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March 29, 2009

Rob Acid on Mastering

Robert Babicz about mastering audio from David Star This is nice little clip on german producer / mastering engineer on some of tricks and tips and gear that he uses. Loving all this behind the scenes stuff that is coming out these days.

March 14, 2009

AnnnNNNNnnnddddd…… They’re Back…

Cool ‘live’ performance from the forthcoming Sounds of the Universe album due out on April 21st in the US. This song is about as minimal/acoustic as they get. Come Back indeed. Seeing this video reminds me that I should probably pre-order that crazy deluxe box set package with everything set they are offering sooner rather […]

March 1, 2009

How To Explain DJ’ing to your Ma and Pa or Grandmother… from a British perspective

Just came across this fun bit of footage where notorious Greg Wilson, 80’s Tape Edit remix master who’s seen a recent resurgence amongst Dance Music aficionados like myself over the last few years. This clip from some UK TV show show Greg being interviewed and then you get a play by play of what he’s […]

February 22, 2009

Mini Ableton 8 / Akai APC-40 PRE-view

Mini Review: checked out Ableton 8 Demo and Akai APC 40 in person last Thursday @ Dubspot… Ableton 8 Overdrive Effect is totally awesome (digital stompbox replacement) as is the new multi-band dynamics effects. Vocoder has potential, need to tinker with it in hand. The ability to configure what plug in parameters to control in […]

February 8, 2009

Nine Inch Nails continues to push new Music Business Models

I came across this video from a Music Conference (midiemnet) and thought it was pretty interesting and wanted to share. The gist is quite simple. Connect with your fans in interesting ways (Blogs, Contests, web community, free music giveaways say under creative commons licenses, etc) and then give them reasons to buy your various schwag […]

February 1, 2009

iTM DJ iPhone app works perfect with Traktor 3 & Pro Review

Wow. A killer DJ interface for use with Traktor 3/Pro is available for use on your iPhone/iPodTouch. This app has been out for a few weeks but I finally ponied up the $6 purchase. First off, I have NO qualms what so ever in doing so. Here’s my attempt at a review. I’ve also made […]