10.04.2012
Mario & Vidis talk to Mixmag about Tech
Mario & Vidis on the making of last year’s slo-mo disco anthem, ‘Changed’
Mario & Vidis on the making of last year’s slo-mo disco anthem, ‘Changed’
How did the track begin?
Vidis: After a few successful songs for our album – created with our Lithuanian songstress Jazzu and our friend from Brighton, Kathy Diamond –we felt that we wanted to come up with a song featuring a male vocalist. We racked our brains for some male voices from the electronic scene that weren’t overused, and then we remembered Ernesto. Some of his earlier works, songs like ‘Juice’, ‘Close To You’, and ‘Falling Into’, are among our all-time favourites. Quite unexpectedly, ‘Changed’ turned out to be one of the most popular songs Ernesto ever recorded.
How did you finish the track?
Mario: It was produced using Cubase 6 software and various plug-ins: LennarDigital Sylenth1 for bass and harmony, Fxpansion Strobe for arpeggios and Waves Linear Phase Multiband and Waves L2 for mixing and mastering. The only hardware we used was an Avolon VT-747SP tube compressor and a TC Electronic Finalizer 96K for the final mixing and mastering.
What’s your best tip for new producers?
Vidis: Try to add a human touch to your productions. It can be anything: the voice of a guest vocalist or your own whispers, recorded noise or soundscapes or instruments recorded live. One of the reasons most of the early house tracks have a warm sound is not only because they were made using analogue hardware, but also because technology didn’t allow such accurate or precisely calculated quantization and sequencing as today. Machines were imperfect, and therefore had some swing and humanity in them. Add a little bit of imperfection on purpose. It makes things sound real and unique.
Via Mixmag.