YourSpins is slightly different to the other commercial formats. Rather than being focused around physical CD singles, they are mainly (entirely?) web-based. The site is an interesting blend of social networking (a la Myspace) with remixing.
They've currently got 38 tracks available for remixing, with artists including Coldcut, Moby, Sasha (who has long supported grassroots remixing, offering mixable tracks to download with the airdrawndagger album back in '03) and Erasure (that 80's thang again!).
The actual remix software is available in different formats. You can either use a web-based mixing tool, or download a Windows Media plugin. The way you make a mix is different, too - each segment of the tune has a choice of instrumental/effect styles to apply, which works along with adjusting the level faders to complete your mix.
Here's a snap of the Windows plugin version:
Getting results is quite easy. The only problem I had was making the levels match up between tracks to avoid choppiness. An envelope feature (like U-myx) would be nice to have, as would a loop button.
Once you've made your mix, you can post it back to the site for others to listen to. There's an active comments feature, so you've got an instant feedback facility.
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