How To Create Your Remix

If you don't know what a remix is in general please visit the what is a remix? page, otherwise you can skip it and start reading below.

There are any number of ways to make a remix. Commonly what is done is you chop up audio from the source track(s), create loops, rearrange the clips, and add new elements to the existing composition. This is especially true for beat or dance oriented songs. Staying within this paradigm offers a great deal of options to the remixer. This however, is not the only way to create a remix. One could first process the original track using sound design tools and then use interesting parts of this version of the track to slice up and re order at will. One could also write some code to perform transforming operations on the source audio and create a derivative work algorithmically.

One thing that always happens in a remix is that some form of the original audio is sampled and reused in the subsequent track. There are infinite ways to do this and every genre of music has its own conventions for doing as such. The people picked for this project are versed in various methods of music creation. To make your own remix you may use any tools at your disposal. Any audio hardware and software combinations are valid. Below are some examples of useful free and commercial audio/composition tools. Some remixers may wish to program their own algorithms for the remix using their favorite programming language or audio specific packages such as [ SuperCollider ] or [ C-Sound ].

A list of useful audio software can be found here. We've compiled a list of of both free and commercial tools and web resources. Check back often as we are constantly growing that list.

Basic Remixin Rules

All samples used by the remixer must be cleared. That means the remixer must have the right to use the given sample. There are many places to get royalty free samples, like [ free sounds ]. If you use a sample from a library you own, this is probably ok, but you should check the license agreement of the given sample.
Any and all styles of music are valid. Feel free to make your remix any style you wish.
Your version of the song must be noticeably different from the original. This means the remixer must add something to the remix that makes it special and different from the original. This does not mean the remix has to be completely transformative, however. How much of the original musical intent of the seed song is retained is up to the remixer. Use your judgment.
You may use any tool at your disposal
You may add new elements to the original song. This includes adding an accompanying part such as a melodic line, base line, or percussion.
It is up to the remixer which key elements of the original are preserved and which ones are transformed.
Have fun with it!

For More Information

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