http://raw-tracks.com/v-web/portal/cms/index.php

hey doulos, for the heck of it i checked out this website, what is the pourpose of this company? can't you just record some tracks and mix them, also what do you learn by mixing mp3 files?

The purpose of Raw-Tracks is to provide material for people, like the original poster, with quality material to mix. I have seen people request tracks to mix all over the internet. Even people who are recording all the time, and have plenty of their own material to mix, can benefit from Raw-Tracks. It will be very interesting to compare how different mixers approach the same material.

"what do you learn from mixing mp3 files?"

I offer the tracks in 16bit/44.1kHz on CD-ROM. They are also available for download as mp3 for people who don't want to wait for a CD to get to them in the mail. You can learn a lot from mixing mp3's. The fidelity is not that bad.

nothing will test your skills more then mixing tracks you havent tracked. You don't have any idea what your getting and you have a totally freash view on everything helps the creative process. I personally love being called to mix a project ive had nothing to do with. Some of my best and recognized work has been done mixing tracks ive never touched till the mixing process. and i doubt you have tracked anything on 2 inch tape and when you do get tracks from 2 inch tape you will get an eye opener for sound quality and you will hear the diffrence in the low end and learn how to fake it in digital.

Thanks guys. I just saw this today and haven't had a chance to look at the site. Do they have all kinds of music there to mix? Country, and rock, and what not?

Wakeupbomb,

Right now I just have one rock tune to mix. It is my hope that I will have more styles to choose from in the future. This first release is just basically to 'test the waters".

Oh so you set up rawtracks? That's cool. I'll test the waters and tell you what I think.

Ok, well, I'd like to try this out but I have to pay $8? Sorry, I just want to practice mixing, I don't want to pay for it. I'll just try to find some tracks somewhere else.

wakeupbomb wrote: Ok, well, I'd like to try this out but I have to pay $8? Sorry, I just want to practice mixing, I don't want to pay for it. I'll just try to find some tracks somewhere else.

.33 cents a track and you think that's too much? I doubt you could find musicians that would just play for you for that price.. the soda and beer for the session would run you more than that.

That said, so much of what goes into a mix starts at tracking ... good recordings start with arraingment and tonal sculpting at tracking. If you have 3 guitars all playing the same chord and rhythm, you are never going to get them to define.

The best thing anyone can do IMO is to get friends and local bands to let you record them for free and then lean your mixing chops with the messes you made yourself.

"33 cents a track and you think that's too much? I doubt you could find musicians that would just play for you for that price.. the soda and beer for the session would run you more than that. "

I don't think it's too much I just don't have any money...so yes I guess it is too much for me. But yeah, I have other resources that I can use to get tracks to practice mixing, it's just that they are only rock songs, and I want to get good with country, rap, r&b, ragge, techno, everything. So thanks again.

if i were you dude i'd just walk down to the local college or school and find a band rehersing in the music department. I'm sure they wouldn't mind a free recording. Failing that, youve always got the sample protools sessions that came with your 001