Florian Blauensteiner

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Radio Sensations - 22.05.2013

Small Gadget - FJAAK - Klasse Recordings

Struggle (Radio Diffusion RMX) - Jakobin & Domino - Luv Shack

Sail On (Paolo Rocco After The Afterhour Dub) - Luca Lozano - Klasse Recordings

Hallelujah (Robosonic RMX) - Kerri Chandler - King Street Sound

Krywolf (Funk Butcher RMX) - Concrete - Sounds Of Sumo

Newspeak - Martyn - Dolly

3 Dots - John Diloo, Dimi Wilson - Savoir Fair Music

Blacklight Sleaze (Remastered) - Peace Division feat. Pleasant Gehman - Dogmatik Records

We Still Believe - The Black Madonna - Home Taping Is Killing Music

Untitled B - ItaloJohnson - ItaloJohnson

Love Thang (Genius Of Time Edit) - First Choice - White

Stress Valve - Santiago Salazar - Finale Sessions

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Radio Sensations - 17.04.2013

Bring U Up (Deetron Edit) - Romanthony - Glasgow Underground

Hou Hou - Glico - Tip Tap Records

Hold On (SLG's Never Enough Remix) - Florian Blauensteiner - Klasse Recordings

The Love Song - Dualton - We Dig. Music

El Wifly - Hector Couto, Roberto Palmero - Noir Music

One Day - Chasing Kurt - Organic Music

This Groove - Ramon Tapia - ITH (Defected In The House) Dance To My Beat - Dirtytwo - White Dirty South - Funk Butcher - Houseology

Better And Sweet (Audiofly Remix) - H.O.S.H. - NRK

Bug In My Mouth - Kismet - Houseology The Playmaker (Dyed Soundorom Cougar Remix) - Anthea & Celler -  Freak N Chic

Play The Game - Maya Jane Coles - KNM

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Radio Sensations - 20.03.2013

Wickedy Sounds (Andrea Oliva Mix) - DJ Sneak - DJ Sneak Classics

It's You (Matthew K Clubmix) - FCL - Defected

The Voice From Planet Love (Dixon's Chic-A-Go Edit) - Precious System - Running Back

99.9 Percent - DJ Kool Dek - Klasse Recordings

Smoke Screen (Bicep Remix) - Camboche - Under The Shade

Interceptor (Florian Blauensteiner & Mr. Ho Remix) - Luke Solomon - White

Aftermath - Him_Self_Her - Eskimo Recordings

Tuffa Trummor Med Rost - Genius Of Time - Aniara Recordings

Caramelized Biotics - Santiago Salazar - Finale Sessions

Slave To The Music (Seiji Remix) - James Morrison - White

Rules - Kris Wadsworth - Klasse Recordings

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Radio Sensations - 20.02.2013

Can't Do Without You - Simonlebon & Jakobin - Luv Shack Records

Tree Talk - Wild Culture - Klasse Recordings

Juxtapose - Genius Of Time - Clone Royal Oak

Bring U Up (Deetron Edit) - Romanthony - Glasgow Underground

Kudos - Dudley Strangeways - Klasse Recordings

Mo Murda - Deo & Z-Man - Klasse Recordings

Got To Be Movin' (Mr. Ho & Florian Blauensteiner Edit) - Herbert - White

Flo Jam - Dusky - Dogmatik Records

Don't Hold Me Back - Mann&Klamm - White

Lights Out - George FitzGerald - Aus Music

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Radio Sensations - 23.01.2013

Starlight (Intrusion Dub) - Model500 - echospace [detroit]

All Together Now (Dave Aju Back And Forth Mix) - Dave Aju - Circus Company

Treillis - Mike Dehnert - Echocord Colour

Presence Of Another Man - Penner & Muder - Wazi Wazi Music

Skeleton Keys - Luca Lozano - Klasse Recordings

Detroit Baby What (Waze & Odyssey's Garage Sale) - No Artificial Colours - Sinq Records

Downstroke (Deetron RMX) - PBR Streetgang - Hot Creations

Move Body Move Forward (Luca Lozano & Mr. Ho Body Moving RMX) - Paolo Rocco - Klasse Recordings

Darkroom (John Tejada RMX) - Max Cooper - TRAUM Schallplatten

On U - Photomachine - 2020 Vision

Horses - Iron Curtis - Mirau Musik

Better (Arto Mwambe RMX) - Viadrina - Pets Recordings

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Radio Sensations - 19.12.2012

90s - Funk Butcher - Houseology

Dirty South - Funk Butcher - Houseology

Touch The Sky (Gerd's Double G Mix) - Alden Tyrell feat. Mike Dunn - Clone Jack For Daze Series

We Are Ungry - I.F.M. - Wilson Records

Dem Young Sconies - Moodymann - Decks Classix

Will Dance With You - Pol_On - Outils du Connaisseur

Your Style - Maceo Plex - Crosstown Rebels

Me And My Mouse (Glenn Astro Remix) - Scherbe - Big Bait Records

The Disappeared - Radio Diffusion - White

Deeper Love - Sound Stream - Sound Stream

Need Nothing - Luca Lozano - Klasse Recordings

In The Burg (Cottam Remix) - Jamie L - Paper Recordings

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Radio Sensations - 21.11.2012

