James Midik

..::Tracklist::..

1. The Dewey Cox Story - Drop Acid (Intro)
2. Stanton Warriors - Good Vibrations
3. A1 Bassline - Here Comes Da (Loop) Vs. AC Slater - Rock It Out (Loop)
4. AC Slater - Rock It Out
5. Hostage - Ain’t No Man
6. Sepalot - Go Get It (AC Slater Remix)
7. Matt Cox - Jumpin
8. Lilly Allen - Smile (Scott Harris Remix)
9. Jokers of the Scene - Ya’ll Know the Name
10. –Transition–
11. ill.gates - Irma Vep (Original Mix)
12. Ben Samples - Outta Control
13. JmeJ - Lose It Vs. Bassnectar Vs. E-40 - Tell Me When to Go (Acapella)
14. Bassnectar Vs. Kraddy - Android Porn Vs. Ludacris - Move Bitch (Acapella)
15. S.P.E.C.T.R.E. - Down N Dirty Vs. Major Lazer - Pon De Floor (Drum Loop)
16. Major Lazer -Pon De Floor (Loop 2) Vs. Vent - Bear Crunk
17. Subvert- Speaker Humpin

CHALLENGE #1: J Dilla (any track, any style)

First challenge of this series was J Dilla.  At first I thought it was going to be easy, but as I got into it I realized it was a bit more difficult.  As you probably know, J Dilla used mostly chopped samples from a lot of songs to build a single track, so to create something unique from an already complexly layered track took some real thinking.

I ended up choosing track #13 off the album “Welcome to Detroit”, a song entitled J Dilla feat Phatt Kat.  The track went several directions before I decided on an avenue, but its something that I ended being pretty happy with overall.  The bassline is a sliced up piece of audio from the track, drums are sampled, and the rest is well pretty straight forward.  I hope you enjoy it.  These challenges will continue so there are many more remixes to come!    Cheers!

1. Kinky Movement - Fastlane
2. Joshua Heath & Inland Knights - I Refuse (Inland Knights Refuge Remix)
3. Mr. Nice Legs - Beggin
4. Nonfiction - Mr. Wonderful
5. Mr. Nice Legs - Summertime
6. Digital Villains - Demotapes
7. Combined - To the Bone (Ken Murray Bonin Mix)
8. Tim Nobody - NYC Everything

Beatport Purchases (Tech House, Deep House, Electro)

1. Christian Burkhardt - Rouge
2. The Fix - Medication Time
3. Motorcitysoul - Hatohay (Move D Remix)
4. DJ Sneak - Bongosonic
5. Metro, Sebo K - Saxtrack (Reboot Twisted Fist Remix)
6. Santiago & Bushido - Make Me Feel
7. Soul Fiction, Move D - Limelight

But on to the matter at hand. This is a short and sweet mini-mix I did today, (first one since my ear infection has subsisted!). Not a very long mix, but some real bangers in there.  Anyways, hope you enjoy it.

..::Info  & Tracklist::..

30min | 41.0MB  |  192kbps

1. Skeeter Davis - End of the World (intro)
2. Daniel Steinberg - Cry All Night
3. Wasted Chicago Youth - Mars or Bust
4. Daniel Steinberg - Pay For Me
5. Dan Curtin - Underground
6. Elvis Vs. Richie Hawtin & Guido Schneider - Visual Idiots
7. Belee Jean - Tonta
8. Andres Garcia - Corsaire (Stolen Warehouse Mix)

Enjoy!

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See a screenshot of the Ableton project on Flicker HERE.

Let me know if you have any questions.

You’ll Need to Download:

1. Midik’s Bomes XONE:3D Template Pack <–Right Click & Save As

Pack Contents:

1. BOMES MT Free Version (http://www.bome.com/)
2. Midi Yoke (http://www.midiox.com/)
3. Image of Control Layout
4. Instructions on setting it all up.

How to get it to work:

1. Install Bomes Midi Translator (included in DLed Pack)
2. Install Midi Yoke (included in DLed Pack)
3. Open Ableton Deactivate your XONE:3D in Midi Sync. Track=Off Remote=Off
4. Open Bomes
5. In Bomes choose “Midi In” as XONE:3D Midi
6. Choose “Midi Out” as Midi Yoke: 1
7. Go back to Ableton
8. Turn on track and remote Midi Yoke:1 under Midi Sync in Ableton Preferences
9. On the Bomes icon in your system tray (by the clock) Right Click and select “Midi Thru”
10. Go to Bomes and open the XONE:3D Template (included in the DLed pack).
11. Go back to Ableton and enjoy!

That’s it! You can now use the mouseless nav template. Included in the DL pack is an image of the control layout, or check it out on flicker here >

I’m working on adding a shift button in order to double the controls.  I will post a new template up once its finished.

Editing this Ableton Template for a Different Controller In Bomes

1. Double click on the “Incoming Trigger” you wish to remap to your controller
2. Check the box “Capture Midi”
3. Press your midi key, pad, or pot/knob
4. Select that note from the list
5. Click apply
6. Keystroke should now be mapped to your controller
7. Go to Live, and try it out!

Thats all you need to do for applying these setting to your different controller (Trigger Finger, midi keyboard, ect..).  All these keystrokes are for Ableton Live, so as long as you’re using that, you’re good!

Enjoy!

46min | 63.7MB  |  192kbps

1. Kinky Movement - Two Minute Warning
2. Joshua Heath - Agent Blue
3. Kinky Movement - Freak Trip
4. JR From Dallas - Peepz Groove At Chicago
5. Digital Villians - Jiffy Swing
6. The Candy Dealers - Come Alive (Christian Malloni Remix)
7. The Soud Republic - Pimp
8. The Candy Dealers - Sultans of Swing
9. The Goodfellas - BG Fonk
10. The Candy Dealers - Stepping Out (Frankie J Remix)

UPDATE: This mix is now hosted on Audiodope.com! Head other there and show Mike and the guys some love.  They throw up some sick weekly podcasts.