Podwrecker

Download old mixtapes

Here's the go-to list if you're looking for old mixtapes to download. These links have tons of house, techno, jungle, acid ... you name it.

Logarhythm

Logarhythm (mix)

I love this mix! Honestly, this session contains a lot of my current favorites. Enjoy!

Tracklist:

Expected As You feat. Bebban (Gabriel Ananda Mix) - The Subliminal Kid
Id Engager (Mad Decent Remix) - Of Montreal
Get Down (Mowgli's Hip House Version) - Mowgli Ft. MC Zub
Walking Down The Street (Bart B More Mix) - Ron Carroll
Steroids feat Uffie (Original Mix) - Mr. Oizo
Riverside (Original Mix) - Sidney Samson
Spastik (Dubfire Rework) - Plastikman
Mind Dimension 2 (Tommie Sunshine's Class Of '89 Edit) - Tiga
White Knight Two - Surkin

Sunglasses Make You Look Mean (mix)

I'll never leave you again ... again! Actually, my excuse for lack of new mixes is new beats and remixes. You can check out all the new tunes here.

I'm going to attempt to merge these two blogs into one, so in the future please visit http://tomfeiza.blogspot.com for mixes, tunes, rants, and raves.

Tracklist:

Bodies Hit the Floor - DJ Sega
Broken Wagon (Brknwgn BHQ Dub) - Trademarq
Ghosts in My Machine - Milton Jackson
Chop - Bingo Players
Conduction (Santiago & Bushido's Remix) - Johnny Fiasco
Generation Noize (Riva Starr Rechunk) - Laidback Luke
My Angelic Demons (Original) - Justin Martin
Feuerprobe (Riton Rerub) - Eine Kleine Nacht Musik

Primus - Tommy the Cat (Remix)

I'll be changing things up in a bit ... but the Baltimore Club sure is fun.

Primus - Tommy the Car (Feiza Remix)

New Ambient Tracks

Thomas Feiza - 100 Bars

Thomas Feiza - King Arthur

DJ Homewrecker - Black 'n' Blues

Digivitis - We Are Siamese

Digivitis - Force Fit

To get the track at 320kbps, visit MySpace.

Funk Lozenge II

Is it wrong to call a 2001 house mix old school? I guess it's all relative. Thanks to Falcor for the suggestion.

Funk Lozenge II

Tracklist:

Fooling Myself (Derrick Carter Remix) - King Kooba
DJ Bang Make You Jiu-Jitsu (Emotional Mix) - DJ Bang
Be With You - Pound Boys
Da Eastsideriders - ???
Jackin' the Jazz - Underground Culture Tourist
Long Time - A. Riley
Fresh & Low - Party Stomp
Oneiro - Shhh!
Rasoul - Oh Baby
???
Come Over to My Place - Joshua vs. Divina
Conduction (Mazi's Gourmet Mix) - Johnny Fiasco
Closer than Close - Rosie Gaines
Who Luv To Get Down - Darren Klementi
Shake Your Booty - White Label
??? - White Label
Don't Hold Back - Soul Vision
Too High (Bootleg Remix) - Stevie Wonder

DLSMusicDevice - Mac OS SoundFont player

DLSMusicDevice is a built-in AU SoundFont player for the Mac OS. It's listed under the Apple Audio Units.

Download some SoundFonts (piano is default) here:

Once you have your SoundFonts, place them in the following path:

HD/Library/Audio/Sounds/Banks/

If you happen to download any compressed SoundFonts (sfArk) files, you can decompress them with sfArk.

Control Serato without turntables: M-Audio X-Session

Here's a great little controller for Serato. It really comes in handy when there are turntable/vibration/needle problems (or no turntables at all!).

M-Audio X-Session

You can set up the MIDI in Serato to control:

Coarse pitch
Fine pitch
Start/stop
Cue points
Pitch bend up/down

iPod Headphones Suck

iPod headphones suck. They fall out all the time and have no bass. Do yourself a HUGE favor and buy some new headphones for your iPod. I promise it will be a whole new world once you get a new pair.

Here are some Amazon suggestions:

Sony MDR-EX71SL

Sony MDR-EX71SLA

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Tracklist:

Bahia (Party Swing) - Italoboyz vs. John Coltrane
Headbanger - Edu K feat. Madame Mim
Quo Vadis (Original Mix) - G-Man
I Love to Move in Here (Crookers Crack Mix) - Moby
Flashing Lightz (Junior Sanchez Strobe Light Honey Mix) - Kanye West
Groove Is in the Dick - Hollertronix
Girly Souly - De Pompidou
Coming Up (Riva Star Remix) - Colin Hobbs

Ableton Live: Complex Warp

Attention DJs (or anyone warping long audio or entire songs): Turn on "Complex" warping.

Sometimes I notice a tiny stutter when warping long pieces in the "Beats" mode. It sounds like the program is trying to re-correct the warp on every 16th note. Switching to "Complex" mode removes this problem.

Tip: Record MIDI at Lower Tempos

Perhaps everyone already knows this tip, but just in case ...

When recording a complex or fast MIDI part, record at a slower tempo (e.g. 100bpm for a 130bpm track). This is a great way to get that human groove/feel with parts that are hard to play in real time.

Sound on Sound

Sound on Sound

The web site for printed Sound on Sound and Sound Pro magazines, covering hi-tech recording technology. They really have some good (free) articles on every aspect of production. Here's one to get you started ...

Secrets of House & Trance

Ableton Live 7 Slice to Midi for Drum re-edits

Here's an example of chopping a loop into MIDI notes for re-edits. The whole secret is in the "Slice to MIDI track" right-click.

You can make your slices fit to the grid, but I like to place warp markers on each hit, then slice according to warp markers.

iTunes: Multiple Libraries

I have one library for DJ tracks (Serato), and another library for listening music.

To create or use a different iTunes library:

If iTunes is open, quit it.
Hold down the Option key while you open iTunes.
In the dialog that appears, do one of the following:
To create a new library, click Create Library.
To choose a different library, click Choose Library.

Apple: Using multiple iTunes libraries

Find Sounds: Search the Web for Sounds

FindSounds is a free site where you can search the Web for sound effects and musical instrument samples. Give it a try!

FindSounds

Building A Massive Kick Drum

Found a great post on Sonic Transfer detailing how to make a nice kick drum. Ableton Live is used in the tutorial. Hit the floor.

Building a Massive Kick Drum