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Beatport and Paul Van Dyk have teamed up to run this competition to remix the track 'Far Away' from his 2007 artist album 'In between'. The prizes are pretty sweet with a pacemaker and various versions of Ableton Live available. You can get the basics of the remix parts for free or for USD$3.99 you can get the premium pack which includes the original mix.
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dchild)The guys over at Ableton have just released the Orchestral Instrument Collection bringing the symphony sound to Live. It consists of four sampled instrument collections that make up an orchestra including strings, brass, woodwinds and percussion. All were sampled at different velocities and articulations to make up a massive 24GB of samples ready for use.
by Digitalchild ( dchild)
dchild)Beatport, Beatsource, Beatportal and Tuneskeeper have joined forces to give away a 160gb Toughdrive every day for the next month. All you have to do is buy a track in WAV format from the websites above to be entered into the draw for that day. By the looks of the terms and conditions it is open to people outside of the USA as well.
by Digitalchild ( dchild)
dchild)Gizmo over at skratchworx has an in depth review of Numark's new iDJ2 MIDI controller. This is the second version of the iDJ with some much needed revisions to make it more inline with the requirements of today's DJ. Great review that address all the questions I had about the device.
by Digitalchild ( dchild)
dchild)Tom Whitwell over at Music thing has asked his readers to add to his Google map of all bricks and motar stores still standing in your local area. The aim is to have a list of all physical stores around the world. So get on there and add your local stores, I have.
by Digitalchild ( dchild)
dchild)A comprehensive list of over 120 different sites where you can get free and legal downloads of new music.
by SJ Regan ( sjregan)
sjregan)Your chance to remix Sasha - Mongoose and win a digital release as well as a copy of Ableton 7. Minor parts free but you have to pay to download all the samples.
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sjregan)An effort to organise a protest march for fair payment for DJs from record labels.
by SJ Regan ( sjregan)
sjregan)If for some reason you would like to view the old DanceNode blog here's the link.
by SJ Regan ( sjregan)
sjregan)The Body Snatchers have a great new video for their track 'Freaky Ho' on Passenger Records.
by SJ Regan ( sjregan)
sjregan)This video from Remix Mag has Paul Van Dyk outlining his process for building a track. He outlines how he builds a track and some common mistakes producers make and what you should focus on.
by Digitalchild ( dchild)
dchild)MAKE Zine have a few photos and a video of a cool little MIDI controller that is controlled by your pulse. They have it hooked up to Ableton to demonstrate the unit, very cool.
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dchild)Andrew Smith, creator of XLR8R discusses the early days, how they got started and what it takes to make it all happen.
by SJ Regan ( sjregan)
sjregan)Beatport have just announced a new desktop application to help download and organize the tracks you buy from their online store. It requires the Adobe Air runtime to work, so you'll have to download that first. I just gave it a quick test and it will definitely help with sorting your downloads.
by Digitalchild ( dchild)
dchild)Propellerheads have just announced a competition where you could win a set of Audio Cubes. Audio Cubes are wireless MIDI controllers that allow you to manipulate sound via these glowing cubes. Very cool and interesting concept announced at recent music trade shows. Check out the link for full details on how to win these goodies.
by Digitalchild ( dchild)
dchild)The preliminary schedule for the WMC conference has been announced. There are some good sessions there for all your dance music needs from starting your own label to the IDMA awards Ceremony.
by Digitalchild ( dchild)
dchild)XLR8 takes a look at an important issue and what the dance music industry is doing to play their part.
by SJ Regan ( sjregan)
sjregan)AM Only booking agency presents an impressive line-up for the 28th of March at Karu & Y in Miami.
by SJ Regan ( sjregan)
sjregan)M-Audio is asking their users to submit photos, music or stories made with their equipment in a bid to help unknown artists get some exposure via m-audio.com. There is even a few prizes to be had, so check it out
by Digitalchild ( dchild)
dchild)Hard to describe, easy to understand: check out the video and you'll see what I mean. As digital music becomes more commonplace it becomes more important to keep the relationship between the music and what we manipulate easy to understand.
by SJ Regan ( sjregan)
sjregan)Do you remember mario paint composer for the original Nintendo? Well the guys over at unfungames have recreated it for all. Its available on windows and mac.
by Digitalchild ( dchild)
dchild)The most comprehensive review yet of Tonium's new handheld DJ device.
by SJ Regan ( sjregan)
sjregan)Ben Seigel announces a remix competition for the track "Borders" a dance/rock tune off his forth coming album. You have to send an email to them to get the remix parts, but the licensing is a lot more lax compared to some other remix comps.
by Digitalchild ( dchild)
dchild)MasterBeat is a new digital download store. A slow interface, poor catalogue and a hard to read font size make it frustrating to use but they have made it so you can bookmark your navigation which puts it a point above the rest in that respect. Also it is still 'beta' so keep an eye out.
by SJ Regan ( sjregan)
sjregan)Video demonstrating using the controllers from a Wii to control Tractor. An interesting concept and video if you can stand the poor beat matching.
by SJ Regan ( sjregan)
sjregan)Looks very simplistic but could provide some entertainment value.
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sjregan)The winners of the first ever Beatport Music Awards have been announced. The categories were selected based on volume sales for 2007 that delivered 19 different area's for the public to choose from. Dubfire and Deadmau5 along with many others have made the cut, check out the full listing over at beatport.
by Digitalchild ( dchild)
dchild)The guys over at Create Digital Music have an article about a DIY digital turntable made from a mouse. The project was created so users of the open source terminatorX scratch synth had a cheap interface. It's amazing some of the cool stuff people come up with.
by Digitalchild ( dchild)
dchild)Trent Reznor continues to stick it to the big record labels giving away the latest Nine Inch Nails album for free download, with no for paid options available as yet. Not only is the album available for free, you can get the complete session files to make your own remixes as well. You will need to register with remix.nin.com to get access to those files, but its free!
by Digitalchild ( dchild)
dchild)Loopmasters are proud to present a brand new collection of producer-led
sample packs from the legendary Drum and Bass label, Hospital Records with Volume 1 - NU:TONE.
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