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19 of the best DnB trax from ’08 to ’09. From jazzy to jump up, tech to liquid, reggae jungle and beyond…
Tracklisting
- Utah Jazz – Runaway
- LSB – Lost Now
- Utah Jazz – La Cinta
- Q-PROJECT – Peace Of Mind
- LOGISTICS – Toy Town
- Brookes Brothers – Tear You Down
- Nu:Tone – Troopers
- Alix Perez & Youthman – Promise Land
- DJ Deekline, Ed Solo & Simon M – Sugar Me (original)
- Commix – Talk To Frank (break remix)
- Mistabishi – No Matter What – Original Mix
- SUBFOCUS – Join The Dots
- John B – Red Sky (Shaz Sparks)
- Rufige Kru – Monkey Boy (Doc Scott remix)
- Ed Rush & Optical – Pacman (The Upbeats Remix)
- Commix – Satellite Type 2
- ZEN – Hovercraft
- Inside Info – Hydrogen
- Zero T – Refusal (feat Steo – Calibre remix)
Notes About Post Production
After finishing up this mix, I took it into Waveburner – Logic Studio’s mastering software. This is where I added track markers, so hedz that are listening on CD can flip through different trax. Of course I wanted to trim off the excess at the beginning and end of the file. Nobody wants to hear a 10 second gap at the beginning of their CD (or podcast episode). The levels on this mix turned out pretty good, but I couldn’t resist taking it a little further with some post production compression + expansion + EQ.
With that all squared away, it was time for export. Making CDs from Waveburner is easy. Just throw in a blank one and click the burn button. However, I also wanted to get an MP3 version for podcast and online streaming.
First I bounced the project, by selecting File > Bounce Project
Then I went looking for the actual sound file generated by the bounce project command. I noticed earlier that .wb3 file saved during the bounce project process are quite a bit larger than the standard .wb3 files, so I suspected that a PCM file was located in there somewhere. I found that CTRL clicking the file gives the option to Show Package Contents.
After that it was fairly straightforward to navigate to Audio > bouncedAudio.
Next step – Logic Studio’s media compression software, Compressor. I dragged the bouncedAudio file into Compressor and applied the default .mp3 encoding scheme from the Settings window: Apple > Podcasting > MP3 for Audio Podcasting.
I could have added in the .mp3 ID3 tags here via the Inspector window, but I didn’t. I just output to .mp3 and took that into iTunes where I added the ID3 annotations.
All in all, I’d say it’s a pretty straight forward workflow for anyone using Logic Studio.
