What Was Hot 1 Year Ago
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by SJ Regan (
sjregan)
sjregan)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)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)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.
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)A comprehensive list of over 120 different sites where you can get free and legal downloads of new music.
by SJ Regan ( sjregan)
sjregan)The website of Canadian DJ and producer, Chris Allen. Chris has a driving, techy trance feel to his sound, well worth grabbing his promo for a listen.
by SJ Regan ( sjregan)
sjregan)Beatport and Native Instruments have released a free audio player with DJ functionality. Based on Native Instruments Traktor and available on both Windows and OS X the software allows you to play, manage and mix your audio collection.
by Digitalchild ( dchild)
dchild)The Body Snatchers have a great new video for their track 'Freaky Ho' on Passenger Records.
by SJ Regan ( sjregan)
sjregan)Our friend and fellow designer DJ Kaenow's (Deon Butler) weekly radio show, The Vanishing Point Podcast has reached 30,000 downloads. This is a great accomplishment and we can't wait to tear it up with him in Miami at WMC this year.
by Digitalchild ( dchild)
dchild)BT has been announced as the headliner to the forthcoming Climate Festival to be held along the east coast of Australia.
by SJ Regan ( sjregan)
sjregan)The 2008 International Dance Music Award's Nominee's have been announced, so why don't you jump on over to the site and start voting !
by Digitalchild ( dchild)
dchild)We previously reported on the Mentor Records Sweetwater Remix competition. Check out the brand new website setup to promote the competition.
by SJ Regan ( sjregan)
sjregan)The official website of dance music producer and DJ Andy Moor. He has brought the likes of Air for life and more recently Year Zero.
by SJ Regan ( sjregan)
sjregan)Armin has been awarded the most prestigious Dutch Music award: the 'Buma Cultuur Pop Award'.
by SJ Regan ( sjregan)
sjregan)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)Ableton Live 7 and Ableton Suite have just been released. Ableton renews the core of Live with enhancements to the audio engine, new and improved devices, better MIDI timing and hardware integration. They have also included the most requested features and heaps of other stuff.
by Digitalchild ( dchild)
dchild)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)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.
by SJ Regan ( sjregan)
sjregan)A video produced by DanceNode of Andy at a gig in Argentina.
by SJ Regan ( sjregan)
sjregan)The line up for the 10th Annual Ultra Music festival held in conjunction with WMC has been announced with some of the biggest names in dance music including Tiesto, Paul Van Dyk, Armin Van Buuren, Sasha & Digweed, Carl Cox, BT, Dirty South and many many more. There is only a limited number of general admission tickets so be sure to pick one up.
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)Over at DJ Sounds, pioneer's pro DJ blog, they caught up with the worlds #1 DJ Armin Van Buuren at the Amsterdam Music Event. It's a two parter so be sure to check out the second half via the link on the right hand side.
by Digitalchild ( dchild)
dchild)Peter Kirn over at Create Digital Music interviews the creator of the stribe multi-touch controller and gets a hands-on look at the controller itself. There are some great photos and videos and its all built using a relatively cheap Arduino controller.
by Digitalchild ( dchild)
dchild)365Mag puts ten questions to one of the superstars of Drum 'n' Bass.
by SJ Regan ( sjregan)
sjregan)Popular musical analysis tool 'Mixed In Key' has just received a minor update which mainly addresses crashing and a couple of simple interface tweaks.
by SJ Regan ( sjregan)
sjregan)The most comprehensive review yet of Tonium's new handheld DJ device.
by SJ Regan ( sjregan)
sjregan)A while back we posted an article on the pocket DJ tool Pacemaker. Here's a short video showing basic use.
by SJ Regan ( sjregan)
sjregan)Create Digital Music get to preview livid instruments new Ohm midi controller. It's a wooden controller with blue back lit buttons great for all kinds of applications. Be sure to check out the flickr photo set at the bottom.
by Digitalchild ( dchild)
dchild)DJ Tech tools reviews 4 DJ focused sound cards for under USD$200. They performed some simple but effective testing and serve up their recommendation. Includes samples from recordings.
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