This place is awesome. I've been reading thru a few of your posts here and at the risk of being an idiot have a few questions. Can someone explain a few things to me?
1. What is a dub vs. ambient vs. remix vs instrumental
2. What is a 7" mix vs. a 12" mix
3. What is an 'official mix'..this is probably self explanatory
4. Is the remix name the person who remixed it? Was it blessed by the artist or did some DJ just mix it up and post it?
5. Maxi vs Multimix
Sorry if this isn't the right place for this question I'm still kinda new to this
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by 6400 » Thu May 18, 2006 12:06 pm
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by My Aural Stimulator » Thu May 18, 2006 3:20 pm
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I think this is the perfect place to have these defined.
1.
A dub, as defined by DevoManiac101, is "usually considered an instrumental but with more of an edge to it, for example ... in a dub mix of a song sometimes the song will be rearranged also parts of the lyrics will be added in..." For a little more information and history on this, ApolloZero was kind enough to post <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dub_music" target="blank">this</a> link for Wikipedia's definition of dub.
A remix is defined very nicely (á la Wikipedia) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remix" target="blank">here</a>.
Compared with a dub version, an instrumental version of a song is, simply, the song without any vocals (or just the backing vocals in some cases).
Ambient is something which I've not encountered--aside from the Art of Noise album "The Ambient Collection," wherein the remixer just added sounds of chirping birds and babbling brooks between the songs.
2.
A 7" mix of a song is, usually, what was pressed for the radio stations to play. Oftentimes, these 7" versions were altered from what was available on an album so as to enhance their marketability.
A 12" mix is an extension of the 7" version, the album version, or a combination thereof.
3.
An official mix is something commissioned by the artist/producer and not, rather, a bootleg or DJ service mix (such as Razormaid or Ultimix).
4.
The remix name really has no definite boundaries. In the 80s, Dead or Alive named one of their remixes after a horse which was in their video. Other remix names were to differentiate the versions among the slew of others on the same 12". Nowadays, it seems as if the remix name is inclusive of the remixer/producer/software/whatever used to make the song.
5.
I don't know about Maxi vs. Multimix. However, I think that Multimix is/was the name of a remixing service (or, am I thinking of Ultimix?).
Here's hoping that I didn't flub much up. Hope this helps!
I think this is the perfect place to have these defined.
1.
A dub, as defined by DevoManiac101, is "usually considered an instrumental but with more of an edge to it, for example ... in a dub mix of a song sometimes the song will be rearranged also parts of the lyrics will be added in..." For a little more information and history on this, ApolloZero was kind enough to post <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dub_music" target="blank">this</a> link for Wikipedia's definition of dub.
A remix is defined very nicely (á la Wikipedia) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remix" target="blank">here</a>.
Compared with a dub version, an instrumental version of a song is, simply, the song without any vocals (or just the backing vocals in some cases).
Ambient is something which I've not encountered--aside from the Art of Noise album "The Ambient Collection," wherein the remixer just added sounds of chirping birds and babbling brooks between the songs.
2.
A 7" mix of a song is, usually, what was pressed for the radio stations to play. Oftentimes, these 7" versions were altered from what was available on an album so as to enhance their marketability.
A 12" mix is an extension of the 7" version, the album version, or a combination thereof.
3.
An official mix is something commissioned by the artist/producer and not, rather, a bootleg or DJ service mix (such as Razormaid or Ultimix).
4.
The remix name really has no definite boundaries. In the 80s, Dead or Alive named one of their remixes after a horse which was in their video. Other remix names were to differentiate the versions among the slew of others on the same 12". Nowadays, it seems as if the remix name is inclusive of the remixer/producer/software/whatever used to make the song.
5.
I don't know about Maxi vs. Multimix. However, I think that Multimix is/was the name of a remixing service (or, am I thinking of Ultimix?).
Here's hoping that I didn't flub much up. Hope this helps!
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by IWantMyMTV » Thu May 18, 2006 3:34 pm
Nice answers MAS & hello!
A Maxi is just another word for 12" which is the size of the record.
A Multimix, in my opinion is an 80's term of 2 or more songs mixed together such as Culture Clubs "It's a Miracle/Miss Me Blind Multimix".
If several tracks are mixed together it's usually called a Megamix.
Also to add to MAS:
A 7" may be just be an edit to shorten it for radio play
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A Maxi is just another word for 12" which is the size of the record.
A Multimix, in my opinion is an 80's term of 2 or more songs mixed together such as Culture Clubs "It's a Miracle/Miss Me Blind Multimix".
If several tracks are mixed together it's usually called a Megamix.
Also to add to MAS:
A 7" may be just be an edit to shorten it for radio play
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