r/dub • u/Technical_Meeting_81 • 21h ago
Self-Promo I played a full 1-hour reggae/dub set live on the app I shared here a few weeks ago (DubStemMix + MIDImix)
Hi r/dub,
A few weeks ago I shared DubStemMix, the free, open-source macOS app I built to cut dub versions live from stems on an Akai MIDImix. Thanks again for all the feedback, it shaped a lot of what came next.
Tonight I put it to the real test: a full 1-hour live set on Twitch, everything played on the MIDImix. Stems on faders, vocals thrown into the tape echo, drops to bass and drums, pull-ups. Here's the replay:
š https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTMxAvP7F9U
Tracklist:
Third World ā 1865 (96Āŗ In The Shade)
Yaadcore ā Ghetto Youths
Chalart58 ā In A Bubble
Marlon Asher ā Never See Us Fall
Lila IkĆ© ā Wanted
Black Uhuru ā Sponji Reggae
Peter Tosh ā Reggae Mylitis
Eek-A-Mouse ā Ganja Smuggling
Ini Kamoze ā World A Reggae
Jaz Elise ā Gratitude
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley & Stephen Marley ā Medication
Supa Mana feat. Joseph Cotton ā Brigante Team
Mighty Prophet ā Cradle Of Civilization
Mighty Prophet ā Lord Of Lords
Ackboo feat. Marcus Gad ā Ina Sky
Brother Culture ā Legalize The Herb
Fullness ā Bless Na Curse Riddim
I-Taweh ā Give Him The Praise
A small dev story from the day: two hours before going live, the MIDImix started lagging as soon as OBS was running. Turned out the app's interface was redrawing itself all the time and the MIDI messages were stuck waiting behind it. Fixed it, shipped 0.13.1, and the set ran smooth. If you tried the app and felt the console was a bit sluggish, update.
App (free, MIT): https://yoanbernabeu.github.io/DubStemMix/
Source: https://github.com/yoanbernabeu/DubStemMix
As always, I'd love feedback from people who actually mix dub: what sounds right, what sounds off, what would you have done differently in the set?