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#1 Post by Old Soak »

Can anyone remember which single had a "U-mix" version - basically four stems that allowed you to sort of mix the track on a computer yourself? Probably Windows 95 days. And did anyone have a go?
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M.I.N.I.M.A.L.

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Yep, that's it, thanks. Spelt U-Myx I see.
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#4 Post by Gabby »

Yeah, Minimal. My one and only attempt to "remix" a PSB song.

I recorded all the parts from UMyx into GarageBand and then stuck it all back together to create it. I couldn't find a way to nicely segue the orchestral part I wanted at the start into the actual beat of the song so I added a single repeated note to blend them...the only original piece of the song "played" by me!

It's up on YouTube if you search the darkest murkiest depths. And sadly in mono. Stereo was a bit beyond my capabilities.

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What a coincidence to hear this CD single mentioned just now: On Wednesday night I pulled it out so I could reimport it at a higher bitrate than I originally did nineteen(!) years ago, because the Tocadisco/Space remix opens the Pride running set I made myself this month. ("More than a dream" pops up halfway through the set as well.)

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#6 Post by Pinhead »

Great question old soak! I forgot about that!
Was there any other “unusual” features on some cds “of the time” I remember a samples cd around 1999 that had various samples, one was the suburbia dog barking!

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#7 Post by Sandy Shaw »

Chris had a go himself: Chris Lowe's Summer Mix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZYeGMXjcu8&t=2s
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It was fun. I posted mine few months ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubgrITNzgKE

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#9 Post by Pinhead »

Sounds great Fantaroux, well done! Sounds official, like the instrumental intro,

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Thank you ; )

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#11 Post by Sandy Shaw »

There was also a site where one could remix Did You See Me Coming at one point. That was great fun. One could turn up Johnny Marr's guitar obligato...
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