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Re: So I Made A Mashup, And Then…

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Post by diego »

"Try something that scares the hell out of you. It just might turn into something wonderful."

I'd loved the mashup. However, if spending a weekend making a mashup scares the hell out of you, you must be living a very sheltered life. Here are some things that scare the hell out of me (and I have no intention of trying):

- Climbing Everest

- Wingsuit base jumping

- Armed combat

I'll leave it at that, you get the point.

Edit: and you are too scared to offer a counterpoint, so you anonymously downvote instead :)

Re: So I Made A Mashup, And Then…

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Post by weinzierl »

weinzierl wrote: post #38
stevestreza wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I went through YouTube's copyright dispute process, and said it was a fair use derivative work. YouTube's response is apparently to ask the copyright owner if they feel it's fair use. Which, of course, they didn't. Ironically, it was LMFAO's label that had the problem, and yet LMFAO posted the song to their Facebook and Twitter profiles. C'est la vie.

The original PSY Gangnam style video is blocked in Germany, so I don't think your dispute will have any effect. Can you make it available for download? I would really like to see (and hear) it.

I saw you made the audio available for download. Good stuff, thanks a lot, I enjoyed it.

Re: So I Made A Mashup, And Then…

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Post by mbateman »

ladon86 wrote: post #42

About 10 years ago I did a spoof version of a 50 Cent song and posted it on one forum - it took off in a really big way with people sharing it on forums and via email (this was before YouTube or Facebook), and ended up getting heavy radio play all over Europe and Australia. I signed a management and publishing deal and ended up producing music professionally for a few years before I decided to go to college for compu…

I have to ask, what was the song? Can we have a link?

Re: So I Made A Mashup, And Then…

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Post by AznHisoka »

diego wrote: post #61

"Try something that scares the hell out of you. It just might turn into something wonderful." I'd loved the mashup. However, if spending a weekend making a mashup scares the hell out of you, you must be living a very sheltered life. Here are some things that scare the hell out of me (and I have no intention of trying): - Climbing Everest - Wingsuit base jumping - Armed combat I'll leave it at that, you get the point.…

Not sure why you've being downvoted, you actually have a good point!

Re: So I Made A Mashup, And Then…

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Post by Vivtek »

ehamberg wrote: post #44
Vivtek wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The digits are especially confusing - the 4's render like European 1's.

What's the difference between European and non-European 1's?

Americans either write a single vertical stroke or an upward hook with a horizontal base line. Europeans (well, Germans and Hungarians to my own knowledge) write just the upward hook - to distinguish this from a 7, they cross the seven.

This font rendered fours (Chrome on Win 7) without the horizontal bar, leaving something that looked like a 1, to me.

Re: So I Made A Mashup, And Then…

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Post by jakejake »

torus wrote: post #51
kens wrote: post #23

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Very cool mashup. Can you give more than technical details of how you made it? Logic Pro and then what? Or is there a site you recommend to explain how to make mashups? I always assumed it was something mere mortals can't do.

Years ago, Acid (I forget who made it) used to have great features for beatmatching tracks and pitch shifting. It wasn't the best DAW by any means but it seemed to have been designed for making mashups.

Acid was pretty ground-breaking at the time it came out, I think a lot of beat-matching features in modern DAWs was inspired by what Acid did. It was made buy Sonic Foundry who then sold it to Sony - http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/acidsoftware

I have an unusual amount of knowledge about Acid since a friend of mine originally created it (he left Sonic Foundry to work on audio software at Apple the last time I talked to him) and I used it to produce two albums back in the day.

Re: So I Made A Mashup, And Then…

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Post by diego »

AznHisoka wrote: post #65
diego wrote: post #61

"Try something that scares the hell out of you. It just might turn into something wonderful." I'd loved the mashup. However, if spending a weekend making a mashup scares the hell out of you, you must be living a very sheltered life. Here are some things that scare the hell out of me (and I have no intention of trying): - Climbing Everest - Wingsuit base jumping - Armed combat I'll leave it at that, you get the point.…

Not sure why you've being downvoted, you actually have a good point!

I guess some people on Hacker News don't have a thick skin. Some are actually scared of things that seem trivial to me, like writing a blog post and submitting it. They don't like being called on it. Oh, well.
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