In the past I have taken each individual part (track) and had them laid out so I could raise and lower the volume, add effects, eq or whatever. I had these insanely complicated grids of of songs and every time something changed, it was because my fingers pressed a button or twisted a knob. The upside is that I have access to every sound and the downside was that because of the amount of information available, It was really tricky to transition smoothly between songs, so I would program a set list inside my computer.

The past two weeks have been spent organizing all of my songs and mixing them into a limited number of tracks-4-5 so that it would be easier to manage going between songs. I actually see a benefit in how detailed I can get in editing because I have more fingers between less tracks and can spend a little less time trying to find that stupid cowbell and more time just crunching the crap out of the main percussion track (or just grabbing the eq and boosting it a touch)

Hopefully my sets will be more flexible since I cut back on some of the overkill is have in my track counts. 14 tracks of stereo audio is a bit too much when you consider I needed to play 9-12 songs and remember what “clphnds-hi-synth2-rvrb.mp3″ was. The biggest benefit to all of this is that I have taken some time and remastered a ton of the material I have, so that everything will should sound better.

I have been thinking about making a teaser for my upcoming show at the Capitol Hill arts Center next week, but since my home life is so crazy right now I do not think I will have time. I may put up a mix or something, or I might give you a teaser for some of the newest stuff I have. think Basic Channel and Burial.

Sound Good?