Prostokaty - SLG feat. Catz ' Dogz - Studio Barnhus

The Inflated - Mr. Ho - Klasse Recordings

Summin Bout Drums - Arttu - 4lux Black

Every Inch (Deetron Remix) - George Fitzgerald - Hypercolour

101 - Breach & Midland - Naked Naked

Attraction Tool - Matthias Reiling - Giegling

Shall I Say It Again - Traumprinz - Giegling

Opal Fruits (Dark Dub) - Cozzy D - Akbal Music

Sky High (Vocal Dub) - Tom Trago feat. San Proper - Rush Hour

Dub Support (Esther Duijn Remix) - Johanna Knutsson - Klasse Recordings

Move With It (Huxley Warehouse Dub) - Jordan Peak - Klasse Recordings

Mortal Trance - Boo Williams - Rush Hour

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Radio Sensations - 17.10.2012

Full Black - Luca Lozano - Klasse Recordings

Fourteen Years - Sebbo & da Ragnio - Soulfooled

Get Loose - Gavin Herlihy - Leftroom Records

Oh Tweak To Me - Groove Armada - Hypercolour

No Explanation - Mr. Ho - Klasse Recordings

Safe Flight - Mat.Joe - Off Recordings

The Plant - Mollan - Congaloid Records

Hold Me In Your Arms - Pig & Dan - Isgud Records

Amsterdam Wave (Rewaved) - Simon Weiss - Rush Hour

Yes We Are - I.F.M. - Drumpoet Community

Third Hand Smoke - RNDM - Laid Records

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Mixing in mono

One of my biggest steps towards achieving better sounding productions had nothing to do with new or expensive gear. I had the chance to work on a daily basis with equalizers worth EUR 5000 per piece or a reverb unit more expensive than a new family van. They all allow you to create a specific sound that they are famous for, but they don't fundamentally change how you do things. They don't help you to overcome the problems that you get stuck with again and again during long studio sessions.

So what is a simple and cheap way to improve your mixdowns? A lifechanging tip came from Riva Starr who suggested to work with one speaker only. Not just setting the master output to mono but really switching off one of the two speakers most of the time. For me it worked wonders and I have been mixing music that way since trying it out the first time. The whole concept is explained here.

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Music for French listeners

A few days ago my mix for TEKNETIUM # Radio Show was broadcasted on French radio. It's a mixture of my own tunes, soon to be released material from other artist, some vinyl only stuff and other songs that I think are worth listening to. Simple as that! ;-) Have a listen...

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Ableton Live - making bass mono

For several reasons the bass range of a song should be kept in mono, especially when it might be cut on vinyl one day. A lot of synthesizer presets contain heavy stereo low end though and also some good sounding effects on the bassline might make it stereo. So how do people deal with this?

A good mastering engineer can process the signal so that the bass will be mono after the treatment. Along with this goes a fundamental change in sound and what you liked about your mixdown before might be lost after the processing. Not an ideal solution.

Changing the bass range to mono while you create the sounds or at least during the mixdown session will let you hear what's really going on. This can be done with a couple of VST plug-ins. It can also be achieved by combining some of Ableton Live's standard tools. Grab the free Audio Effect Rack, drag it onto the track where your problem is coming from and improve your productions with its simple one-knob user interface.

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Tape Op Magazine

For those of you who live in the USA or the UK and want to get an in depth look at the techniques that some of the most respected audio engineers use, there is a free subscription that I can strongly recommend.

Tape Op magazine is run by a bunch of enthusiasts who love to sneak into well known or small and obscure studios and ask the owners about their secret weapons. A wonderful source of inspiration again and again. It's coming to your house for free every two months if you are living in one of the appropriate areas.

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The reverb manual

A forum post by engineer & producer Matthew Weiss (R. Kelly, Royce Da 5'9", 9th Wonder) turns out to be the best guide on how to set up reverb as an effect. By its simplicity it surpasses everything I have ever read about this topic.

Matthew Weiss delivers a step by step manual on what can be achieved with the individual parameters and which ones to start with. Following his instructions it is an easy task to find out which room sound to go for, how to shape it and even how much to apply to the individual instruments.

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The Waterphone is one of the most versatile instruments for creating atmospheric sounds. It can be heard in movies such as Aliens, The Matrix or Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragons. Richard Waters, the inventor of this instrument, has been building these devices for 40 years now and if they were a bit more affordable I probably would end up doing grim ambient music with it for the next decade.

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FM basslines in Ableton Live

FM synthesis is a complex technique to understand. At the same time it is way more versatile than subtractive synthesis, the technique used in most synthesizers. New York producer John Selway has recorded a pretty good video tutorial on how to create basslines for techno music with Ableton Live's Operator, one of the best FM software synths nowadays.

Try it out. Simple and on point.

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Marshall Jefferson Q&A

Marshall Jefferson is a legend. He shaped house music from the beginning on. He, Mr. Legend, also had a residency at the Gearslutz forum for a couple of weeks in 2008 where he was answering questions about his production techniques on a daily basis. Dig through it if you like his sound! Plenty of information about his favourite instruments, the workflow back in the days and what has changed for him through today's technology.

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Travel time again! In a few hours I will head to Berlin to meet with Sacha Robotti. He is known as one half of dj team Robosonic, furthermore a driving force behind Berlin Kreuzberg Institut and last but not least a very talented producer (the song in this video is "Move", the title track of his latest record). We will not just hang out,... we have a plan: To enter the studio, record whatever we can get our hands on and leave the place three days later with a finished EP. Simple as that. Let's go!