Queen Another one bites the dust Vs. Jay-Z 99 Problems Vs. B

[Jholsta]

Acapella's Used: Queen Another One Bites The Dust, Jay-Z 99 Problems
Instrumental Used: Bruno Mars Just The Way You Are

Sample Used: Brooklyn's Finest Jay-Z Ft. Notorious B.I.G

I feel like this mash personally surpasses my first horrible addition to this site. I will let you stixers decide if it is good or needs improvements, this is the white version which is fully uncut and uncensored. I was going to make a black version or censored but I don't think I will anymore.

Enjoy- Jholsta

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[Nosbic]

Dude, I don't want to come off as harsh or rude but this track........I'll put it this way: I could only manage about 30 secs, the vocals are so out of time. Still, I'd say its worth going back and trying it again...I think it could be a cool mash!

(for what its worth, the Queen vocal is pretty good for the first 10-15 secs!)

[Jholsta]

Dude, I don't want to come off as harsh or rude but this track........I'll put it this way: I could only manage about 30 secs, the vocals are so out of time. Still, I'd say its worth going back and trying it again...I think it could be a cool mash!

(for what its worth, the Queen vocal is pretty good for the first 10-15 secs!)

Have any other suggestions to make the mash sound more in time and sync?

[Paul Stix]

Nos speaks the truth here... in fact I would be willing to bet you made this with some sh%t software like virtualdj...

But don't worry, we all have to start somewhere... so, your first step is to grab yourself a copy of good software..... theres a few that people use but the 80% of mashing is the ability to stretch the vocals and to cut the waves....

Lots of people use ableton but my software of choice is anything by Magix..... samplitude is really good imo.

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ok step two....... forget using 2 pellas for now..... you should focus on making the jay z fit the backing.

Two things that I hear right away that are wrong..... 1) the pella needs to be sped up (thats where your ear will come into play) and 2) the pella starts a few seconds too late.

That's my advice about the jay z verse part...... as far as the chorus.... don't worry about that until you nail the verse as I'm not sure the chorus will work anyway.

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alright, you have your homework... now give it a try and post the results here (don't worry about making a full song yet... but see if you can match the whole first verse of the jay z track).. remember, you have to speed it up without changing the pitch (stretch it) otherwise it sounds like you just hit play on two cassette decks.

good luck and don't be afraid to ask questions.

- Paul Stix

[Jholsta]

Nos speaks the truth here... in fact I would be willing to bet you made this with some sh%t software like virtualdj...

But don't worry, we all have to start somewhere... so, your first step is to grab yourself a copy of good software..... theres a few that people use but the 80% of mashing is the ability to stretch the vocals and to cut the waves....

Lots of people use ableton but my software of choice is anything by Magix..... samplitude is really good imo.

........

ok step two....... forget using 2 pellas for now..... you should focus on making the jay z fit the backing.

Two things that I hear right away that are wrong..... 1) the pella needs to be sped up (thats where your ear will come into play) and 2) the pella starts a few seconds too late.

That's my advice about the jay z verse part...... as far as the chorus.... don't worry about that until you nail the verse as I'm not sure the chorus will work anyway.

.........

alright, you have your homework... now give it a try and post the results here (don't worry about making a full song yet... but see if you can match the whole first verse of the jay z track).. remember, you have to speed it up without changing the pitch (stretch it) otherwise it sounds like you just hit play on two cassette decks.

good luck and don't be afraid to ask questions.

- Paul Stix

I used Audacity to create this particular mash and no I didn't use Virtual DJ. Thanks for the critique by the way I am making a second version with Queen edited out and making Jay-Z's verse the main focus. Once Again I appreciate the criticism.

[Rick Lee]

Hey dude,

you're lucky that you posted here because I think there are forums out there, that would have given you some real nasty critique on your work...

Like Nos and Paul allready wrote: focus on 1 part of the mash first.

The way I work with Ableton is I sync the instrumental to a clicktrack or metronome. This is really very important because once it's synced, you can be sure that every new part of your mash that is synced as well will fit in the tempo of your mental.

Second you should try to sync your acapella to the same clicktrack. So mute the mental and try to find the first beat (the one) and make sure the pella is perfectly on click.

When this is done, play the mental and grab your pella and drop it to the part where it should start.

In ableton this procedure takes only a couple of minutes. I'm not sure if it's that easy in audacity so maybe think about buying other software? (even the "simple" magix music maker has a tool to synchronise tracks to a click)

[Years]

We all have to start somewhere.
On this site, you will learn that the community here will guide you.
There are some great people here.

[G3RSt]

Agreed with the comments above here - but still, keep at it! You're right, you have to start somewhere.

[Jholsta]

Hey dude,

you're lucky that you posted here because I think there are forums out there, that would have given you some real nasty critique on your work...

Like Nos and Paul allready wrote: focus on 1 part of the mash first.

The way I work with Ableton is I sync the instrumental to a clicktrack or metronome. This is really very important because once it's synced, you can be sure that every new part of your mash that is synced as well will fit in the tempo of your mental.

Second you should try to sync your acapella to the same clicktrack. So mute the mental and try to find the first beat (the one) and make sure the pella is perfectly on click.

When this is done, play the mental and grab your pella and drop it to the part where it should start.

In ableton this procedure takes only a couple of minutes. I'm not sure if it's that easy in audacity so maybe think about buying other software? (even the "simple" magix music maker has a tool to synchronise tracks to a click)

A second version is being made right as we speak Rick, fortunately audacity has a click track feature I looked up a tutorial and have followed what you said, I have also sped up the tempo of the song without changing the pitch. I have completely edited out Queen. The second version will be posted either today or tomorrow. I thank you for the critique it means alot.

[philretrospector]

Er, back to the drawing board or you are WAY ahead of your time!