Song Segues - Computer Generated (a la "On The Radio" album) ?

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Donna Summer - On The Radio - Greatest Hits Volumes I & II

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This greatest hits album was the first time I heard custom made song segues to link songs with different rhythms into a continuous music presentation (LP side).


I was thinking that the beats per minute of each song the radio station plays could be tabulated and a computer could create a short (fake drumbeat?) segue that smoothly changes from one song rhythm to the next song rhythm (if there's an objection to adding music to existing songs, there it could be a [computer faked] human voice sound (similar in concept to when a DJ talks over a song) to make the rhythm change).


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[Kelly A]

This greatest hits album was the first time I heard custom made song segues to link songs with different rhythms into a continuous music presentation (LP side).


I was thinking that the beats per minute of each song the radio station plays could be tabulated and a computer could create a short (fake drumbeat?) segue that smoothly changes from one song rhythm to the next song rhythm (if there's an objection to adding music to existing songs, there it could be a [computer faked] human voice sound (similar in concept to when a DJ talks over a song) to make the rhythm change).

Club DJ's have been doing something like you describe for years; use a rhythm machine to generate extra beats in the background, then slowly time shift it to match the next song. Saves having to slowdown or speed up a song with a similar, but not quite, beat.

 

[Miss Tuned]

There's a local Dance station where I live that has live club DJs mixing, mostly in the evenings but sometimes in the day. They stream live in video online and it's fascinating to watch them operate the digital "decks" - it looks so much more complex than anything I ever did on the radio!

 

[vchimpanzee]

I don't know if this is still being done but I remember listening to V-101.9 Charlotte NC on Friday or maybe Saturday evening and they would be playing some classic dance or rap tune and you couldn't tell where one song ended and the next began because they made it sound like a medley.

 

[Kelly A]

I don't know if this is still being done but I remember listening to V-101.9 Charlotte NC on Friday or maybe Saturday evening and they would be playing some classic dance or rap tune and you couldn't tell where one song ended and the next began because they made it sound like a medley.

They call that a 'beat mix'.

 

[Mikey Radio]

There's a local Dance station where I live that has live club DJs mixing, mostly in the evenings but sometimes in the day. They stream live in video online and it's fascinating to watch them operate the digital "decks" - it looks so much more complex than anything I ever did on the radio!

Just keep in mind that much of what club DJs do is strictly for "show". While there is certainly a certain level of skill involved and some are better than others, we employed club DJs at a gig I was involved with and they'd freely admit that the majority of the button pushes and knob twists they did throughout their set did nothing and were merely part of their act. Once the crowds died down and there were fewer folks to "perform" for, the amount of buttons and knobs and "work" that went into their mixing became far less complicated looking somehow. Lol.