tiny bit tighter in mix 1, there was just something about mix 2 that really called to me.

This was VERY tough though, and almost glad I didn't join in this battle, lol. Would love to see a tracklisting for both mixes when the voting is over.

Well played both of you.

Catch22
07-04-2013, 05:58 PM
Good, reliable feedback so far and I nearly agree with every word!

AbstractQuality
07-04-2013, 07:32 PM
Mix 1 - Mixing is very well done, seamless. Not really digging the track selection. It all fits together well, and is certainly driving techno, but I just found the tracks a bit boring.

Mix 2 - Mixing is quite good, a bit screwy around 19 min which has been mentioned before, but otherwise good. Found this mixes tracks much more interesting. Last 3 min were pretty unnecessary though.

I'm gunna pick mix 2. Both are solid mixes but mix 2 just entertained me more. Well done on both sides though guys!

Catch22
07-05-2013, 03:42 AM
Jings, it's dead even now!

hoff
07-05-2013, 08:37 AM
fuckkkk this is close

I'm glad it turned out to be so even, definitely making for an interestin battle.

also means regardless of who 'wins', we both kinda win :)

Catch22
07-05-2013, 01:04 PM
fuckkkk this is close

I'm glad it turned out to be so even, definitely making for an interestin battle.

also means regardless of who 'wins', we both kinda win :)

Yeah defo mate. The way the voting has worked out has made out more interesting. Really good feedback as well.

Hausgeist
07-08-2013, 07:42 AM
Bump for the rubber match. One more vote.

http://i41.tinypic.com/4fve43.jpg

hoff
07-09-2013, 05:00 PM
shh shhhh shhhhhhh

Catch22
07-09-2013, 06:33 PM
Bump for the rubber match. One more vote.

http://i41.tinypic.com/4fve43.jpg

Ha, that made me laugh! What happens if it's a draw!?

hoff
07-10-2013, 09:35 AM
Ha, that made me laugh! What happens if it's a draw!?

:shrug:

Era 7
07-10-2013, 01:10 PM
Ha, that made me laugh! What happens if it's a draw!?


:shrug:

parties will put in a room with a billard que until one emerges as the last man standing? :shrug:

or a rematch

hoff
07-10-2013, 01:30 PM
parties will put in a room with a billard que until one emerges as the last man standing? :shrug:

or a rematch

well im somewhat physically disabled so the billard cue fight wouldnt work out

Catch22
07-10-2013, 02:29 PM
We got ourselves a no contest...

How about a 30 minute decider with no rules? :teef:

EDIT:

Everyones feedback was really great and just about agreed with it all. Knew myself that mixing about 20 minutes in was sketchy as fuck. Everything I played was 127 and I'm use to using the sync button for changing bpm since the tiny pitch faders on my controller make that take forever. I ended up forcing a song in there which really didn't belong and it definitely upset the flow... Appreciate the comments on the intro and the song choices. Something I always try and make interesting.

First song is Gary Beck - I Read About You if anyone is interested :)

hoff
07-10-2013, 02:36 PM
We got ourselves a no contest...

How about a 30 minute decider with no rules? :teef:

mm i dunno. to decide a tie i think some rulez will be essential

oddnumber
07-10-2013, 03:35 PM
just signing in so I don't forget to listen later

oddnumber
07-15-2013, 06:20 PM
good job guys,
both mixes were good but mix 2 track selection worked little bit better for me. Is it too late to vote?

hoff
07-16-2013, 01:50 PM
good job guys,
both mixes were good but mix 2 track selection worked little bit better for me. Is it too late to vote?

yeah voting closed bout a week ago

oddnumber
07-17-2013, 03:07 AM
maybe I can break the draw

hoff
07-17-2013, 09:55 AM
maybe I can break the draw

voting is over lol, the poll is closed. come back for the rematch while voting is open :)

Adzm00
07-17-2013, 11:54 AM
I will have a listen later ;)

Catch22
07-20-2013, 03:32 AM
I wish people would stop listening lolol. :lol:

hoff I think we should do a rematch, but I recently just bought an X1 and me being able to use sync is paramount. The mapping on traktor with my controller doesn't even let me nudge tracks on the jog wheels anymore and I really can't be bothered working out how to add it haha.